Thursday, March 4, 2010

Oh no! An American version of "Spaced"? No no no no no...



The original Spaced starred Jessica Hynes and Shaun of the Dead's Simon Pegg & Nick Frost. It was classic British comedy. Like the Office & so many others before, American TV Networks must think people won't like the original British shows. There is a long list of American TV shows that were originally British shows. Can the American writiers not come up with anything on their own?

Here is the original Spaced. (Embedding was disabled). Best of Spaced.

Here's a list of British TV shows that were redone for American television audiences:

Agony - The Lucie Arnaz Show
Airline - Airline
Da Ali G Show - Da Ali G Show
Antiques Roadshow - Antiques Roadshow
Are You Being Served? - Beanes of Boston
As If - As If
Ballykissangel - Hope Island
Birds of a Feather - Stand by Your Man
Brat Camp - Brat Camp
Britain's Got Talent - America's Got Talent
Cash in the Attic - Cash in the Attic
CD:UK - CD USA
Celebrity Fit Club - Celebrity Fit Club
Changing Rooms - Trading Spaces
Cold Feet - Cold Feet
Cracker - Cracker
Coupling - Coupling
Dancing on Ice - Skating with Celebrities
Dear John - Dear John
Distraction - Distraction
Dog Eat Dog - Dog Eat Dog
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush - Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
Eleventh Hour - Eleventh Hour
Faking It - Faking It
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - Reggie
Fawlty Towers - Chateau Snavely (Pilot episode only with Harvey Korman & Betty White)
Amanda's - Starring Beatrice Arthur
Payne - Starring John Larroquette
Footballers' Wives - Football Wives
Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon - Gameshow Marathon
George and Mildred - The Ropers
Gladiators - American Gladiators
The Grimleys - The Grubbs
Hell's Kitchen - Hell's Kitchen
Hit Me Baby One More Time - Hit Me Baby One More Time
Holding the Baby - Holding the Baby
Home to Roost - You Again?
Honey, We're Killing the Kids - Honey We're Killing the Kids
How Clean Is Your House? - How Clean Is Your House?
I'd Do Anything - I'd Do Anything
I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
The IT Crowd - The IT Crowd
Keep it in the Family - Too Close for Comfort
Life on Mars - Life on Mars
Little Britain - Little Britain USA
Love Thy Neighbour - Love Thy Neighbor
Man About The House - Three's Company
Masterchef - Masterchef
Max Headroom - Max Headroom
Men Behaving Badly - Men Behaving Badly
Mind Your Language - What a Country
Mr. Men and Little Miss - Mr. Men Show
Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Never Mind The Buzzcocks
The 1900 House Frontier House - Frontier House
Not the Nine O'Clock News - Not Necessarily the News (The Daily Show)
The Office - The Office
On the Buses - Lotsa Luck
One Foot in the Grave - The Cosby Show
Outnumbered - Outnumbered
Pop Idol - American Idol
Porridge - On the Rocks
Queer As Folk - Queer as Folk
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares - Kitchen Nightmares
Red Dwarf - Red Dwarf (Two un-aired pilots)
Robin's Nest - Three's a Crowd
Robot Wars - Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors
Scrapheap Challenge - Junkyard Wars
Secret Millionaire - Secret Millionaire
Spaced - Spaced (Only a pilot episode was made so far)
Spitting Image - D.C. Follies
Steptoe and Son - Sanford and Son
Strictly Come Dancing - Dancing with the Stars
Supernanny - Supernanny
Teachers - Teachers
That Was The Week That Was - That Was The Week That Was
This Life - First Years
Till Death Us Do Part - All in the Family

Coincidentally, the All in the Family spinoff Maude was remade in the UK as Nobody's Perfect, and the Maude spinoff Good Times was remade as The Fosters. None of the UK series were connected to each other or to Till Death Us Do Part.
Touching Evil - Touching Evil
Top Gear - Top Gear
Top of the Pops - Top of the Pops
Trigger Happy TV - Trigger Happy TV
Two's Company - The Two of Us
Upstairs, Downstairs - Beacon Hill
The Vicar of Dibley - The Minister Of Divine
The Weakest Link - Weakest Link
What Not to Wear - What Not to Wear
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Whose Line Is It Anyway? - Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Wife Swap - Wife Swap (ABC) / Trading Spouses (Fox)
Wild at Heart - Life Is Wild

The Young Person's Guide to Becoming a Rock Star - My Guide to Becoming a Rock Star

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