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**Drakul** · 02-17-2006, 11:40 PM

I'm just trying to think of all the shows America copied from the UK and shows that the UK copied from America. By "copied" I mean they got a new cast/name etc so for example the UK never copied Cheers or Family Guy and so on since we get the origonal American version. Some shows aren't official copies but its blatently obvious they are a total copy.
All I have so far is:

Origonal name - Name of the copy

UK to US
Steptoe and Son - Sanford and Son
One Foot In The Grave - The Bill Cosby Show (so I'm told)
The Office
Casualty - ER
Londons Burning - Rescue Me
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Big Brother
Weakest Link
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Pop Idol - American Idol
Queer Eye For The Straight Guy
Faking it - Faking it USA
Gladiators - American Gladiators (I'm not 100% on this but the fact that its labeled as American Gladiators, like alot of stuff America takes, I assumed the UK had it first but I may be wrong)
Beadles About - The Jamie Kennedy Experiment

They where going to do Absolutly Fabulous but it was to "Explicit" for American TV, supposedly. They where going to do Porridge aswell but American TV executives thought it made crime look good so the US version of that never got past the pilot episode.

US to UK
Family Fueds - Family Fortunes
Wheel of Fortune
Price is Right

I know theres alot more both from UK to US and US to UK. If I made mistakes, let me know. BTW, if it has USA at the end its most likely the US version of a foreign show. Add more.

02-17-2006, 11:40 PM	#1
Drakul "Steven, your fossa!" Posts: 9,603	TV Shows The US copied from the UK and viceversa I'm just trying to think of all the shows America copied from the UK and shows that the UK copied from America. By "copied" I mean they got a new cast/name etc so for example the UK never copied Cheers or Family Guy and so on since we get the origonal American version. Some shows aren't official copies but its blatently obvious they are a total copy. All I have so far is: Origonal name - Name of the copy UK to US Steptoe and Son - Sanford and Son One Foot In The Grave - The Bill Cosby Show (so I'm told) The Office Casualty - ER Londons Burning - Rescue Me Whose Line Is It Anyway Big Brother Weakest Link Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Pop Idol - American Idol Queer Eye For The Straight Guy Faking it - Faking it USA Gladiators - American Gladiators (I'm not 100% on this but the fact that its labeled as American Gladiators, like alot of stuff America takes, I assumed the UK had it first but I may be wrong) Beadles About - The Jamie Kennedy Experiment They where going to do Absolutly Fabulous but it was to "Explicit" for American TV, supposedly. They where going to do Porridge aswell but American TV executives thought it made crime look good so the US version of that never got past the pilot episode. US to UK Family Fueds - Family Fortunes Wheel of Fortune Price is Right I know theres alot more both from UK to US and US to UK. If I made mistakes, let me know. BTW, if it has USA at the end its most likely the US version of a foreign show. Add more.