When: Sunday, Nov. 24, 10:30 p.m.
Channel: HBO

If you don’t know who Ja’mie King is, you’ve probably known at least one friend who loves to quote her ad nauseam. The owner of some classic statements like “I would never go out with a guy that wasn’t into peace,” or “I don’t want to look slut, but sort of semi-slut,” Ja’mie King is one of the many personas of Australian comedian Chris Lilley. Lilley has gathered himself quite the following both in his home country and overseas (through the power of social media) for his mockumentary-style comedy shows in which he plays a huge variety of over-the-top yet uncomfortably resonant characters—from self-indulgent and unaware drama teacher Mr. G in “Summer Heights High” to Gran as a not-so-tactful guard at a juvenile detention facility in “Angry Boys.” However, his most quoted and talked-about persona is surely Ja’mie King, the bratty and self-absorbed teenage schoolgirl, and she’s finally getting her own TV show.

Ja’mie got her debut appearance on Lilley’s show “We Can Be Heroes: Finding the Australian of the Year,” but the character didn’t really reach cult status until “Summer Heights High” in 2007. In that series, Ja’mie entered into a yearlong exchange program between the public Summer Heights High and her private school. Supposedly chosen for the program because she is “good at pretty much everything,” she spends the series lamenting the “povo” public school students and how much better everything is at her old school. From her overt racism to her mean-girl teenage tactics, Ja’mie unnervingly represented everything audiences love to hate about their teenage school years, proving that young girls don’t change much across years or countries. Lilley’s uncanny portrayal managed to attract a flock of overseas viewers and fans, especially through the Internet, and “Summer Heights High” finally aired on U.S. TV more than a year after its Australian debut. Not so for “Ja’mie: Private School Girl.” The series will start airing on HBO this Sunday, mere weeks after its premiere on Australian TV, a clear indicator of how Ja’mie’s fame precedes her.

In “Private School Girl,” Ja’mie has left Summer Heights High to return to the comforts of her private school, and the show follows the final months of her last year there before university. However, with her senior status come higher stakes: not only does she have to pass her exams to get into university (where she wants to do PR, obviously), but she’s also after the Hillford medal, the award for the best all-around student, and Mitchell, the hottest boy at the neighboring all-boys school. Of course, not everything can go right for Ja’mie despite her amazing looks and personality, and jealous friends, meddling parents and boy troubles threaten to stand in Ja’mie’s way. The results promise to be hilarious and just as quote-worthy as the past iterations of the character, and previews prove that Lilley is as on-point as always in his bitingly satirical observations on the youth of today. If anything, you’ll want to watch “Ja’mie: Private School Girl” just so you’re not behind when everyone is quoting it come Monday (I call “quiche” becoming the catchphrase of 2013).