Closing their chapter. The 11th season of Bringing Up Bates will not air on UPtv, Us Weekly confirms.New episodes of the family’s reality show were expected to begin in February, but the network announced on Tuesday, January 18, that the plans have changed.“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,” read a statement to Us. “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. Thank you to Gil and Kelly Jo Bates for welcoming viewers into your family’s home over the past ten seasons.”The network concluded: “Thank you to the fans who tuned in every Thursday night to be part of the journey.
We’re looking forward to continuing to uplift you with our programming in the future.”Bringing Up Bates began highlighting Gil Bates, Kelly Bates and their 19 children when it debuted in 2015.
The family was previously featured on TLC’s United Bates of America, which ran for one season in 2012.The 10th and most recent season of the UPtv series aired from April 2021 to June 2021, concluding with Katie Bates‘ romantic proposal to Travis Clark.
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