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2/10
The Guide to Parenting Not!
Sylviastel15 January 2008
Remember Robert Kardashian, he was the attorney and best friend of O.J. Simpson? Of course, you do. Everybody remembers the dream team of the Simpson trial. Bobby's first wife, Kris, married Bruce Jenner and had two more children, Kylie and Kendal. Kris and Bobby were married for twelve years and produced four children-Robert Jr., Kourtney, Khloe, and Kim I believe. In this show which is produced by Ryan Seacrest, the blended family which includes Kris Jenner who is also producer of the show has quite a reality premise. When one of the girls discover that she's not pregnant, they rent a bus to take the family to Las Vegas where the Kardashian decides to marry her boyfriend. Of course, Kris has gone behind her husband's back to purchase a puppy and not to tell him while she's away with the girls. Their home life in Calabasas is quite luxurious because it's worth millions of dollars. There are touching moments like the tribute to their father, Robert Kardashian. Kris and Bruce have been married for 16 years. I think Kris should stop acting like a teenager and grow-up and wear more age-appropriate clothes. She must think that she's still a kid and has some immaturity. I don't think much of Jenner anymore. I used to have respect for him but it's deteriorating while watching this show.
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2/10
Scripted, Fake Junk - the worst of the "reality" shows.
Maedhros3513 April 2008
Since my SO is sort of a fan of "reality" shows I sometimes watch (parts of) the whole plethora of series: Hugh Hefner, Hulk Hogan, Sunset Tan, Jessica Simson to name a few have all passed our TV screens. Of these, KUWtK is certainly the worst: the acting is worst, the scripting is worst, the people are the ugliest, making it the low point so far in reality world.

The series is more-or-less Snowwhite and the Seven Dwarfs - except that snow white is male and the dwarfs are called Oldy (Kris), Dopey (Kim) and Ugly (I can't be bothered to look up her name - it's the fat one).

The show somehow pretends to be a reality show but everything about it is scripted, which is clear for everyone to see. For example: the half-naked "babysitter", which Oldy "hires" in reality is a famous porn star, who at the end of the day gets "fired" by some of the others.

In short: it's absolute Junk.
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3/10
It's hard to rate this
naviamarshall29 March 2020
It's hard to rate this show. I mean the family is often rude, disrespectful and ungrateful. But honestly that's what makes this show funny and entertaining, because how head there , ungrateful the family often is. That's why it's often scripted, people want to see that, that's what Keeping Up with the Kardashians is. It's unrelatable and like watching a sci-fi alien show. But all and all it's just funny, and honestly incredible how successful these people are.
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1/10
Makes you sad to be part of the human race
fallyhag2 January 2009
There needs to be a rating choice of zero for shows like this. I have just watched the episode where they drag a homeless man off the street to "play with" and I have never felt so sad for these horrible people. The show is 100% pure car crash TV. The worst thing is that it is totally not "reality" and comes across as completely scripted, planned and faked.

Sadly it seems like any Joe can now grab a film deal and the once original Ozzy Osbourne format has now long gone. This show just sums up everything I hate about these type of people and watching it makes me sad to be part of the same race.

These shows must stop...but they wont...because they are designed for lazy viewing (couch potatoes) and lets face it...there are plenty out there to keep this sort of show on air :(
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1/10
Watch - and then thank goodness for your parents!
lambiepie-228 October 2007
Sadly, IMDb doesn't have a rating system under 1 to grade reality shows - and this reality program is a perfect example where zero should be installed.

No matter how long you may look at "Keeping Up WIht the Kardashans", it has no value in any category whatsoever - just another entry into the 'fast food' genre of reality programing - lots of calories, non-filling and quickly forgetful.

Here you have another twenty something ungrateful Hollywood raised female woman-child, in another typically ungrateful for celebrity-family with parents who are so self absorbed and ungrateful towards themselves, that you wonder how they can have time left to be ungrateful towards the children under their roof/in their lives. But oh, they find time.

So what keeps you watching? The 15 minute 'clinique' beauty of the twenty something self described "socialite"? The little "naughty-bits" they sneak in of T&A just under the radar of standards and practices? The self-absorption of the parents? The back-talk and snotty attitudes the children are allowed to give to these parents? The unruliness of a blended family? Or just the idea of taking a peek into the life of "folks with celebrity" and then taking a look at your own life and realizing that mom and dad ....maybe aren't SO bad.

