The Kardashians managed to hang in there for 15 years making somewhere between 25 and 30 mil per season at the end.
So don’t underestimate the banality of the American tv viewing public.
Yes, the last laugh money-wise at least is on us. They make out like bandits for even having their names in the news, positive or negative.
That’s a nicer way of saying what 1940’s editor H.L. Menchken said back then.