Dan,
Oh I agree that L&O:UK is bad. I usually watch as much as it takes me to figure out which epidsode it is (Though I do like Jamie Bamber as an actor).
Also, I don't necessarily this the situation is that we in the USA wouldn't like the shows. It has been my experience that the exact opposites is the case. Many of the shows that become cult hits over here are Brit Imports. I think it is more of a business decision. One would think it is more profitable to pay a license fee and produce your own then to buy outright. Either that or Hollywood really does think Americans are too stupid to like something else.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the issue. There is a story that I love. Sinclair Lewis wrote a book 1935 called "It Can't Happen Here" about a fascist dictator taking over the US. Somebody wrote an adaptation for a mini-series in 1982. The concept was rejected by ABC as too cerebral for the US. So the script was reworked making the bad guys man eating aliens. That got made into "V"
Oh I agree that L&O:UK is bad. I usually watch as much as it takes me to figure out which epidsode it is (Though I do like Jamie Bamber as an actor).
Also, I don't necessarily this the situation is that we in the USA wouldn't like the shows. It has been my experience that the exact opposites is the case. Many of the shows that become cult hits over here are Brit Imports. I think it is more of a business decision. One would think it is more profitable to pay a license fee and produce your own then to buy outright. Either that or Hollywood really does think Americans are too stupid to like something else.
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the issue. There is a story that I love. Sinclair Lewis wrote a book 1935 called "It Can't Happen Here" about a fascist dictator taking over the US. Somebody wrote an adaptation for a mini-series in 1982. The concept was rejected by ABC as too cerebral for the US. So the script was reworked making the bad guys man eating aliens. That got made into "V"