Kim of Queens

2014 American TV series or program

Kim of Queens

Genre| Reality television
Starring|

* Kim Gravel
* Allisyn Hardee Lambes
* Jo Hardee

Country of origin| United States
Original language| English
No. of seasons| 2
No. of episodes| 22
Production
Executive producers|

* Tom Forman
* Brad Bishop
* Bryan O’Donnell
* Colleen Conway Grogan
* Mary Donahue
* Eli Lehrer

Running time| 40 minutes
Production companies| Relativity Television
Bogner Entertainment
Original release
Network| Lifetime
Release| January 1, 2014 (2014-1-1) –
April 21, 2015 (2015-4-21)

Kim of Queens is a Lifetime reality TV show about a pageant coach, 1991 Miss Georgia winner Kim Gravel, which follows Gravel, her mother Jo, and her younger sister Allisyn as they train young girls for beauty pageants. It premiered on January 1, 2014.

The show is produced by Relativity Television and Bogner Entertainment for Lifetime TV. Its executive producers are Tom Forman, Brad Bishop, Bryan O’Donnell, Colleen Conway Grogan, Mary Donahue, and Eli Lehrer.[1]

## Plot

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Kim Gravel — a former self-proclaimed 'ugly duckling' who was crowned Miss Georgia at the age of 19 — is a pageant coach. The series follows Gravel as she, along with her mother and sister, tries to find prospective pageant participants.

## Cast

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* Kim Gravel: Owner of the Pageant Place and previous Miss Georgia.
* Allisyn Hardee Lambes: Kim's sister and an employee at the Pageant Place.
* Jo Hardee: Kim's mother and an employee at the Pageant Place.
* Deborah Tyra: Hannah's mother, whom Kim constantly calls an older barbie doll and says is just trying to make Hannah a mini her. She is good at her makeup and hair but she is not crafty. She is also known as Debbie or Deb and was previously a model.
* Angie: Marah's mother, who adopted Marah and is very open about how she will do anything it takes to make her daughter happy and doesn't care what it takes. She is a dance teacher and prides herself in Marah's ability to clog.
* Lee: Anslee's mom, older than the other moms. She says that her daughter "isn't spoiled, but well loved." She often asks Kim for help when Anslee isn't confident about herself. (season 1)
* Kelly Wingate: Addison's single mother, who brought her daughter to Kim because she "wanted to see the girly girl".
* Eunice: Rayven's mother.
* Hannah Stark: A gymnast and regular at the Pageant Place.
* Marah Collins: A dancer and previous regular at the Pageant Place.
* Anslee: A previous regular at the Pageant Place.
* Addison Wingate: A regular at the Pageant Place.
* Rayven Bailey: A singer and new regular at the Pageant Place in season 2.
* Adia: A singer and newcomer to the Pageant Place in season 2.
* Alexis: An aspiring model and newcomer to the Pageant Place in season 1.

## Production

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### Filming

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In November 2014, Kim Gravel wrote on her blog: "Every day we filmed I would ask God to please in spite of all the difficulties, power struggles, egos, head trips, cast changes, exhaustion, in-fighting, control freaks and breakdowns that there would be BREAKTHROUGHS."[2]

### Cancellation

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The series was cancelled during its second season due to disappointing ratings.[3] On the cancellation, Gravel commented "I will have to be honest when the last episode did not air I was heartbroken, a bit bitter and down right pissed."[2]

## Reception

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Molly Eichel of The A.V. Club wrote that Kim was charismatic but the girls and their mothers fell flat in front of the camera.[4]

## See also

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* Dance Moms
* Toddlers & Tiaras

## Notes

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1. ^ "About Kim of Queens".
2. ^ a b Gravel, Kim. Kim's Blog, "Changed," kimgravel.com, http://kimgravel.com/changed. Accessed March 1, 2015.
3. ^ Ho, Rodney. "Lifetime's 'Kim of Queens' cancelled after two seasons". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved December 31, 2020.
4. ^ "Tweens are groomed into pageant queens in Kim Of Queens". TV Club. Retrieved December 31, 2020.

