American tv shows in the UK & UK tv shows in the USA

I'm absolutly gutted that BBC America is no longer showing Come Dine With Me.  I love that show!

I never saw that one...Was it a comedy?

I never saw that one...Was it a comedy?

It's actually a reality cooking show, where a group of people take it in turns to cook a 3-course meal in their home for the others and then everyone rates each meal and the person with the most points wins a cash prize (I think - I've only seen a couple of episodes of the Australian version). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dine_With_Me

I wish BBC America would get over Star Trek. And the old movies that maybe feature a British actor. I want to see more actual British TV shows.

I wish BBC America would get over Star Trek. And the old movies that maybe feature a British actor. I want to see more actual British TV shows.

Agreed!

It's actually a reality cooking show, where a group of people take it in turns to cook a 3-course meal in their home for the others and then everyone rates each meal and the person with the most points wins a cash prize (I think - I've only seen a couple of episodes of the Australian version). See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_Dine_With_Me

Also right.  Luckily my sweet pea saves up episodes for me when I visit.  Oddly, or intrestingly, he perfers American tv, while I prefer UK tive.

Drats! I didn't know BBCA quit Come Dine with Me Have any other BBCA viewers tried Law & Order UK? I loved the original for so many years! UK is growing on me. Then again I know so little about the legal system.

I was pleasantly surprised to see plenty of Family Guy on in UK. Spartacus prequel airing in US in January will again follow by a few months.

Yeah, I was kinda surprised I like Law and Order UK.  Seems even snappier paced than the American version.

L&O:UK has just been using scripts from old, way old, L&O episodes, almost down to exact dialog for the crime part, although not the legal. 

I play a how fast can I figure out which episode this is and I usually get it with in the first three minutes. 

I watch wayyyy too much L&O. 

Agreed. L&O UK holds no surprises for anyone familiar with the US version, but it has taught me a bit about the UK justice system.  Plus there IS some lovely eye candy! 

I really can't stand watching BBCA - the adverts are so annoying. Plus the censoring is really over the top.  I tried to watch an episode of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares and found it un-watchable!  I had seen the original ages ago but it was really hard to follow with the constant commercial breaks and all the bleeping!

I'd love to see QI or Buzzcocks but I know they'd never get past the US censors! 

I'd love to see QI or Buzzcocks but I know they'd never get past the US censors! 

They do show The Inbetweeners and Peepshow.  There is a lot of bleeping out involved though.  I just feel like it could be my favorite chanel and its just so... not.

I did catch a good US show last night, Museum Mysteries.  I'm such a dork!

They do show The Inbetweeners and Peepshow.  There is a lot of bleeping out involved though. 

It sounds like it would be very hard to follow what was going on.

They do show The Inbetweeners and Peepshow.  There is a lot of bleeping out involved though.  I just feel like it could be my favorite chanel and its just so... not.

Oh dear, those are two of my favourite shows, though I'm not sure how well they would come across with the bleeping.

I do blame BBC American and Diana Rigg for my love of English mysteries though.  Endless nights watching Miss Marple, Poirot, Inspector Morse, and others definitely got me hooked.

Grew up watching Benny Hill, Dave Allen, and all things Monty Python on PBS in the states and love the dry humor. 

I don't watch much TV as it is, but I'm addicted to Top Gear.  We get an 'Americanized' version on BBCA, but I don't know how much, if any, different it is than what's aired in the UK.  A new U.S. version started up in November, but the transition wasn't planned well and the hosts don't have near the rapport as the original UK hosts (IMHO).  When referring to 'The Stig' in the first episode, the US show did not give any background on the concept of 'the Stig' at all.  Any viewer that hasn't seen the original show would probably feel very lost watching the U.S. version.  Most of us who adore the original didn't watch more than the initial US episode.

Oh yes, I am a motorsport/auto enthusiast, if it wasn't obvious 

Grew up watching Benny Hill, Dave Allen, and all things Monty Python on PBS in the states and love the dry humor. 

LOL - That's the first time I've ever heard Benny Hill humour referred to as "dry"! 

My Dad says the US version of Top Gear is awful!

However, I bought him some Top Gear (UK) DVDs for Christmas and he was just in stitches, laughing and laughing and laughing!!!

My Dad says the US version of Top Gear is awful!

And they've done a US version of Being Human. Haven't seen it but I can imagine ...
Why do they insist on doing that when the originals are perfectly understandable by a US audience?