| Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List | |
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| Format | Reality show |
| Created by | Kathy Griffin |
| Starring | Kathy Griffin Matt Moline Jessica Zajicek Dennis Hensley Maggie Griffin John Griffin Tiffany Rinehart Tom Vize Steve Wozniak |
| Narrated by | Kathy Griffin |
| Theme music composer | Chris Hajian |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of seasons | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 47 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Kathy Griffin Cori Abraham Michael Levitt |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 46 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Bravo |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) |
| Original run | August 3, 2005 – August 3, 2010 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List is a reality show starring Kathy Griffin. The series aired on Bravo. It debuted in August 2005, and was cancelled in November 2010.[1] The show 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. 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.[2][3] Season 5 (2009) premiered with almost one million viewers, making it Bravo's highest rated Monday original series telecast ever in all demographics. The premiere was also up double digits among adults 18–49 versus the Season 4 premiere.[4] 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.
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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.
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Out & About" | August 3, 2005 | Guest Stars: Caroline Rhea, Marcia Cross, John C. Reilly |
| 02 | "Hot to Tot" | August 10, 2005 | Guest Stars: Ricki Lake, Scottie Pippen |
| 03 | "Adjusted Gross" | August 17, 2005 | Guest Stars: John McEnroe |
| 04 | "High Brow" | August 24, 2005 | Guest Stars: Quentin Tarantino, Kanye West, Star Jones |
| 05 | "From A to D" | September 1, 2005 | Guest Star: Jonathan Bennett |
| 06 | "Magic Carpet Ride" | September 7, 2005 | Guest Stars: Jonathan Bennett, Lance Bass |
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Going, Going, Gone" | June 6, 2006 | |
| 02 | "Red State, Blue State" | June 13, 2006 | Guest stars: Jane Seymour, Alfre Woodard, Brenda Strong |
| 03 | "Iraq" | June 20, 2006 | Kathy, Matt, MADtv's Michael McDonald, and JAG's Karri Turner travel to Kuwait, Tikrit, and Baghdad to entertain troops in the war zone. |
| 04 | "Rocket Attack" | June 27, 2006 | |
| 05 | "Puppy Chaos" | July 11, 2006 | Guest Stars: Caroline Rhea, Rachel True |
| 06 | "Vegas, Baby!" | July 18, 2006 | Matt Moline's last episode, Guest Stars: Johnny Weir, Fab Five from Queer Eye |
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Suddenly Single" | June 5, 2007 | Tom Vize and Tiffany Rinehart's first episode |
| 02 | "Dating for Publicity" | June 12, 2007 | Guest star: Nick Carter |
| 03 | "The Show Must Go On" | June 19, 2007 | John Griffin's last episode |
| 04 | "What I Won't Do for a Buck" | June 26, 2007 | Guest star: Ron Jeremy |
| 05 | "Prison + Porn = Fun for Everyone" | July 10, 2007 | Guest star: Paul Rodriguez |
| 06 | "Kathy Goes to London" | July 17, 2007 | Guest star: Chucky Venn, Julia Morris, Perez Hilton, Ricky Gervais |
| 07 | "Back to My Irish Roots, Literally" | July 24, 2007 | Guest star: Andrew W.K |
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Notes |
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| 01 | "And the Award Goes to..." | June 12, 2008 | Steve Wozniak's first episode, Guest Stars: Anderson Cooper, Christina Applegate, Ricky Gervais |
| 02 | "Home Is Where the Profit Is" | June 19, 2008 | Guest Stars: Tom Green, Coolio |
| 03 | "Fly the Super Gay Skies" | June 26, 2008 | Guest Stars: Margaret Cho, Cyndi Lauper, Lance Bass, Olivia Newton-John, Carson Kressley, Anthony Callea |
| 04 | "Speak Now Or Forever Hold Your Peace" | July 3, 2008 | Guest Star: Rosie O'Donnell |
| 05 | "Otters, Cubs and Bears...Oh My!" | July 10, 2008 | |
| 06 | "No Time for Siestas" | July 17, 2008 | |
| 07 | "Busted in Bora Bora" | July 24, 2008 | |
| 08 | "For Your (Grammy) Consideration" | July 31, 2008 | |
| 09 | "What's Woz's Love Got To Do With It" | August 7, 2008 | |
| 10 | "Red, White and Don't Be Blue" | August 14, 2008 | Steve Wozniak and Jessica Zajicek's last episode |
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Guest stars |
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| Special | "The Footage You Weren't Meant to See" | June 1, 2009 | |
| 01 | "Place Your Bette" | June 8, 2009 | Guest star: Bette Midler, Toni Basil, and Stevie Nicks |
| 02 | "I Heart Lily Tomlin" | June 15, 2009 | Guest star: Lily Tomlin, Christina Aguilera, Charo, Jermaine Dupri, Jane Fonda, Wynonna Judd, Chaka Khan, Little Richard, LL Cool J, Liza Minnelli, Ne-Yo, and Taylor Swift |
