What’s the real reason these 2000s reality TV shows were canceled?

“), it also chronicled the downfall of their marriage.

“We did nothing to hide there were problems,” Simpson wrote in the book.

Ozzy, Kelly, and Sharon Osbourne

Surviving three of them?

With a camera crew?

And constant media attention?

Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson at a casino

So what’s the real reasonThe Simple Lifewas canceled?

Hilton and Richie’s incompatibility, in a nutshell.

Plus he had to shell out $1,700 for a new engine.

Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie in 2004

And the whole process took months, unlike the instant transformation the show portrayed.

These allegations are the real reasonPimp My Ridewas canceled in 2009.

The stress of both the divorce and the show stretched the family to its limits.

Xzibit with guests on Pimp My Ride

“We were just robots functioning on a weird level.”

Making life harder still was Nick Hogan’s car accident.

During an episode titled “Hee Haw!

Hulk Hogan and Brooke Hogan

The camera men were vomiting.

It’s so bitter, and it has a little hint of hay.”

So what was the real reasonDog the Bounty Hunterultimately put down?

A contestant on Fear Factor

The show that introduced America to its second Fab Five, gave Bravo!

“We’re…like Michael Jackson 1982,” he said proudly.

Looking to dump the underperforming show, Fox sold the licensing rights to CMT in 2008, according toRealityTVWorld.

Dog the Bounty Hunter

CMT then proceeded to air nothing but reruns.

Two years later, the show was a ratings disaster.

But as Smith’s bizarre life played out on TV, ratings dropped considerably.

Original Queer Eye for the Straight Guy cast

That’s the real reasonThe Anna Nicole Smith Showwas canceled in 2003, according toAmoMama.

Tragically, shortly after filming ended, Jenkins returned to California and murdered his wife.

Jenkins went on the run, and ultimately took his own life a week later.

Nanny 911 cat members

Out of respect to the tragedy, only three episodes ofMegan Wants a Millionairemade it to air.

I Love Money 3never saw the light of day.

But the high ratings of 2002 and 2003 didn’t repeat in 2004.

Anna Nicole Smith at a VH1 event

What’s the real reason Ahston Kutcher faked Punk’d’s cancelation?

Ashton Kutcher knew his celebrity-candid-camera shtick onPunk’dhad a limited shelf life.

Once celebs knew he was a prankster, fooling them would be hard unless he did something big.

Megan Hauserman in 2009

“I think you keep it new or it’s through,” Kutcher said (viaEntertainment Weekly).

“If it wasn’t going to be new, I didn’t want to do it.

And I get bored really, really quickly.”

Ozzy, Sharon, and Kelly Osbourne

We had all, effectively, beenPunk’d.

It also madeEntertainment Weekly’slist of 10 worst reality TV shows, ever.

That season, however, was not nearly as successful, ratings-wise, the real reasonThe Swanwas ultimately canceled.

Ashton Kutcher in 2003

The Swan contestants

Lauren Conrad and Kristin Cavallari