Initially, Riley and Turner planned to take 2005 off from television, but in July, they announced that they would be writing and filming a 90-minute telemovie. The movie aired on 27 November 2005, and was the ABC's top rated program for 2005, achieving an average audience of 2.1 million and a peak audience of 2.4 million. The telemovie screened in New Zealand in December and was sold to networks in the United Kingdom and the United States. It was the last "Kath & Kim" production shown on the ABC before it moved to the Seven Network.