My wife and I have very different television viewing habits. She likes to watch the Food Network and HGTV, while I like to watch the History Channel and truTv. If I am out for the evening, I usually miss getting control of the tube and thus am stuck either pretending I like watching giant cakes being built or people looking at houses I can never afford.

There are a few of her favorite shows I have learned to tolerate, like Iron Chef America. I love watching two chefs taking a gigantic table of Sablefish or Barramundi and transforming it into a meal fit for a judge. I also don’t mind Diners Drive-in’s and Dives, since I have spent a great deal of my life eating greasy food in greasy restaurants, and I have the gut to prove it.

 One day I came home and Tracy was watching Jon and Kate plus 8. I have to admit; I sat down and watched it with her for a while out of curiosity. I was never particularly fond of the show, I think the only reason I did not leave the room was that I was hoping that something exciting would happen. It was better than the show about the fishing boats, but not by much.

I also had to watch it to build up some History Channel hours, meaning that I could say to her, “We watched Jon and Kate plus 8 last night so tonight I should be able to watch Forensic Files.” It took weeks of Jon and Kate plus 8 watching to build up enough hours to watch a three hour documentary on the Watergate burglary.

A few months back Jon and Kate filed for divorce, and I thought all of my dreams had come true. I watched the episode where they announced their divorce thinking that all of my pain and suffering was over and I could go back to Bobby Flay and Rachael Ray. To my horror Jon and Kate plus 8 was not cancelled!

The new show should be entitled Kate plus 8 with guest appearances by Jon. Maybe they will both bring in their new mates and it can be Jon and Kate plus 10, it would be even better if they both remarry to spouses with eight of their own children, then maybe we could call it Jon and Jill, Kate and Jack plus 8 times 3. It would be as if the Brady Bunch combined with Survivor. They could even vote kids off the show and form alliances. CBS, Nick at Night and TLC could take turns broadcasting the show.

The real question is how long this show can last without the main characters being together. Even though there is a lot of money to be made, somebody is going to call it quits because of either a jealous girlfriend or a lawyer. As long as it is on the air, I will be watching it, because unlike Kate and Jon, I have learned that some things aren't worth fighting over.