Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Kim's House Party
TV Flash files “Kim's House Party” as the first listed hour of season 5 — Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) on E!, season 5, episode 1, aired 2010-08-22, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 41 of 272 in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2010-08-22 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Delivering Baby Mason” (S04E10). Next is “Blind Date” (S05E02).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Kim buys a new house after her split with Reggie Bush. Kris thinks Kim is acting too protective of her house, so she decides to throw a house party to break Kim's house in much to Kim's chagrin. Meanwhile, Khloé and Kourtney disagree on whether Scott is welcome in Khloé and Lamar's house after his awful stunts from last season.
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Where does Kim's House Party sit in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 41 of 272 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Keeping Up with the Kardashians S05E01 air?
Kim's House Party aired 2010-08-22 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is it "real"?
Manufactured intimacy is the business model. Cameras, Kris producing the clan, sisters as brands — the unreality is the product.
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A family that turned tabloid weather into a vertical empire, cameras included. Keeping Up with the Kardashians is manufactured intimacy as a business model — Kris producing the clan, sisters as brands, and reality TV writing the playbook influencer culture later called original.
I'm Watching You is not a title. It is a pact. Ryan Seacrest and Bunim/Murray's Keeping Up with the Kardashians premiered on E! in 2007 and ran through 2021: Kim, Khloé, Kourtney, Kris producing the clan, Kylie, Kendall, cameras on the tabloid weather until the weather became the business. Manufactured intimacy as a model. Sisters as brands. Sex-tape origin lore and the forever famous-for-what discourse are inseparable from the text, which is a polite way of saying the origin leak never left the lobby. Twenty…
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- Kim Kardashian as Herself
Kim Kardashian played herself as the still center of Keeping Up with the Kardashians — tabloid weather turned vertical empire, manufactured intimacy as a business model, sisters as brands, Kris producing the clan. TV Flash files her as…
- Khloe Kardashian as Herself
Khloe Kardashian played herself as the blunt sister in Keeping Up with the Kardashians — tabloid weather as a vertical empire, cameras included, Kris producing, sisters as brands. Manufactured intimacy that influencer culture later called…
- Kourtney Kardashian as Herself
Kourtney Kardashian played herself as the eldest-sister brake on Keeping Up with the Kardashians — tabloid weather as empire, cameras included, Kris producing, sisters as brands. Manufactured intimacy with a sibling who looked tired of…
- Kris Jenner as Herself
Kris Jenner produced and played herself on Keeping Up with the Kardashians — a family that turned tabloid weather into a vertical empire, cameras included, sisters as brands, manufactured intimacy as the actual product. TV Flash files her…
- Kylie Jenner as Herself
Kylie Jenner grew up inside Keeping Up with the Kardashians as herself — youngest-sister weather in a tabloid empire, cameras included, Kris producing, sisters as brands, manufactured intimacy as a business model. TV Flash files her as…
- Kendall Jenner as Herself
Kendall Jenner grew up on camera as herself on Keeping Up with the Kardashians — manufactured intimacy as a business model, Kris producing the clan, sisters as brands, a younger silhouette in a tabloid-weather empire. TV Flash files her…