The public’s fascination has ended with the Gosselin’s has apparently waned, causing ratings for Kate Gosselin’s TLC show ‘Kate Plus 8′ to plummet, resulting in the network pulling the plug on the reality show.

TLC announced today that they will no longer follow the 36-year-old single mother as she raises her eight children.

“TLC has decided not to renew another season of Kate + 8. By the end of this season Kate + 8 will have hit the 150 episode mark (including Jon & Kate + 8), an exceptional milestone,” the network tells Us in a statement. “TLC hopes to check in with Kate and the family periodically with specials in the future.”

Kate took to Twitter this afternoon to talk about the cancellation.

“TLC canceled it. I’m sorry,” Kate told her nearly 30,000 followers. “We’ve had a great run! Six years of whirlwind fun-filled adventures. Thanks to TLC and our many, many supportive and diehard fans! While it is very sad for me and the kids (there were many tears at the breakfast table this morning!), we are we are looking forward with great anticipation to our bright future!”

“As is very typical for me, I am choosing to see the positive in this situation and I am excited to consider the many more invigorating opportunities that may come my way,” she added. “I poured my entire self into the last six years of Kate + 8 and I can’t wait to have the chance to challenge myself again with future endeavors!”

“In the meantime, I hope to have more time for motivational speaking, book writing and other fun work opportunities that come my way,” she wrote. “And maybe even some dating? We wish our fans well. And remember, this is not ‘goodbye.’ I prefer to say ‘See you around!’”

I really wonder if anyone will give Kate another show. I can’t stand the woman. I think she’s way too abrasive, it’s hard to watch her. I never watched a single episode of her show – so I’m not upset it got canceled. What about you – did you watch it?

The final episode of Kate + 8 airs September 12 on TLC.

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Kate Gosselin is single and looking for love!

Monday morning on NBC’s Today Show, the divorced mother of eight said she’s “definitely ready to start dating.”

“I think there’s a lot of obstacles for me,” the 36-year-old admitted. “But in all honesty, I’ve talked to my best friend and said wouldn’t it be great if she could go around the country and collect suitable people because the odds of me sort of bumping into someone are rare.”

Why does the Kate Plus Eight star, who divorced Jon Gosselin in 2009, think it’s “rare” that she’ll happen upon her perfect man in her day-to-day life? “I have eight kids,” she said. “I have a crazy work schedule. I’m known… I am ready to start dating, but it’s sort of daunting.”

Gosselin said her children — 10-year-old twins Cara and Nicole, and 7-year-old septuplets Alexis, Hannah, Aaden, Collin, Leah and Joel — are hopeful for a step-father. They’re “just begging on a daily basis for me to get married again,” she said. “They bring it up all the time, and I’m like, ‘I don’t… I’m not dating anyone.’”

What do you think? Is it time for Kate to remarry? TLC will probably now start a reality show spin-off for her called Kate and Her Date!

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Famous mom Kate Gosselin is single and looking.

But she’s being very picky… and being “smart” and “drive” are just a couple of the many qualifications on her list.

“There is nobody. Do you have any friends, Kit, that are single?” Kate askedAccess Hollywood Live co-host Kit Hoover on Monday’s show as the “Kate Plus 8” mom sat down for an interview. “[I’m looking for a guy in his] 40s, in that range. Greatest things, smart, wise, driven, determined.”

“Hot?” Access Hollywood Live co-host Billy Bush asked.

“Yeah, of course” Kate said. “Looks good standing next to me.”

The mother of eight said she’s not worried about a guy’s bank account.

“Wealthy, eh, I don’t mind working,” she explained.

The 36-year-old, who said she’s not one to make out on a first date, said her last romantic outing was “awhile ago.”

“I’ve never been the kind of person, like, if I can’t meet you in and in five minutes and see that there’s something, I’m not the kind that will go out on dates just to go out,” she told Billy and Kit. “I have better things to do.”

