The Greatest EVER.........American programme on British TV.

bobby5 · Post by **bobby5** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:09 pm

Family Guy is hilarious, as is King of the Hill.

Other favs:

Dexter
The Shield
Lost
Entourage
Boston Legal
Canterbury Law
NYPD Blue
Sopranos
Cold Case
House

It does annoy me that British tv is celebrity driven, even the dramas. Shows are written with stars in mind, David Jason for example. always billed 'A new drama starring (insert crusty old British actor/actress)'. The casting system in the UK is pants. Most US shows have actors that you've never seen or heard of before. The writing is the main draw, not the actor.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 12:35 pm

Soap...The one and only....

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sat Apr 26, 2008 1:02 pm

Raven wrote:Friends (and yes i know its cool to say you don't like it these days!)
2 1/2 Men
Everybody Loves Raymond
Early X Files
As for Happy Days, sorry would rather stick pins in my eyes!

Aye, does seem very dated now, but it was good fun first time around. Sign of the times; we were so innocent then.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 2:50 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Mummy, you'd love that one )

Oh really, what is it, some kind of right wing satire?

(I genuinely have no idea...)

I like a lot of those already mentioned, but I do wonder how much of my career choices were affected by how much Ally McBeal I watched years ago!

spraggy · Post by **spraggy** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 7:09 pm

The A-Team

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:18 pm

americans do great dip in TV...ie you can miss an episode and it wouldn't really matter...i mean most of friends were the same...i suppose fans of sopranos/prison break etc may have something to say

love family guy/simpsons
liked heroes
hated lost

a team is class

also no-one has mentioned my name is earl, i love that show

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 8:56 pm

My Name is Earl has me (almost) pissing with laughter.

Scrubs

Sopranos

My Two Dads. Not really

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:44 pm

officer_dibble wrote:no-one has mentioned my name is earl

I did

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:45 pm

mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (Mummy, you'd love that one )
Oh really, what is it, some kind of right wing satire? (I genuinely have no idea...)

It's more the opposite, Ally

Spin-off The Colbert Report is hosted by a faux-Republican talk-show didact; he notably recently said, with all fake sincerity, that "Obama is supported by Ted Kennedy, Ted Kennedy is a Catholic, the chief Catholic is the Pope and the Pope was in Hitler Youth - so there you go, Obama supports Hitler".

Dave Sutton's barnet · Post by **Dave Sutton's barnet** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:46 pm

The Daily Show is satirical news, close to The Day Today in form but closer to Bremner Bird & Fortune in style. Apparently a very large number of Americans under 30 consider it their primary news source. Marcus Brigstocke's Late Edition on BBC Four is an improving but still relatively poor imitation. The Daily Show airs 8.30pm Tue-Fri on More4, and I'd be interested to hear your views - or are you still abroad?

CrazyHorse · Post by **CrazyHorse** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 9:48 pm

My name is Earl is superb.

mummywhycantieatcrayons · Post by **mummywhycantieatcrayons** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:08 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:The Daily Show is satirical news, close to The Day Today in form but closer to Bremner Bird & Fortune in style. Apparently a very large number of Americans under 30 consider it their primary news source. Marcus Brigstocke's Late Edition on BBC Four is an improving but still relatively poor imitation. The Daily Show airs 8.30pm Tue-Fri on More4, and I'd be interested to hear your views - or are you still abroad?

Still abroad. Am about to enjoy the hilarious week off that Dutch universities take for the week that contains their national holiday (Queen's Day). Thanks for the heads up though - I'll be sure to tune in when I get back at the start of July.

WhiteArmy · Post by **WhiteArmy** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 10:24 pm

Cheers

Simpsons

SOAP

Hill St Blues

I think there have been loads of quality american stuff over the years and only our snobbery has made us try to deny it

officer_dibble · Post by **officer_dibble** » Sun Apr 27, 2008 11:17 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
officer_dibble wrote:no-one has mentioned my name is earl
I did

so you did, my eyesight eh...

americans make good tv for WAGS as well, can set the missus up downstairs with housewives/ugly betty summat like that and get the PS2 or pc on up here

and they say romance is dead

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 10:34 am

My Name is Earl is my favourite show ever. That said, I watched an episode last night from the magic sky box where Earl did a creative writing class and it was just a bit weird.

Other faves:
Family Guy
Friends
King of the Hill
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (New series now on Living 2)

blurred · Post by **blurred** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:09 am

There is something wrong with each and every one of you. God knows how many posts in the this thread and not a single mention of The West Wing.

You should all be ashamed.

enfieldwhite · Post by **enfieldwhite** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:20 am

Gertie wrote:My Name is Earl is my favourite show ever. That said, I watched an episode last night from the magic sky box where Earl did a creative writing class and it was just a bit weird.
Other faves:
Family Guy
Friends
King of the Hill
Queer Eye for the Straight Guy (New series now on Living 2)

Hadn't seen that episode before. I guffawed like a demon.

Darnell's song and dance routine with the crab's had me crying with laughter.

Gertie · Post by **Gertie** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 11:32 am

Yeah I did really like Darnell's song. Randy cracked me up in his leopard skin print dressing gown. But found the whole thing a bit strange!!!

Dr Hotdog · Post by **Dr Hotdog** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 1:28 pm

Cheers, Frasier, Lost, Curb, Seinfeld.

MC Numpty · Post by **MC Numpty** » Mon Apr 28, 2008 2:24 pm

House, house and house.

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