• Kim Kardashian’s acting in Ryan Murphy legal drama branded stiff, monotone, and affectless by unimpressed television critics.
• All’s Fair debuts with rare zero percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes as reviewers call it worst TV drama ever made.
• Critics compare Kardashian’s performance to Genghis Khan while praising talented co-stars stuck in terrible material.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (TDR) — Kim Kardashian’s role in new legal drama All’s Fair has been savaged by critics who branded her performance “monotone” and “stiff,” with some reviewers declaring the series the worst television ever made.

The Ryan Murphy series, which premiered Tuesday on Hulu and Disney+, follows an all-female law firm in Los Angeles specializing in high-profile divorces. Despite a star-studded cast including Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, Sarah Paulson and Niecy Nash, the show has received overwhelmingly negative reviews, earning a rare zero percent critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

‘She cannot act’ chorus grows louder

Critics have not held back in their assessment of Kardashian’s performance as divorce attorney Allura Grant. The Times of London gave the series zero stars, with reviewer Ben Dowell asking, “Does Kardashian make a convincing lawyer? No, she does not. She is to acting what Genghis Khan is to a peaceful liberal democracy.”

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Angie Han of The Hollywood Reporter wrote that “Kardashian’s performance, stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, is exactly what the writing, also stiff and affectless without a single authentic note, merits.” Multiple reviewers described Kardashian as “monotone,” “emotionally negligent,” and “stilted” throughout the first three episodes.

The Guardian’s Lucy Mangan also awarded zero stars, calling the show “fascinatingly, incomprehensibly, existentially terrible.” She added, “I did not know it was still possible to make television this bad.”

Murphy’s girlboss fantasy falls flat

Variety’s Daniel D’Addario described All’s Fair as “a clumsy, condescending take on rah-rah girlboss feminism, half-baked even by the standards of an overextended Murphy.” Critics noted the irony that a show supposedly about female empowerment was written and directed primarily by men in its opening episodes.

The series attempts to blend legal drama with glamorous fashion and revenge fantasies, but reviewers found the execution hollow and superficial. D’Addario wrote that “Kardashian isn’t called on to project emotional depth; she’s summoned to look like a badass in hi-def and slow motion, as she could do in her sleep on Instagram.”

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USA Today’s Kelly Lawler called All’s Fair “the worst TV show of the year,” noting it has “scripts worse than what ChatGPT was spitting out two years ago and acting worse than your local Christmas pageant.”

Talented cast wasted on terrible material

While critics universally panned Kardashian’s performance, they expressed sympathy for her accomplished co-stars who struggled with the poorly written material. Even veterans like Close and Paulson, the latter a longtime Murphy collaborator, couldn’t elevate dialogue that one reviewer described as “scripted by a toddler who couldn’t write ‘bum’ on a wall.”

The Telegraph’s Ed Power said it would be “unfair to single out Kardashian” as “her participation is just one disaster among many,” though he noted Kardashian produced the show alongside her mother Kris Jenner. Glamour’s Emily Maddick speculated Murphy “has been fully Kardashian-ified” and “drunk the Kris Jenner Kool Aid.”

The series features impressive guest stars including Judith Light, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, Jessica Simpson and Rick Springfield in case-of-the-week storylines, but critics found even these appearances couldn’t salvage the show.

Audience scores slightly more generous

While professional critics have been unanimous in their condemnation, general audiences have proven somewhat more forgiving. As of Wednesday, All’s Fair held a 54% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes, suggesting some viewers find entertainment value in the show’s outrageous premise and over-the-top aesthetics.

Kardashian told the BBC she was “honored” to work with her co-stars, calling them “the best acting coaches in the world.” She acknowledged the show’s creators “took a chance on working with” her, a reality star without formal acting training.

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