It seems that we hardly received any shows outside the US, but the US shows are seen everywhere in every part of the English speaking world i.e. UK, Australia, NZ, Ireland, Canada etc. Why is that? We don't see Home and Away or Neighbours from Australia, The Bill , X-Factor or other shows from the UK. Little Mose on the Prarrie from Canada. etc.
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Imported shows from other speak English nations
- Thread starter e-dawg
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I really wish we would import more "other English speaking nations" shows. I can only get my British "fix" on BBC America and sometimes PBS and Logo. The Brits really do have some great shows (IMO.) We need more British/Australia/NZ/Ireland/Canada shows imported!
Maybe the other speak English nations take our programs for filler?
And since they only produce the shows that they know will be criticially-acclaimed as well as ratings winners, they need to import more, and they have less to export?
Some of the shows make it over here, like "The Office," they just get Americanized for our viewing pleasure.
And since they only produce the shows that they know will be criticially-acclaimed as well as ratings winners, they need to import more, and they have less to export?
Some of the shows make it over here, like "The Office," they just get Americanized for our viewing pleasure.
quadraphonic said:
I don't know about other English-speaking countries but in Canada it's a case of the domestic broadcasters being too cheap to produce much of anything worthwhile. They do the absolute minimum to satisfy federal Canadian content requirements.
Other Canadian shows shown in the US:
SCTV - NBC and Cinemax
The Red Green Show - PBS
Corner Gas - WGN America
I've said it before, but I think it would make sense to market Corner Gas to PBS stations and pair it with Red Green.
SCTV - NBC and Cinemax
The Red Green Show - PBS
Corner Gas - WGN America
I've said it before, but I think it would make sense to market Corner Gas to PBS stations and pair it with Red Green.
There have been other Canadian shows, mostly syndicated as late-night fare.
Back in the 80s, there was Night Heat, shot in Toronto, but supposedly set in an American city (they had to scatter trash on the street to make it look more "American" and coach the extras to say "eh" at the start of the sentence to sound less Canadian). Nowadays, shows no longer hide the fact that they're Canadian. DaVinci's Inquest and ReGenesis immediately come to mind - I'm sure there are others.
Back in the 80s, there was Night Heat, shot in Toronto, but supposedly set in an American city (they had to scatter trash on the street to make it look more "American" and coach the extras to say "eh" at the start of the sentence to sound less Canadian). Nowadays, shows no longer hide the fact that they're Canadian. DaVinci's Inquest and ReGenesis immediately come to mind - I'm sure there are others.
quadraphonic said:
That's exactly right! Just a few examples include:
"Till Death Us Do Part" became CBS's "All in the Family"
"Steptoe & Son" became NBC's "Sanford & Son"
"Man About the House" became ABC's "Three's Company"
"Are You Being Served" became the short-lived CBS comedy "Beane's of Boston".
I'm sure there are plenty of other examples......these are only the ones that come to mind at the moment.
e-dawg said:
In my opinion, it's simply a reflection of how American society (as a whole) views itself vs. the rest of the world.
In NYC, WABC-TV 7 runs DaVinci's Inquest from the CBC late Sunday nights, at 1:35am. It's a crime-drama based in Vancouver. Good cast, good plot, although I believe the CBC has ended production of new episodes.
Some PBS stations run the #2 serial drama from the UK, Eastenders. At one time, some PBS stations also ran the UK's #1 TV serial, Coronation Street, but I don't think it airs in the U.S. anymore, even though the CBC finds it's one of Canada's most popular shows.
This summer, ABC was running Rookie Blue, a co-production with a Canadian network. The star and most of the cast were Canadian. NBC ran The Listener during the Summer of 09, a CTV series set in Toronto where Craig Olejnik stars as a paramedic who can hear other people's thoughts.
Probably the most watched foreign shows on American prime time TV were The Avengers, starring Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg, which ran several years on ABC, and The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoowan which I believe ran on CBS. And of course, there are The Teletubbies, which was originated by the BBC but still runs on many PBS stations. PBS airs the orignal show, never attempting to replace the characters' voices with American-accented actors.
It is odd that virtually the entire schedule of U.S. English language TV networks, even cable networks, is made up only of U.S. produced programs, except for PBS and BBC America. I also think it's odd that Canadians have access to almost all the U.S. networks and cable channels, yet the CBC got nowhere with the idea of starting a cable channel in the U.S.(similar to BBC America) that was going to run Canadian-produced TV shows for American audiences. The thought was to launch the station on Channel 9 Windsor, next to Detroit, and allow U.S. cable systems to run the signal across America. The plan never got off the ground.
Gregg
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Some PBS stations run the #2 serial drama from the UK, Eastenders. At one time, some PBS stations also ran the UK's #1 TV serial, Coronation Street, but I don't think it airs in the U.S. anymore, even though the CBC finds it's one of Canada's most popular shows.
This summer, ABC was running Rookie Blue, a co-production with a Canadian network. The star and most of the cast were Canadian. NBC ran The Listener during the Summer of 09, a CTV series set in Toronto where Craig Olejnik stars as a paramedic who can hear other people's thoughts.
Probably the most watched foreign shows on American prime time TV were The Avengers, starring Patrick McNee and Diana Rigg, which ran several years on ABC, and The Prisoner, starring Patrick McGoowan which I believe ran on CBS. And of course, there are The Teletubbies, which was originated by the BBC but still runs on many PBS stations. PBS airs the orignal show, never attempting to replace the characters' voices with American-accented actors.
It is odd that virtually the entire schedule of U.S. English language TV networks, even cable networks, is made up only of U.S. produced programs, except for PBS and BBC America. I also think it's odd that Canadians have access to almost all the U.S. networks and cable channels, yet the CBC got nowhere with the idea of starting a cable channel in the U.S.(similar to BBC America) that was going to run Canadian-produced TV shows for American audiences. The thought was to launch the station on Channel 9 Windsor, next to Detroit, and allow U.S. cable systems to run the signal across America. The plan never got off the ground.
Gregg
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@Gregg--
Don't forget, PBS still air 'Boohbah" in some areas as well!
Don't forget, PBS still air 'Boohbah" in some areas as well!
Actually, "Neighbours" had a test run on KCOP/Los Angeles in 1991 and later showed up on Oxygen in 2004. It did not click with viewers. Ironically, they weren't the only Aussie program to have a short-lived run in the states:
Paradise Beach
The Sullivans
The Don Lane Show
The Paul Hogan Show
Round The Twist
Home & Away
Spellbinder
Hunter (not to be confused with the 80s crime drama)
As for english-language shows produced in Asia that had aired in the United States, there was two from Singapore: The comedy series "Living With Lydia" which starred the late Chinese actress Lydia Shum and the spy drama "Rouge" that aired on The International Channel and later (and now-defunct) AZN TV from 2003 to 2008.
Paradise Beach
The Sullivans
The Don Lane Show
The Paul Hogan Show
Round The Twist
Home & Away
Spellbinder
Hunter (not to be confused with the 80s crime drama)
As for english-language shows produced in Asia that had aired in the United States, there was two from Singapore: The comedy series "Living With Lydia" which starred the late Chinese actress Lydia Shum and the spy drama "Rouge" that aired on The International Channel and later (and now-defunct) AZN TV from 2003 to 2008.
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