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'Kath & Kim' Receive Poor Reviews
Published 10/7/2008 at BuddyTV
... Chronicle, they say that the series is "jaw-dropping in their awfulness" and that "Maybe an apology to Australia is unnecessary because the American version misses the mark so badly that it's barely recognizable as a distant cousin to the original." For those who still want to give Kath and Kim a chance, tune into NBC on Thursday, October 9 at 8:30pm to catch the debut of the comedy series. -Valerie Anne del Castillo, BuddyTV Staff Columnist Source: Daily Telegraph , Entertainment Weekly , San Francisco Chronicle (Photo courtesy of NBC)

American Television To Ruin Another Popular Foreign TV Show [Television]
Published 10/7/2008 by Richard at Gawker
... Yet another foreign television show is being imported from a far-flung country to be smoothed over and spoiled for American audiences. Though it's not an obscure Israeli show like In Treatment, which was dulled-down for HBO. And it's not a cultish oddity like Australia's Kath & Kim, nabbed by NBC with apparent diminshed returns. No this is one of those big old British shows that actually aired on American television during its run: Absolutely Fabulous. Mm hmm. Ab Fab. For American TV. Set in Los Angeles: ...

Hercules Suffers Through NBC’s KATH & KIM!!
Published 10/9/2008 by Hercules at Ain't It Cool News - The best in movie, TV, DVD, and comic book news.
... … programmers have scheduled [NBC] like they're college kids furnishing an apartment out of mom's hand-me-downs and tourist schlock from an over-the-border discount store. The result so far this season is a rare double play: the worst new drama in the camp revival Knight Rider, coupled now with the worst sitcom in the Australian remake Kath & Kim. … Entertainment Weekly gives it an “C-minus” and says: … The core problem with K&K is that there's no character to root for. These days, we don't need to identify with sitcom characters or even love them. (Garry Shandling and Ricky ...

'Kath & Kim': Lost in translation
Published 10/10/2008 by Chad Schlegel at Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch
'Kath & Kim': Lost in translation Kathandkim_l Come on. I know you’re out there. Kath & Kim fans? No, I’m not talking about the American version , which debuted last night on NBC, but fans of the ...

Ratings: 'CSI' puts CBS on top
Published 10/10/2008 by Aubry D’Arminio at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... (7 million viewers) improved upon last week’s 6.6 million, and its follow up, the series debut of the Molly Shannon-lead Kath & Kim , added on to Earl ’s numbers, attracting 7.5 million. At 9 p.m., ...

Ratings: New kid '11th Hour' helps CBS win Thursday
Published 10/17/2008 by Annie Barrett at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... , however, lost 17 percent of its debut audience and averaged 8.5 million viewers during the 10 p.m. hour. NBC had a rough evening last night. New comedy Kath & Kim lost 20 percent of its series-premiere audience -- only 6 million wanted to gawk at ...

Ratings: CBS strikes out baseball, hits another Thursday home run
Published 29 days ago by Aubry D’Arminio at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... attracting 8.5 million at 9:30. The network’s Kath & Kim took a harder blow at 8:30 p.m.: The new laugher dropped a million viewers from last week’s 6 million (a 17 percent decline). ...

'Kath & Kim' gets full-season order
Published 19 days ago by Lynette Rice at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
'Kath & Kim' gets full-season order It's hardly attracting the masses--it's barely even cracking the top 50--but Kath & Kim is here to stay, at least for the season. NBC announced that it has picked up the back nine episodes of the comedy that stars Molly Shannon and Selma Blair as an eccentric mother-daughter duo. After four weeks, the comedy has held onto 100 percent of its adults 18-49 lead-in from My Name is Earl (2.6 rating/6 share) and is averaging 6 million viewers. NBC has already ordered a ...

TV Ratings: CBS wins again, but 'Smallville' continues to soar
Published 15 days ago by Aubry D’Arminio at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... quietly continue to add to their numbers. Airing at 8 p.m., the Superman show (star Tom Welling is pictured) leaped to 4.8 million (up from last week’s 4.3 million), besting its season premiere. Then, at 9 p.m., Supernatural (3.7 million) was up for the third week in a row, also earning its best ratings since September Elsewhere, NBC’s freshman comedy Kath & Kim , which just received ...

Ratings: Anthony Edwards resuscitates 'ER,' CBS wins another Thursday
Published 8 days ago by Joshua Rich at Entertainment Weekly's Hollywood Insider
... to 13 mil at 8 p.m. and Eleventh Hour drew 11.7 mil (it boasted 10.9 mil viewers last week) at 10 p.m. Second-ranked ABC saw sweet returns for Ugly Betty (9.2 mil up from 8.9 mil) at 8 p.m., Grey's Anatomy (which was down just 100,000 watchers from last week), and Life on Mars (up 200,000 to 8.9 mil) at 10 p.m. That left NBC a distant third, despite ER 's success, with My Name Is Earl up slightly to 7 mil viewers at 8 p.m., but Kath & Kim (5.1 mil at 8:30 p.m.), The Office (8.2 mil at 9 p.m.) and 30 Rock ...