Episode
Keeping Up with the Kardashians: Birthdays and Bad News, Part 1
Overview
Khloé invites her ex to True's first birthday party. Khloé decides to throw Kourtney a birthday party, but Kourtney's anxiety about turning 40 threatens to ruin the celebration. Kim receives a devastating medical diagnosis that could change her life.
Details
- Series
- Keeping Up with the Kardashians
- Season
- Season 17
- Episode
- Episode 1
- Air date
- 2019-09-08
- Runtime
- 42 min
Episode context
Birthdays and Bad News, Part 1 is Episode 1 in Season 17 of Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It aired on 2019-09-08. The runtime is 42 min.
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