The World According to Paris is an American reality television

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 series starring Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton

Paris Whitney Hilton is an American businesswoman, heiress, and socialite. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton . Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003, and appearance on the television series The Simple Life alongside fellow socialite and childhood...

. It premiered on the Oxygen Channel on June 1, 2011. The series was cancelled after the final episode of season one.

Plot

Shot from November 2010, with Hilton's court-ordered community service

Community service

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 stemming from her arrest in Las Vegas, Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada

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 for cocaine

Cocaine

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 possession, to February 2011, with her birthday party, the series co-starred Brooke Mueller

Brooke Mueller

-Early life:Mueller was born in Palm Beach, Florida. She became a cheerleader at the exclusive Benjamin School, where tuition for high-school students is $23,000 a year. Her father was Lutheran and her mother Jewish. Two years after her father's death, her mother married a billionaire. She is the...

, Lexi Dreyfus

Alexandra Dreyfus

Alexandra "Lexi" or "Lexie" Dreyfus on April 7, 1986 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actress, singer, and video blogger. She is best known for her work portraying Sarah Genatiempo, the main character of Sarah Genatiempo in the Internet series lonelygirl15 and its spinoff LG15: The...

, Jennifer Rovero

Jennifer Rovero

Jennifer Rovero was chosen as Playboy's Playmate of the Month in July 1999 and has appeared in numerous Playboy videos. She appeared as the cover model of the October 1999 edition.-Early years:...

, Allison Melnick

Allison Melnick

Allison Melnick is an American socialite, bar owner, and reality TV star originally from Long Island, New York. She is perhaps best known for appearing on the reality show The World According to Paris, where she is seen frequently accompanying Paris Hilton as she shops or travels...

, Brooke Brinson (daughter of Kim Richards

Kim Richards

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), Hilton's then-boyfriend Cy Waits, and Kathy Hilton

Kathy Hilton

Kathleen Elizabeth "Kathy" Hilton is an American actress. She is the mother of Paris Hilton and Nicky Hilton.-Personal life and family:...

. Intended to give a fly-on-the-wall look into Hilton's everyday life, a main sub-plot concerned Mueller's struggle to maintain her sobriety

Sobriety

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.

Episodes

Episode #	Title	Air Date	Summary
101	"Breaking and Entering"	June 1, 2011	Paris moves into sister Nicky Nicky Hilton Nicholai Olivia "Nicky" Hilton is an American businesswoman, fashion model, socialite, celebutante, heiress and fashion designer. She is a great-granddaughter of Conrad Hilton and younger sister of Paris Hilton.... 's house after a man breaks into her home. Meanwhile, a text message from an ex jeoprodizes her romance with Cy.
102	"Brooke's Breakdown"	June 8, 2011	Paris and Cy set Brooke up on a blind date with Marco Andretti Marco Andretti Marco Michael Andretti is an Italian American auto racing driver who drives the #26 car for Andretti Autosport in the IndyCar Series. He is the son of 1991 IndyCar World Series champion Michael Andretti and the grandson of racing legend Mario Andretti... , but the evening takes an unforeseen twist.
103	"Vegas Virgin"	June 15, 2011	Paris, Jennifer, Allison, and Paris's cousin Brooke take Lexi to Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , but things get dicey when a feud erupts between Lexi and Allison.
104	"New Year, Old Drama"	June 22, 2011	Paris and Cy's New Year's Eve trip to Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas Cabo San Lucas , commonly called Cabo, is a city at the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, in the municipality of Los Cabos in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. As of the 2010 census, the population was 68,463 people...  ends in a fight. Brooke leaves rehab to be with her family in Aspen Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005... , but is haunted by a notorious fight with Charlie Sheen Charlie Sheen Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen.... .
105	"Hola, Baby?"	June 29, 2011	Kathy and Paris's cousin Brooke try to help Paris lose weight before her trip to Madrid Madrid Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...  to announce the launch of her motorcycle racing team. The unflattering photos of Paris at Madrid spark rumors.
106	"Paris, We Have a Problem"	July 6, 2011	Jennifer and Paris's cousin Brooke suspect that Lexie is still writing scripts Screenplay A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...  for adult films, and talk Paris into spying on her.
107	"Off the Wagon"	July 13, 2011	Having been set up on another blind date by Paris and Cy, Brooke breaks her sobriety, and winds up spending the night with Charlie.
108	"Every Day is My Birthday"	July 20, 2011	Paris plans her birthday bashes, tries to reconcile with Brooke, and contemplates marrying Cy.

Ratings

The first episode received poor ratings, drawing only 400,000 viewers.

On August 25, 2011, it was announced that the show would not return for a second season due to low ratings.

Critic reviews

Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly

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gave the series a "D", stating that, unlike Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Keeping Up with the Kardashians

Keeping Up with the Kardashians is an American reality television series that airs on E!. The series premiered in October 2007. It focuses on the personal and professional lives of the members of the Kardashian and Jenner family. There will be a 7th Season to premiere in 2012.As of September 2011,...

, it "fails to deliver any frothy fun and the star comes across as completely unlikable". Alessandra Stanley of the The New York Times

The New York Times

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writes that Paris comes off as "a Sony Walkman in an iPod

IPod

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 era, a Friendster

Friendster

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 in the age of Facebook

Facebook

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." Brian Lowry of Variety

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writes the show reeks of hypocrisy: "Paris laments how the paparazzi intrude on her life, and then she allows a camera crew to watch her bathe", and sticks to her "old tricks" like "showing up for court-ordered community service in Louboutin high heels." Melissa Coleman of The Shizz writes that Hilton's attempt to be seen as a serious businesswoman backfires: "If Hilton thinks that insulting her friends, whining to her boyfriend to get her way, and refusing to lift a finger will portray her as a serious businesswoman, she’s delusional."