I’ll go first…The Office.
Now I know the two shows are fundamentally quite different, but they adapted what was already a very successful show, and turned It into an event more successfully one that lasted for significantly longer than the original did. I say that’s a win for them.
Anything else? Life on Mars, Being Human, The Inbetweeners…?
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Netflix’s House Of Cards was based on a British series which is based on a novel
I don’t think you can say either the US or UK office is better than the other, they’re too different
You also can’t say it was more successful because it lasted longer, the yanks will milk every comedy dry until it’s ejaculating pure dust
Life on Mars. Although I really enjoyed the British original as well.
But no one can come close to the Great British Baking Show.
The American version didn’t have DCI Gene Hunt, which automatically makes it inferior
There’s quite a good Wikipedia article on this.
Amongst all the quiz and reality shows, there are a few intriguing obscure nuggets:
- The Golden Girls is an adaptation of a UK TV series, The Brighton Belles.
- They’ve tried to adapt Fawlty Towers three times.
- Not the Nine O’ Clock News was adapted for the US.
- One Foot in the Grave became Cosby - presumably the British version didn’t have enough (ie any) rapists.
- They tried to adapt Spaced, IT Crowd and the Young Ones but they failed at the pilot stage. This is probably A Good Thing. Although I might see if I can dig out the pilots.
Cosby predates One Foot in the Grave - I remember watching Cosby as a kid in the 80s, and OFitG didn’t show up until the 90s. OFitG became (I think) Curb Your Enthusiam.
The Cosby Show was the 80s. Cosby was 96-2000.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway. Wayne Brady absolutely kills it.
