This past summer it was
announced that Gaiam Americas (distributor of the
Living With Ed TV-DVDs) had signed a deal to take over retail distribution of DVD and Blu-ray titles from Discovery Communications. Discovery's cable networks include The Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal Planet, The Military Channel and others; home video releases from shows in their library had up until now been distributed via either Genius Products (which has since
left the distribution industry) and Image Entertainment. Now everything is consolidated into one place, and it seems that the first titles from the Gaiam/Discovery pact are being prepared for release!
Among them is the TLC reality series
18 Kids and Counting, the current name of the series starring the Duggar Family. The show follows the lives of Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar, and their VERY large family! Originally the program aired in Sept. 2008 as
17 Kids and Counting, but a month into the second season (which debuted in January 2009), the stork brought a new addition which triggered the title change. While Gaiam hasn't formally announced the title just yet, a
new Amazon listing shows that
18 Kids and Counting will be released on
February 23rd. The listing is taking pre-orders at this time, and shows a $19.98 SRP (but you can lock in your copy at a discount). At this time, though, there is no further info found at Amazon's listing about the title.
We've sent a request to Gaiam for additional details about
18 Kids and Counting (and other upcoming Discovery Communications titles) on DVD, but did not receive an immediate reply. Stay tuned, though, and we'll update you with more info and cover art, just as soon as we can!
