All-star cast, zero-star reviews... but it's a critical mauling for Kim K to celebrate

Kim Kardashian's legal drama has been called the 'worst TV show of the year', ensuring it plenty of coverage. Was that the plan all along, asks Miranda Sawyer

- Miranda Sawyer

Last week saw the launch of All's Fair, a legal drama on Disney+ that boasts Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts and Niecy Nash-Betts as stonkingly rich and glamorous divorce lawyers, an all-woman team that only represents women (is that legal?). Plus, there's Sarah Paulson as their mad rival, and Teyana Taylor and Glenn Close with smaller parts. Star-studded stuff: but only in terms of celebrity. The show, created and co-produced by Ryan “Glee” Murphy, has been slated by reviewers across the board. Zero stars in the Guardian. Zero stars in the Times. The Atlantic's reviewer said: “I can’t call it a television show, because it isn’t one.” USA Today called it “an unmitigated disaster” and “the worst TV show of the year”.

Oh dearie me, you may think especially when you learn that Kim K was worried All's Fair might not land well. “It’s not guaranteed,” she said, wisely, on her very-much-still-a-hit reality show, The Kardashians. But save your tears. All’s Fair is massive. It got 3.2m viewers in its first three days. It’s the biggest debut for a Hulu Original series for three years. And we know why, don’t we? It’s because of the terrible reviews, the lack of stars.