Keeping Up with the Kardashians
The Beginning of the End
TV Flash files “The Beginning of the End” as the first listed hour of season 20 — Keeping Up with the Kardashians (2007–2021) on E!, season 20, episode 1, aired 2021-03-18, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S20E01: listed hour 261 of 272 in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide, first listed hour of season 20. It aired 2021-03-18 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Love Lockdown” (S19E08). Next is “No Comment” (S20E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Khloe and Tristan face roadblocks while expanding their family; Scott faces some big decisions about his relationship while Kim prepares for a test that will determine her career as a lawyer.
Viewer FAQ
Where does The Beginning of the End sit in the Keeping Up with the Kardashians guide?
S20E01 is listed hour 261 of 272 — first listed hour of season 20, season 20 episode 1.
When did Keeping Up with the Kardashians S20E01 air?
The Beginning of the End aired 2021-03-18 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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Filed against
- 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…