Goodbye Jon Gosselin – Hello ‘Kate Plus 8′

TLC stars Jon and Kate Gosselin will soon be splitsville on TV as well as in real life. The network announced Tuesday that Jon & Kate Plus 8 will be renamed and re-launched in November as just Kate Plus 8.

“Given the recent changes in the family dynamics, it only makes sense for us to refresh and recalibrate the program to keep pace with the family,” TLC president Eileen O’Neill said in a press statement. “The family has evolved and we are attempting to evolve with it; we feel that Kate’s journey really resonates with our viewers.”

We have to beg to differ a bit. Since the divorce drama between Jon and Kate Gosselin became national tabloid fodder, ratings have plummeted. With Jon Gosselin increasingly absent from the show, the ratings haven’t improved – demonstrating, to us at least, that Kate Gosselin’s continued whining about the hardship of her single life is not all that attractive to viewers. Rumors the show will not make it to another season continue to abound.

Jon Gosselin will supposedly make an appearance now and then on the newly revamped Kate Plus 8, launching Nov. 2, but we’re doubting viewers will see much at all of the mid-life crisis playboy.

But hey, if the new Kate Plus 8 does crash and fail, at least Kate Gosselin is already prepping for her next career move – a daytime talk show. TLC apparently is full-in on the project for 2010. As for Jon Gosselin, well, tough luck dude. Maybe once that divorce is finalized, you can star as the next loser on The Bachelor.