Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Birthdays and Bad News (1)
TV Flash files “Birthdays and Bad News (1)” as the first listed hour of season 17 — Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) on E!, season 17, episode 1, aired 2019-09-08, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S17E01: listed hour 235 of 272 in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide, first listed hour of season 17. It aired 2019-09-08 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Aftershock” (S16E12). Next is “Birthdays and Bad News (2)” (S17E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Khloe invites her ex, Tristan Thompson to True's first birthday party; Khloe decides to throw Kourtney a birthday party, but Kourtney's anxiety about turning 40 threatens to ruin the celebration; Kim receives a devastating medical diagnosis that could change her life forever.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Birthdays and Bad News (1) sit in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide?
S17E01 is listed hour 235 of 272 — first listed hour of season 17, season 17 episode 1.
When did Keeping Up with the Kardashians S17E01 air?
Birthdays and Bad News (1) aired 2019-09-08 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.
In the series
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…