Duggars Return TONIGHT

Tune in to TLC right now for an all-day Duggar marathon! (Scroll down for showtimes.) The hour-long season 9 premiere of 19 Kids and Counting airs at 9pm ET/8pm CT. (Click here to read a summary of the upcoming season, and click here to watch a sneak peek video.)

What's in store for tonight's new episode?

The family preps for Jessa's upcoming wedding to Ben Seewald. From budgeting to bridesmaid attire, Jessa knows what she wants, but will there be time to get it? And as Jill shares a life-changing announcement with her family, how will the Duggars react? (Click here to view promo pictures.)

Feb 17, 6am ET
A Duggar Leaves Home

Feb 17, 7am ET
Amy's Nashville Dreams

Feb 17, 8am ET
DC Duggars Hit the Road

Feb 17, 9am ET
A Reveal to Remember
  
Feb 17, 10am ET
Duggars & Mothers

Feb 17, 11am ET 
Duggar Daughter Dates 

Feb 17, 11:30am ET 
Duggar-Sized Wedding Planning

Feb 17, 12pm ET 
Duggar Dirty Jobs 

Feb 17, 12:30pm ET
Duggars Decorate & Diet 

Feb 17, 1pm ET 
Jill Says Yes to the Dress 

Feb 17, 2pm ET
Duggar Girls Go Glam 

Feb 17, 2:30pm ET 
Duggar To-Dos

Feb 17, 3pm ET 
Duggars in Cuffs 

Feb 17, 3:30pm ET 
Duggar Derby

Feb 17, 4pm ET 
Wedding Countdown! 

Feb 17, 5pm ET 
All About Jill 

Feb 17, 6pm ET 
Jill's Wedding 

Feb 17, 8pm ET 
Jessa's Engagement 

Feb 17, 9pm ET NEW! 
Jill's Secret

Photos: TLC/Duggar family

Duggars Return in 32 Days

Mark your calenders for the season premiere of 19 Kids and Counting, airing Tuesday, September 2, at 9PM ET PT/8PM CT on TLC.

Following Jill Duggar and Derick Dillard's exciting engagement finale on 19 Kids and Counting this spring, the new season picks up with the happy couple planning for their big day. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar start the emotional journey of giving away their first daughter in marriage, as Jill and Derick plan their rapidly approaching nuptials. From dress shopping to cake tasting, it's all hands on deck as the engaged pair prepare to say their "I dos" in front of more than 1,000 of their closest friends and family. But this happy occasion is bittersweet as the family starts to realize what giving away Jill will mean for their close-knit clan.

Also this season, Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald continue to grow closer, as their courtship takes an unexpected turn when Ben makes a move to live closer to Jessa. Jim Bob and Michelle celebrate 30 years of marriage as Jill and Derick prepare their new home together with the help of the family. The newly engaged couple also tends to Derick's mom, Cathy, as she bravely battles cancer. And after their first year in Washington, D.C., Josh and Anna Duggar and their three kids decide it may be time to make a few changes in their own growing family.

Leading up to the premiere, catch the Duggars reacting to encore airings of their favorite 19 Kids and Counting episodes as part of TLC's "Dishing with the Duggars." Beginning Monday, August 25, and airing weekdays from 1-3 PM ET PT/12-2 PM CT for three weeks straight, viewers can go back in time with America's favorite supersized family as they laugh together and reminisce about some of their favorite moments, from births and holidays to clothing choices and family vacations.

New episodes of 19 Kids and Counting will air through November. This season, TLC's 19 Kids and Counting will celebrate its 150th episode. Including the five original specials and seasons of 17 Kids and Counting and 18 Kids and Counting, the Duggars have starred in more than 200 episodes.

Season Premiere Sneak Peek

On tonight's season premiere of 19 Kids and Counting, "A Duggar Says Yes," Jessa Duggar goes on a date with Ben Seewald and his parents. "I wouldn't say I was, like, uncomfortable, but definitely it was just a little bit awkward," says Jessa. The show starts at 9PM EST/8PM CST. Sneak peek video below:

Recap: Baby On the Way

On tonight's season premiere episode of 19 Kids and Counting...

• The Duggars are moving into a new season of life. "It can be a bittersweet thing to watch your children grow up," says Michelle. "They will always be my babies."
• Jill, studying to become a midwife, is currently taking anatomy and physiology. She is also learning midwifery terms in Spanish and hopes to deliver babies in Latin American someday. Jana is focusing on the coaching aspect of childbirth and plans to become a doula.
• According to Jim Bob, daughters are harder to let go of than sons. "Our babies our delivering babies," he tells Michelle. We're getting old!"
• "They're very supportive," says Jana of her parents.
• Jana and Jill head over to A Mommy's Butterfly Midwifery, where they see 7-12 clients each week for prenatal and postpartum visits. Venessa Giron, the owner of A Mommy's Butterfly, is overseeing Jana and Jill's education and apprenticeship.
• On Mackynzie's third birthday, Josh and Anna find out they are expecting their third child. Keeping a secret from the rest of the Duggars is always difficult, says Anna. "Especially about pregnancy," says the mom of two. "They're always asking."
• For the big reveal, Anna invites Jim Bob and Michelle and the rest of the clan over for a themed dinner. The younger Duggars don't know what that is, but everyone agrees that it probably has something to do with fall.
• On the menu are tater tots, bite-sized vegetables, pigs in a blanket, sliders, and a baby carrier-shaped pumpkin filled with fruit.
• "Taking our family on for dinner is a pretty big thing," says Jill.
• Josh and Anna's kitchen is 1/6th the size of Jim Bob and Michelle's, which makes cooking for a crowd a challenge. "Kynzie loves to help," says Anna. "But it does take longer when you're trying to teach someone how to help." When she realizes that dinnertime is drawing closer and there is still a lot to do, Anna puts Mackynzie and Michael down for a nap and calls in backup...cousin Amy Duggar.   
• Anna says that if anyone can carve a pumpkin into a baby carriage, it's Amy. For the baby's head, they use a cantaloupe with a face made of fruit. 
• At 5:50, dinner is nowhere near done, and the Duggars arrive early. Anna, who was banking on "Duggar time," locks the door, and she and Josh and Amy desperately try to finish preparing dinner. "I loved keeping everyone out of the house," says Amy. "I felt like I knew something that they didn't know."
• When it comes time to guess the theme, some guess finger food, and others predict that Amy is engaged. Jim Bob jokes that Josh and Anna must be opening a restaurant and planning to hire all of Josh's siblings. At the end of the night, everyone gets a special door prize...a candy bar wrapped in a diaper.

Duggars Return Tonight!

Here's a friendly reminder: the season premiere of "19 Kids and Counting" airs tonight!

For our readers in the US and Canada, tune in to TLC at 3PM EST/2PM CST for a marathon of reruns (see our Showtimes page for details), leading up to TWO new episodes....

"19 Kids and Counting" Duggar Grandson On Board (9PM EST/8PM CST) is all about baby Michael and his recent milestones!

"19 Kids and Counting" Duggars Over the Edge (9:30PM EST/8:30PM CST) follows the family on their wet and wild, Niagara Falls adventure!

Can't tune in? No need to worry! We post recaps of all the new episodes!

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