Why Is ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians’ Canceled?

The Kardashian sisters introduced that they’ve determined to cancel Keeping Up With the Kardashians. On September 8, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kris Jenner, and the official Keeping Up With the Kardashians Instagram account posted photos notifying their followers and followers that the the final season of KUWTK will air in early 2021. After the ultimate season aires, the franchise will complete 20 seasons, 14 years, and quite a few spinoff sequence.

“It is with heavy hearts that we’ve made the troublesome choice as a household to say goodbye to Keeping Up with the Kardashians,” Kim, Khloe, and Kris wrote.

While the cancellation announcement shocked many followers – and even a member of the family – the household mutually determined collectively. “There was no massive purpose why the household determined to finish KUWTK; it was a mutual choice,” a supply told ET. The children who began the show now have their very own children and it’s getting very onerous to movie all collectively or get sufficient footage individually. The household is grateful for his or her time and is joyful they’ve all of those reminiscences filmed for the remainder of their lives. The household needed time to focus extra on their household and future tasks and the show is a significant job that takes up loads of time.”

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To our amazing fans – It is with heavy hearts that we’ve made the difficult decision as a family to say goodbye to Keeping Up with the Kardashians. After what will be 14 years, 20 seasons, hundreds of episodes and numerous spin-off shows, we are beyond grateful to all of you who’ve watched us for all of these years – through the good times, the bad times, the happiness, the tears, and the many relationships and children. We’ll forever cherish the wonderful memories and countless people we’ve met along the way. Thank you to the thousands of individuals and businesses that have been a part of this experience and, most importantly, a very special thank you to Ryan Seacrest for believing in us, E! for being our partner, and our production team at Bunim/Murray, who’ve spent countless hours documenting our lives. Our last season will air early next year in 2021. Without Keeping Up with The Kardashians, I wouldn’t be where I am today. I am so incredibly grateful to everyone who has watched and supported me and my family these past 14 incredible years. This show made us who we are and I will be forever in debt to everyone who played a role in shaping our careers and changing our lives forever. With Love and Gratitude, Kim

A put up shared by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Sep 8, 2020 at 2:34pm PDT

Khloe Kardashian hinted that the household wants a change

While Kim, Khloe, and Kris all wrote related farewell posts, Khloe Kardashian revealed a possible purpose for the show cancellation. “Change is tough but additionally wanted at instances,” she wrote in her Instagram caption. “I really like you all. Thank you for the reminiscences!”

KUWTK first premiered in 2007 when the Jenners and Kardashians nonetheless lived of their ranch-style house. Caitlyn Jenner recalled the show’s early days in a vlog on September 14. “I keep in mind once we had our first assembly at E! and I keep in mind the chief producer goes, ‘I don’t know if i actually get it, however we’ll shoot six exhibits,’” she stated. “We didn’t get 4 episodes in and so they stated okay we’ll go to 12. Well it went from there and simply saved constructing.” Since 2007, the KarJenner siblings have grown up with the cameras and highlight on them the complete time.

The Kardashian-Jenner siblings have shielded their children from KUWTK

Since its premiere, the reminiscences of KUWTK seasons previous are infinite. Most notably, the KarJenner siblings have welcomed a complete of ten kids into their lives. When Kourtney Kardashian first gave start to Mason in December 2009 – and likewise helped ship him – she let Disick movie the start and it made the reduce for the season 4 KUWTK finale. Kardashian let producers movie child Mason for one season, however she didn’t enable any cameras on the then one-year-old for his or her subsequent spinoff, Kourtney & Kim Take New York. “You’re not going to see Mason,” Kardashian told PEOPLE in January 2011. “Scott and I made a decision to not have him on the show this season.” Since then, Mason has made on and off appearances on KUWTK, however her children make frequent appearances lately.

Kim Kardashian – the following sister to have children – additionally needed to make the choice about how a lot she needed oldest daughter North on the fact show. During North’s first few years, she made few appearances on the show, per Kardashian and husband Kanye West’s request.

The SKIMS founder detailed her and West’s choice on an episode of Pretty Big Deal with Ashley Graham from 2018. “I’ve an excellent steadiness, if our youngsters are ever on the show, Kanye has to view it and approve it,” Kardashian said. “Sometimes I’ll ship him an image of the children and he’ll put up it, and I received’t essentially need it to be posted. Or he’ll say to me that we must always relax on posting the children. So now we have our moments and it modifications on a regular basis.”

The newer mother and father – Kylie Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, and Rob Kardashian – have adopted of their sibling’s footsteps by slowly easing their children into the fact tv show saga.