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NBC's Upfront Announcements - Fall/Winter Schedules
NBC today unveiled its new Fall lineup for the 2008-09 television season, introducing a schedule earlier than ever that combines some of the most acclaimed and popular returning series on television with four new programs that will join the schedule in the opening weeks of the season, including "Kath & Kim," "Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Crusoe."
Additionally, the most highly anticipated comedy of the upcoming season, "The Office" spinoff, from Executive Producer Greg Danie...
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Mr. TV: Answer Man
Original at MEDIAWEEK
• Sun, May 10
Is it true that Kath & Kim is coming back next fall as Kath, Kim & Marc, with Brad Garrett playing Marc Berman? Brad Garrett as Mr. TV? All I can say is, “You're a riot, a regular riot! Bang! Zoom! To the moon!” Do you agree or disagree with Mr. TV? ...
Life Of Riley
Original at WA today
• Wed, May 6
Australia I, however, can barely see this woman, because I am hypnotised by the presence of another: Riley's Logie-winning, multi-million-dollar-earning alter ego, Kim Craig, one half of Kath & Kim, the most successful comedy show in Australian television ...
Kath & Kim, NewsOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Sun, May 3
Anchorwoman--Kim (Selma Blair) sets out to be the new anchorwoman for the local news station and Kath (Molly Shannon) does everything in her power ... fr.truveo.com
What TV networks should pick up for another season and pick off ...
Original at New York Daily News
• Fri, May 1
By David Hinckley Pictured: (lr) Selma Blair as Kim Day, Molly Shannon as Kath Day in NBC's "Kath & Kim." The clock ticks down this weekend on one of television's great suspense dramas: finding out which prime-time series will be picked up for next ...
Murdoch's Fox finds surprise hit with Sit Down, Shut Up
Original at news.com.au
• Mon, Apr 20
Australia KATH & KIM are just days away from being booted off American TV and shipped back to Fountain Lakes, but Rupert Murdoch may have a US hit with another spin-off of an Australian sitcom. Next month the US TV networks will announce what shows will be ...
Good news or bad news for Parks and Recreation and Southland debuts?
Original at TVbytheNumbers
• Fri, Apr 10
CA If a TV show, even on NBC, having the words “lower than” right next to Kath & Kim, that can’t be a happy moment. Also the general trend for broadcast prime time continues to be down. Even the Southland premiere with a heckuva lot of promotion only ...
HDTV Listings for March 12, 2009
Original at Engadget HD
• Thu, Mar 12
CA It's not TheSopranos, I realize, but Molly Shannon needs work! I like Molly Shannon too, but it blows and should've been cancelled earlier. I like Kath & Kim also. Yeah it's not the best show, but I like the quirky comedy it dishes out. ...
Selma Blair brings love to Miami
Original at CBS News
• Sun, Mar 8
The only good thing to come from the NBC show Kath & Kim is the real life pairing of Selma Blair and Mikey Day! The real life couple who play a troubled married couple on Thursday nights have been linked romantically since before shooting for the ...
Video: Bachelorette
Original at TV Guide
• Fri, Mar 6
By iTunes Kath (Molly Shannon) and Phil (John Michael Higgins) get ready for their bachelor and bachelorette parties. Before going out on the town, Athena (guest star Maya Rudolph) gives Kath, Kim (Selma Blair) and Tina (guest star Melissa Rauch) some of her special tea, which leads to a very inter...
What's On Tonight: My Name Is Earl, CSI, Ace Of Cakes, Randy Jackson
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, Mar 5
CA NBC has new episodes of My Name Is Earl, Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock, and ER. FOX has a new American Idol at 8, followed by a new Hell's Kitchen. At 9, Spike has a new TNA Impact at 9. Cartoon Network has a new League of Super Evil at 9. ...
Wynonna Deserves Better Than "Kath & Kim"
Original at Idolator
• Fri, Feb 6
Wynonna Deserves Better Than "Kath & Kim" NY - Despite my deep appreciation of the work of John Michael Higgins, I gave up on the Molly Shannon/Selma Blair vehicle early in its run and, frankly, ...
NBC lacks hits, focus
Original at Variety
• Fri, Jan 23
CA - By RICK KISSELL Is NBC the network of "Howie Do It" and "Kath & Kim" or "Friday Night Lights" and "The Office?" As the Peacock searches for reasons why it ...
tvTonight - Thursday January 8, 2009
Original at Misguided Thoughts
• Wed, Jan 7
By david Ah, Thursday! Tonight ABC and NBC give us mostly new programs (with the exception of The Office.) CBS and CW are having rerun night, and FOX has college football. NBC My Name is Earl (8pm, NEW) - Earl visits his old babysitter Kath & Kim (8:30, NEW) The Office (9pm, repeat)
Watch This... And That (Thursday, Dec. 4)
Original at Fancast
• Thu, Dec 4
By: Jen Smith Fancast.com Watch This: Kath & Kim might not be the most brilliant show on television, but it is kind of underrated. It's kind of hard to not have a few chuckles when the comedic geniuses of Molly... By: Jen Smith Fancast.com Watch This: Kath & Kim might not be the most brillia...
Tube News: Studio's Makes "Final Offer" to SAG
Original at Watch with Intelligence
• Tue, Nov 25
By Aleks Chan Good news just keeps 'a rollin' NBC's Kath & Kim remake's way. After being picked up for six episodes without a pilot, the comedy starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair got a promising timeslot change from Tuesdays to the lush post-The Office slot on Thursdays, home of NBC's premier co...
HDTV Listings for November 20, 2008
Original at Engadget HD
• Thu, Nov 20
By Richard Lawler NBC (1080i) has My Name is Earl at 8 p.m. followed by Kath & Kim, The Office, 30 Rock and E.R. ABC (720p) lines up Ugly Betty at 8 p.m., Grey's Anatomy at 9 p.m. and Life on Mars at 10 p.m. CBS (1080i) brings home Survivor at 8 p.m. followed by CSI and Eleventh Hour CW (1080i) has Smallville at 8 p.m. and Superna...
News: Kath & Kim: Girl Talk with Selma Blair and Molly Shannon
Original at TV Guide
• Thu, Nov 20
By TV Guide Joining NBC's successful Thursday-night comedy block isn't easy for any new show, but Kath & Kim (8:30 pm/ET) has had a particularly tough go at it in a year when all of NBC's comedies (including 30 Rock, The Office and My Name Is Earl) have posted decreased ratings. But with a full-seas...
Kim Masters Attempts to Lay Out Defamer-Sourced Case for Ben Silverman's Homosexuality [Gays]
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Nov 19
By Kyle Buchanan Silverman popped up intermittently as a caller to best friend Ryan Seacrest’s radio show on KIIS-FM, and the two seemed to enjoy fueling speculation about their private lives. The NBC chief is known for squiring around young women, but there were so many references to West Hollywood that...
NBC Xmas Specials
Original at Spoiler TV
• Mon, Nov 17
By DarkUFO(noreply@blogger.com) SPECIAL HOLIDAY FRIENDS -- In an effort to find some "couple friends," Kath (Molly Shannon) and Phil (John Michael Higgins) decide to host a Christmas Party with the mall security guard, Pete (guest star David Koechner) and his wife as the guests of honor. Meanwhile, Kim and Craig find the...
News: Maya Rudolph to Appear on Kath & Kim
Original at TV Guide
• Fri, Nov 14
By TV Guide On the heels of her well-received turn as a lounge-singing Michelle Obama on Saturday Night Live ("Solid... solid as Barack!"), Maya Rudolph will guest-star on an upcoming episode of the NBC sitcom Kath & Kim, alongside fellow SNL alum Molly Shannon, according to executive producer M...
Uncool, America. We realize it must have ... [Jennifer Aniston]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Nov 14
By Seth Uncool, America. We realize it must have been a rough week for Jennifer Aniston, so we were hoping we could pass along some great news that her guest appearance on 30 Rock last night as a...woman who likes to do a lot of things but is ultimately crazy but not in a particularly ha-ha funny way?...boost...
Cancel-Happy Ben Silverman Uses Pope As Human Shield [Ben Silverman]
Original at Defamer
• Fri, Nov 14
By Kyle Buchanan Before the premiere of this fall season, NBC head Ben Silverman liked to brag about the extensive movie star outreach he'd done to populate his shows: Selma Blair in Kath & Kim! Christian Slater in My Own Worst Enemy! Sadly, Kath was poorly received, Enemy has just been axed (alongsid...
Kath & Kim's Mikey Day Is Molly Shannon's New BFF
Original at Fancast
• Tue, Oct 21
Talk to Kath & Kim's Mikey Day Ann Murray Fancast.com Actor Mikey Day has been having some pretty darn good days as of late. His show, Kath & Kim, stars film babe Selma Blair and SNL maverick Molly Shannon (the original Tina Fey!) so he gets to work alongside two very talented and funny...
CBS Claims Thursday Victory
Original at Television Week
• Fri, Oct 17
CBS won the Thursday night ratings race, averaging a 4.2 rating/11 share among viewers 18-49, according to Nielsen preliminary numbers. The network had a strong showing with new episodes of “Survivor” (4.2/12), “CSI” (5.1/13) and “Eleventh Hour” (3.2/9). The strongest performance of the n...
Let's Play the Feud … In Zhōng Xià!
Original at Jossip
• Thu, Oct 16
By david Kath & Kim. In Treatment. The Office. And even freakin' American Idol. All of these shows are foreign programs imported and adapted for American audiences by U.S. television executives. To some, it's a sign that we've lost all creativity and, after decades of exporting American culture, w...
TV with Abe: Pilot Review: Kath & Kim
Original at TV with Abe
• Tue, Oct 14
By Abe Fried-Tanzer The show resolves any awkward conservation or heated argument by reverting to Kath and Kim as best friends who like to gossip with each other rather than mother and daughter. Molly Shannon is so wonderfully energetic and neurotically ...
Worthy? - Life On Mars, My Own Worst Enemy, Kath & Kim - 2008 Fall TV Pilot Reviews
Original at Tapeworthy
• Tue, Oct 14
By noreply@blogger.com (Vance) Life on Mars - Pilot - Ep. 101 - Series Premiere (ABC/Global Thursdays at 10pm) Kath & Kim - Pilot - Ep. 101 - Series Premiere (NBC/E!Canada Thursdays at 8:30pm) Then again, John Michael Higgins makes me laugh all the time. On the other hand, Molly Shannon does not.
ON DETROIT.METROMIX.COM: 'Kath & Kim' review
Original at Freep.com
• Mon, Oct 13
Based on a hit Australian show, "Kath & Kim" explores what happens when a bratty adult child moves back home.
Blergh: The New York Times is as fed up with ... [Ben Silverman]
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Oct 13
By Kyle Buchanan Blergh: The New York Times is as fed up with the lack of 30 Rock as we are, noting that Tina Fey "is about the hottest star in show business at the moment" thanks to those Emmy wins, American Express commercials, and Sarah Palin guest spots, and yet the third season of the rating-challenged si...
What's On Tonight: New Shows, Old Manny
Original at Hartford Courant
• Fri, Oct 10
By Roger Catlin In Australia, it was a brilliant satire on suburban excess and regional accents. It's kind of all lost here, where Kim is not a large, ungainly slug but the quite glamorous Selma Blair, whose whining is much easier to take. Even with Molly Shannon as the mother, they can't quite turn the corne...
KATH & KIM “Pilot” Early Review Not That Funny
Original at Daemon's TV
• Thu, Oct 9
By Sandie So far I am not impressed by NBC’s new shows, first Knight Rider, and now Kath & Kim. All my hopes rest on My Own Worst Enemy (which I have yet to watch, but I have a good feeling about it) and Crusoe. Based the Australian version of ...
