''Taquita & Kaui'' is an American

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on MTV and MTV Canada. The series premiered on April 2, 2007. The series follows Taquita Thorns and Kaui Beamer, former contestants on ''

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'', as they work on jump starting their new lives together as roommates in

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. The theme song is

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style and each episode has different ending introductions, à la

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, such as the K on the marquee dropping down into Kaui's hands.

Production and Cancellation

MTV originally ordered eight episodes of the series but on April 23, 2007, the series was pulled off the air with reruns in its place. The four unaired episodes were never shown. Kaui posted on her Myspace that MTV had planned to finish the series off but executives decided against it due to the low number of viewers watching the series.

Episodes

References

External links

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MTV site

Taquita and Kaui.com
{{MTVNetwork Shows 2000s American reality television series 2007 American television series debuts 2007 American television series endings MTV original programming