8 years agoAmid all of the chaos and stress of planning their wedding, Kim and Kris begin to get on each other's nerves-and even sit at separate tables at their rehearsal dinner! Regardless, Kim continues to ponder whether she's willing to take Humphries as her last name.
Plus, handling all of the last minute wedding details has left her on the verge of a nervous breakdown-and she realizes how much she misses having her biological father be a part of the festivities. Finally, the big day arrives, and Kim ultimately gets her dream fairytale wedding complete with a grand walk down the aisle, three stunning bridal gowns, a romantic first dance and so much more. 8 years agoKim's decision to uninvite Khloe from her wedding leaves the sisters at odds with each other-and Khloe considers skipping the big bachelorette party in Vegas. Meanwhile, Kim's fiance Kris questions whether it's a good idea to hold his bachelor party the same weekend in the same city-and starts getting stressed out over all the wedding plans and media attention. Plus, Kim surprises all of her family and friends when she announces her plans to change her last name to Humphries after the wedding. 8 years agoKim and Kris decide to ditch their plan to get married in a year and move up their wedding date to the summer-in just three months! Their last minute change prompts Kim's mom to go under the knife for a quick facelift.
Plus, Kim struggles with Kris' affinity for his dogs, Kris arrives fashionably late everywhere (much to the dismay of Kim's family), and Khloe begins quizzing Kris on his past. Her hard-hitting questions begin to annoy him-and pretty soon, lead to a full-blown inquisition that ends up putting the two at odds.
'Kris was interested in doing a television show and this was in the time that was popular. I had seen The Osbournes and thought to myself—because I had formed a production company—I thought we should find something in this vein. And at the time, we had heard that Kris was interested in doing something with the family, so it was me and one other guy at the company. We had no idea it would become the monster pop culture business that it is.' — on developing the idea for the reality series.The idea of creating a reality series originated in 2006 when Kris Jenner showed an interest in appearing on a television show together with her family.
Jenner commented: 'Everybody thinks that my children could create a bunch of drama in their lives, but it's something that I felt I didn't even have to think about. It would be natural.' Producer, who had his own production company, decided to develop the idea, having the popular family-based show in mind. He hired a camera man to visit the Kardashian's family home to film them having a Sunday barbeque: 'They were all together—as crazy and as fun as loving as they are,' Seacrest described the family after seeing the tape. He later initiated the series by sharing the tape with, an American cable network which features mostly entertainment-related programming, and series; the show was eventually picked up. In August 2007, it was announced that the Kardashian and Jenner families would star in a yet-to-be-titled reality show on E! Described as a 'new non-scripted family ', being produced.
The series' announcement came one week after and her friend announced that their popular E! Series, was ending. 'The title of the show is misleading – Keeping Up with the Kardashians has me imagining the raven-haired siblings being tracked by a slobbering pack of hunting dogs. Sadly, the reality is much more mundane. The best we can hope for is a peek into the crazy chaos of life on the. The Kardashians would be the first to admit that their notoriety has little to do with any discernible talent, beyond an alarming capability for self-promotion.'
—Gareth Dimelow fromHowever, several critics were more positive towards the show. A number of publications welcomed the show as ', including,. Tim Stack, writing for, described the reality series as: 'my favorite little slice of reality TV spongecake.'
Lauren Le Vine of appreciated the success of the family which 'achieved the American dream of making something out of nothing,' using the given platform. Libby Hill of also acknowledged the show's success and said: ' Keeping Up With The Kardashians gives us real, joyous, ugly, unsavory, hilarious life, with all the polished sitcom trappings.
And though the latter may have launched a multimedia empire, the former has made it last'. Maura Kelly of evaluated the aftermath of the failed wedding of Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries, which was documented on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, and subsequently caused public outrage, including an online protest petition to cancel the show.
'Since Kim doesn't exactly seem to be an exemplar of self-awareness, I suppose it's possible that she really believed she and Humphries would live happily ever after,' Kelly speculated whether or not the marriage was a. 'But more likely, she and E! Are laughing all the way to the bank – 10.5 million viewers tuned into 'Kim's Fairytale Wedding: A Kardashian Event', after all,' Kelly summarized the controversy.
Josh Duboff, writing for, commented on the show's long run and said that 'it is near impossible to argue that their continued relevance, 10 years later, is anything other than awe-inspiring and remarkable'. Viewership. The title card of the show that was used in seasons 1–10Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered on October 14, 2007, in the United States on the E!
Cable network at 10:30/9:30 pm. The half-hour reality series continued to air every Sunday night in the same time slot, and the eight-episode first season of the show concluded on December 2. The subsequent season premiered the following year on March 9 in an earlier time slot at 10:00/9:00 pm with a repeated episode airing immediately afterwards. The season ended on May 26, 2008, with an episode ', which featured the Kardashian siblings sharing the most memorable moments of the season. The third season commenced airing on March 8, 2009, and concluded with two back-to-back episodes which aired on May 25. The subsequent season premiered with a two-hour long episode entitled ' on November 8, and ended on February 21, 2010; some of the episodes aired throughout the season were extended to a full hour.The fifth season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians began airing on August 22, 2010, and concluded with another ' episode on December 20.
The sixth season commenced on June 12, 2011, and ended with a television special ' which aired two extended episodes on October 9 and 10. The show later returned on December 19 with the episode '. Starting with the seventh season, which premiered on May 20, 2012, the half-hour reality series was extended to a full hour in a new 9:00/8:00 pm time slot. The season concluded on October 28. The eighth season of the series started airing on June 2, 2013; it became the longest season with 21 episodes and ended on December 1.
The ninth and tenth seasons aired in 2014 and 2015, respectively. The latter season included a television special entitled ' which aired on May 17 and 18, 2015. The eleventh season premiered on November 15, one month after the previous season finished. The twelfth season of the show debuted on May 1, 2016. The thirteenth season premiered on March 12, 2017.In the United States, episodes are aired in a censored form with stronger swearwords and sex references bleeped or removed.
In the UK, episodes are broadcast uncensored after the. Home video releases and streaming In North America, the first three seasons of the reality series were distributed on. The first season was released on October 7, 2008, by which obtained the home entertainment distribution rights for a variety of programming from, including Keeping Up with the Kardashians. The second and third seasons of the series were released on November 10, 2009, and August 17, 2010, respectively. In Australia, all seasons are released on DVD. The latest addition, which includes the eleventh season of the show, was released on April 28, 2016. In the United Kingdom, the reality series is distributed.
The DVD set of the seventh season, the latest addition, was released on June 24, 2013. The episodes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians are also available on numerous services, such as, and, as well as the E! Network's own streaming service. See also.
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