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A sit-com that focuses on life in suburbia, particularly the dysfunctional mother-daughter relationship at the show's centre.
For a full list of episodes, see Film Details.
Adaptations
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form
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Kath and Kim
Kath and Kim : The American Series
United States of America (USA)
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NBC
Reveille Productions
Riley Turner Productions
,
2008
8285226
2008
series - publisher
film/TV
humour
A short-lived American adaptation of Australian sit-com Kath & Kim.
For a full list of episodes and associated script-writers, see Film Details.
For details on specific relationships between episodes of the US series and of the Australian series, see Notes (below).
Notes
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Award winning and individually published episodes in this series are included on AustLit.
Includes
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1.2form y Gay Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2002 Z1766108 2002 single work film/TV humour Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2002
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1.8form y The Wedding Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2002 Z1766102 2002 single work film/TV humour Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2002
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2.4form y Obsession Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2003 Z1766146 2003 single work film/TV humour Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2003
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2.8form y The Hideous Truth Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2003 Z1766122 2003 single work film/TV humour Australia : Riley Turner Productions , 2003
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Noice. Different. Unusual. Watching Kath and Kim as a (Locked Down) Historian
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 25 August 2021;'Our writers nominate the TV series keeping them entertained during a time of COVID.
'In our household, watching comedy in the evenings has been a crucial part of our lockdown survival strategy. We powered through a lot of comedy series last year, and watched some more than once. (I’m looking at you, Schitt’s Creek). Stuck in lockdown for the foreseeable future, I suggested we might re-watch those Fountain Gate foxymorons, Kath and Kim, and my 12-year-old daughter’s eyes lit up.' (Introduction)
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Our Suburban Contempt
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2016; 'In Australia, we have a limited set of character types to talk through our collective visions of suburbia. Kath & Kim and Upper Middle Bogan deliver parodies of the nouveau riche philistine, while Chris Lilley dons brownface to draw laughs from a stereotype of Polynesian identity. Over on commercial and cable, reality television shows such as the Real Housewives construct characters out of participants’ lives, fortifying a sense of ‘realism’ across our screen fictions.' (Introduction) -
Trading Faces
Another Slap
2015
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 12-13) The Canberra Times , 14 February 2015; (p. 10) -
Kath and Kim to Return : Noice
2012
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— Appears in: The Australian , 10 April 2012; (p. 5) -
Tiny Leaf Men and Other Tales From Outer Suburbia : Re-Presenting the Suburb in Australian Children’s Literature
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations Into Children's Literature , vol. 21 no. 1 2011; (p. 57-66) 'This paper explores how, through word and image, Tan's Tales From Outer Suburbia challenges stereotypical representations of the suburban. Typically, suburban spaces have been represented as aesthetically bland, mundane, and ornamental. Tan takes these tropes and ironically re-deploys them anew, and in doing so undermines anti-suburban sentiment, which has dominated Australian literary and popular culture.
Although the notion of anti-suburbanism in Australian fiction has been well documented, its presence in children's literature has received far less attention. As a case study, Tales From Outer Suburbia, signals the ability of children's literature to present more positive representations of suburbia because of its inherent commitment to the socialisation of children, which is prioritised over the tradition of anti-suburbanism.' (Author's abstract)
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A Preposterous Life
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: Griffith Review , Winter no. 8 2005; (p. 57-63)
— Review of Kath and Kim 2002 series - publisher film/TV -
Playing the Television Field : Kath and Kim and the Changing Face of TV Comedy
2008
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Continuum : Journal of Media & Cultural Studies , vol. 22 no. 3 2008; (p. 353 - 361) 'This paper explores Kath and Kim's place in the development of new textual forms within the contemporary field of television. It connects the series to current debates in television studies, particularly in terms of the transformations and blurring of genres occurring in newer televisual forms, such as reality TV.' (Source: Author's introduction)
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Kath and Kim to Return : Noice
2012
single work
column
— Appears in: The Australian , 10 April 2012; (p. 5) -
Tiny Leaf Men and Other Tales From Outer Suburbia : Re-Presenting the Suburb in Australian Children’s Literature
2011
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Papers : Explorations Into Children's Literature , vol. 21 no. 1 2011; (p. 57-66) 'This paper explores how, through word and image, Tan's Tales From Outer Suburbia challenges stereotypical representations of the suburban. Typically, suburban spaces have been represented as aesthetically bland, mundane, and ornamental. Tan takes these tropes and ironically re-deploys them anew, and in doing so undermines anti-suburban sentiment, which has dominated Australian literary and popular culture.
Although the notion of anti-suburbanism in Australian fiction has been well documented, its presence in children's literature has received far less attention. As a case study, Tales From Outer Suburbia, signals the ability of children's literature to present more positive representations of suburbia because of its inherent commitment to the socialisation of children, which is prioritised over the tradition of anti-suburbanism.' (Author's abstract)
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Trading Faces
Another Slap
2015
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 February 2015; (p. 12-13) The Canberra Times , 14 February 2015; (p. 10) -
Our Suburban Contempt
2016
single work
essay
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , November 2016; 'In Australia, we have a limited set of character types to talk through our collective visions of suburbia. Kath & Kim and Upper Middle Bogan deliver parodies of the nouveau riche philistine, while Chris Lilley dons brownface to draw laughs from a stereotype of Polynesian identity. Over on commercial and cable, reality television shows such as the Real Housewives construct characters out of participants’ lives, fortifying a sense of ‘realism’ across our screen fictions.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2008 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Comedy Program
- 2005 nominee Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Comedy Program
- 2004 co-winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Comedy Program
- 2003 winner Logie Awards — Most Outstanding Comedy Program
- 2002 winner Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Television Drama Series
- Melbourne, Victoria,