| 03 | "Grammy Shmammy" | June 22, 2009 | Guest stars: Paula Deen, Bobby Deen, Jamie Deen and Michael McDonald |
| 04 | "Paris is My New BFF" | June 29, 2009 | Guest star: Paris Hilton, Tyler Bachtel, Snoop Dogg, Adam Bertrand, Joanna Garcia, Allan Louis, Michael McDonald, David Monahan, Ignacio Serricchio, Jill Zarin, Patrick Rush, and Rachel True |
| 05 | "Maggie's Bucket List" | July 6, 2009 | Guest stars: Stefanie Powers, Betty White, Nicole Sullivan, Michael McDonald, and Don Rickles |
| 06 | "Rosie and Gloria and Griffin... Oh My!" | July 13, 2009 | Guest stars: Rosie O'Donnell, Billy Bean, and Gloria Estefan |
| 07 | "Kathy at the Apollo" | July 20, 2009 | Guest stars: Katt Williams, Al Sharpton, Francia Raisa, Shane Sparks, Wayne Federman, and T.I. |
| 08 | "Norma Gay" | July 27, 2009 | Guest star: Melissa Etheridge, Tammy Lynn Michaels, Jane Lynch, George Takei, Antonio Villaraigosa, and Drew Barrymore |
| 09 | "Official Book Club Selection" | August 3, 2009 | Guest stars: Jackie Collins, Mike Ruiz, and Salman Rushdie |
| 10 | "Kathy Is a Star...Kind Of" | August 10, 2009 | Guest stars: Suzanne Somers, Barry Manilow, Alan Hamel, and Carol Channing |
My Life on the D-list began shooting eight episodes of the new season in January 2010.[5] According to Griffin's official website filming wrapped in April. The season will include, "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.[6] 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".[7]
The sixth season premiered on June 15, 2010 and concluded on August 3, 2010.
| Episode number | Episode title | Airdate | Summary | Guest stars |
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| 01 | "Kathy With A 'Z'" | June 15, 2010 | Kathy prepares for her guest spot on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit and gets advice from Liza Minnelli. | Liza Minnelli, Mariska Hargitay, Christopher Meloni, Ice T |
| 02 | "Toddlers and Remodelers" | June 22, 2010 | Kathy hires A-List designer Kenny Davis to remodel her Hollywood Hills home. Kathy's mom, Maggie, gets a book deal. Kathy and Maggie are guest judges at the California Miss Kiddie Pageant. | Lara Spencer, Kenny Davis |
| 03 | "Freezing My A-List Off" | June 29, 2010 | Kathy and Team Griffin travel to Alaska for a show. Along the way they stop in Wasilla to hang with Levi Johnston and search for Sarah Palin. | Levi Johnston |
| 04 | "Moving The Merch" | July 6, 2010 | Kathy explores merchandising options for Maggie. | Lauren Conrad, Suze Orman |
| 05 | "Kathy Goes to Washington" | July 13, 2010 | Kathy travels to Washington, D.C. to support the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in the military. | Barney Frank, Jared Polis, Daniel Choi, Jim Clyburn |
| 06 | "Kathy's Smear Campaign" | July 20, 2010 | Kathy undergoes a public Pap smear to bring awareness to women's health issues. She poses as Bettie Page for photographer Mike Ruiz and performs at Madison Square Garden. | Mike Ruiz, Joy Behar |
| 07 | "Getting My House in Order" | July 27, 2010 | Kathy discovers that Tom is sleep-eating and tries to help him reduce his stress by throwing him a T.G.I. Friday's "flare-a-thon" with Brad Garrett. Lara Spencer finishes the remodel on Kathy's house. Kathy's beloved dog Chance dies and after several weeks she welcomes a new dog, Larry, into her home. | Lara Spencer, Brad Garrett |
| 08 | "Maggie, The Musical" | August 3, 2010 | To make it up to Maggie after swearing on CNN, Kathy organizes a talent show for the residents of Maggie's retirement community. The show goes well despite the late arrival by Cloris Leachman and Kathy performs "You Made Me Love You" with re-written lyrics in Maggie's honor. | Laura Bell Bundy, Kristin Chenoweth, Cloris Leachman, Seth Rudetsky, Rip Taylor |
| Year | Award | Category | For | Result | Notes |
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| 2006 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Reality Program | Season 1 | Nominated | |
| 2007 | Season 2 | Won | [12] | ||
| 2008 | Season 3 | Won | [13] | ||
| 19th GLAAD Media Awards | Best Reality Program | Won | [14] | ||
| Producers Guild of America Awards | Best Non-Fiction Programming | Nominated | |||
| 2009 | Season 4 | Nominated | |||
| Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Reality Program | Nominated | |||
| 20th GLAAD Media Awards | Best Reality Program | Nominated | |||
| Teen Choice Awards | Choice TV Show: Reality/Variety | Nominated | |||
| 2010 | Primetime Emmy Award | Outstanding Reality Program | Season 5 | Nominated | [15] |
| 21st GLAAD Media Awards | Best Reality Program | Nominated | |||
| Hollywood Teen TV Awards[16] | "Teen Pick Show: Reality Show " | Season 6 | Nominated |
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