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Kath & Kim wins full US season

NBC gives the US version of Kath and Kim a huge vote of confidence, with another nine episodes ordered.

NBC has given Kath & Kim a huge vote of confidence announcing a full-season pickup of the American version.

The network announced an additional nine episodes of the sitcom with Molly Shannon and Selma Blair. With a current order of 13, that’s a full 22 eps.

NBC has aired four episodes so far, averaging a 2.6 rating and 6 share among adults 18-49, averaging 6 million viewers. While it has slipped following its strong premiere, it has retained all of its My Name is Earl lead-in in those measurements and has built by 4 percent in the 18-34 demographic.

NBC Entertainment’s Teri Weinberg said, “We have incredible confidence in the creative auspices of this show and we believe it’s a perfect fit with our Thursday-night comedies.”

Despite it not faring so well with Australian viewer, and lousy reviews in the US, this is a major king-hit for Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

Source: Variety

24 Responses

  1. The show is total crap … but Americans like that cheap, lame “Saturday Night Live” style B-Grade humour … they wouldn’t know good comedy if it hit them in the face!
    Jack!

  2. I can tell you this is because NBC has no more comedy pilots in development and they need 4 comedies for Thursday night. It’s easier cheaper and less risky to order 22 eps of K&K rather than spends milions on developing launching and marketinga new comedy – and risk getting similar ratings. Case of Better the devil you know.

  3. Tv yeah i hate the original as well,it’s utter rubbish. And Seinfeld and Cheers were critics darlings when they started despite the ratings,like Arrested Development and 30 Rock but they actually became hits. NBC persisted because they were obviously quality shows whereas K&K is obviously a dog.

  4. with the Australian version only producing 5 episodes per season and only having 4 seasons (making it 20 episodes) the USA Version will have more episodes than the Aussie one.

  5. Good point grinspoon, shows such as Cheers and Seinfeld were utter flops in their first season but went on to be huge hits because NBC nurtured them, Ugly Betty is showing some signs of weakness in the same slot as Kath and Kim paricularly in the demos so this is a good call on NBCs part I reckon!

  6. NBC unlike most other US networks likes to give comedy show’s a chance. If Sienfeld had been on any other network it would not have been given the chance to grow into what it has become.

    This is also why 30 Rock has lasted, and i believe that is growing in popularity, as well as growing in quality, even though it was always excellent.

    I’d rather a network gives a show a shot, than cancel it before it can find itself or get a chance based on the first couple of episodes.

  7. The first ep wasnt too bad – the second was a shocker, mainly due to Selma Blair. I actually think the show would be ok if not for her.
    I hope 7 bring it back – its preferable to the repeats of the ‘Aussie’ version.

  8. I actually hope Seven will let this run over summer. As atrocious as the first episode was, the second wasn’t quite as bad and I wouldn’t mind seeing how the rest of the episodes play out.

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