Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Paparazzi & Papas
TV Flash files “Paparazzi & Papas” as hour 100 of 272 in the TV Flash guide — Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) on E!, season 8, episode 17, aired 2013-10-13, 60 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E17: listed hour 100 of 272 in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide, hour 17 of 19 in season 8. It aired 2013-10-13 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “More to the Story” (S08E16). Next is “All Signs Point to North” (S08E18).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Growing tired of the constant presence of the paparazzi, Kim creates a plan to throw them off her trail once she goes into labour. Kourtney and Khloé attempt to set up a blind date for their grandma.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Paparazzi & Papas sit in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide?
S08E17 is listed hour 100 of 272 — hour 17 of 19 in season 8, season 8 episode 17.
When did Keeping Up with the Kardashians S08E17 air?
Paparazzi & Papas aired 2013-10-13 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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Why this series still plays
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…