- "Sister Wives" is returning to TLC for an eighteenth season, Variety confirmed on Wednesday.
- Christine Brown said she's going to "stick with" filming the show even after her divorce from Kody.
Christine Brown, the star of TLC's "Sister Wives," says that she's going to "stick with" filming the hit reality show for its upcoming eighteenth season, and that she hopes filming with her former husband, Kody Brown, and her other former family members gets "less awkward."
In an interview published on Wednesday by Variety's senior TV features editor, Emily Longeretta, the TLC president Howard Lee said that "Sister Wives" would be returning for season 18 and that there was "no end in sight" for the series.
The show has followed the polygamist Kody Brown, his four wives, and their 18 kids through one catfishing scandal, two moves, and three on-screen monogamous weddings since season one premiered in 2010. Season 18 will likely see the Browns continuing to deal with the aftermath of Christine's separation from Kody and her subsequent move to Utah.
Christine and Kody were "spiritually" — but not legally — married for more than 25 years before they announced via Instagram in November 2021 that they were separating. Christine was his third wife.
Season 17 largely centered on their split and the impact Christine's move from Flagstaff, Arizona, to Utah would have on the family. But another storyline focused on the impact Kody's strict COVID-19 safety rules had on his "spiritual" marriage to his second wife, Janelle. Kody and Janelle announced their separation on the season 17 tell-all special after about 28 years together.
Then, in January, Kody and his first wife, Meri, announced the end of their "spiritual" marriage after more than 30 years together. They legally divorced in 2014 so Kody could legally marry his fourth wife, Robyn, and legally adopt her three children from another marriage. Meri and Kody's romantic relationship first became estranged in 2015, when Meri was involved in a catfishing scandal.
Though three of Kody's four marriages appear to be over, the TLC network president and Christine both said that the Brown family's story was far from over. Christine said she still called Janelle her "sister wife."
"I think what people might think is still more interesting is how does the family actually work after somebody leaves? How do we manage the divorce with still having sister wives?" she continued. "So many people get divorced and work on their relationships with their exes and learn how to take care of kids together."
"We're all still a family," Christine said. "Hopefully it just gets less awkward."