Kourtney Kardashian says 'no one wanted' a reality show about her family when they first tried pitching it to networks

• Kourtney Kardashian said that before "KUWTK," no network wanted a reality show about her family.
• Eventually, Ryan Seacrest saw their sizzle and greenlit a show "right away."
• Kourtney added it's been "bittersweet" saying goodbye to the show after 13 years.

Despite their success in business and their substantial following on social media, Kourtney Kardashian said that the Kardashian-Jenner family's road to reality-TV stardom actually had a rocky start.

Kourtney revealed on Wednesday's episode of the "Emergency Contact with Simon Huck & Melissa Gray Washington" podcast that, before "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" premiered, the family shopped a reality show about themselves to several networks without any success.

"This producer that met Kim had just found her really interesting and wanted to shoot with her," Kourtney told cohosts Huck and Washington. "They came to the store and then the girl was like, 'Oh my god, you and your sisters, like, this is everything.'"

"Then we started trying to pitch the show - the sisters," she continued. "I remember we went to E!, went to everything."

"No one wanted it or something," Kourtney added with a laugh.

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Of course, this rejection was short-lived. Kourtney said that down the line, the family had dinner with Deena Katz, a producer for the popular dancing-competition show, "Dancing With The Stars."

According to Kourtney, after dinner with the family, Katz said, "This has to be a reality show. I am calling Ryan Seacrest." She then introduced Seacrest to Kris Jenner.

Once Seacrest saw their sizzle, "it was just picked up right away" on E!, Kourtney told Huck and Washington.

Kourtney said that it's been 'bittersweet' saying goodbye to 'KUWTK'

Despite the success of "Keeping Up With The Kardashians," Kourtney told Huck and Washington that she initially thought the show would be short-lived.

"I think something happened with Lindsay Lohan's show and they needed filler," Kardashian said of the initial pick-up. "They were like, 'oh this going to be a one-season thing.'"

The long-running reality show, which first debuted in 2007 and has spanned 20 seasons and multiple spinoffs, is finally coming to an end this year - and Kourtney has mixed emotions about it.

"I think exciting to have a new, just newness," Kourtney said. "I think we get so scared of change, just as people. I think people fear change."

Kourtney added that she misses being around the film crew behind the show who she's seen "every day for 13 years."

Last July, Kourtney famously took a break from filming shortly before the family and E! announced that the show was coming to an end.

Kourtney's decision to leave the show came after months of speculation and on-camera altercations about her work ethic and the time she devotes to filming "KUWTK," Insider's Claudia Willen previously reported.

"I do think that the other misconception is just that I don't like to work," Kourtney told Huck and Washington. "When I'm into something, there's so many things that I am doing all day, I don't have time to really, you know, deeply focus on one thing."

"I enjoy actually doing something and putting my energy into things I feel good about," she added.