The beauty of freedom is that there will always be something for everyone. And in that freedom, you can take a look and decide if it's good or bad. For me, this show is bad, meaningless. This is not to say that all TV must be 20 hours of "Leave it to Beaver" or the "Brady Bunch". That's unrealistic. We've got to be exposed to real family dysfunction to see that that the world isn't always sugary sweet and pristine perfect. Not parents, not kids, not even our pets.

But programs like this are getting to be a standard. There isn't anything warm or exciting about viewing the life of a young woman who's already hit her peak - mentally, educationally, sexually - and is heading downward fast. Or her mother who IS allowing it - even if it is only due to her own self-absorption. And a father who couldn't care less because he ISN'T her father particularly, just another man in a long line of men that the mother has luckily hooked her claws into. And the household siblings - the siblings to whom you have a bet going that they will either run out of the home screaming for real love, acceptance, stability, boundaries - or end up just like their older sibling on a YouTube edited soft porn segment or even worse - a real one.

Is this entertainment? Depends on you. It is a train wreck that you may stop to see for a minute or two - but there are so many OTHER train wrecks to see in "reality TV" these days from music television to classic television channels, why stick with this one? Even if its only for a minute? Well...maybe to hug mom and dad and thank them that you're not ever going to end up as dull, lifeless, and boring as this family no matter how much money, TV cameras or publicity there is in the world. This shows that fame, money -- the appearance of it or the chasing of it -- isn't all it's cracked up to be, but obviously will crack those who have it.
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1/10
Dumb, dumber, dumbest
Miles-104 October 2008
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This show can be so formulaic and stereotypical that it must be scripted--or improvised based on an outline the way "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is. But while "Curb" ends up being painfully funny, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" just ends up being painful.

I obviously have too much time on my hands because I have probably seen three or four episodes of this show. Having grown up in Worcester, Massachusetts, I suppose that I was intrigued by the idea of a show about an Armenian–American family—not that the Kardashians much resemble any Armenian-American family I have ever known (other than that they are often big).

My hope is that the show is scripted, because, otherwise, these people are evidently incredibly shallow, and they all seem to suffer from an attention deficit. In one episode, "Learning Self Defense," a vandal comes to their shop, knocks merchandise about, and frightens the salesgirl. The Kardashian girls first decide to take a self-defense class for about 10 minutes, which leaves them brimming with overconfidence until step-dad and former Olympic athlete Bruce Jenner shows them that he can easily defeat them with very little effort. Rather than dedicate themselves to further lessons, the girls abandon this scheme, much the way that Wile E. Coyote, in the old Warner Brothers cartoons always tries a completely new scheme when the last one fails to provide instant gratification. Kris, the mom, then suggests that they go to a shooting range and learn to use pistols; however, after ten minutes the girls give up on this as well.

Not to be outdone in the stupidity department, the girls' brother and one's boyfriend come up with a hair-brained plan to disguise themselves as armed robbers in ski masks and stage a fake robbery in order to scare the girls into hiring a professional security service. It never occurs to them to try verbal persuasion or that it might be kindly of them to hire an hour of a security consultant's time and have him talk to Kim at no cost to her. Good thing the girls hadn't decided to acquire guns or they might have filled these two pranksters with lead. On the other hand, that might have been good for ratings.

Finally, has anyone asked whether or not the producers of "Deep Space 9" had this family in mind when they created the aliens known as the Cardassians? True, there is not much resemblance other than that the Kardashians do not seem to be of this world.
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1/10
A stupid show about stupid people
umbraphile20 February 2010
As with all reality TV shows, "Keeping Up with the Kardashians" is a waste of airtime. Every episode involves stupid, idiotic people engaging in the same petty dramatics that have obviously been written and staged - rather poorly might I add. There is absolutely nothing special about this garbage, and I cannot see why anyone would find it the least bit enjoyable. The acting is poor, which is not surprising considering how untalented these individuals are. Kim is exactly like Paris Hilton, that alone being an excellent reason to change the channel.

