19 Kids and Counting exclusively aired on the premium channel Starz.
19 Kids and Counting ( formerly 17 Kids and Counting and 18 Kids and Counting ) was an American reality television show that aired on the cable channel TLC for seven years , until its cancellation in 2015 . The show was TLC 's most popular , averaging 2.3 million viewers per new episode in Season 10 , and scoring in the Nielsen `` Cable Top 25 . '' Starz . from February 1994 to March 2005 , and STARZ since April 2016 , pronounced `` stars '' ) is an American premium cable and satellite television network which serves as Starz Inc. 's flagship service . TLC is an American basic cable and satellite television network that is owned by Discovery Communications .