You know, I actually liked their show and was sad to see how it blew up. But I must agree. I thought the same thing. She's going to be away from the kids a lot. I guess Jon could take this as an advantage overall.
But I have a feeling she won't last long on the show anyway.
Oh, and yes, she wants to be back in the spotlight. She even said on the last show of Jon & Kate Plus 8 that she wanted to do something in television. Like host her own talk show or something. So this is just her way to get back into it.
Plus, I'm sure the network is thinking she will pull in viewers for the drama.
It seems to me that this show is turning into Dancing with the non-stars. Shannen Doherty? Pam Anderson....really. What has she done lately??

But I'll still watch it.