As for ex-husband Jon Gosselin, Kate said their relationship has improved recently.

“He’s actually working now, he has a job, so he has a different focus, which is good…something with roof solar panels, I think,” she said of Jon. “He’s actually making an effort to, you know, the four days a month that he has the kids, they come home happy. He’s making a better effort to have a better environment to have them visit, which is good.

“I do wish he would see them more, but that is what he has chosen,” she added. “The kids would like to see him more. At least it’s consistent. I can at least count on those four days… but anytime he wants them more, he can have them more and he knows that.”

Don’t miss out… ‘Kate Plus 8′ airs Monday at 10pm on TLC.

Guys… would you?

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Kate Gosselin, famously known for being the ‘octo-mom’ of reality television, is being sued for reportedly stiffing a marriage counselor for over $10,000 in fees.

The complaint was filed in Pennsylvania on March 28 before Judge Gerald Feissner. The company, Creative Energy Options, is based in White Haven and claims an:

“Unpaid balance  due for services 2/4/09 to 3/23/09. Client requested Dr. Sylvia Lafair fly to Los Angeles California to perform marriage counseling then refused to pay for travel fees.”

Dr. Sylvia Lafair spoke with RadarOnline last Thursday, confirming the suit, but refusing to comment on specifics or details.

Jon and Kate Gosselin’s marriage and subsequent divorce was played in the court of public opinion, and the world watched it unfold in not only the news media, but on reality television.

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Kate Gosselin’s TLC show ‘Kate Plus 8′ premiered last night, who knew!

The new season pulls out all the stops, including a trip with the family to Australia in the premiere. Insiders tell Pop Eater that everyone, including Kate, are worried she’s not going to get a warm welcome back.

“This season Kate has been told to bring her A-game,” a TV producer tells me. “If her ratings drop to the 1 million mark this will be her last season, and then Kate would have to get a real job.”

An insider assures me the new ‘Kate Plus 8′ episodes pack the goods: “You are going to see Kate spend another night camping, but this time without Sarah Palin. You will see her explore Sydney, meet with aboriginals and even swim with sharks in an attempt to win back viewers.”

TLC gave the reality star a lucrative opportunity to have her own show after she and Jon called it quits. But despite the hype, Kate’s spinoff, ‘Kate Plus 8,’ did not bring in the numbers TLC had hoped for.

The series debut brought in 3.4 million, but the second episode dropped 33 percent to 2.2 million viewers before stabilizing with around 1.6 million viewers per episode — way below the staggering 10 million that tuned in for the infamous episode in which Jon and Kate finally announced their divorce.

Still, a source close to Kate tells me that TLC continues to have faith in the Gosselins. “TLC hadn’t really done ‘Kate Plus 8′ in a series way until now — it was just sporadic specials that people had trouble finding,” my source says. “TLC does believe in her.”

I can’t stand Kate Gosselin, and I don’t watch her show at all. Do any of you watch it?

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Speaking of Kate…Did fellow lightning-rod gals Kate Gosselin and Sarah Palin become BFFs while camping in Alaska for Palin’s TLC show? Not so much!

A Gosselin source tells the new Us Weekly that the reality mom, 35, had “zero chemistry” with the former governor, 46, while taping a buzzed-about episode of Sarah Palin’s Alaska for TLC.

“They didn’t speak off camera,” the insider adds. “She said the food and accommodations were terrible, and it was the worst trip she’d ever been on.”

Although Gosselin’s eight kids loved fishing and looking for firewood with Palin and Palin’s children, Gosselin “had a meltdown” in the 53-degree weather and left before sundown, the source reveals. “She just couldn’t cope.”

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Kate Gosselin steps out of her hotel minus her kids, signs an autograph and then heads out with her bodyguard in New York. The infamous mom appeared on the “Today” show earlier in the day to deny rumors her kids were expelled from their school but did concede they had struggled with her well publicized divorce from John.

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