Stay away and do not expose your loved ones to this poor excuse for entertainment. They will thank you later.
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1/10
Exploiting the Active audience and making emerge a society obessessed with consumerism
sdoulfik30 July 2016
This show is more political than just entertainment. We need to question why are so many people watching this show which has no important message. This shows makes us think of a society that is obsessed with watching reality even though it has no educational or informative message. it is a culture that is obsessed with a narcissistic society as Pecora write about in the Surveillance Society. The Kardashians not only make it seem that it is important to publish their private lives and make it an entertainment but they also send a message that many must critically analyze: consumerism. They show their houses and talk about their brands in order to target young audiences and not only receive money from the show but also from their brands. It is the complete exploitation of the fan audiences. When done watching an episode, audiences walk out with a desire to purchase things and speculate about useless stuff like how kim lost a $70,000 earrings in the pool and cried about it. The Kardashians want to create realism and influence an ideology of consumerism. Even though it is blatant their show is scripted or might be manipulated at times in order to create social media buzz. For example, when Kim Kardashian recorded the conversation with taylor swift and Kanye West and published it on snapchat in order to humiliate Taylor and gain more snapchat followers. It is all done for profit and fame. The real question that show make emerge critical discussions is why do the Kardashians believe people would want to watch their private lives? Isn't that exploiting the audience by using their time for useless content? As well as to promote their brands? Every episode is pointless and had drama that we don't need to see such as the drama when Bruce Jenner told the family he wants to transition to a female. The whole episode was Kylie, Kourtney, Khloe complaining about how he has never talked to them about this even though he's been feeling like a woman for a long time. How does this narrative and plot affect the audience? It doesn't teach us anything other than being obsessed with reality TV.
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1/10
The worst TV show on the planet....
Irishchatter21 December 2015
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I had watched this series back in 2010 during my teens and I thought since all girls my age loved them, I might as well watch this too! As I was watching this, I absolutely felt depressed after watching at least a good few episodes of this because they always kept on yelling at each other and they really are just a fake bunch at the end of the day. They really love being on the camera 24/7 just so they get more money and become famous for being famous. It's such a sad life to being that selfish and spend it a lot on botox. They really have let themselves down by being such snobs and never really cared about other people. What is even more meaner is that they always complain over little things, even the mother is a bad role model to her children!

