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New Episodes Coming Soon
Only one week to go until the premiere of season five of Bringing Up Bates! The Bates marathon continues through this evening, with a year-end special airing at 9pm ET/8pm CT. Scroll down to view...
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Oldest Bates Turns 28
Wishing Zach Bates a very happy 28th birthday!Did you know that Zach's full name is Zachary Gilvin Bates? His middle name, which is also his son Bradley's middle name, has been passed down through at...
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Zach and Alyssa's New Year's Resolutions
"I've got some really good goals this next year. I would like to grow at least three inches taller and three inches thinner."-Zach Bates"My New Year's resolution this year would just be to stay...
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Celebrating the Bates Patriarch
Wishing the Bates dad a very happy birthday! At age 52, he has 19 children and five (soon to be six, when Lexi Mae Webster makes her grand debut) grandchildren.Did you know that Gil and Kelly Bates...
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Bates Return in 3 Days!
"You want to keep them under your wings and protect them all their lives, but it's time for them to fly on their own."-Kelly Bates Are you looking forward to Thursday's season five premiere episode of...
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Trace Bates the Trick Rider
Hot off the press! The Bringing Up Bates season five premiere airs tomorrow at 9pm ET/8pm CT on UP. Scroll down for another sneak peek video, and visit our Showtimes page for more details.In episode...
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Season 5 Premiere Snapshots
The season five premiere of Bringing Up Bates is almost here! (Hey, that rhymes...) Check out our posts from Monday and this morning to watch promo videos, and be sure to tune in to UP tomorrow evening...
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Bates Season 5 Starts Tonight
The big day is finally here! Season five of the hit reality series Bringing Up Bates premieres on UP tonight. The hour-long episode starts at 9pm ET/8pm CT.Come back to the blog right after the show...
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Bringing Up Bates"Summer Lovin', Guitar Strummin and a Surprise a Comin'"...The Bates head to The Wilds overnight camp in North Carolina to pick up Jackson, Warden, and Isaiah. This is the first time...
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First Snow in TN
Zach Bates, Whitney Bates, and Bradley BatesDid you wake up to snow? The Bates family (and many other folks in the mid-South) did! It's below freezing, but Zach, Whitney, and Bradley didn't let a...
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Tori and Bobby Ride the Swing
On last night's season five premiere episode of Bringing Up Bates(click here for recap), we watched Gil Bates and the kids trick Kelly Bates into taking a ride on the massive swing at The Wilds, the...
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Deleted Scene: Tire Mishap
On the way to pick up Jackson, Warden, and Isaiah from overnight camp, one of the tires on the Bates' van blows, and the family is forced to stop.Gil Bates takes advantage of the opportunity and gives...
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Buy Season 5 on iTunes
For those who have been asking how to watch Bringing Up Bates season five online, it is now available for purchase on iTunes. Just open the iTunes store and search "Bringing Up Bates season five."...
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Secret Keepers
Coming up this week on Bringing Up Bates, Erin gathers her siblings to discuss plans for Kelly Bates' 50th birthday. After sharing the surprise, Erin begins to wonder if the two youngest Bates kids...
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This Week on 'Bringing Up Bates'
Are you ready for another round of all-new footage featuring UP TV's largest family? Episode two of Bringing Up Bates season five, "Plans, Bands and Mashed Potatoes," premieres tomorrow at 9pm ET/8pm...
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Bates in Australia!
For those of you who live in Australia and have been eager for the Bates to visit your country, Gil and Kelly Bates are finally headed Down Under!Alongside David and Priscilla Waller (Anna Duggar's...
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Bringing Up Bates"Plans, Bands and Mashed Potatoes"Erin gathers her siblings to discuss a surprise weekend getaway for Kelly's 50th birthday. "This is going to be a complete surprise, so the main thing...
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Bates Interpret 'Bless Their Heart'
UP just started a new series of videos called "Bates Family Southern Speak." In the clip below, the Bates discuss the phrase "bless your heart" and whether it is a positive statement or a negative...
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Win a Bates-Cation 2.0
Bates-ca·tion (bāts-kā-shən) n. a time of rest away from the demands of work, school, and household chores that includes tons of exciting adventures with the Bates family.The Bates-cation promotion is...
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Deleted Scene: Chattanooga Getaway
In this deleted scene from last Thursday's episode of Bringing Up Bates, Erin Paine finalizes the details for Kelly Bates' 50th birthday celebration. The entire family (including the Websters and...
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