I’ll go first…The Office.

Now I know the two shows are fundamentally quite different, but they adapted what was already a very successful show, and turned It into an event more successfully one that lasted for significantly longer than the original did. I say that’s a win for them.

Anything else? Life on Mars, Being Human, The Inbetweeners…?

  • ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝@feddit.ukEnglish
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    11 months ago

    That’s my feeling, they’re very different beasts. The British one is like a bespoke gem and the American one is that retooled for the US comedy writing system.

    • frazorth@feddit.uk
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      11 months ago

      What feels like a controversial opinion, but it really shouldn’t be, I don’t think the US Office is as good as the UK Office.

      The UK Office felt like a documentary, and really felt like places I had worked and knew people like that.

      Once the US Office got out of copying the UK one, it just become a sitcom that had people talking to the audience. I mean it was good, but it was still basically an American sitcom.

      It’s like WWDITS. The film was awesome, and the first season that still involved the Kiwis was good, but it quickly subsided into standard American dross. Winning a Golden Globe for basically not being WWDITS and just being Matt Berry was the icing.