This article is about the reality television series. For the family that this series focuses on, see Kardashian family. For the predecessor reality television series, see Keeping Up with the Kardashians.
The Kardashians premiered on April 14, 2022, on the streaming service Hulu; its first season consisted of 10 episodes.[3] Before the series debuted, it was greenlit by Hulu for a multi-season launch with a total of forty episodes. All of the seasons consisted of ten episodes each; the first four premiered bi-annually. The second season premiered in September 2022, followed by the third and fourth seasons in May and September 2023, and the fifth season in May 2024. The Kardashians was renewed for a sixth and seventh season in July 2024; which premiered in February and October 2025 respectively.
On September 8, 2020, the Kardashian–Jenner family announced that their long-running reality television series, Keeping Up with the Kardashians, would be ending in 2021.[4] The series had been on-air since 2007 and ran for 20 seasons on NBCUniversal's E! television channel.[4] The program concluded on June 20, 2021.[5]
In December 2020, during Disney's investors presentation event, it was announced that the Kardashian–Jenner sisters: Kim, Kourtney, and Khloé Kardashian, Kendall and Kylie Jenner — and their mother, Kris Jenner had signed a multi-year exclusive deal to create global content for Hulu.[6] In October 2021, it was announced that an untitled Kardashian–Jenner Hulu series would be produced by the British production company, Fulwell 73.[7] On January 1, 2022, the series title, The Kardashians, was announced by Hulu.[8] According to Khloé, "to be still on cable was just not so on-brand for [the family]", explaining why the family decided to move to the streaming platform.[9] The series is executive produced by Ben Winston, Danielle King, Emma Conway, and Elizabeth Jones for Fulwell 73, Kris Jenner, Kim Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, and Kylie Jenner for Kardashian Jenner Productions, and Ryan Seacrest.[7] King also serves as the series showrunner.[7]
The first season premiered on April 14, 2022, and consisted of ten episodes.[10][11] After the season finale, which ended on a cliffhanger, media started speculating a second season.[12]
Ahead of the series premiere, it was reported in March 2022 that Hulu had already renewed the series for a second season, as part of a multi-season order, with a total of forty episodes;[13] the series was called a "premium" version of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.[9] During May–July 2022, the Kardashian sisters posted behind-the-scenes pictures from the series on their social media accounts, hinting at a second season.[14] In June, it was confirmed that filming for the second season was underway.[15] On an episode of Deadline's Crew Call podcast, executive producer Danielle King confirmed that a second season was in production, stating that Kourtney and Travis Barker's wedding was filmed.[16] However, Kourtney later clarified that the season covers "everything leading up till [their wedding]".[17] In July, Hulu announced that the second season would premiere in September 2022.[18][19] It consisted of ten episodes.[20] Days ahead of the second season's premiere in September 2022, Kourtney revealed in an interview with E! News that a third season was in production.[17] The third season was announced in March 2023; it premiered on May 25, 2023.[21]
During Disney's upfront presentation in May 2023, it was announced that Hulu extended the show's forty-episode order, with an additional twenty episodes—renewing it up to a sixth season.[22] In June, executive producers Danielle King and Ben Winston revealed that production for the fourth season was underway.[23] The fourth season was announced on July 27, 2023—the same day the third season's finale was released.[24][25] The fifth season was filmed in late 2023[26] and announced in March 2024.[27] As the fifth-season finale was released, on July 25, Hulu announced a twenty-episode order for the series, comprising the previously ordered sixth season and an additional ten episodes.[26]
Release
The Kardashians premiered on April 14, 2022, on Hulu in the United States; episodes were released weekly on Thursdays. It premiered simultaneously internationally on Disney+ under the dedicated streaming hub Star, as an original series, Disney+ Hotstar, and on now-defunct Star+ in Latin America.[28][29] In 2022 and 2023, the series aired two seasons per year; one premiering in the spring and another in the fall.[1] Since 2024, only one season has been released per year, in the spring.
The first season consisted of ten episodes, with the season finale being released on June 16, 2022.[30] The second season premiered on September 22, 2022, following the same release schedule as the first season.[31][32] The season premiere picked up where the first season-finale ended. The third season premiered on May 25, 2023,[33] with the fourth season premiering on September 28, 2023.[34] The fifth season premiered on May 23, 2024.[35] The sixth season premiered on February 2, 2025.
Reception
Audience viewership
According to Hulu, The Kardashians premiere was the most-watched series premiere for the streaming service in its first three days in the United States, and was the most-watched Star Originals series on Disney+ and Star+ across global markets.[36][37] According to Whip Media's TV Time, The Kardashians was the tenth most streamed original series across all platforms in the United States during the week ending November 6, 2022,[38] and the ninth during the week ending November 13, 2022.[39] It was the eighth during the week of May 28, 2023,[40] the ninth during the week of June 4, 2023,[41] the seventh during the week of June 11, 2023,[42] the tenth during the week of June 16, 2023,[43] and the tenth during the week of November 12, 2023.[44]
In November 2023, during Disney's earnings call, CEO Bob Iger revealed that The Kardashians had become the most watched unscripted series in Hulu history.[45] The fifth-season premiere in May 2024 became the most-watched unscripted premiere of 2024 on Hulu in the US, and on Disney+ and Star+ globally, with 3.9 million views across all three platforms in its first four days.[46][47] It also marked the second-most-watched entertainment premiere on Disney-owned streaming platforms of 2024. Disney told Deadline Hollywood that streaming numbers for the first season "[had] tripled" following the fifth-season premiere whilst seasons two to four surged "between 99% to 187%" in viewership.[46]
Critical response
According to the review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the series' first season has a 31% approval rating based on 16 critics' reviews, with an average rating of 5.80/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "While hardcore fans might enjoy catching up with The Kardashians, the lifestyles of this rich and famous family have lost their novelty."[48]Metacritic assigned the series a weighted average score of 49 out of 100 based on 9 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews".[49]
Accolades
Awards and nominations received by The Kardashians
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