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Kath & Kim (2002)

Comedy

Kath & Kim is a character-driven Australian television situation comedy series. The series was created by, and is written by Jane Turner and Gina Riley who play the title characters: a suburban mother and daughter with a dysfunctional relationship. The series main characters consist of Kath Day-Knight, a cheerful 50-year-old woman, her self-indulgent daughter Kim Craig, Kath's boyfriend and second husband, the metrosexual Kel Knight, as well as Kim's estranged husband Brett Craig and her lonely, overweight "second best friend" Sharon Strzelecki. The series is set in the fictional suburb of Fountain Lakes in Melbourne. It is primarily filmed in Patterson Lakes. The series was conceived by Turner and Riley in the early 1990s as a weekly segment of the Australian comedy series Fast Forward. The skit was then developed into a full-series. The first series of Kath & Kim premiered on ABC TV on 16 May 2002, with three further series following, while a television movie, entitled Da Kath and Kim Code, was broadcast nationally on 25 November 2005. Kath & Kim has garnered much critical acclaim since its debut, winning two Logie Awards, for "Outstanding Comedy Programme" and the "Best Television Drama Series" award at the Australian Film Institute Awards. In Australia, it has become a pop culture phenomenon, and is a success with audiences nationwide. Internationally, the series has spawned a cult fanbase, and in 2006 it was announced an American version of the series would be produced, to air on NBC. Riley and Turner served as executive producers on the US version. The American version was also picked up by Seven, which debuted the program on 12 October 2008, just three days after its debut in the United States.

IMDb rating
8.4 (5,933 votes)
Seasons
4
Streaming (US)
Netflix
Language
EN
Type
TV series

Ratings refreshed Jul 3, 2026 · 4 seasons indexed

Cast

Seasons

Season 1 (2002)

8.11 avg 8 episodes 7.6 → 8.5 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.6 · 154 votesEp 2: 8.5 · 162 votesEp 3: 7.8 · 120 votesEp 4: 8.0 · 116 votesEp 5: 8.0 · 114 votesEp 6: 8.3 · 120 votesEp 7: 8.2 · 116 votesEp 8: 8.5 · 122 votes
Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Sex7.6154
2Gay8.5162
3Sport7.8120
4Fat8.0116
5Old8.0114
6Money8.3120
7Party8.2116
8The Wedding8.5122

Season 2 (2003)

7.95 avg 8 episodes 8.0 → 8.0 24 min avg

Ep 1: 8.0 · 102 votesEp 2: 7.8 · 94 votesEp 3: 7.7 · 90 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 105 votesEp 5: 8.3 · 96 votesEp 6: 7.7 · 79 votesEp 7: 8.0 · 93 votesEp 8: 8.0 · 94 votes
Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1The Announcement8.0102
2Inside Out7.894
3The Moon7.790
4Obsession8.1105
5My Boyfriend8.396
6Another Announcement7.779
7The Shower8.093
8The Hideous Truth8.094

Season 3 (2004)

7.98 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 8.4 25 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 88 votesEp 2: 8.0 · 93 votesEp 3: 7.9 · 97 votesEp 4: 8.1 · 85 votesEp 5: 7.8 · 73 votesEp 6: 7.8 · 70 votesEp 7: 8.1 · 70 votesEp 8: 8.4 · 98 votes
Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Cactus Hour7.788
2The Mango Espadrille8.093
3Sitting on a Pile7.997
4Kicking up a Stink8.185
5Hello Nails!7.873
6High and Dry7.870
7Foxy on the Run8.170
899% Fat Free8.498

Season 4 (2007)

7.43 avg 8 episodes 7.7 → 7.4 23 min avg

Ep 1: 7.7 · 87 votesEp 2: 7.6 · 72 votesEp 3: 7.2 · 68 votesEp 4: 7.3 · 73 votesEp 5: 7.6 · 71 votesEp 6: 7.1 · 75 votesEp 7: 7.5 · 67 votesEp 8: 7.4 · 83 votes
Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#TitleRatingVotes
1Holiday7.787
2Fame7.672
3Work7.268
4Environment7.373
5House7.671
6Roots7.175
7Lust7.567
8Wedding of the Century7.483