Title:  Jon & Kate Plus 8 – Season 2
Premiere Date:  October 2, 2007 (Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET/PT)
Genre:  Reality
Rating:  TV-G
Run Time:  60-min. per episode
Creator/Distributor:  Discovery Health Channel

When it comes right down to it, who isn't fascinated by the world of multiples? 

There are oodles of mouths to feed, bottoms to wipe and loads of laundry to put away.  Endless meals to prepare, squabbles to referee and multi-passenger vehicles to gas up.  Teeth to brush, snotty noses to clean, toys to put away and … well, you get the picture.  Whew. 

Thankfully, we only have to watch.  But Jon and Kate Gosselin live in this unconventional world each and every day.  I got my first glimpse of their lives during the first season of Jon & Kate Plus 8 last year and am thrilled to see it return for a second go on Discovery Health this fall. 

Jon and Kate are the loving (and possibly “superhuman”) parents of twin sisters Cara and Mady and sextuplets Alexis, Aaden, Collin, Leah, Hannah and Joel.  The twins are now six, and the sextuplets celebrate their third birthdays in a lavish carnival party that kick-starts the season’s very first episode. 

Emotionally-charged matriarch and extremely organized “Chief Family Officer” that she is, Kate has had the theme for this party in the works since the sextuplets’ second birthday a year ago.  The Gosselin’s home in a suburban community of central Pennsylvania is the setting, with a makeshift corral for pony rides in the front yard and booths for games and an area for funnel cakes, hot dogs and streamers galore in the back.

Easygoing and likeable husband Jon has worked with his brother-in-law and neighbor (how convenient!) Kevin to build three separate booths for games.  Kate has summoned the help of sister-in-law Jodi and other friends ahead of time to help create signs and other items needed for the carnival’s festivities.

As is true Jon & Kate Plus 8 fashion, it doesn’t take long for the cameras to zoom in on one of several “disagreements” between the busy parents of 8.  Those who watched the first season will remember how the two reorganized their garage at one point, with Kate pretty much calling all of the shots and Jon obliging her every instruction.  This time out, it’s Jon who saves the day when Kate wants him to hang a decorative banner one way in the backyard, but discovers that Jon’s way actually works best.  Score one for Jon.