Kath and Kim

NBC’s newest comedy, centers on a fun-loving mom (Molly Shannon) with a newfound love life and her spoiled, Britney Spears-esque daughter (Selma Blair) who moves back in with her mom after the failure of her six-week-long marriage. The TCA panel for Kath and Kim had plenty of laughs and succeeded on one important front: proving Selma Blair is actually funny.

The actress best known for her lesbian kiss in Cruel Intentions answered a question about whether she’ll be wearing a wig for the series with a long-winded and hilarious monologue about the finer points of wig vs. extensions. She continued on a tangent about what types of wigs she would wear because she has a monkey face, explaining that all people are either monkey-faced or rat-faced.

However, the panel also dismissed a rather legitimate question about the age difference between the two leads. Despite playing mother and daughter, Shannon and Blair are only separated in age by 7 years. At first Blair laughed it off as acting, joking that Dakota Fanning was the producers’ first choice, adding “If you squint really hard and put Vaseline on your eyeballs when you watch, I look really young.” The cast went on to explain that the relationship is more akin to best friends than mother/daughter, so the age gap isn’t such a big deal.

From Buddy TV

Thanks to my friend Qua, we now can see the first video promo for “Kath & Kim”. You can stream it below or if the embed doesn’t work, view it at Youtube.

I have found the first promo shot from Selma’s upcoming show, Kath and Kim and I have added it into our media archive! Check it out, Selma and Molly look awesome! The show will premiere on October 9th, in the Thursday night slot following “The Office”.

American television network NBC has ordered seven more episodes of Logie Award winning Australian series Kath & Kim.

It brings the total order for the hit series to 13 half-hour episodes.

The pick-up comes shortly after the comedy – starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair in the US version – shot the first episode of its six-episode order.

The show is scheduled to go back into production next month on the remaining segments.

Kath & Kim focuses on the dysfunctional relationship between Kath – played by Shannon – and her daughter Kim, who is played by Blair.

It will premiere in the US on October 9, in the Thursday night slot following another show adapted from a foreign version, The Office.

The hit Australian version was created by and stars Jane Turner and Gina Riley.

From ABC News

HOLLYWOOD star Selma Blair has revealed she is shocked by an Australian-led blogger backlash about her US version of Kath & Kim.

Her comments came as US network NBC extended its order of its version of the show from six episodes to 13.

The Hellboy star, who will play Kim opposite Saturday Night Live comedian Molly Shannon, said she was surprised at criticism by fans of the show.

“Some people are really protective and horrified that we’re doing it in the United States,” Blair said.

“It’s a case of, ‘How could you? Oh my god, you might ruin it’. But what’s to ruin? You’re still going to have your great show in Australia – we’re just paying homage to it. Nothing takes away from the original.”

Blair, 36, revealed the US version, which was originally set in Phoenix, Arizona, was now set in the sprawling suburbs of Florida.

“We’re middle-class, celebrity-obsessed, tabloid-crazy and kind of superficial,” she said. “We think we are so fabulous and we’re not really, at all.

“My mum Kath (played by Shannon) is wonderful and perky and positive and I’m a complete downer.”

Like the Aussie series, Kim moves in with her mum after separating from her husband.

“I’m a pretty juvenile character – I’m in my mid-to-late 20s, but I dress like I’m 13,” she said.

“I think I’m a trophy wife but my husband works at (electronics chain) Best Buy. I’m a bit delusional.”

Blair revealed she gained 9kg to take on the role played by actor-writer Gina Riley, whose character loves tacky fashion.

“I was never going to let myself get, like, very big, but it was important to let myself not have any bones showing because it was a very Midwestern, middle-America diet and the girl’s always eating,” Blair said.

“The joke is I wear the same clothes from when I was 13 and when I sit down there will be a big roll over my shorts and I call myself the hottest thing.

“There will definitely be the appearance of a thong or two.

“She’s always on the couch eating Doritos so I did that for a long time and I put on 20 pounds.”

From News.com.au

NBC.com now has a site for “Kath and Kim”. There’s also some information about the show as well… It will premiere Thursday, October 9th at 9:30pm on the NBC network!

THEY’RE THE MOST DYSFUNCTIONAL DUO IN SUBURBIA. — SERIES PREMIERE, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 9:30/8:30c

Kath Day is the mom. She’s a foxy, 40-something divorcée who finally has time for herself and her valiant search for love. Kim Day is the daughter. She’s a self-absorbed princess, recently separated from her husband, who finds consolation in stuffing her face. When Kim decides to move back home, Kath reluctantly agrees. But to Kim’s chagrin, Kath is not about to cater to her daughter’s every whim like she has in the past. Based on the most successful comedy in Australia of the same name, Kath and Kim are two brassy women who prefer the finer things in life like acrylic nails, big hair and faux diamond chips.
Half-hour comedy
ONLINE FEATURES

* Show will have full episodes streaming online
* Weekly “Wine Time” segments where Kath & Kim dish about fashion, celebs and more
* “Are you Kath or Kim?” online quiz

TOMORROW is the first read-through of the US version of Kath And Kim, starring Molly Shannon and Selma Blair.

Executive producers and consultants Jane Turner and Gina Riley are looking forward to a surreal walk-through of the new set on the same Paramount soundstage that housed Happy Days. It will air from September during the prestigious NBC Thursday comedy block, which has previously held such hits as Cheers, Seinfeld and Friends.

The 2008 block will have My Name Is Earl, 30 Rock, The Office and Kath And Kim, meaning the new foxymorons will be competing against the second half hour of Grey’s Anatomy, CSI, Supernatural and Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares at 9.30pm.

For now, there are no plans to screen it in Australia.

The Daily Telegraph