''Kocktails with Khloé'' is an American

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–themed variety

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that premiered on the

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cable channel on January 20, 2016. The series is hosted by

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personality

Khloé Kardashian Khloé Alexandra Kardashian (; born June 27, 1984) is an American media personality and socialite. Since 2007, she has starred with her family in the reality television series ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians''. Its success has led to the cre ...

. In April 2016, FYI cancelled ''Kocktails with Khloé'' after one season.

Production

The series was

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on July 21, 2015. The network ordered eight one-hour episodes; the production of ''Kocktails with Khloé'' commenced immediately after the announcement. The talk show is hosted by television personality and socialite

, who is well known for appearing on the reality television series ''

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'' and its

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. Apart from appearing on shows with her family, Kardashian has previously participated in several other media projects, including being a co-host on the second season of ''

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'' with

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in 2012, as well as featuring on ''DJ for Khloé After Dark'' on Miami's Y100 radio station in 2009. The talk show is produced by

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and Derek W. Wan from

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, and Gena McCarthy, Toby Faulkner and Lauren Wohl from the network as well as Khloé Kardashian herself. The series is filmed in

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, California. The show was broadcast on

, an American cable network, previously known as The Biography Channel, which features mostly lifestyle-themed programming. "

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is something I’m extremely proud of and I’m excited to execute it with my amazing partners, Pilgrim and FYI," said Kardashian who also serves as the executive producer of the show, "I’m lucky that I’ve been able to invite fans into my life and home on a weekly basis and this show will give me an opportunity to continue to do that with new and exciting guests. ..I can't wait to show my fans what we have in store on ‘Kocktails With Khloe.'" The show is produced by Pilgrim Studios which describes the upcoming series as "a hybrid talk show" set in a unique intimate format surrounded by celebrity guests and friends. Craig Piligian, an executive producer of the studios, felt positively about the upcoming project by saying: The talk show premiered on January 20, 2016. In April, it was announced that the network cancelled ''Kocktails with Khloé '' after one season. The final episode aired on April 20.

Episodes

Reception

Maria Yagoda, announcing the show for the ''

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'' magazine, felt very positive about the series and said that "the show’s basic premise (along with the fact that "kocktails" is in the title) is already getting us ''very'' excited".

Broadcast

The talk show was initially scheduled to premiere on December 9, 2015 in the United States, but the date later was pushed to January 20, 2016. The eight-episode series is broadcast on the

cable network. The show will continue to air in the same time slot for eight consecutive weeks. In the United Kingdom,

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acquired the series and it premiered on April 26, 2016.

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