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The Katering Show's Kates to tackle breakfast TV in new ABC series Get Krack!n

Rob Moran

Sunrise and Today, it's your turn to get, uh, Kated.

Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney, the stars and creators of YouTube hit The Katering Show, are creating a new full-length series for the ABC titled Get Krack!n, the network has revealed.

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Food-intolerant Kate McCartney and her intolerably smug foodie co-host Kate McLennan return for a second season to take a Sassy Swipe™ at the Food Culture Revolution.

Unlike the duo's delightfully potty-mouthed fan favourite which spoofed the inane clichés of afternoon cooking shows and Thermomix cults, Get Krack!n will set their satirical sights on the world of breakfast television.

"With no sense of on-camera technique, the Kates will shuffle through a roster of unsafe demonstrations, surly guests, underprepared experts, and the over-lit decomposition of the duo's already rocky relationship," the ABC's official synopsis reads.

"Like any televisual format the Kates put their rough, manly hands to, things on Get Krack!n will go downhill fast."

Created for the ABC with co-funding from Film Victoria and NBC Universal's US comedy streaming channel Seeso, the series promises to be a significantly juiced-up beast compared to The Katering Show.

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Despite its multi-million YouTube views, The Katering Show was a financially-draining project for the duo, McLennan told Mumbrella last year, explaining the show's second-season run on iView last year that was partly-funded by the ABC.

"For the first season, myself, McCartney and the producer Tamsin all reinvested our wages, so we haven't really been paid," she said.

"We knew how much work it would be to do a second season and to make it and there is no way we could have done it while reinvesting our wages."

Unlike its loaded short-but-sweet predecessor, Get Krack!n will feature 30-minute episodes over an eight-episode run.

The series is set to premiere on the ABC later in the year.