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 "She has been replaced by Teen Moms and Snooki.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 michethekiller

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good. she's a c_nt and she's fostered a culture full of the vain, spoiled trashbags we have to watch now all over the air. she's done nothing but reap the benefits of her last name, her wealth & image and now she's upset where it's got her? oh, boo-hoo. grow some talent and people would care.

Tuesday 07 June

By hello

I am amazed nobody has mentioned her party pal in the pic. I am 54, hetero male, decent looking guy. I haven`t been laid in 2 years and yet I still wouldn`t touch paris, even with snooki`s dyck!

By MISS SWEET D

HOW DO YOU SPELL L O S E R, P A R I S H I L T O N!!!!!!!. #1 A-HOLE

By terelon

She's so '07.

By di

isn't she almost 30...time to grow up.

By Jcameron3

Get over it! your show had crap ratings because no one wants to watch you on TV! Why do you think every other TV show you've ever been on has been CANCELED!!

Thursday 16 June

By redhotneongal74

No one NO one NO ONE gives a sh*t about this talentless twit! The ratings are low because we are so over this waste of space and heir.

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