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They also make some awful rubbish. In the late 80s, they bought the outlines to an excellent British black comedy called Dear John. They completely missed the point. Likewise when they re-made Men Behaving Badly and One Foot in the Grave. They just don't understand how we can find filth and tragedy hilarious. It doesn't compute, and what comes out the other end can, from a British point of view, appear sanitized and dull.

By that measure, The American Office should have been a disaster as well, but the one episode I got round to watching was actually ok ...

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You are right Dear John was hilarious and they ruined it, I haven't seen the US equivalent of the others so can't comment

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well don't forget with the amount of channels they have out there they are bound to produce a lot of rubbish.. mind you Celeb Love Island, Celeb Wrestling we have just as much rubbish as they do

American's make TV for American's and so not having their upbringing and culture it is bound to be a bit hit and miss on us

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They have done really well in recent years though. So many decent dramas and comedys from the States now.

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And so many more that you don't see, and won't ever see unless you go over there and have the misfortune to be stuck in a hotel room for a couple of nights with nothing to do ... thank goodness. Believe me, you shouldn't judge the overall quality of US TV by the extremely small sample you see over here on Sky etc. It is the cream of the crop and not at all representative.

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Well I also aquire a few that dont come over here such as the Wire ;)

Anyway same could be said of TV here. At the moment we have Doctor Who, Peep Show and a few others but how often do we have good programs on the TV here that is British and not a reality show or a 'haha your all gonna die poor and alone!!!' type programs.

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Other TV series from the same company as "Life On Mars" have been quality birish TV..............eg. Spooks and Hustle

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It seems the Ashes to Ashes is so close to Life On Mars that maybe they wanted to continue it but John Simm did not so they needed to find a new way to carry on. I not sure how it willl work with a female and Gene Hunt.

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If the writers have any talent it should be brilliant...

His sexist 70s/80s attitudes vs a 21st century woman!

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Wonder how he'll cope with Thatcherism, I think he'll like her

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I have just got to the end of L-O-M. It is without doubt the best TV series I have had the privelage to watch in many, many years. It almost makes the license fee acceptable.

I will be going back to it to watch it again, to see all the twists and turns missed first time around.

Looking forward to Ashes to Ashes :)

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Here is your chance to find out, it don't look good from what I read but the trailer is so so imo

http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080516a.php

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It looks like it'll be crap... The fact that the 2 main characters are Irish is stupid. I'm sure there was an American who would of suited Sam or Gene? Let's hope I'm wrong.

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I'll caveat this with the fact that I can't see the trailer but being as much of the law enforcement in many cities of the US is Irish immigrant decendancy it kinda makes sense.

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Where's the real Gene Hunt and the cortinas :eek: What about the copshop aka Stopford House in Stockport, nah can't see it being a hit :erm: