American remakes of our great telly

Short answer: There are no good American remakes of British shows.
But the Americans do what us Brits cannot seem to do; Great drama.

E.g. Walking Dead, West Wing, The Wire, Sopranos, Breaking Bad, Dexter, Homeland, Game of Thrones, Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men

Sherlock - or 'Elementary' as it is called in the states.

Not as showy brilliant as ours but equally as good. i was sceptical when they had a female playing Watson (Lucy Liu) but i gave it a chance and it is quite good.

American remakes of our telly are not particularly good, then again, vice versa.

American drama puts British drama to shame.

We only seem to excel at 'period dramas' and with 'Game of Thrones', they even rival us in that.

Liverpool fc
Seinfeld
Only fools
Fawlty towers
Simpsons
Father ted
Cheers - with kirsty alley

comment by Red Rob : Filtered by geriatrics since 2013 (U9808)
posted 4 hours, 35 minutes ago

Kagawa

Then you need to watch Curb your enthusiasm
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The only u.s.sitcom i find really funny, larry is a comic genius.

Is curb as good as seinfeld

I've only seen seinfeld about 10 times but i'd say definitely better.

Walking Dead isn't even funny

Shaun of the Dead was much funnier and I don't think they should have remade it as a series with southern accents.

comment by TheKaisersTrainers (U5676)
posted 38 minutes ago
Walking Dead isn't even funny

Shaun of the Dead was much funnier and I don't think they should have remade it as a series with southern accents.

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Different shows, bud.

Whilst i think that Walking Dead is overrated, it is not meant to be a funny zombie series, it is an apocalyptic drama.