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**RBM** · 02-18-2006, 06:42 PM

Well of course we copy some successful foreign shows. The only thing that Americans will watch that isn't Americanized is anime it seems. We pretty much copy every damned gameshow though. (please tell me Jeopardy isn't a copy)

Stuff like Big Brother is sort've just a shitty(shittier?) version of 'the Real World'. I don't know why we bothered. At least the Surreal Life has some hasbeen actors and various pseudo famous people.

We actually did air the original version of Absolutely Fabulous for a bit on Comedy Central. We also aired the British version of Whose Line and I believe the people from Trigger Happy TV did a season of the show in America and they aired that here.

We also get the show 'Hustle' on one of the lesser watched channels now.

02-18-2006, 06:42 PM	#18
RBM RoggaN Posts: 9,551	Well of course we copy some successful foreign shows. The only thing that Americans will watch that isn't Americanized is anime it seems. We pretty much copy every damned gameshow though. (please tell me Jeopardy isn't a copy) Stuff like Big Brother is sort've just a shitty(shittier?) version of 'the Real World'. I don't know why we bothered. At least the Surreal Life has some hasbeen actors and various pseudo famous people. We actually did air the original version of Absolutely Fabulous for a bit on Comedy Central. We also aired the British version of Whose Line and I believe the people from Trigger Happy TV did a season of the show in America and they aired that here. We also get the show 'Hustle' on one of the lesser watched channels now.