Apparently Randy, Tito, Jackie, Marlon and Jermaine were trying to get their paychecks for the month because they were shooting a reality TV show on A&E and had already finished filming footage before all of this death business happened.

What!? Say it ain’t so! I don’t think the world is ready for the return of the Duke of Curl that is Jermaine Jackson…

A&E is working on a reality project with the Jackson family which could gain newfound viewer interest in the wake of the King of Pop’s death.

The network commissioned a one-hour special following Jackie, Tito, Jermaine, Marlon and Randy that was originally intended to serve as a “backdoor pilot” for a potential series. The project was commissioned months ago and producers have finished shooting footage that followed Jackson family members as they readied a new album and reunion tour.

A&E planned to air the result as a special, tentatively titled “The Jackson Family,” next year, taking a “wait and see” approach and gauging viewer reaction before deciding whether to order the project as a series.

After Michael’s unexpected death last month and subsequent intensive media coverage, the question for A&E becomes: What now?

Producers have not shot any additional footage with the family since Jackson’s death, leaving the network with a project that’s still attractive — one that uses footage and interviews capturing the current incarnation of the Jackson 5 as entertainers, entrepreneurs and family members — yet also has a glaring narrative omission hanging over its current form. (Source)

I’m not even gonna lie like I wouldn’t have watched it, but…I hope they don’t air it now.

If they do, I hope it addresses questions like how Jermaine’s conk is still so superb, why didn’t Rebbie ever do anything else really after “Centipede”, is that one girl really Janet’s daughter, where is 3T…you know, all the questions we REALLY want to know. *rolls eyes*

Still a talented family though, but I think in light of what’s happened, this isn’t a good idea.