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Jon & Kate, Octomom Nadya Suleman “Law & Order” Ripped From The Headlines

From the tabloids to primetime TV: Warring reality couple Jon & Kate Gosselin and trouty-pout Octomom Nadya Suleman have inspired their very own “Ripped From The Headlines” episode on the 20th season of NBC’s veteran crime drama Law & Order.

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Next Friday’s episode was inspired by the headline-grabbing parents and their child armies, Law & Order Executive Producer Rene Balcer told Access Hollywood on Tuesday.

In the episode, a family patterned after The Gosselins,of TLC’s Jon & Kate Plus 8 fame, battle it out with a single mama of multiples created in the image of real-life foe Nadya Suleman.

“Two families with multiple kids [compete] to land a reality TV contract,” Balcer says. “Out of that, a murder occurs and then, as the episode goes on, suddenly our lawyers get roped into the reality TV show…..It’s sort of inspired by the phenomenon — shows about multiples,” he explains.

“There’s lots of kids. There’s …Oh God, I don’t know if we hit 20, but we come pretty close.”


       



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