Kate Plus 8, formerly Jon & Kate Plus 8, is an American reality television series starring Kate Gosselin and her eight children, which has aired since April 4, 2007.
After the success of two one-hour specials chronicling Kate Gosselin and her then-husband Jon, Surviving Sextuplets and Twins and One Year Later, the series aired on the Discovery Health Channel for the first two seasons before being moved to The Learning Channel (TLC). During its run, the series was one of the network's highest-rated programs, with the fifth season premiere seen by a record 9.8 million viewers, the most watched show of that evening including broadcast television, twice as many viewers as the show’s previous series high.