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   Kris Jenner is the matriarch of one of the most famous families   
   in the world, but it seems no amount of personal drama, scandals   
   and gushing about her granddaughter was enough to drive droves   
   of Americans to her self-titled FOX summer daytime talk show.   
      
   While “Kris” didn’t completely fall flat, it was far from a   
   raging success. So what went wrong?   
      
   “Fame isn’t a reason for people to watch something. People watch   
   the reality shows for drama, and because the Kardashian family   
   is kind of a train-wreck, not because of what they have to say,”   
   explained one closely connected television studio executive.   
      
   “The ratings weren’t a huge disaster because it is summer, but   
   talk show hosts need to offer something in particular. Ellen is   
   funny. Steve Harvey is funny.   
      
   Dr. Phil and Dr. Oz offer expert advice, and Wendy Williams is   
   [a pop culture expert] so viewers know what they will get from   
   these shows. What does ‘Kris’ offer?”   
      
   Ahead of its premiere on July 16, Jenner teased audiences with   
   the possibility that her newborn granddaughter North West may   
   turn up during the series premiere, and the first episode drew   
   solid numbers, averaging a 1.1 rating, but the baby never made   
   an appearance. The second week, “Kris” dropped 11 percent and as   
   time progressed, it was deemed to be “failing” by media critics.   
      
   Daughter Kim Kardashian’s boyfriend Kanye West finally gave the   
   program a much-needed bump last week after he appeared in a pre-   
   taped segment, which aired during the finale show Friday, and   
   flashed a picture of their 2-month-old daughter, North West.   
      
   But according to Life & Style, he wasn’t exactly a willing   
   participant.   
      
   A source told the publication that Jenner had a “mini-meltdown”   
   in front of her tight-knit family about the low ratings and   
   their lack of support, and because Kim apparently “didn’t feel   
   ready” to make an appearance herself, she begged West to take   
   her place. The segment drew a great deal of promotion and buzz   
   in the days prior, but some experts say a simple stunt like a   
   photo isn’t enough to secure Jenner a long-term deal.   
      
   Prior to the finale episode, “Kris” averaged a 0.8 household   
   rating in its test markets.   
      
   “Stunts are good for one-off ratings blasts, but for a show that   
   airs [multiple times] per week, it is really more of a question   
   of how to make the show as a whole more attractive to viewers on   
   an ongoing basis,” explained Los Angeles-based talent agent   
   executive Alec Shankman. “Talk shows are incredibly difficult to   
   launch for any host. Many shows with incredibly famous and well-   
   liked hosts have failed – often on an annual basis. So   
   speculation on Kris’ likability aside, it is just a really   
   difficult challenge for anyone.”   
      
   But despite the momager’s generally lackluster ratings, FOX has   
   yet to officially say yay or nay to “Kris” becoming a regular   
   series.   
      
   "It is too soon to tell if the show will be back, usually a test   
   runs in the summer, and if it works for the network it would   
   return next fall,” an inside source at the network told us.   
   “Which is typical for syndicated shows, an example of that was   
   Bethenny Frankel's show."   
      
   FOX’s “Bethenny” premieres on Sept. 9, following a test run last   
   summer during which it posted better-than-expected numbers with   
   a 1.5 premiere rating. Jenner’s ratings also broke mostly even   
   with the same time last year.   
      
   And given that her talk show debut failed to take off in the   
   extraordinary way her E! reality show “Keeping Up With the   
   Kardashians” did when it launched six years ago, is this a sign   
   that Americans are starting to lose interest in the antics of   
   the famous family?   
      
   “Not at all,” one well-placed studio insider insisted. “Their   
   brand is drama, shenanigans, reality drama.”   
      
   But others beg to differ.   
      
   “I do believe that there has been a recent ‘change of tides’ in   
   the press and that much of what we’re seeing about the   
   Kardashians in the news lately is very negative,” Shankman added.   
      
   Reps for FOX and Jenner did not respond to a request for comment.   
      
   http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2013/08/26/kris-jenners-   
   talk-show-earns-unimpressive-ratings-is-it-sign-kardashians-are/   
      
   Yeah, negative...fat-assed ignorant Armenian nigger-fucking   
   whores named Kardashian is always a big seller...in niggerville.   
      
   In civilized non-nigger regions, not so much.   
      
                             
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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