What's On Tonight: Kath and Kim, SNL, Eleventh Hour, Life On Mars
Original at TV Squad
• Thu, Oct 9
By Bob Sassone At 8, ABC has a new Ugly Betty, then a new episode of Grey's Anatomy and the series premiere of Life On Mars.CBS has a new Survivor at 8, followed by the season premiere of CSI and the series premiere of Eleventh Hour.NBC has a new My Name Is Earl at 8, then the series premiere of Kath & Kim, then...
Queerview television guide for October 9
Original at AfterElton.com
• Thu, Oct 9
By LyleMasaki Taking its cues from an Australian sitcom with a gay following, Kath & Kim combines Selma Blair and Molly Shannon as a mother and daughter with terrible taste, poor decision-making skills and ... uhm, unorthodox priorities. While tonight's premiere isn't perfect, I can see potential i...
Tonight on the Tube: Smallville, Grey’s Anatomy, The Office, CSI, Life on Mars & Eleventh Hour
Original at TVaholic.com
• Thu, Oct 9
By Jason the TVaholic The Office (NBC): New. A seminar on ethics in business goes off the deep end when Michael gets everyone talking about the unethical things they have done at work. Runs 31 minutes. Saturday Night Live Weekend Update Thursday (NBC): Premiere Special. The not ready for primetime players are hop...
Review: Kath & Kim - Series Premiere on NBC
Original at TVaholic.com
• Thu, Oct 9
By Jason the TVaholic The show stars Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live), as Kath Day, and Selma Blair (Hellboy), as her daughter Kim. Given the cast and it being based on a successful Australian show of the same name, I had high hopes. Given the mostly lackluster comedy offerings so far this fall, I was hoping for...
Review: Molly Shannon, Selma Blair in 'Kath & Kim'
Original at Newsday.com
• Tue, Oct 7
THE SHOW "Kath & Kim," WNBC/4, tomorrow night at 8:30
'Kath & Kim' Receive Poor Reviews
Original at BuddyTV
• Tue, Oct 7
In August, BuddyTV gave you a Fall Review, giving you a sneak peek into the returning and new shows that will hit the airwaves this season. One of those shows is NBC’s Kath and Kim, which premieres on October 9...
TV REVIEW: ‘Kath & Kim,' premiering Thursday on NBC
Original at Macon Telegraph
• Mon, Oct 6
TV REVIEW: ‘Kath & Kim,' premiering Thursday on NBC GA - Oct 6, 2008 By NEAL JUSTIN - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) For nearly three decades, NBC's Thursday-night comedy block has lived up to its "must-see" billing. ...
TV reviews: 'Kath & Kim,' 'Testees'
Original at SFGate
• Mon, Oct 6
By tgoodman@sfchronicle.com (Tim Goodman) RATING: (SNOOZING VIEWER)Kath & Kim: Comedy. 8:30 p.m. Thursdays on NBC. RATING: (ALERT VIEWER)Testees: Comedy. 10:30 p.m. Thursdays on FX. Oh, great, now we have to apologize to Australia. With American television buying so many premade "formats" - a.k.a....
Review: Gary Unmarried - Series Premiere on CBS
Original at TVaholic.com
• Tue, Sep 23
By Jason the TVaholic Review: Gary Unmarried is a pretty good comedy, but with potential to be better. It is however, the best new comedy of the Fall TV season. Although, I’ve yet to see NBC’s Kath & Kim, but it is far and away better than either CBS’ Worst Week or FOX’s Do Not Disturb.
NBC Series Returning to Apple’s iTunes
Original at Television Week
• Tue, Sep 9
Apple and NBC ended their yearlong spat today. Shows from NBC and some of its cable networks will return to Apple’s iTunes store, one full year after NBC defected from Apple in a public dispute over pricing. Apple CEO Steve Jobs made the announcement today in San Francisco at an Apple event. Th...
