>>It wasn't like that when I watched the entire series on BBC America.
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>>BTW, it's terrific show. I hope the US version is as good and lasts a long time. It premieres Thursday and 10 Eastern on ABC.
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>>>Anyone know why some of the characters' words are printed in subtitles? The entire show is in English...
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>Can't you lot just take a British product and appreciate it for what it is, without doing a US version (eg Fawlty Towers, The Office, et al), or taking it over completely for yourselves (Harrier Jump Jet)?
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>I mean, what if we'd done a UK version of "The Big Valley", with a load of Welsh shepherds instead of cowboys?!

I hear the US version of "The Office" is decent. Have not watched it. I thought that was one that would never cross the Atlantic. The humor was way too close to the bone and corrosive for American TV, or so I thought. They have probably softened it some.

At its best moments it made you actually wince for Ricky Gervais.