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What's a British TV show that the Yanks did better? (feddit.uk)

submitted 9 months ago by Oneeightnine@feddit.uk to c/askuk@feddit.uk

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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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[–] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] GombeenSysadmin@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

The Cosby Show was the 80s. Cosby was 96-2000.

[–] IggyTheSmidge@kbin.social 2 points 8 months ago

Huh - I assumed they were the same thing.
I wonder if it never aired in the UK...