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Kath & Kim premiered on 16 May 2002 and became one of ABC 's highest-rated shows. When the show premiered on the Seven Network, it became the highest-rating episode in Australian television history, until the record was broken by Nine Network 's Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities on 9 February 2009.
- Comedy
Kath & Kim: Created by Gina Riley, Jane Turner. With Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn. A mother, her daughter, and their respective "hunks of spunk" negotiate life in suburban Australia.
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- Jane Turner (Kath Day-Knight) Jane Turner played the one and only Kath Day-Knight, who gifted us iconic one-liners like "Look at me.
- Gina Riley (Kim Craig) Gina Riley has kept herself busy after playing Kim Craig on Kath & Kim. Like her on-screen mum, she appeared in TV series Open Slath er, as well as The Beautiful Lie and Please Like Me.
- Glenn Robbins (Kel Knight) Glenn Robbins has continued to make us laugh after playing Kel Knight on the Kath & Kim.
- Peter Rowsthorn (Brett Craig) Peter Rowsthorn played Kim's unfaithful husband Brett Craig. The pair had a dysfunctional marriage and went on to have a daughter named Epponnee-Rae Craig in the show (later played by Kylie Minogue).
The following is an episode list of the Australian comedy program Kath & Kim, initially on ABC TV, and as of 2007, on the Seven Network. There have been four series of eight episodes each, one telemovie, and one movie. The first three series and the telemovie ran on ABC from 2002 to 2005.
No. OverallNo. In SeasonTitleOriginal Air Date11"Sex"16 May 2002 (2002-05-16)22"Gay"23 May 2002 (2002-05-23)33"Sport"30 May 2002 (2002-05-30)44"Fat"6 June 2002 (2002-06-06)- Cast and Characters
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- Reception
Prior to being adapted to an American version, the first two seasons of the original version aired in the United States on Trio in 2004. After Trio folded it moved over to the Sundance Channelin early 2006. On November 9, 2006, NBC announced a U.S. version of Kath & Kim. A pilot episode was produced by Reveille (the same studio that adapted Ugly Be...
Critical response
The show received negative criticism from viewers and television critics, especially in the casting, adjusting of the tone of the show and even the show's costume design, which has led to Blair firing back over the claims that it ruins the creativity of the original. Early reviews of the pilot were poor, with the San Francisco Chroniclecalling it "a contender for worst remake ever".
Ratings
Despite negative reviews, the series debut's ratings were strong. The show finished third overall with a total of 7.5 million viewers. In the 18- to 49- and 18- to 34-year-old demographics it placed second and first respectively.By its third episode, viewers had dropped to 4.99 million viewers, two thirds of the viewers from the pilot.
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Lives is on Seven, Sunday, November 20, 7pm and Monday, November 21, 7.30pm. The original Kath & Kim is on Netflix and 7Plus.
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Kath and Kim are suburban nightmares living the suburban dream. Kath is a forty-something single lady who likes to keep herself trim, and cleanses and tones of an evening. She's proud of her townhouse and considers herself high maintenance.
