Critics savage return of Kim Kardashian series branded ‘worst show of the century’ - The Independent
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The reviews are in, and the second season of All’s Fair has fared just as poorly as the first.
The legal drama, which was created by Ryan Murphy and features a starry cast including Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Niecy Nash, Sarah Paulson, Teyana Taylor and Glenn Close, debuted in November 2025 to a series of savage reviews.
Kardashian recently confessed that she feared her career might be over when she saw how badly critics hated the show, but was vindicated when the negative publicity ultimately drew in viewers.
“I just thought it was so funny that people came in and wanted to hate on it so much that the hate turned into viewers wanting to see how bad it was,” said the 46-year-old reality star. “So they tuned in and they made it like a number one show for weeks on end because they were tuning in to see how ridiculous we would be.”
Now critics have delivered their verdict on the show’s second season, which premieres on Hulu and Disney+ today, November 4.
In a damning one-star review for The Telegraph, critic Ed Power said he feels sorry for Close and Watts.
“Here are two world-class actresses who deserve better than this purgatorial late phase to their careers. It’s 25 years since Watts starred in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive, a surrealist LA fever dream widely regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century,” wrote Power.
“Now she is starring in a surrealist LA fever dream that might just qualify as the worst TV series of the 21st century. No wonder she wears the same brittle smile in every scene. If she wasn’t grinning vacantly, she might be crying.”
Ready Steady Cut was slightly more generous, handing the show two stars. Critic Jonathon Wilson admitted he wasn’t sure how to interpret the show, writing: “I am convinced that this isn’t a show that’s intended to be taken seriously, but it sometimes acts like one, which makes me confused.
“The idea of a camp, self-referential satire starring Kim Kardashian isn’t the worst thing in the world, and feels very on-brand for Murphy, but a serious legal drama starring Kim Kardashian sounds awful, and also, sadly, very on-brand for Murphy.”
The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan also handed the show just one star in her review, but she did concede that she was starting to enjoy the show.
“At some point – although not one I can specifically locate – you realise that you are having fun, instead of, like last time, holding your jaw off the ground and wondering how television could be this bad,” wrote Mangan. “It has started groping its way towards ‘so bad it’s good’ territory.”
