Kim of Queens
Kim of Queens is a Lifetime reality TV show about a pageant coach, 1991 Miss Georgia winner Kim Gravel, which follows Gravel, her mother Jo, and her younger sister Allisyn as they train young girls for beauty pageants. It premiered on January 1, 2014. The show is produced by Relativity Television and Bogner Entertainment for Lifetime TV. Its executive producers are Tom Forman, Brad Bishop, Bryan O’Donnell, Colleen Conway Grogan, Mary Donahue, and Eli Lehrer. Plot. Kim Gravel — a former self-proclaimed 'ugly duckling' who was crowned Miss Georgia at the age of 19 — is a pageant  coach. The series follows Gravel as she, along with her mother and sister, tries to find prospective pageant participants. Production. Filming. In November 2014, Kim Gravel wrote on her blog: "Every day we filmed I would ask God to please in spite of all the difficulties, power struggles, egos, head trips, cast changes, exhaustion, in-fighting, control freaks and breakdowns that there would be BREAKTHROUGHS." Cancellation. The series was cancelled during its second season due to disappointing ratings. On the cancellation, Gravel commented "I will have to be honest when the last episode did not air I was heartbroken, a  bit bitter and down right pissed." Reception. Molly Eichel of "The A.V. Club" wrote that Kim was charismatic but the girls and their mothers fell flat in front of the camera.