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Life on Mars. Although I really enjoyed the British original as well.
But no one can come close to the Great British Baking Show.
That's Bake-Off over here, sonnyjim!
IIRC, the brand Betty Crocker owns "bake off" as a trademark over in the USA, so we couldn't call it that.
Great show, unless you do like a soggy bottom.
There's a Captain Disillusion video which shows you the effort they go to when making the US edition. Items include filming intro scenes twice (and you can see sketches aren't as funny the second time around) and even using digital effects to change the name on the winners trophy.
The American version didn't have DCI Gene Hunt, which automatically makes it inferior
I prefer the Canadian. In terms of “feel good” show, the Canadian goes further.
I think this is due to the actual societal character of the British compared to us Americans. We just can't seem to genuinely pull it off because it's somewhat counterintuitive to the way we're raised socially. Try as we might, we may come close, but we seem to always miss the mark, even if the differences are hard to put a finger on. That's just my opinion.
I think some of the difference has to do with the show’s format. You don’t see anyone arguing or backstabbing. On the contrary, even though they are competing against each other they often help each other out. In the USA we have shows like Jersey Shore, car repo, bounty hunter, everything we watch is some form of confrontation pitting someone against someone else and then filming and broadcasting the fireworks. Can you tell that I’m tired of American TV?