'Bringing Up Bates' Season 11 will not air after abrupt cancellation

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UPtv announced that the reality series "Bringing Up Bates" will not air Season 11 as originally planned. The network announced last September that a new season of the TV show, which follows Gil and Kelly Jo Bates and their 19 kids, would premiere on Feb.

10.The show originally kicked off in 2015 after appearing on the Duggar family’s "19 Kids and Counting" in 2011 before getting their own TLC show "United Bates of America" in 2012.

Although the network noted that each season of the show outperforms its prior season in ratings, the network revealed on Tuesday that it will not be moving forward with Season 11 as planned.

As a result, Season 10 will be the last for "Bringing Up Bates."   "Bringing Up Bates" will not air its 11th season as planned. (James Ambler / Barcroft USA / Getty Images) "We will not be premiering ‘Bringing Up Bates’ season 11 on UPtv as planned as we will be focusing our programming in 2022 on movies and a new scripted series to be announced soon," reads a statement shared on the show’s Twitter page. "When we premiered ‘Bringing Up Bates,’ the series was focused on parents with 19 kids who were teenagers and young children.The cameras were there to capture the love, laughs and big life moments, as the family continued to grow." The announcement concludes: "Thank you to Gil and Kelly Jo Bates for welcoming viewers into your family’s home over the past ten seasons.Thank you to the ans who tuned in every Thursday night to be part of the journey.