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To be fair they show a much greater number than that, and have shown most of the originals that have led to recent remakes.
The problem is that these runs are almost always on BBC America - which has a much smaller audience share than the main networks; and the reason most of them aren't shown as originals on the main networks is because there just aren't enough episodes (and they'd have to be cut to shreds).
That's what I was going to refer to, most as you say are shown on BBC America, hence thats how The Office got recognised by the Americans before it won a Golden Globe or two, otherwise most tend to be shown on PBS.
PBS?
Most of their British sitcoms are 30 years old, aka "Keeping up Appearances" and "Are you being Served?" it kinda funny but it's outdated, most PBS affiliates show them on Saturday evenings (7pm onwards) the most current sitcoms or not that old shows would be shown on BBC America, Footballers Wives is one of BBC America's highest rated shows due to the raunchyness they can show on Cable/Satellite but can't on normal TV.
nwtv2003 posted:
Mich posted:
nwtv2003 posted:
I think it's a shame why any UK sitcom can't be broadcast in it's own form in the US, the only Comedy programmes that do have been Python, Benny Hill and Keeping Up Appearances, although the latter hasn't enjoyed the cult US status the first two had.
To be fair they show a much greater number than that, and have shown most of the originals that have led to recent remakes.
The problem is that these runs are almost always on BBC America - which has a much smaller audience share than the main networks; and the reason most of them aren't shown as originals on the main networks is because there just aren't enough episodes (and they'd have to be cut to shreds).
That's what I was going to refer to, most as you say are shown on BBC America, hence thats how The Office got recognised by the Americans before it won a Golden Globe or two, otherwise most tend to be shown on PBS.
PBS?
Most of their British sitcoms are 30 years old, aka "Keeping up Appearances" and "Are you being Served?" it kinda funny but it's outdated, most PBS affiliates show them on Saturday evenings (7pm onwards) the most current sitcoms or not that old shows would be shown on BBC America, Footballers Wives is one of BBC America's highest rated shows due to the raunchyness they can show on Cable/Satellite but can't on normal TV.