Reality Rumors

A&E has decided to order a third season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels, its popular docu-reality series that follows the former KISS frontman and his family in their daily lives, Daily Variety reported Monday. 

Family Jewels is A&E’s second highest rated series ever in the Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 demographics, according to Variety, behind only Dog the Bounty Hunter.  Family Jewels’ second season, which premiered in late March, also outperformed its first among Adults 18-49, Adults 25-54 as well as total viewers, which reportedly led A&E to increase its third-season order from 20 to 24 half-hour episodes.

“[Simmons and his household] are highly functional, intelligent and witty,” Rob Sharenow, senior vice president of unscripted and alternative programming for A&E and a co-executive producer of Family Jewels, told Variety.  “They’re in constant motion, and Gene is always working on dozens of projects. It’s more like a scripted series than a reality show.”