Marcus Casey
December 13, 2007 12:00am

The ladies of Fountain Lakes are not certain if they
will return to TV, take a rest -- or even go on a live
national stage tour.

They have told Seven they won't return from holidays
until March, at the earliest.

That means it would be impossible to deliver a new
Kath and Kim series next year.

Executive producer Rick McKenna, Turner's husband,
said both parties were happy with the relationship.

"Gina and Jane never lock into a series until they
have a good idea of what they want to do, and even
then they will still pause and reflect," he said.

"A project is never subject to a deal for them -- it
is about Gina and Jane feeling it is good enough and
that they have a strong idea for a project, and that
may be something other than Kath and Kim.

"Kath and Kim have not been ruled out from another
project, but whether that is a live stage show or a
new series has not been decided.

"They may well be rested."

Kath and Kim is an 18-month creative process.

Both Turner and Riley were exhausted after filming
this year's series.

They can afford a break after selling rights to the
series in the US.

McKenna said other Turner-Riley projects were possible
on Seven after June.

"But they may not disappear off screen as Seven still
has rights to repeat episodes from the ABC series," he
said.

"That is in their hands."

Brad Lyons, Seven's head of program development, said
the network had great respect for the pair, who
spearheaded the network's first ratings win since the
1970s.

"We'll definitely be talking to them," he said.


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