Kendra | |
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Genre | Reality |
Created by | Kevin Burns |
Starring |
Kendra Baskett Hank Baskett |
Narrated by | Kendra Wilkinson |
Opening theme | "Go Kendra" Performed by Too Short |
Ending theme | "Go Kendra" Instrumental |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language(s) | English |
No. of seasons | 4 |
No. of episodes | 45 (list of episodes) |
Production | |
Executive producer(s) | Kevin Burns |
Location(s) | Los Angeles, California |
Camera setup | Single camera |
Running time | 23 minutes |
Production company(s) | Prometheus Entertainment Alta Loma Entertainment Fox Television Studios |
Release | |
Original network | E! |
Picture format | 1.85 : 1 |
Original release | June 7, 2009 | – November 20, 2011
Chronology | |
Preceded by | The Girls Next Door |
Followed by | Kendra on Top |
Related shows |
Holly's World The Girls Next Door: The Bunny House |
External links | |
Website |
Kendra is an American reality-based television series that debuted on E! on June 7, 2009. The program is the first spin-off to The Girls Next Door, and documents the life of model Kendra Baskett, a former girlfriend of Playboy founder Hugh Hefner after moving out of the Playboy Mansion, including her engagement and marriage to football player Hank Baskett and her adjustment to being a first-time mother.
On March 21, 2012, Kendra announced that she and E! had "parted ways" as the network "went in a different direction". She also announced that a new series, titled Kendra on Top would enter production later that month and that the show will air on WE tv in mid of 2012.
Kendra follows the antics of The Girls Next Door's Kendra Wilkinson. The blonde bombshell finds herself at a crossroads in her life as she leaves behind the luxuries and amenities of the legendary Playboy Mansion and ventures out to live on her own for the very first time. Newly married to Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Hank Baskett, Kendra struggles to find a balance between being a housewife, her new-found domestic duties and the fun, uninhibited lifestyle she has always lived.
While shooting Season Five of "The Girls Next Door", Kendra confided to Executive Producer Kevin Burns that she would like to move out of the Playboy Mansion and move on with her life. Burns asked her if she was open to the idea of having a show of her own and, with her blessing, took the idea to E! The concept would involve "Kendra ... [moving] out and [living] with two roommates and it would be something like Three’s Company with her being a hot, hip-hop version of Suzanne Somers". However once Kendra revealed to Burns in September 2008 that she was in fact in a relationship (and weeks later, engaged), he realized the show he had envisioned wouldn't be viable and, instead, "ended up [with] a romance between [Kendra] and Hank and their engagement".