[3] The World According to Paris focuses on Hilton's daily life as well as her relationships with family, friends and then-boyfriend Cy Waits.

It also features her court-ordered community service stemming from her arrest in Las Vegas, Nevada for cocaine possession and the planning of her 30th birthday party.

On September 30, 2010, it was announced that Oxygen had greenlighted a reality television series revolving around Paris Hilton.

Alessandra Stanley of The New York Times writes that Paris comes off as "a Sony Walkman in an iPod era, a Friendster in the age of Facebook."

Brian Lowry of Variety writes the show reeks of hypocrisy: "Paris laments how the paparazzi intrude on her life, and then she allows a camera crew to watch her bathe", and sticks to her "old tricks" like "showing up for court-ordered community service in Louboutin high heels.