Kath & Kim

JP Liz

http://www.nbc.com/Kath_and_Kim/

anyone catch this?

Its the US version of the hit Oz comedy

Xavi6

The original is shite, the remake is even shitter.

Chinafoot

I really loved the original. The remake looked crap. I like the actress who plays Kath (she was great in Will and Grace) but casting Selma Blair as Kim was silly. The best thing about Kim was that she thinks she's shíthot but she's really not. Doesnt really work as well with a sexy, skinny actress.

As far as I know they showed 2 episodes in Australia and the rating dropped so severly by the time they showed the second one that they decided to stop altogether and they started showing repeats of the original.

Xavi6

That's exactly what happened. It got absolutely slated and was instantly binned. Only a matter of time before it gets chopped in the US as well.

hot fuss

Chinafoot wrote: »

I really loved the original. The remake looked crap. I like the actress who plays Kath (she was great in Will and Grace) but casting Selma Blair as Kim was silly. The best thing about Kim was that she thinks she's shíthot but she's really not. Doesnt really work as well with a sexy, skinny actress.

As far as I know they showed 2 episodes in Australia and the rating dropped so severly by the time they showed the second one that they decided to stop altogether and they started showing repeats of the original.

I can't believe they actually showed it in Australia! The original was so good. How is a US remake with a pretty actress playing Kim going to be a hit with Aussie audiences?!

spurious

They seem to miss the essential point sometimes in US remakes.
You can't have a real foxy moron playing Kim.

K4t

The original was fantastic. Very similar to Curb Your Enthuasiasm in my opinion.

Haven't seen the US version but a hot girl playing Kim does miss the point a bit.

JP Liz V1

If anyone missed it or is interested TV3 are showing this late nights now tbh its fairly crap