We have a channel called BBC America, and PBS runs BBC news and a lot of other British programs. I'm not sure if we get any other channels from over there, and I don't watch BBC America much, honestly the only show I watch on there is the one with Gordon Ramsay, they play both the British show and the American show 'Kitchen Nightmares'. The difference between the shows is amazing considering it's the same guy and the same exact concept. On the British one, they don't bleep out 'shit'...I guess we're too innocent to hear the word 'shit' on our Kitchen Nightmares.
The only reason I don't watch that channel more is because I forget it's even there. I have satellite TV and have a ridiculous number of channels (only watch a handful of them!!) and that one is up in the high numbers which I just never check. I'll make a point to check it out next time I'm looking around on the TV.
Edit: I watch Top Gear too, that's a good show. We have an American one too, again very different but a lot of the same ideas and concept. I like the American one more just because I can relate to it more, they do crazy shit that you can only do in America with the terrain and what we do with cars and all!!
Yes, you're getting content from other channels. Kitchen Nightmares is a Channel 4 thing (our best channel outside of the BBC). We've gone from four channels to four hundred and I can't see why. Most of them are just running films that nobody wants to watch or infomercials of a man demonstrating a mop. All the quality has gone and it's just about money.
I'm amazed they bleep out "shit" there. Everyone who has visited has said American TV is very conservative but I thought it may have changed. If I hear "cunt" on TV in the evening, I don't even register it. I'd only be surprised if it was on kid's TV or the news.
I watch Top Gear too (despite never having driven, but then you already know I love cars). I've seen the American version too but it doesn't appeal to me as much. I guess it really did need remaking for your market. The weird thing is that I always think of the Americans and British as similar and yet you often remake our TV and most of the rest of the world watches it as it is.
Having said that, we (very loosely) remade Friends, albeit a much more adult version of Friends.
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We have a channel called BBC America, and PBS runs BBC news and a lot of other British programs. I'm not sure if we get any other channels from over there, and I don't watch BBC America much, honestly the only show I watch on there is the one with Gordon Ramsay, they play both the British show and the American show 'Kitchen Nightmares'. The difference between the shows is amazing considering it's the same guy and the same exact concept. On the British one, they don't bleep out 'shit'...I guess we're too innocent to hear the word 'shit' on our Kitchen Nightmares.
The only reason I don't watch that channel more is because I forget it's even there. I have satellite TV and have a ridiculous number of channels (only watch a handful of them!!) and that one is up in the high numbers which I just never check. I'll make a point to check it out next time I'm looking around on the TV.
Edit: I watch Top Gear too, that's a good show. We have an American one too, again very different but a lot of the same ideas and concept. I like the American one more just because I can relate to it more, they do crazy shit that you can only do in America with the terrain and what we do with cars and all!!
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Yes, you're getting content from other channels. Kitchen Nightmares is a Channel 4 thing (our best channel outside of the BBC). We've gone from four channels to four hundred and I can't see why. Most of them are just running films that nobody wants to watch or infomercials of a man demonstrating a mop. All the quality has gone and it's just about money.
I'm amazed they bleep out "shit" there. Everyone who has visited has said American TV is very conservative but I thought it may have changed. If I hear "cunt" on TV in the evening, I don't even register it. I'd only be surprised if it was on kid's TV or the news.
I watch Top Gear too (despite never having driven, but then you already know I love cars). I've seen the American version too but it doesn't appeal to me as much. I guess it really did need remaking for your market. The weird thing is that I always think of the Americans and British as similar and yet you often remake our TV and most of the rest of the world watches it as it is.
Having said that, we (very loosely) remade Friends, albeit a much more adult version of Friends.