Her father is a pastor. The family was featured in a special on Discovery Health in September 2005 entitled Surviving Sextuplets and Twins. To produce the show, the family was filmed for three or four days per week. The family received payment for appearing on the show. On September 29, 2009, TLC announced the title of the show would be changed from “Jon & Kate Plus 8″ to “Kate Plus 8,” and would follow Kate as a single mother. Reruns of the show still air on TLC. Kate Gosselin filmed a talk show pilot with Paula Deen in September 2009.