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The Surprising Reality Show That Inspired ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’

Kim, there’s people that are dying.

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Keeping Up With the Kardashians might be a household name now, but in the early 2000s it was one of the most polarizing shows on television. You either loved it or absolutely despised it, and either way the discourse made the show what it is today. But how did one of the most recognizable reality shows get its start? Well, one of the biggest shows in the early aughts, of course.

How E!’s Girls Next Door Inspired Kris Jenner

Another popular E! series is the reason Kris Jenner agreed to have cameras film her family’s dysfunctional chaos. It wasn’t The Osbournes or even The Real World. Girls Next Door—a reality series about Playboy founder Hugh Hefner and his then-girlfriends—was taking........

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