'The meeting that changed the world': Inside the first days of the Kardashian empire

When a marginally famous family made its reality TV debut in October 2007, Hollywood writers were on the brink of the longest work stoppage since 1988 and our long lost friend, the BlackBerry, was still riding high as the smartphone of choice. Instagram? Hadn't been invented yet.

Ahead of the June 10 series finale of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians," The Times spoke with Kim Kardashian and Kris Jenner, matriarch and business mastermind, as well as series producers and E!'s former president about how the network's longest-running reality series came to be.Since the 2007 premiere of"Keeping Up With the Kardashians," the Kardashian-Jenner family has redefined reality TV — and the nature of celebrity itself.

Kris Jenner and Ryan Seacrest pose for a photo at the"Keeping Up With the Kardashians" viewing party in 2007.Kourtney was a little hesitant. She was like, "Wait, what are we doing? Let me let me just wrap my head around it." But everybody else was so enthusiastic. I went into that meeting with a lot of confidence and anticipation that it was really going to happen. And I just really felt like that was the move for us as a family.

We knew that Kris and Caitlyn's anniversary was coming up, so we thought that would be a great way to anchor it and introduce everybody, because it gives [an] organic reason for everybody to be in one space together and see the dynamic. In the process of trying to get to know them, I was always hanging out with them before we started filming for about two weeks. I could tell Kris liked her drink. So we were like: 'Oh, yeah, perfect.

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