Are you ready to get an inside look at the Jackson clan?
Lifetime's all-new series "The Jacksons: Next Generation" follows Tito Jackson's children, Taj, Taryll and TJ, as they balance their music career with family life.
In addition to his own kids, TJ is actually co-guardian of Michael Jackson's three children, Prince, Paris and Blanket -- and two of 'em appear on the show.
In the new trailer above, we get a glimpse of Blanket, 13, right off the top during a family trip to the beach. Later in the clip, Prince, 18, hangs with his cousins on a camping trip.
During a phone call with the three brothers, they revealed that Paris chose not to be part of the show -- and insist they didn't put any pressure on any of Michael's kids to be involved.
"The only way we would do this show was if it was stipulated that they wouldn't have to do the show at all," TJ tells toofab. "That was a hurdle for a lot of the networks."
"If they want to be in it, they can be in it," he added. "This is their chance to show the world who they are. You know, 'I'm not this tabloid or this or this or headline.'"
"We didn't go to Prince and say 'You're Michael Jackson's kids, can you be in our show?'" adds Taryl. "That's the way the media looks at it. We don't view them that way. To us, they're our cousins. They wanted to be in the show as doing things as cousins."
We'll see more when the series kicks off Friday, October 2 at 10pm on Lifetime.