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Lifetime original programming

Current|

* Married at First Sight (since 2017)

Former|

| 1980s-1990s debuts|

* Lifetime Medical Television (1983–93)
* Dr. Ruth (1984–91)
* Attitudes (1985–92)
* The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1989–91)
* Supermarket Sweep (1990–95)
* Shop 'til You Drop (1991–94)
* Confessions of Crime (1991)
* Veronica Clare (1991)
* Intimate Portrait (1994–2005)
* Women of the House (1995)
* Debt (1996–98)
* Kids These Days (1996–98)
* WNBA on Lifetime (1997–2000)
* Any Day Now (1998–2002)
* Maggie (1998)
* Oh Baby (1998–2000)

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* Who Knows You Best? (2000–01)
* Strong Medicine (2000–06)
* The Division (2001–04)
* Unsolved Mysteries (2001–02)
* For the People (2002–03)
* What Should You Do? (2003–06)
* The Golden Girls: Their Greatest Moments (2003)
* The Designing Women Reunion (2003)
* Wild Card (2003–05)
* 1-800-Missing (2003–06)
* Missing (2003–06)
* How Clean Is Your House? (2004–05)
* I Married a Princess (2005)
* Beach Girls (2005)
* Cheerleader Nation (2006)
* Lovespring International (2006)
* Angela's Eyes (2006)
* Monarch Cove (2006)
* Blood Ties (2007)
* Get Married (2007)
* Army Wives (2007–13)
* Gay, Straight or Taken? (2007)
* Side Order of Life (2007)
* State of Mind (2007)
* America's Psychic Challenge (2007)
* How to Look Good Naked (2008)
* Rita Rocks (2008–09)
* Blush: The Search for the Next Great Makeup Artist (2008)
* DietTribe (2009)
* Project Runway (2009–17)
* Project Runway: All-Star Challenge (2009)
* Drop Dead Diva (2009–14)
* Models of the Runway (2009–10)
* Sherri (2009)

2010s debuts|

* On the Road with Austin & Santino (2010)
* The Fairy Jobmother (2010)
* Marry Me (2010)
* Seriously Funny Kids (2011)
* Coming Home (2011–12)
* Four of a Kind (2011)
* Glamour Belles (2011)
* The Protector (2011)
* Roseanne's Nuts (2011)
* Against the Wall (2011)
* Picker Sisters (2011)
* Russian Dolls (2011)
* Project Accessory (2011)
* America's Supernanny (2011–13)
* America's Most Wanted (2011–12)
* Dance Moms (2011–19)
* Dance Moms: Miami (2012)
* The Client List (2012–13)
* Bristol Palin: Life's a Tripp (2012)
* The Week the Women Went (2012)
* Project Runway All Stars (2012–17)
* Prom Queens (2012)
* Abby's Ultimate Dance Competition (2012–13)
* My Life Is a Lifetime Movie (2012)
* The Houstons: On Our Own (2012–13)
* Double Divas (2013)
* Pretty Wicked Moms (2013)
* Devious Maids (2013–16)
* Supermarket Superstar (2013)
* Witches of East End (2013–14)
* Chasing Nashville (2013)
* Kim of Queens (2014–2015)
* Betty White's Off Their Rockers (2014–17)
* Under the Gunn (2014)
* True Tori (2014)
* The Lottery (2014)
* Raising Asia (2014)
* Project Runway: Threads (2014)
* The Sisterhood: Becoming Nuns (2014)
* Little Women: LA (2014–19)
* Child Genius (2015–16)
* The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015)
* Unreal (2015–18)
* Living with the Enemy (2015)
* Little Women: Atlanta (2016-21)
* Little Women: Dallas (2016–17)
* Little Women: NY (2015–16)
* Fashionably Late with Rachel Zoe (2015)
* Preachers' Daughters (2013–15)
* The Jacksons: Next Generation (2015)
* Pitch Slapped (2016)
* Mother/Daughter Experiment (2016)
* Project Runway: Fashion Startup (2016)
* American Beauty Star (2017-19)
* Hoarders (2016–17)
* Growing Up Supermodel (2017)
* Mary Kills People (2017–18)
* NWSL Game of the Week (2017–18)
* You (2018)
* Bring It! (2014–19)
* Project Runway: Junior (2015–19)
* The Rap Game (2016–19)
* American Princess (2019)
* Live PD Presents: Women on Patrol (2018)
* Marrying Millions (2019-21)
* Surviving R. Kelly (2019–20)

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* Supernanny (2020)
* Surviving Jeffrey Epstein (2020)

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