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Suleman feature to air next week

(NEWSER) - Just when you thought you had seen enough of one mom and her eight kids: Fox will air a 2-hour special on Nadya Suleman, Us Weekly reports. Octomom: The Incredible Unseen Footage—which follows Suleman from the day her octuplets were born through the next 7 months—will run on Aug. 19, and promises to show viewers "the emotional struggles, physical complications, and financial burdens of this single mother of 14,” a press release said. More»

A behind-the-scenes look at Nadya Suleman as her TV special films

(NEWSER) - As the paparazzi follow Nadya Suleman around, a film crew shooting OctoMom: Me & My Fourteen Kids films them filming her…and John Bowe records it for the New York Times Magazine. From the British film director to the children’s welfare representative ensuring labor law compliance, people who expect to dislike Suleman end up finding her surprisingly likable: “These kids are very sweet,” says the labor law rep. “And the mom is very sweet.” More»

Plus MJ and Gosselin hangers-on still talking

(NEWSER) - The Octomom TV special was shocking even to the Octomom herself, Nadya Suleman’s lawyer tells Radar. Suleman “was shocked to see some of the chaos of the scenes in the show, but she understands the show has its own production agenda.” Elsewhere:

• Mark Lester was on Today this morning, speaking vaguely about his maybe-maybe-not status as the biological father of Michael Jackson’s children. “It’s just something that happened. It’s a possibility that one or all—very unlikely all, but—one of those kids may be mine.”

We're addicted to seeing moms and dads face 'public smackdowns'

(NEWSER) - America, it seems, is addicted to “bad-parent porn,” writes Meghan Daum in the Los Angeles Times. Nadya Suleman's new reality show is only the latest incarnation, along with Jon and Kate, of course. (And let us not forget Michael Jackson.) People just love to see moms and dads screw up in a big way. "We express disgust for them and for the media outlets that enable them, and then we read and watch some more." More»

Somehow, it was even worse than anticipated

(NEWSER) - The Nadya Suleman “suckfest” debuted last night on Fox, and it was “even more horrible than we could have imagined,” writes Natalie Finn for E! Among the “lowlights” of the special:

• The octuplets’ delivery: “Gee, what a coup that someone was filming!” writes Finn. (Bonus: It included a near-brawl between the camerawoman and a member of the medical team.)