I think E! are absolutely stupid for not taking this rubbish and godforsaken television show down. However all they do is talk absolute pointless things about these types, they are just so disgraced! I have regretted watching this show entirely!
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1/10
what is this?
rockorbe200223 March 2009
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what's up with this crap? i was watching a whole episode. that's right a WHOLE episode. it dawned on me. have TV producers and executives lost wits and ideas. they let any rich bratty family on TV and their fame lies on Kim's ass (which is not bad), their extravagance, and the fact that patriarch Robert kardashian bailed out o.j Simpson and i even found out, on wikipedia no less, that o.j is Kim's godfather. i guess crime does pay. but going back to the subject. this particular episode features the elder kardashian sister throwing a fit cause mommy doesn't show up for a shoot and on top calls mommy a bitch. now, in my days (and bear in mind, im in my 20's, about the same age as some of the kardashian brats) disrespecting your parents like that, even if your parents were wrong, you got a slap in the face. but what does mommy kardashian do? she sends bratty a feel-better bouquet. now WHAT THE HELL IS THAT? if that's not an indication of screwed-up parenting, then i don't know what it is. next episode had the other kardashian sister posing for Peta. it just shows that these girls have no talent whatsoever other than what puberty gave them and they got cash to fix that. otherwise, you all know who the government will be bailing out next. this show sucks, if you want reality, you'll be better watching Kim's porno flick, which i hear is way better than Paris Hilton's. way to go E! entertainment. you just sunk yourselves deeper into your own creative manure.
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Is This Show for Real????
hulababy92618 March 2008
It seems that now a days, everyone can be on television. These people should not have their own television show. Its sad that this is what we call entertainment. I feel bad for the two young girls in this family. They are not being taught any values or self-respect. Its really sad that they have a sister who poses for Playboy after the sex tape incident. Whether they like it or not, the 3 older sisters are role models to these young girls. Why does the mother allow all these things to happen when there are children present? The father, it seems, tries to do the right thing, but nobody listens. These people are not celebrities. They are a family who should not have a television show.
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10/10
But you watched it though
usefulbeauty156 November 2020
I've read many reviews of people who have watched an episode and got beside themselves enough to write a review. This family is entertaining whether you want to believe it or not. I do think Kris's boyfriend, Corey might be slow, but this family gets on TV and lives their best life the way most people say they would if they ever had money. Their reality is different than most. That's the point of it. You watch it to not relate, but to be entertained. Why did you even watch if you felt like this show was not worth it?
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7/10
People take this way too seriously...
sarahbbbyyy18 December 2016
Honestly, the Kardashians are just people. They might seem greedy and narcissistic but to be honest, as long as you live in this world and get to know people, you will know that they are no different than anybody you meet in your everyday life. If you had the opportunities they had, then you would probably take it and try to make the kind of money that have. They might be super inappropriate at times but they seem to at least work for what they have. I know that they are "famous for being famous" but there are tons of people that hold that title whom are too lazy and entitled. Majority of the family members seem to work hard, no matter how easy these opportunities come their way. Plus, the show is fun because it is all realistic family dynamics. They are all very straightforward and do not try to be something that they are not. I am proud that it is not over the top with antics nor is it dull or trying too hard to be sophisticated. The family and each of the members just say what they feel and it is entertaining!
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1/10
Complete Garbage
willrgomez2 May 2017
There should definitely be a zero rating for this garbage. I cannot believe people watch this and even worse buy the family's products. I feel ashamed to be a millennial and I don't look forward to interacting with younger people in the future. This show has no value, the people in this show have no value but yet it has been running for years. I for one am happy I cancelled my cable TV. No need for garbage content in my home.
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1/10
Keeping up with the paint drying
cramzy-9122028 April 2019
I recently got bored watching my paint drying but after watching an episode of kuwtk i now find watching paint drying very enjoyable
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1/10
Stupid, stupid, stupid
pepe4u225 December 2010
First a 1/10 is as low as i was allowed to go..watched one episode of this garbage and after 10 minutes i felt violated by the absolute stupidity and pathetic nature of this show. Every one involved should be ashamed and be held in contempt for foisting this garbage upon the human race. The kardashians are famous right now because the one sister is basically in the words of the author and former NFL player a "Jersey Jumper" who's skill she foisted upon the world is the same thing that everyone can do but they do not put on tape. Yes let us make a show around someone like that and sugar coat it a trollop is a trollop the other sisters who's names are who cares and who really cares behave worse than my nephew and niece on a really bad day everyday by the way my nephew and niece are 8 and 12 and who cares about them. This show is a ripoff of the Osbourne's which i liked because Ozzie is a legend and likable along with the rest of his brood and a severely water down version of Gene Simmons Family Jewels another of the better reality shows and why people prefer those shows is that at least there are people with charisma in those shows while in this show just a bunch of self indulgent overaged teenagers with issues with promiscuity and a warped sense of self importance. I also have to say Bruce Jenner from Olympic golden boy to this what a drop and too boot he is whipped too.
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1/10
Who cares about this overrated family.
Cinemaniac198429 November 2016
I've seen less than 3 minutes of Keeping Up with the Kardashians and this pathetic excuse of a television show highlights what is wrong with television today. Everyone, and I mean everyone on the show, just annoys the hell out of me to no end. Apart from the fact seeing the show hurts my eyes and grates my eardrums, for some unexplained reason I found myself getting dumber.

People actually find this crap entertaining, but it's good to see that I'm not alone as one of the many people out there that highly detest this show.

I have no time for the moronic Kardashian family whenever they pop up in the media, and quite frankly I think they are one of the most overrated celebrities out there.

Television would be a lot better if this garbage is taken off the air, attached to explosive ordinance and taken to a remote area in the desert to be safely detonated. And for good measure to remove any traces of this plague by applying a flamethrower.