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TwoCents 2008 Fall Preview - Thursdays (NBC)
Original at keithp23 (Blogspot)
• Thu, Sep 4
By noreply@blogger.com (KP) Show: Kath & Kim (NEW) Starring: Selma Blair as Kim Day, Mikey Day as Craig Baker, John Michael Higgins as Phil Knight, Molly Shannon as Kath Day. Program Description: The American adaptation of the Australian hit comedy series, "Kath & Kim" stars Molly Shannon (NBC's "Saturday Night Live") and Selma Blair ("Hellboy 2") as the hilarious and iconoclastic mother-daughter duo. Kath & Kim" focuses on Kath (Shannon), a cheerful, foxy, forty-something, and her self-absorbed daughter, Kim (Blair), who have the love/hate, push/pull dysfunctional relationship that only a mother and daughter could share. [read the full post]
Fancast's Fall TV Preview: Selma Blair And Molly Shannon In Kath & Kim
Original at Fancast
• Fri, Aug 22
By Julie By Tom Rose Fancast.com KATH & KIM Comedy Premieres Thursday, Oct. 9 at 8:30 p.m. NBC Stars: Molly Shannon (Saturday Night Live), Selma Blair (Coast To Coast), John Michael Higgins (Arrested Development ), Craig Baker (Reno 911), Mikey Day (Halfway... By Tom Rose Fancast.com KATH & KIM...
Is NBC's Ben Silverman About to Be Cancelled? [Test Patterns]
Original at Defamer
• Wed, Jul 30
By Kyle Buchanan There is skepticism over NBC's fall lineup, as well. After NBC airs the Beijing Olympics, it's pinning its hopes on a new version of "Knight Rider," "Lipstick Jungle" (which barely got renewed), "My Own Worst Enemy" starring Christian Slater and a US version of Australian sitcom "Kath &a...
NBC Revamps Fall Plans, Delays Series Launches
Original at Television Week
• Fri, May 23
NBC has apparently decided against using the Olympics as a launching pad for its new fall lineup. The Peacock network Friday announced a revised fourth quarter schedule and premiere dates, and contrary to previous published speculation, most of the network’s newcomers will return lat...
NBC, Out Front with Up-Fronts
Original at Hartford Courant
• Wed, Apr 2
By Hartford Courant Into those categories comes just four new shows announced for the fall – the most modest roster of any major network maybe ever. They are: the updated "Knight Rider," previewed in a popular recent TV movie; "Kath & Kim," an adaptation the Australian comedy with Molly Shannon and Selma...
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NBC's Upfront Announcements - Fall/Winter Schedules
Original at keithp23 (Blogspot)
• Wed, Apr 2
By KP NBC today unveiled its new Fall lineup for the 2008-09 television season, introducing a schedule earlier than ever that combines some of the most acclaimed and popular returning series on television with four new programs that will join the schedule in the opening weeks of the season, including "Kath & Kim," "Knight Rider," "My Own Worst Enemy" and "Crusoe." Additionally, the most highly anticipated comedy of the upcoming season, "The Office" spinoff, from Executive Producer Greg Daniels, will get the highly coveted premiere timeslot post Super Bowl XLIII following a special original telecast of "The Office" (see separate release). [read the full post]
NBC's New Fall Schedule...in early Spring?
Original at The TV Zone
• Wed, Apr 2
The roll-out of NBC's 52-week lineup begins in the Fall, as the debuting drama series "My Own Worst Enemy," starring Christian Slater, joins "Chuck" and "Heroes" on NBC's Monday lineup; "Kath & Kim," a new comedy starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair, based on the hit Australian se...
Fiscal Insanity Returns To Sundance With Rumored $10 Million 'Hamlet 2' Deal [Trade Roundup]
Original at Defamer
• Tue, Jan 22
By Mark · In other NBC-related news, Selma Blair is in negotiations to join Molly Shannon in cast of the sitcom pilot Kath & Kim, another adaptation of one of those pre-approved foreign hits Silverman loves so dearly. [THR] · NBC's block of Must See Screaming At Briefcases And Failed Pro Bodyb...