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Modified promo paradigm from *The Kardashians* featuring Kris Jenner, Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloé Kardashian, Kendall Jenner and Kylie Jenner. Photo Courtesy: Hulu

After 14 years and 20 seasons, Keeping Up with the Kardashians came to an end in 2021. Of course, that doesn't mean the Kardashian family unit is out of the news cycle. But while we may have felt that we were washed watching their exploits, the Kardashian-Jenner association conspicuously isn't done keeping cameras out of their personal lives. In fact, they might but be craving more attention — something Hulu is happy to give them.

On March 14, 2022, Hulu dropped a trailer, which revealed the Kardashians' imminent render to our screens. Starting Apr 14, 2022, nosotros'll supposedly see a "whole new" side of the family — a family that feels they've taken and so much time off from the reality TV spotlight. In reality? While filming may have stopped a while ago, Keeping Up'south finale aired on June xx, 2021. It hasn't fifty-fifty been a full year. And, given the family'south perpetual presence in tabloids and amusement news, all of this begs the question: practise nosotros really miss the Kardashians?

Is it too soon to welcome them back to our TV screens? Do we ever desire a reboot or resurgence? And, equally interesting, why do the Kardashians desire to be back on camera already? To coincide with the new show's April 14 debut, we're delving into these questions and more.

Should We Terminate "Keeping Upward" with the Kardashian-Jenner Family?

On Oct 14, 2007, the Kardashian family unit debuted their reality TV show, Keeping Up with the Kardashians. In its beginning calendar month on air, Keeping Up was a huge hit for East! with approximately 1.iii million viewers tuning in to the show. While it'southward debatable whether Keeping Upward was scripted or non, Hulu's hope to evidence us a "whole new" side of the family makes u.s.a. wonder if it'll actually be raw, unedited reality TV (if such a matter even exists these days).

Simply called The Kardashians, the show marks a pivot from the family unit members' desires to go along the cameras out of their personal lives and pursue other ventures. But cameras or not, the extended Kardashian family can't seem to stay out of the headlines, from Kim Kardashian'southward very public — peradventure besides public — carve up from Kanye W to Kylie Jenner having her second child with on-once more-off-again fellow Travis Scott.

From left: Kris Jenner, Ben Winston, Khloé Kardashian, True Thompson and Kim Kardashian attend the Los Angeles premiere of Hulu's *The Kardashians* on April seven, 2022. Photo Courtesy: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for ABA

As asked before, are we ready for more Kardashians in TV form, though? There'south definitely a divide amongst fans. Some viewers will lookout man the drama unfold no matter what, while others simply felt pressured to continue watching Keeping Up considering of the long-term investment they'd fabricated. Withal, no matter where you lot autumn on that divide, there's no denying that even though entertainment news seems to orbit the Kardashian-Jenner family unit, fans aren't experiencing the same level of access they'd grown accustomed to over the last decade and a half.

Of course, that might exist for the better. Aye, the Kardashians and their drama and insert-foot-in-rima oris opinions and sound-bites and offensive actions make for good reality TV, but at what price? Accept Kim and Kanye's divorce, for instance: Kanye has been clear about living with bipolar disorder and, while the diagnosis certainly doesn't excuse his abusive beliefs, it'southward clear that the constant coverage and media attention is feeding into the couple's very public breakup — and how Kanye is reacting to information technology.

It's difficult to have the personal become public, only it's fifty-fifty more than challenging when mental illness enters the equation. In a culture obsessed with glory news, we're ofttimes doing a disservice to all the people involved by turning these very serious problems into entertainment. So, in that way, perchance we should be done keeping up with the Kardashians — fifty-fifty if nosotros miss the show.

Keeping Up with the Kardashians left behind quite the legacy; it not only came to define a whole genre of reality Boob tube, only information technology reshaped our very concept of glory. And part of that legacy is the wild amount of admission we had as viewers — scripted or not — to their personal, day-to-mean solar day lives.

Kris Jenner in the get-go episode of *The Kardashians*. Photograph Courtesy: Hulu

Information technology'southward difficult to untangle the very concept of "influencers", for example, from the fashion the Kardashians (especially Kim and Kylie) have grown businesses, gained fans, amassed more wealth, and, generally, inserted themselves into the conversation fourth dimension and again. Allowing a deeper level of access personalized the fans' relationships with the family and its dynamics in a then-new way. Past (literally) ambulation their dingy laundry, the Kardashians fabricated fans and hate-watchers feel like they really knew them.

That doesn't audio like a novel idea now, but, a decade agone, it was groundbreaking in its own way. (Again, for amend or worse.) At the time, "momager" Kris Jenner was accused of exchanging her kids' personal lives for money and fame. That's non untrue. Today, however, it might not audio as jarring, given the rise of kid stars on social media and streaming platforms, like Instagram, YouTube, TikTok and Twitch.

So, why have the Kardashians decided to come up back? Keeping Up certainly made them who they are today, both in terms of wealth and fame. Merely maybe they simply crave the cameras considering they demand to be seen. Loftier-profile trials and onetime Olympians aside, the Kardashians are kind of famous for… being famous. Information technology's now a bit of a "craven or the egg?" situation — tin you lot even really be a Kardashian/Jenner, or the kind of celebrity the family members are, if you lot don't have the cameras on yous?

To stay relevant, the Kardashians demand our about-abiding attention. And they really desire to stay relevant. That's kind of their whole matter, at the end of the day. The cameras are now an extended (and maybe essential) part of the Kardashian-Jenner family considering existence relevant helps them sell their latest cosmetic line or misguided liquor venture.

If the Kardashians went out of vogue, a dip in popularity might start to undo their whole celebrity-influencer concern model. Of course, given the sheer corporeality of followers and money they have, information technology would accept 1 heck of a dip in popularity for the Kardashians to drop off the pop culture-radar entirely.

How Will The Kardashians Differ From Keeping Up With the Kardashians ?

While Hulu promises an fifty-fifty juicier window into the famous family'south personal affairs, it's hard to know just how different things will be in comparison to Keeping Up. Besides being more than "real", The Kardashians has positioned itself as more than of a look into the family unit'due south latest business ventures — supposedly more than cocky-promotion than human relationship drama.

Kim Kardashian in the first episode of *The Kardashians*. Photo Courtesy: Hulu

Nonetheless, long-time viewers desire those tin can-look-away family and relationship dynamics, too. So, maybe the Kardashian-Jenner grandkids will take up more than screen fourth dimension? (Even if they maybe shouldn't.) Maybe Rob Kardashian, who didn't appear on the concluding few seasons of Keeping Up, will pop up again? Will Kendall Jenner be held answerable for her offensive tequila ad?

The drama is seemingly endless. Since the end of Keeping Up, Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are Las Vegas-married and, reportedly, planning an exclusive, larger wedding reception, while Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson have split, come together, and parted over again, all while raising their daughter, Truthful. And so there'due south Kim and Pete Davidson — who has had quite the list of high-profile girlfriends as of belatedly, and a cringey, as well-public fight with Kanye in the wake of the Kim-Kanye divorce.

Even just reviewing the headline highlights, it'south such a mixed handbag. Maybe some of what's happening in their personal lives should be left on the editing room floor — just, no matter how damaging, that'south unlikely. Whether y'all tune in on April 14 or not, 1 matter is clear: It seems you'll ever know just a picayune too much about the Kardashians — even if you aren't trying to proceed up with them.