Season 19 of 'Sister Wives' Has a Lot of Ground to Cover

Season 19 of Sister Wives is here — and boy is it a messy one. The family is hitting some financial problems, Kody's wives are slowly leaving him, and it seems like things are falling apart at the seams. Kody also makes a pretty out-of-pocket proclamation, telling the camera in a confessional, "Blame yourself if I don't love you, OK?"

Looks like the new season will have a lot to unpack for viewers' enjoyment. But when was Season 19 of the reality show filmed? Here's what we know.

Sister Wives has been nearly two years behind current events for several seasons now, much to the chagrin of many viewers. While it's nice to see the actual drama play out, you can't deny that something is definitely lost when Season 19 opens with Mykelti's baby sprinkle for her now-2-year-old twins.

However, it does help us pinpoint exactly when Season 19 was filmed. Mykelti shared a post from the Vegas-themed baby sprinkle on Sept. 27, 2022, saying the party had taken place just a few days before.

To put that into a bit of perspective, the Season 17 tell-all — in which Janelle announced she and Kody were separated and Kody announced that he no longer considered himself married to Meri —was filmed that same month. Christine met her now-husband David Woolley on a dating site the next month (October 2022), and Meri told Kody and Robyn that she was leaving in November (though she wouldn't announce their breakup to the public until January of 2023).

We don't know exactly how long filming for Season 19 lasted, but previous seasons have typically covered roughly two to three months of the year (which is a big reason they're now so far behind). If that pattern holds for Season 19, we can probably expect to see everything listed above, plus potentially Logan's wedding (October 2022), the birth of Mykelti's twins (November 2022), and Christine meeting David's family (December 2022).

One thing we do know for certain is that the season will not include any content surrounding the death of Janelle's son Garrison, which occurred on March 5, 2024. The premiere of Season 19 did include a heartfelt tribute to him, though, and also confirmed once again that that season began filming in late 2022.

Season 20 has not yet been announced, and it's unclear whether the family has continued filming since Garrison's death. Many fans have assumed that the show may be canceled following the tragedy, either because of the family's wishes or out of respect for their grief.

Of course, TLC has covered the tragedies that have befallen other stars on the network, including the death of Tammy Slaton's husband Caleb on 1000-lb Sisters and that of Whitney Thore's mother Babs on My Big Fat Fabulous Life.

At this point, it remains to be seen how TLC and the Brown family will approach the future of the show.

In the meantime, Sister Wives airs Sundays at 10 p.m. EST on TLC.