Hulu Renews Kim Kardashian’s ‘All’s Fair’ for Season 2 Despite Brutal Reviews

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Disney/Hulu has picked up All’s Fair for season 2.

‘All’s Fair’ has been renewed for a second season on Hulu.

— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) November 24, 2025

When the first trailer appeared, people online immediately thought it looked unbelievably bad. As reviews came out, critics agreed – the legal drama starring Kim Kardashian lived up to those initial impressions. In fact, The Times gave it a zero-star rating, calling it potentially “the worst TV drama ever.”

In its zero-star review, The Guardian said, “It’s so awful, it feels almost contemptuous.”

Ryan Murphy’s new Hulu legal drama, #AllsFair, starring Kim Kardashian, is receiving overwhelmingly negative reviews. Critics and TV journalists are calling it everything from ‘existentially terrible’ and ‘tacky’ to a complete ‘disaster,’ with some even labeling it the worst TV drama ever.

— Variety (@Variety) November 4, 2025

The show currently has a very low 3% rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Plenty of higher-quality shows haven’t lasted past their first season, so people are wondering how this one got renewed. However, the decision to make a second season of All’s Fair might be based on viewing numbers and other data.

All’s Fair in the Algorithm

I was really intrigued when I first heard about All’s Fair. Ryan Murphy is a huge name – he’s won so many Emmys and created some of my favorite shows! And, okay, Kim Kardashian isn’t a traditional actress, but you can’t deny she’s built a massive entertainment brand with her family. Having her involved as an executive producer definitely meant this show was going to get noticed.

The show also stars Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson, Ed O’Neill, and many other talented actors. It’s an impressive cast – something you rarely saw on streaming shows until recently. However, even with such big names, the show will still be judged harshly if the script isn’t good.

According to a review in The Hollywood Reporter, the show’s characters lack depth, the plots are weak, and their motivations aren’t well-developed. This results in a lack of genuine emotion and makes it difficult for viewers to connect with the story.

I was surprised, but people did tune in to watch! Deadline said All’s Fair racked up 3.2 million views worldwide in just its first three days of streaming. Apparently, that’s the biggest debut for any new scripted series on Hulu in the last three years. And get this – Hulu says their social media posts about the show have gotten over 7 billion views, with the videos themselves being watched 190 million times! It’s pretty incredible.

As a huge fan, I was so excited when Kim Kardashian used her Instagram – with over 354 million followers! – to ask if everyone had watched the show just two days after it premiered. She really hyped it up, calling it ‘the most critically acclaimed show of the year!’ It meant a lot that she was supporting it and getting the word out to so many people.

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While it hasn’t received rave reviews, the new series All’s Fair drew 2.61 million hours of viewership in the U.S. between October 31st and November 6th, according to Luminate. This placed it 15th in the company’s weekly TV rankings, despite competition from new episodes of popular shows like Tulsa King and The Witcher.

As a movie and TV fan, I wasn’t totally shocked to hear All’s Fair got picked up for another season. Everything that got it the green light in the first place is still solid – the showrunner is fantastic, it blew up on social media, and the cast is really strong. Plus, a lot of people were tuning in! But honestly, whether people actually enjoyed it is still up for debate, which is a little weird.

Who’s Laughing?

According to Slate, the characters in the show All’s Fair have names that feel like they were generated by an AI trying to create stereotypical “girlboss” figures. The author also points out that, even though we rarely see these characters practicing law, the show constantly tells us they’re incredibly talented lawyers. It’s worth noting when mainstream media starts echoing the criticisms leveled at shows like She-Hulk, and considering why.

In a review for The Times, Ben Dowell criticized the work, stating that while it presents itself as a feminist story about strong female lawyers fighting against unfair wealthy men, it ultimately embodies the very greed, self-importance, and materialism it claims to oppose.

It’s questionable whether people are truly enjoying “All’s Fair,” or just amused by how unaware it is of its own flaws. Ultimately, though, ratings and streaming numbers are what decide a show’s fate. Expect “All’s Fair Season 2” to continue in the same vein as before.

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2025-11-26 00:57