American reworkings of British TV

Rofesleg said:
Series 1 of the American Office wasn't very good.
They tried to copy the original almost scene for scene and it didn't work.
From Series 2 onwards they did their own thing and it was great.
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Agreed, season 2 onwards was brilliant.
Dwight has to be one of the all time great comic characters.
 
Rofesleg said:
Series 1 of the American Office wasn't very good.
They tried to copy the original almost scene for scene and it didn't work.
From Series 2 onwards they did their own thing and it was great.
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I wouldn't go that far, it was watchable though. It's not often you can say that about American television.
 
Funnily enough I was watching a documentary on Saturday night about Fawlty Towers and they said they tried to remake it under 3 different guises in the USA and everyone failed miserably
 
futureboy said:
I've never watched it myself, but I believe the US Shameless was pretty successful and popular.
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It’s very good after the first couple of episodes. It’s very gritty (dealing with suicides and liver failure etc) not played for laughs so much like ours.
William H Macy is brilliant in it.
 
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