Kath & Kim
NBC | Release Date: October 9, 2008
CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 28 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
9
Negative:
16
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SlateTroy Patterson
Season 1 Review: Ding ding ding went the bell, and up went an agreeing groan, six minutes in. Perhaps this was less a judgment of Kath & Kim's general quality--it was one of the better shows we screened, or at least one of the not-as-bad. Read full review
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L.A. WeeklyRobert Abele
Season 1 Review: Shannon has a power-walker approach to the comedy of unearned positivity--not too fast, not too slow, able to suck up disappointment and move on--and it works for her character. But Blair, who can breathe hot snark on any line, hasn’t quite figured out how to make Kim hideously funny more often than just hideous. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyKen Tucker
Season 1 Review: The core problem with K&K is that there's no character to root for. Read full review
40
SalonHeather Havrilesky
Season 1 Review: Unfortunately, Blair's bratty take on Kim is repetitive and not even mildly amusing, Shannon is wonderful at her role (as always) but doesn't have much of a character to work with, and the stories are neither real enough to be relatable nor outrageous enough to flesh out a true farce. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMary McNamara
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim needs to decide if it wants to satirize American parenting or popular culture. Because if the first two episodes are any indication, it certainly cannot do both. Read full review
40
Philadelphia InquirerJonathan Storm
Season 1 Review: There is a twinge of fun every now and then in Kath & Kim, even if most critics are so apoplectic at its crass stupidity they can barely write a sentence. Read full review
40
PopMattersKirsten Markson
Season 1 Review: The individual performers, enthusiastic as they seem to be, are hardly helped by this approach. Shannon and John Michael Higgins (who plays Kath’s new boyfriend, Phil Knight) are both used to playing lovable buffoons. But their time is largely wasted here. Read full review
40
The New York TimesAlessandra Stanley
Season 1 Review: Kath & Kim should be funnier, and could yet be, but the pilot disappoints. Read full review
40
New York Magazine (Vulture)John Leonard
Season 1 Review: Except for a visit to a gay bar for hip-hop, most of the action (tantrums, blubberings) occurs either in the house or a sandwich shop at the mall. This is because the unappetizing Kath & Kim is fixated in the oral stage. Read full review
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