Jon & Kate Plus 8 leads to the ending after November

"'Jon & Kate Plus 8' will be finished in mid to late November," a TLC spokeswoman told ABCNews.com today, declining to comment further.

"Basically we've put a halt on the show," Jon Gosselin's manager Mike Heller told People magazine earlier this month. "Jon has been talking to TLC for a long time to cut back on the production and still honor his contract -- because it's been getting in the way of his family, his children are complaining."

If Jon Gosselin changes his mind, his kids and ex-wife could be featured in "Kate Plus 8," TLC's planned spinoff of the soon-to-end series. If not, it could be a long time before the Gosselins come back to TV.

The development comes as Jon and Kate Gosselin's divorce grows ever more nasty. Jon was ordered to reimburse the crumbling couple's joint bank account to the tune of nearly $200,000 eariler this week.


The Gosselin's respective lawyers met with a court-appointed arbitrator Tuesday to iron out the couple's economic issues -- namely that Kate Gosselin, who wants child and spousal support, has accused her ex of taking $230,000 from their joint bank account. Talking to "The Insider" last week, Jon Gosselin countered that he only took $22,000, which he said shouldn't matter to the mother of his kids because she has money hidden away.

But according to TMZ.com, today, Jon Gosselin was ordered to return $180,000 of the funds he withdrew from the account. If he doesn't repay the money by Oct. 26, he'll have to appear before the judge for a contempt proceeding.

Kate Gosselin offered $400K for posing nude for Playboy

Kate Gosselin is willing to go bikini bare to pose nude but won't go all the way for Hugh Hefner.

The octomom is said to have received a $400,000 offer from Hef to take it all off for Playboy, but Kate Gosselin doesn't plan to reveal her lady bits in the nudie mag.

"Hugh sent her a letter, but Kate Gosselin was totally mortified and threw it away!" a source told Star Magazine. "Kate Gosselin didn't think it was appropriate because of the children."

Despite being "proud of the way she looks," Kate Gosselin was baffled by the offer.

However, more embarrassment has come her way as her estranged hubby Jon kicked off his two-part interview with Chris Cuomo on ABC's "Good Morning America" today.

"I took a lot of abuse from her. I was put down," Jon, 32, said. The Ed Hardy-clad dad also defended his loose living by pointing the finger at Kate.

"Kate Gosselin will call me like, almost like a lame fish," he claimed. "Like I wasn't going anywhere. "Well, excuse me, I'm taking care of the kids. She's on book tours, she's doing all these things. You know, she's gone a week. You know, comes back. Packs up and leaves again. I'm standing there like, 'Oh, OK. Your Mom's gone again.'"

Star also reports that Kate Gosselin, 34, is busy getting revenge on Jon by draining him financially in the divorce.

"Kate Gosselin is so upset and disgusted over Jon's cavalier 'single guy' behavior - and the money he has been wasting to fund it - that she'd leave him without a penny, barefoot and homeless on the street if she could," said a snitch. "She's prepared to do all she can to insure she gets most, if not all, of the millions that are at stake.

Jon and Kate and their divorce history

Recently, Kate Gosselin explains, she and her husband, Jon, have made "a life-changing decisions that will be affected to every member of our family."

A new puppy or, as Us magazine — which has aggressively covered their bad marriage, extramarital dalliances and fights — wondered: "Are Jon and Kate Gosselin announcing a divorce?"

Radar Online (radaronline.com), in fact, reported Thursday that the answer is yes: "Kate recently met with a divorce lawyer (and) that the couple had previously agreed to separate by July 15." The Web site added that divorce papers will be filed next week.