All's Fair (2025 TV series)

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All's Fair
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Genre Legal drama
Created by
Starring
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes4
Production
Executive producers
ProducerDanielle Wang
Cinematography
  • Blake McClure
  • Moira Morel
Production companies
Original release
Network Hulu
ReleaseNovember 4, 2025 (2025-11-04) –
present

All's Fair is an American legal drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, and starring Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash-Betts, Teyana Taylor, Matthew Noszka, Sarah Paulson, and Glenn Close. The series premiered on November 4, 2025, on Hulu. It received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics, who criticized the writing and Kardashian's performance, but was the most-watched scripted Hulu show debut in three years.

Contents

Cast and characters

Main

Recurring

Guest

Confirmed

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten by  [1] Original release date  [2]
1"Pilot" Ryan Murphy Ryan Murphy & Jon Robin Baitz & Joe BakenNovember 4, 2025 (2025-11-04)
2"When We Were Young" Anthony Hemingway Ryan Murphy & Jamie PachinoNovember 4, 2025 (2025-11-04)
3"I Want Revenge"Anthony HemingwayRyan Murphy & Joe BakenNovember 4, 2025 (2025-11-04)
4"Everybody Dance Now"Anthony Hemingway Lyn Greene & Richard Levine & Joe BakenNovember 11, 2025 (2025-11-11)
5"This Is Me Trying" [3] TBALyn Greene & Richard LevineNovember 18, 2025 (2025-11-18)
6"Divorce Is Like a Death" [4] TBARyan Murphy & Joe BakenNovember 25, 2025 (2025-11-25)
7TBATBALyn Greene & Richard LevineDecember 2, 2025 (2025-12-02)
8TBAAnthony Hemingway [5] Lyn Greene & Richard LevineDecember 9, 2025 (2025-12-09)
9TBATBARyan Murphy & Joe BakenDecember 9, 2025 (2025-12-09)

Production

Background

From 2023 to 2024, Kardashian starred in the twelfth season of American Horror Story as publicist Siobhan Corbyn. [6] Because of Kardashian's involvement with American Horror Story, the series creator, Ryan Murphy, wanted to continue working with her, which led to the series being created and pitched to Kardashian by Murphy, Jon Robin Baitz, and Joe Baken in 2023. [6] Parts of the initial pitch meeting with Murphy, Kardashian, and her mother Kris Jenner, were shown in the fifth season of The Kardashians , on May 30, 2024. [6] [7]

Development

In December 2023, it was announced that Hulu had given a straight-to-series order to a legal drama series created by Murphy, with Kardashian starring as the series protagonist, a divorce lawyer and owner of an all-female law firm. [7] [8] Kardashian committed to star in and executive produce the series, with Jenner also committing to executive produce. [7]

In July 2024, Halle Berry and Glenn Close joined the series to star and executive produce, and the series was also given the title, All's Fair. [9] Later in July 2024, it was announced that Berry had left the project. [10] In August 2024, it was announced that Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, and Teyana Taylor would be joining the series to star, with Paulson, Watts, and Nash also executive producing. [11] In September 2024, it was announced that Matthew Noszka would be joining the series. [12] In October 2024, it was announced that Ed O'Neill would be joining the series in a recurring role. [13]

The series is executive produced by Ryan Murphy, Kim Kardashian, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, Jon Robin Baitz, Joe Baken, Jamie Pachino, Lyn Greene, Richard Levine, Anthony Hemingway who also served as a director, Kris Jenner, Alexis Martin Woodall, Eric Kovtun, and Scott Robertson,. [11] Production companies involved with the series are Ryan Murphy Productions, Trillium Productions, and 20th Television. [11] [14]

Filming

The series begin filming in California in October 2024, [15] [16] on a budget of $69.7 million. [17] In July 2024, the series was awarded $14.1 million in tax credits from the California Film Commission. [17] [18] On March 21, 2025, Watts revealed that filming of the first season had been wrapped. [19]

Release

The show was released on November 4, 2025, on Hulu in the United States. It was also simultaneously released on Disney+'s Hulu hub in the U.S. and internationally. [20]

Reception

All's Fair received overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics. [21] [22] On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the series holds an approval rating of 4% based on 20 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Too awful to love, too boring to war over." [23] Metacritic gave the series a weighted average score of 17 out of 100 based on 13 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". [24]

Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that the series was "brain dead", stating that "characters are so thin, their storylines so flimsy and their motives so underbaked that there's no recognizable emotion underlying any of it, and thus no feeling to be provoked by watching it". [25] The Guardian 's television critic Lucy Mangan gave the series zero stars out of five, writing that "I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad. I assumed that there was some sort of baseline, some inescapable bedrock knowledge of how to do it that now prevents any entry into the art form from falling below a certain standard. But I was wrong." [26] The review was the paper's 18th zero-star review in its history. [27] Ed Power of The Telegraph gave the series one star, calling the show "a crime against television" and a "mind-bending horror sure to trigger nightmares in the unsuspecting viewer". [28] USA Today 's television critic Kelly Lawler called the show "the worst TV of the year", detailing that it was an "unmitigated disaster of [...] outlandish proportions". [29] Ben Dowell of The Times specifically criticized Kardashian's performance, stating that she "must have quite a healthy ego to star in what may well be the worst television drama ever made". [30] Kayleigh Donaldson of TheWrap stated that "it's truly baffling how terrible “All’s Fair” is". [31]

