The skits were developed by Riley and Turner into a full series. "Big Girl's Blouse" had been deemed a failure by the ABC who wanted to pull "Kath and Kim". But it was championed by Robyn Kershaw the ABC Head of Drama so "Kath and Kim" had the distinction for a comedy show of being produced by the drama department, and was loved by the "suburban people" it supposedly attacked. And at the end of 2002 it won three Australian Film Institute awards in the drama category, plus a Best Supporting Actress award for Szubanski.