Insider: Paris Hilton Blames Network for Bad Ratings

By Rob Shuter Posted Jun 6th 2011 03:40PM

Paris Hilton's new reality show on Oxygen debuted to disastrous ratings last week, but rather than accept some blame, insiders tell me Paris is pointing her finger at the network.

"Paris is furious that the show didn't premiere at the time it was supposed to," an insider tells me when speaking about 'The World According to Paris.' "She worked her tail off doing promotion and publicity for the show and then because of a technical mistake, the show aired at a completely different time in a lot of markets."

A representative from the network denies that there were any glitches in her premiere episode.

"The show premiered at 10 p.m. on Wednesday, June 1 as was promoted," an Oxygen spokesperson told me in a statement. "There were no technical mistakes. We look forward to a very exciting run of the series."

This week's episode brings together Paris and Charlie Sheen's ex, Brooke Mueller, whose ongoing substance abuse struggles will be addressed. The rep said this week's episode with feature Brooke's "cry for help."

Her busy week of promotion also included a rough interview on 'The View,' where Barbara Walters and Whoopi Goldberg grilled the socialite on the frivolity of her show. She reportedly flipped out backstage and got into a shouting match with a producer. In short, it was a disaster and she canceled events because of it.

"Paris' second season on that MTV show where she found a new friend was a disaster and she hasn't been able to sell a magazine cover since the Kardashians arrived," a TV insider tells me. "If the numbers remain less then the 400,000 that tuned in last week she could get pulled off the air."

By comparison, the March debut of singer Aubrey O'Day's show drew 724,000, and 1.7 million viewers tuned in for the premiere of the most recent installment of 'The Bad Girls Club.'

"This could be the last nail in the coffin," a senior marketing manager tells me. "She has been replaced by Teen Moms and Snooki. She would have been better off not doing a new reality show at all then doing one that proves no one cares."

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Monday 06 June

By KPERK

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SHE IS A JOKE. SHE HAS NO TALENT, AND I AM SO GLAD HER 15 MINUTES ARE UP.

By pauntp

She was interviewed on a XM/Sirius radio show and left in a huff, canceling all the other interviews she was supposed to do that day at the station.

By ed Schoenholz

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This girl is a nobody. Money doesn't make a person. Who in the world would watch her show anyway. Why the networks keep putting crappy shows on like this is a wonder.

By Larry

If you need a reason as to why we need to reinstate an Inheritance Tax, look no further than Paris Hilton. There is absolutely no reason whatsoever why we need to publicly fund, through no tax, generations of otherwise worthless children. Larry

By kaysings

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Paris Hilton has a new show??

By gkrorp52

I happened upon the show and watched for a few minutes. Then I moved on. Changing the channel had nothing to do with what time it was on. There was nothing entertaining about Paris or the show. Sorry, Paris. I tried.

By MeGo

If she ain't got the wiener in da mouth who cares.

By Hbowman

She's dead meat. Nobody cares anymore. But then I never understood why they cared in the first place.

By puzzlenutty

She is 30 years old and she still talks baby talk! I have never been able to understand her appeal from the getgo.

By Robert

I know, Right.

By ed

It's over for Paris and the Kardaishians. Nobody cares your actually porn stars and benefitted from it. Get a real job becuase you are going broke and I hope you hit rock bottom not the kind of American role models that the majority of Moms want.

By rocknrollvixen80

You are so right, I'm waiting for the Kardashians to implode! I know one of these days one of them will have a meltdown. I just don't understand people feeding into this crap and making them rich for something we all do. Stupid society. really stupid!

By gigi

paris who??? is there any reason we should care? she just has a last name of hilton? so what? she hasnt done anything on her owe. give us world peace or solve the hungry in the world then we will care. we do not need her ego.

By terry

PEOPLE LIKE HER MAKE ME SICK, GET A NOSE JOB

She really doesn't get it, or her family, they are really delusional to why people don't watch. Amazing, really truly amazing. Even her Mom is in a delusional state. They don't take any blame.

By christine

HOT? NOT! Face it your time is up and because of you who knows how many chihuhuas also. Why not adopt and stop exploiting these animals

By TafollaB13

Today Paris Hilton, tomorrow the Kardashians...

By Gatitta

Of course it was because of the network, it's Oxygen- who watches that!!! The real problem is no other networks would probably pick up her crappy show. Is it any surprise this is a failure?? As soon as I heard Charlie Sheen's crackhead wife was in it, it sounded awful. I think the avergae American has NO interest in these people.

By ckheel

Poor poor Paris. Maybe she should earn her money and fame the old fashioned way by working hard.

By Tony

Hey Skankarella..........please go somewhere far,far away. Live your spoiled rich brat life, and be thankful you never had to earn all that money you have. Give up on trying to have a career, you have no talent at ANYTHING. Even your sex tape was boring.

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