1/10.
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1/10
Is it how USA looks like?
kingaihope16 April 2019
I mean plastic from the inside? Or is it just this family? It seems like bunch of people with mental issues has a lot of money, so empty and with no sense...
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1/10
This show has been going on for 9 years now??
tothearkham25 December 2016
What about this show that people find so appealing that it warrants 12 seasons over the course of 9 years escapes me. Kim and her gang of Botox-abusing clowns have no talent to speak of. All the ""drama"" on the show is so obviously scripted and so cringe worthily executed by a bunch of talent-less hacks that it is impossible to get invested at all in their lives.

Overall the show's success can be chalked up to the fact that it is the epitome of what makes reality TV bad. It's cheap to make, features people with no talent but are famous anyway, and somehow manages to rake in millions of viewers.These combined factors pretty much means Keeping Up with the Kardashians is going to continue being one of the top contenders for the biggest embarrassment to American pop culture.
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1/10
Lowest point in television history
willhowcoop5 August 2020
If you watch this show, then you are an idiot and you should be ashamed of yourself.
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1/10
Why?
tonydimasofilms29 November 2019
No seriously... Why? There's not one thing that's positive in this scripted show.
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spoiled brats
IrockGswift13 March 2009
This show is incredibly annoying. Four sisters who try to step on each others toes for recognition. Now granted the sisters are beautiful but it's nerve wrecking to hear them argue about almost every little thing. Kim Kardashians is obvious the biggest star out the bunch based on her involvement with singer Ray J and starring in bad girlie movies. These girls has no talent and no respect for their mother's current husband Bruce Jenner. He tries to give his step-daughters his support by giving them a word of advice for what they're pursuing and they blow him off like yesterday's newspaper. Their mother Kris Jenner is trying to relive her youth based probably on her late ex-husband success and she's just as airy. The whole show is a waste of time unless you're into drama and chaos. The Kardashian women are beautiful to look at but make sure you take some Tylenol after watching this show.
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9/10
Let's recognize, finally, the genius EQ (Emotional Quotient) of the Kardashians
Love_Life_Laughter21 June 2021
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Well, there is IQ (traditional measure of intelligence) and there is EQ (navigating emotional waters intelligently).

Looking back over the challenges this family has faced, clearly this is a family comprised of genius EQ.

Sex tape released without your consent? No problem - use the notoriety to launch a reality TV series about family.

Current standard of beauty defined as waif-like and blond when you are dark-haired and curvy?

No problem - proudly show the world your curves wearing the best couture, changing the definition of beauty world wide to include people of all shades and curvatures.

Experiencing the challenges of what is often an incredibly isolating, and ultimately destructive, fame and wealth?

No problem - Bring your sisters, mother and whomever else wants to ride with you along in a family format, forging strong and stronger bonds.

As their wealth, solidity as a family, and ability to impact the world for good clearly shows, this family is dumb like a fox.

What do I appreciate about them? Their emotional honesty. Their commitment to each other through thick and thin. Their unfailing outward politeness to others and refusal to take the bait, no matter how insulting or denigrating the communication challenge. Their unswerving commitment to include the fathers of their children into the family, for the kid's sakes, no matter how broken the original relationship between the parents.

Let's finally recognize the genius of EQ when we see it. The financial results certainly bear this out, but as we all learned through Kim's horrific robbery ordeal, money is not the real source of the Kardashian's true wealth.

Looking forward to the next chapter through different venues, to see how this clan continues to restructure and redefine their world, and ours.
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7/10
Awesome show
jaydenmorris-236202 May 2021
The first 2-4 season I give a rating of around 3 to a 4 but I'm binge watching it from the very beginning I'm now up to season 7.. I just absolutely love this show I literally had tears in my eyes when I heard its ending after 20 seasons.. But overall a great show 8/10.
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1/10
Has not even one good quality.
VdkRdbll14 February 2016
Everything about this show is awful. It's "reality TV" but we all know that it is scripted. Even worse, this fake crap only serves to boost the careers of a family that is famous for two things: 1) amateur porn and 2) the OJ Simpson trial, and more so number 1 than number 2. It's sad that people eat this stuff up like a pig in front of a trough. I think it says something about a person who regularly ingests the lies this family tells as their form of entertainment.

Making all this nonsensical babble even worse is the dumb girl, vocal fry they've all adopted. They're like parakeets. Stoned, plastic parakeets. All repeating each other while trying to get something passably familiar to human emotion across their botoxed faces.
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