"We will not be premiering Bringing Up Bates season 11 on UPtv as planned as we will be focusing our programming in 2022 on movies and a new scripted series to be announced soon," UPtv said in a statement, obtained by PEOPLE.

"When we premiered Bringing Up Bates, the series was focused on parents with 19 kids who were teenagers and young children.

Since Bringing Up Bates first premiered in January 2015, the size of the family has only gotten bigger as many of the Bates kids have gotten married and created families of their own.

On Tuesday, the Bates family shared a statement in response to their show getting dropped by UPtv.

The Bates concluded their statement, writing: "Most of all, we are thankful to God for the experiences we've shared together as a family and for the lessons we've learned along the way.