Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is an American reality television series on Bravo. The series debuted on August 3, 2006. The series follows the struggle of self-proclaimed "D-list" celebrity Kathy Griffin to climb the Hollywood ladder. This often includes scheming for publicity with staffers Jessica, Tiffany, and Tom. Her relationships with her parents and her now ex-husband have also been heavily featured.

Background and Production history

Griffin had titled her first Bravo comedy special The D-List (2004), to imply that her pull as a bottom-feeder celebrity was so low, she didn't even make the "C-list." The special was so popular that the network later approached Griffin to film a reality series based on her celebrity-bashing comedy.

All six seasons of the program have been nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Program, with seasons 2 and 3 winning in 2007 and 2008, respectively. Season 3 (2007) premiered with the highest ratings for the show, with approximately one million viewers. Season 4 (2008) was the first expanded season, with ten episodes.

Season 5 (2009) premiered with almost one million viewers, making it Bravo's highest rated Monday original series telecast ever in all demographics, at the time. The premiere was also up double digits among adults 18-49 versus the Season 4 premiere.Production began on Season 6, shooting eight episodes of the new season in January 2010. According to Griffin's official website filming wrapped in April. The season included, "An estate sale with Maggie, a pap smear in public and standing up in D.C. for the rights of our troops". It aired June 15, 2010 preceded by a new comedy special that was taped in Knoxville. Liza Minnelli gave Griffin acting lessons in one episode just before her guest appearance on season 11 of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. Jane Fonda wanted to do an episode but her schedule was not free until October. Griffin hinted that Ryan Seacrest will be in an episode, titled "An Uncomfortable Lunch with Ryan Seacrest". The sixth season premiered on June 15, 2010 and concluded on August 3, 2010.

It was announced that the show would not be renewed for a seventh season.

The series has aired on the cable TV channel Arena in Australia, E! in the UK, and in Canada on The Comedy Network and the Toronto-based independent station Sun TV.

Series overview

Season	Episodes	Original airing
		Season premiere	Season finale
1	6
2	6
3	7
4	10
5	10
6	8

Episodes

Season 1: 2005

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Season 2: 2006

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Season 3: 2007

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Season 4: 2008

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Season 5: 2009

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Season 6: 2010

#	Title	Original air date
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DVD releases

• On March 16, 2007, Universal announced that Season 1 of "D-List" would be released onto DVD on June 12, 2007, a week after the premiere of the third season. Special features include a Season 2 Sneak Peek and the special "Kathy Griffin Is... Not Nicole Kidman."

• On April 6, 2010, Target announced that it had partnered with cable channel Bravo to exclusively distribute its line of reality TV series on DVD, starting with Season 2 of "D-List", which was released on April 13, 2010, and includes webisodes as a special feature.

• Season 3 of "D-List" was released exclusively by Target in July 2010, as part of its partnership with Bravo. Bonus features include extended scenes, stand-up from Kathy, and video blogs from her assistants.

• Season 4 was also released exclusively at Target in October 2010. It includes all 10 episodes and unseen content.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	For	Result	Notes
2006	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality Program	Season 1
2007			Season 2
2008			Season 3
	19th GLAAD Media Awards	Best Reality Program
	Producers Guild of America Awards	Best Non-Fiction Programming
2009			Season 4
	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality Program
	20th GLAAD Media Awards	Best Reality Program
	Teen Choice Awards	Choice TV Show: Reality/Variety
2010	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality Program	Season 5
	21st GLAAD Media Awards	Best Reality Program
	Hollywood Teen TV Awards	"Teen Pick Show: Reality Show "	Season 6
2011	Primetime Emmy Award	Outstanding Reality Program

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