Bringing Up Bates

UpTV announced the cancelation of 'Bringing Up Bates' on January 18. Fans were quick to notice that the Bates family made other announcements on the same day. Are they deflecting?

UpTV has officially canceled the Bates family after filming on season 11 of their series had already begun. Family followers have a lot of theories about why.

The Bates family will be adding another face to their ever-expanding group. While no one is surprised by that, they are surprised and annoyed that Carlin and Evan Stewart decided to announce their pregnancy with a photo shoot in the middle of a Target store

The Bates family has two weddings happening before 2021 is over. In October, Nathan Bates and Esther Keyes will wed, and Katie Bates will marry Travis Clark in December. Now that dates are tied down; fans want to know where they will live once they are man and wife. Esther revealed that she wouldn't be living in Pennsylvania for much longer.

The Bates family has long been considered laxer than the Duggar family regarding courtship rules, but Bates family followers have noticed something interesting lately. Lawson Bates and his girlfriend, Tiffany Espensen, appear to be breaking even the relaxed dating rules of the Bates family. The couple is getting physically closer, but there is no engagement ring in sight just yet.

Lawson Bates and Tiffany Espensen have been dating for six months and have spent those six months traveling together and documenting their life on Instagram. When Lawson announced that he had big news, fans assumed a proposal had taken place. It's not a done deal yet, though. Lawson was just teasing fans. He shared information about new music instead.

The Bates family and the Duggar family were once great friends. In recent months, fans have noticed that Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar and Gil and Kelly Jo Bates' relationship has cooled. The matriarchs and patriarchs haven't been seen together, and Gil recently gave a sermon that seemed to use Josh Duggar as a bad example.

The Bates family and the Duggar family were once close friends. In recent years, they seem to have been putting some distance between their two families. Still, fans of 'Bringing Up Bates' worry that Josh's arrest on two child pornography charges could spell trouble for his former family friends. So, is the series renewed or canceled? Unfortunately, UpTV isn't saying.

'Bringing Up Bates' stars, The Bates family, are adding new additions at a quick pace. Zach and Whitney Bates welcomed their fourth child on June 7. Two other Bates babies are expected to be born before the end of the month.

The Bates family has another engagement to celebrate. Less than two months after Katie Bates announced her intention to marry Travis Clark, Nathan Bates proposed to his girlfriend, Esther Keyes. Katie and Nathan might not be the only Bates family members headed toward marriage. Bates family followers want to know if Lawson Bates is next.

Katie Bates is engaged, and Nathan Bates and Lawson Bates both have special someones. While fans have long assumed Katie would get married soon, Carlin Bates has suggested the supersized family might be planning for two weddings in 2021.

The Bates family, first introduced to fans through the Duggar family, believe in restricting physical affection before marriage. Gil and Kelly Jo Bates have encouraged their 19 children to save their first kiss for their wedding day. While many seemed to take that advice, it looks like that wasn’t the case. Several Bates kids are admitting they kissed before saying ‘I Do.’

The Bates family appears to be planning for at least three weddings in the next 12 months. Family followers are wondering if the Bates will have a secret wedding just like the Duggar family did. That doesn’t seem to be happening, but plenty of marriages are forthcoming.

The public was introduced to the Bates Family through the Duggar family. Now, the ultra-conservative Christian families have two different reality TV shows. Family followers largely think the Bateses might be a bit more progressive than the Duggars, and Josie Balka may have helped solidify that belief with a recent admission.

Duggar family followers have a lot to keep their eye on with an upcoming wedding and several rumored courtships. They aren't the only supersized family with love in the air. The Bates family might be planning three weddings soon.

Laeson Bates has officially announced that he's dating someone. It just sin't the special someone fans had been hoping for.

Joseph Duggar and Carlin Bates might be married to other people, but Duggar family followers may have uncovered evidence of a failed courtship.

Family followers are desperate to see the Duggars and the Bates become in-laws, but it seems unlikely to happen. There is some evidence to suggest there may have already been failed courtships between the two families.

The Bates family and the Duggar family have a lot in common, but fans have noticed the length of their courtships are very different. Do the Bates actually have longer courtships?

'Bringing Up Bates' fans strongly suspsect the Bates family is getting ready to announce another courtship. Who has found love this time?