Keeping Up With The Kardashians



Keeping Up with the Kardashians is an American reality television series airing on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E! E!] that premiered on October 14, 2007.

Season six is expected to begin on Sunday, June 12th at 10/9c. E! ran a poll to determine which ad campaign should be used for the upcoming season, with the "White-Hot" option winning. [2]

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Contents
[hide]*1 Overview
 * 1.1 Cast
 * 2 Seasons
 * 3 Ratings
 * 4 Spin-offs
 * 5 References
 * 6 Notes
 * 7 External links
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[edit] Overview
Tabloid protagonist Kim Kardashian and her colorfully blended family, which includes step-dad Bruce Jenner, are the subjects of this reality series that chronicles their often chaotic domestic life together. Although the family members are frequently at odds, they always support one another in the end.

[edit] Seasons
Main article: List of Keeping Up with the Kardashians episodes

[edit] Ratings
The show was an instant hit for E! – in its first month on the air it became the highest-rated series on Sunday nights among women aged 18 to 34 and was also seen by 1.3 million total viewers.[13] The second season continued the success and was viewed by 1.6 million viewers, a 23% increase from the first season.[14] The fifth season averaged 3.11 million viewers

The fourth season's premiere, The Wedding, became the highest rated episode in the series history with nearly 3.2 million viewers and also brought in the highest rating in the women 18-34 demographic E! had ever had.[15] The second episode of the season topped the success of the premiere and became the new highest rated episode in the series with 4.1 million viewers.[16] This record was then broken for a third time by the season finale with 4.8 million viewers – which also made the episode the most watched broadcast ever in E!'s history.[17]

[edit] Spin-offs
Main articles: Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York, and Khloé & LamarIn April 2009, it was announced that a spin-off, originally titled Kourtney and Khloé in Miami,[18] would premiere in August that same year and that the show would follow the two sisters as they open a second D-A-S-H store in Miami. The series premiered to 2.7 million[19] viewers and averaged 1.89 million[20] viewers. A second season began in June 2010 and averaged 2.717 million viewers, a 43% increase from the first season.

In October 2010, the official E! website announced that a second spin-off, titled Kourtney and Kim Take New York, was about to begin filming in New York and is scheduled to air in January 2011. The show will be similar to Miami as Kourtney and Kim will oversee the opening of a third D-A-S-H store, which is located in SoHo.[21] The show premiered on January 23.

On January 5, 2011, E! officially announced that a third spinoff from the series, this one featuring Khloé, her husband Lamar Odom, and his two children from his previous marriage would begin filming in early 2011. The show premiered on April 10, 2011.

[edit] References

 * 1) ^ Winslow, George (13 October 2008). "Comcast's Big Bang". Multichannel News 29 (40): 20. http://multichannel.com/article/135075-Comcast_s_Big_HD_Bang.php. Retrieved 29 Jun 2010.
 * 2) ^ http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b237777_you_choose_our_kardashians_campaign.html
 * 3) ^ "Keeping Up with the Kardashians - The Complete 1st Season DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Keeping-Kardashians-Complete-1st-Season/8072. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 4) ^ "Keeping Up With The Kardashians - Season 1 (2 Disc Set)". Ezydvd.com.au. 2008-11-17. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/802614. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 5) ^ "Keeping Up with the Kardashians - The Complete 2nd Season DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Keeping-Kardashians-Complete-2nd-Season/9338. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 6) ^ "Keeping Up With The Kardashians - Season 2 (2 Disc Set)". Ezydvd.com.au. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/806778. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 7) ^ "Keeping Up with the Kardashians - The Complete 3rd Season DVD Information". TVShowsOnDVD.com. http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/releases/Keeping-Kardashians-Complete-3rd-Season/10101. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 8) ^ "Keeping Up With The Kardashians - Season 3 (2 Disc Set)". Ezydvd.com.au. 2009-10-29. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/808760. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 9) ^ "Keeping Up With The Kardashians: The Wedding". Ezydvd.com.au. 2010-04-14. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/811212. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 10) ^ "Keeping Up With The Kardashians - Season 4 (2 Disc Set)". Ezydvd.com.au. 2010-07-07. http://www.ezydvd.com.au/item.zml/813289. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 11) ^ http://www.jbhifionline.com.au/dvd/dvd-genres/reality-tv/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-season-5/642386
 * 12) ^ http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b237777_you_choose_our_kardashians_campaign.html
 * 13) ^ "E! Renews 'Keeping Up with the Kardashians'". Buddytv.com. 2007-11-13. http://www.buddytv.com/articles/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians/e-renews-keeping-up-with-the-k-13667.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 14) ^ Yahoo! News July 17, 2008[dead link]
 * 15) ^ "Don Draper caper no match for Kardashian wedding: Keeping Up With the Kardashians draws almost 3.2 million". Tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/11/09/don-draper-caper-no-match-for-kardashian-wedding-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-draws-almost-3-2-million/33077. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
 * 16) ^ "Cable ratings: NFL, Heisman The Closer, Men of a Certain Age and Phineas and Ferb top weekly cable charts". Tvbythenumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/12/15/cable-ratings-nfl-heisman-the-closer-men-of-a-certain-age-and-phineas-and-ferb-top-weekly-cable-charts/36244. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
 * 17) ^ "More Ratings Records for E!’s Keeping Up With the Kardashians". Tvbythenumbers.com. 2010-02-22. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/02/22/more-ratings-records-for-es-keeping-up-with-the-kardashians/42667. Retrieved 2010-08-07.
 * 18) ^ "Breaking News - Development Update: Tuesday, April 21". theFutonCritic.com. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2009/04/21/development-update-tuesday-april-21-31133/8053/. Retrieved October 7, 2010.
 * 19) ^ "E!’s Kourtney and Khloe’ Take Miami premiere averages 2.7 million". TVByTheNumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2009/08/17/es-kourtney-and-khloe-take-miami-premiere-averages-2-7-million/24891. Retrieved June 29, 2010.
 * 20) ^ "Season Finale of ‘Kourtney & Khloe Take Miami‘ Hits Highs on E!". TVbytheNumbers.com. http://tvbythenumbers.com/2010/08/16/season-finale-of-kourtney-khloe-take-miami-hits-highs-on-e/60097. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
 * 21) ^ "Look Out, New York: Here Comes E!'s New Kardashian Show - E! Online". eOnline.com. http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b203757_look_out_new_york_here_comes_es_new.html. Retrieved October 7, 2010.

[edit] Notes

 * 1) ^ The first episode of the season, The Wedding, was included in Kourtney and Khloé Take Miami's first season DVD. Unlike region 4 where the episode received its own DVD release.
 * 2) ^ Nearly two months after the final episode of the fifth season aired, a special episode titled 'Junk in the Trunk 2' aired. The episode then became officially tied to the fifth season.