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Im guessing because its British? I can tell ya that if you just mention its a British show, Americans just tune you out. I think it stems from Mr.Bean..........We hate Mr. Bean
Before BBC America launched, the BBC was okay selling air rights for the new episodes of their shows to the SciFi channel.
Now, it's a case of no American TV network can air BBC programming "as new", unless they actually developed it themselves. It's why you'll only see Doctor Who/Torchwood/whatever reruns, but no "new" episodes anymore.
I love British shows. The IT Crowd is one of my most favorite shows ever.
also...question...you have your own version of History Channel over there, right? I stream it all of the time...saw too awesome specials on the Underground...
if not History Channel, then Modern Marvels.
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Before BBC America launched, the BBC was okay selling air rights for the new episodes of their shows to the SciFi channel.
Now, it's a case of no American TV network can air BBC programming "as new", unless they actually developed it themselves. It's why you'll only see Doctor Who/Torchwood/whatever reruns, but no "new" episodes anymore.
In the 70's there were British shows "Americanized", such as Sanford and Son, taken from the British show Steptoe and Son.
Here's a list of British shows taken for U.S. television:
It's because the producers of the original show can potentially get more money out of a remake. For example Ricky Gervais gets money from the successfull american remake of the office without having to lift a finger. Considering they are now up to about the sixth series of the US version I would guess he has made more than he would have done rerunning the original two British series in America. A lot more.
Wait, its set in Detroit? Yea you may be a werewolf and a vampire, but DUDE! its Detroit. You're dead...
Of course this is "this stinks worse than TBone's breath" Sci Fi.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
I don't have a TV package that gets BBCA so I was hanging at my parents house for an hour on Saturdays to catch the new Who episodes. The commercials for Being Human looked interesting, but not worth more random time hanging out in the parents basement. When SyFy started advertising Being Human, I assumed it was going to be reruns of the BBC show in the same manner they've run Dr Who, Primevil, ect in the past. Oh well, if I've never seen the original, then the American version can't be worse by comparison.
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