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After Jon and Kate Gosselin announced on Monday night’s show that they are officially separating, TLC is shelving Jon & Kate Plus 8 until August 3.

Should it even come back at all?

The series, which follows the lives of the Gosselins and their brood, has become garnering TLC its best ratings ever in the past couple of months.

But TLC said next Monday’s episode would be a clip show containing new footage, but that the next all-new episode would not air for six weeks.

Sources say the desire to take a production break came from TLC, not the Gosselins. Only six of Jon & Kate Plus 8’s 40-episode order have aired.

However, because of the turmoil in the Gosselin’s marriage, TLC does not have footage to make new episodes as its schedule became last minute.

This season’s episodes were often completed the day of airing. This was true of last night’s, which featured Jon and Kate’s divorce announcement.

Jon and Kate Gosselin married 10 years ago and separated yesterday.

The premiere episode drew almost 10 million viewers following reports that Jon was cheating on Kate with Deanna Hummel and she was responding in kind with their bodyguard Steve Neild. Jon was later linked to Hailey Glassman as well.

Additional rumors and gossip fueled the fire in recent weeks, including a shocking photo of Kate spanking Leah and a video of her denying Mady water.

Accounts of Jon looking for his own place and the couple spending less and less time together signified what the couple officially confirmed last night.

It’s over. But the show, apparently, will go on.

What do you think of the show’s scheduled break, rather than the show being cancelled? Should Jon & Kate Plus 8 come back at all?

Follow the jump for a look at Jon and Kate’s divorce papers