The Kardashians Will Stick Around For Three More Seasons In Largest Reality Television Deal

By Katrina Grant | April 24 2012 5:43 PM

Fans will be able to keep up with the Kardashians for at least three more seasons. Kim Kardashian and the Kardashian klan have signed a deal with E! Entertainment network to make three more seasons of Keeping Up with the Kardashians.

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Fans will be able to keep up with the Kardashians for at least three more seasons. Kim Kardashian and the Kardashian klan have signed a deal with E! Entertainment network to make three more seasons of "Keeping Up with the Kardashians."

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The Kardashians will bank a cool $40 million from the deal, making the agreement the largest in reality television history. The deal will cover the whole family and the network will have first rights to any spin-off shows. However, it doesn't encompass all the other business ventures the Kardashian family is involved in.

The network already has three spin-off show involving the Kardashians with Kourtney and Khloe Take Miami, Kourtney and Kim Take New York and Khloe and Lamar.

Five of of 10 of E! Entertainment network's top rated shows involve the Kardashians. Last season of Keeping Up with the Kardashians averaged three million viewers and season seven will debut on May 20.

Last season showcased the drama between Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries. The marriage special between Kardashian and Humphries was the most watched show on the network and the season after followed the drama and subsequent divorce of the two after just 72 days.