Despite the negative critic reviews, it became the most-watched premiere among Hulu Original scripted shows in the past three years with a viewership of around 3.2 million after three days of release. [32] Addressing the negative reviews, the BBC noted that viewers still liked the show for its high camp and statement fashion. [33]

References

  1. ↑ "All's Fair". Writers Guild of America . Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Shows A-Z - All's Fair on Hulu". The Futon Critic . Retrieved October 30, 2025.
  3. ↑ "All's Fair - "This Is Me Trying"". Hulu. Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "All's Fair - "Divorce Is Like a Death"". Hulu. Retrieved November 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ Gao, Max (November 5, 2025). "'All's Fair' Director Responds to Critics, Asking Viewers to Have an Open Mind About Kim Kardashian-Led Series (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. 1 2 3 Haring, Bruce (May 31, 2024). "Kim Kardashian Was Intrigued By Notion Of Playing A High-Powered Divorce Attorney In Ryan Murphy Concept". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  7. 1 2 3 Andreeva, Nellie (December 4, 2023). "Kim Kardashian Re-Teams With Ryan Murphy, Will Star In Hulu Legal Drama Series From 'AHS' EP". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  8. ↑ Hailu, Selome (December 4, 2023). "Kim Kardashian to Play a Divorce Lawyer in Ryan Murphy's Hulu Legal Drama". Variety . Retrieved June 3, 2024.
  9. ↑ Cordero, Rosy (July 8, 2024). "Halle Berry & Glenn Close Board Hulu Legal Drama 'All's Fair' From Ryan Murphy". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  10. ↑ Otterson, Joe (July 16, 2024). "Halle Berry Exits Ryan Murphy's Hulu Legal Drama 'All's Fair' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  11. 1 2 3 Cordero, Rosy (August 6, 2024). "Ryan Murphy's 'All's Fair' Adds Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, Teyana Taylor & Naomi Watts". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  12. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (September 25, 2024). "'All's Fair': Matthew Noszka Joins Ryan Murphy's Hulu Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  13. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 2, 2024). "'All's Fair': Ed O'Neill Joins Ryan Murphy's Hulu Series". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  14. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (October 9, 2024). "Anthony Hemingway Joins Hulu's 'All's Fair' As EP & Director In Ryan Murphy Reunion". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  15. ↑ Phillipp, Charlotte (October 12, 2024). "Kim Kardashian, Niecy Nash-Betts and Glenn Close Pose in SKIMS on New Legal Drama 'All's Fair' Set: 'A Pajama Party'". People . Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  16. ↑ Betancourt, Emiliana; Malkin, Marc (November 11, 2024). "Sarah Paulson Praises 'All's Fair' Co-Star Kim Kardashian for Her Acting Skills: 'She's Fun, She's Game, She's Alive to the Moment'". Variety . Retrieved November 17, 2024.
  17. 1 2 Patten, Dominic (July 10, 2024). "Ryan Murphy & Kim Kardashian's 'All's Fair' Among Latest California Tax Credits Recipients As State Hands Out $58M In Incentives This Round". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Five Television Series to Film in California, Spend $386 Million Through the State's Film and Television Tax Credit Program". California Film Commission . July 10, 2024. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  19. ↑ Flook, Ray (March 21, 2025). "All's Fair: Watts Wraps Filming Ryan Murphy, Kim Kardashian Series". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved April 8, 2025.
  20. ↑ Campione, Katie (October 8, 2025). "'All's Fair' Trailer Teases Spar Between Kim Kardashian & Sarah Paulson In Ryan Murphy Legal Drama; Premiere Date Revealed". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 8, 2025.
  21. ↑ Franklin, McKinley (November 4, 2025). ""The Worst TV Show of the Year": What the Critics Are Saying About 'All's Fair'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  22. ↑ Heritage, Stuart (November 6, 2025). "Is Kim Kardashian's legal drama All's Fair really the worst TV show of all time?". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  23. ↑ "All's Fair: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes . Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  24. ↑ "All's Fair: Season 1". Metacritic . Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  25. ↑ Han, Angie (November 4, 2025). "'All's Fair' Review: Kim Kardashian Is an Appropriately Wooden Lead for Ryan Murphy's Empty, Unforgivably Dull Hulu Drama". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  26. ↑ Mangan, Lucy (November 4, 2025). "All's Fair review – Kim Kardashian's divorce drama is fascinatingly, existentially terrible". The Guardian . Retrieved November 4, 2025.
  27. ↑ Heritage, Stuart (November 5, 2025). "The Guardian has only ever published 18 zero-star reviews. Here they all are". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  28. ↑ Power, Ed (November 4, 2025). "Kim Kardashian's new legal drama is a crime against television". The Telegraph . ISSN   0307-1235 . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  29. ↑ Lawler, Kelly (November 4, 2025). "Kim Kardashian's 'All's Fair' is the worst TV show of the year". USA Today . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  30. ↑ Dowell, Ben (November 4, 2025). "All's Fair review: this may be the worst TV drama ever". The Times . Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  31. ↑ Donaldson, Kayleigh (November 4, 2025). "'All's Fair' Review: Abysmal Kim Kardashian-Led Legal Drama Might Be Ryan Murphy's Worst Show Yet". TheWrap. Retrieved November 6, 2025.
  32. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (November 7, 2025). "'All's Fair' Logs Biggest Hulu Originals Scripted Debut In 3 Years As Star Kim Kardashian Claps Back At Negative Reviews". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 8, 2025.
  33. ↑ Levine, Nick (November 5, 2025). "Is All's Fair really the 'worst TV drama ever'?". BBC. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
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