Another crap US tryhard UK Ripoff.

US? ...This show isn't a US show. It never aired here. Isn't it Canadian? Filmed in Montreal or some *beep* like that? All I know is I'll watch anything with Sarah Shahi and I didn't get to see it. Lame.

Who cares if her purpose is to be hot? ...She serves her purpose well. The only person who's hotter than her is my girlfriend. =)

"Look, I'm not so good at apologies, mostly because I think the world's out to screw me..."

"American Humour is not the same as British"

Erm Wasn't the incredibly funny, and al be it british, Film SHAUN OF THE DEAD a success across the pond as well as the equally funny and even more British HOT FUZZ.

The yanks do have the same sense of humour as us they do get it but the difference is that we Brits like things planned out and with inside joke, like Teachers and the office, were as American come and go throughout shows, like Friends and Everbody loves Raymond, There are hardly any inside jokes and each episode always ends like it baegan with the same characters all forgiving each other and loving each other no matter what has happened in the episode.

Also America is way way way bigger than Britain and has way more people and so in Britain if say 20% of the populus missed the opening episode chances are its not the main demographic where as in America 20% would be millions more and chances are a high percent of the demographic are within this and so if a person whos friend watched say that its good then they wouldnt pick up on it easily and so a more sitcom style is chosen so its easy to pick up

I have commented on this topic in the past if i remember rightly - they have recently done somthing else of uk over in the us, but not important...
I am English, BUT I love american shows, 24 when it started right through to its understandably flailing season 6 that got so predictable it became a joke of "guess what happens now..." prison break i am heavily anticipating S3, lost CSI:all 3 versions....but from this not a single comedy...why?
American humor is primarily 1-liners and slapstick humor, that lost its appeal for me after faulty towers and monty python finished (imagine american versions of this and you'll get my point) british humor is based on primarily sarcasm, somthing we hold a greater manipulation of than the americans (no offence but it is somthing i personally get commented on by americans when talking to them)the US GET the jokes - or most of them, but cannot have the scripting to pull it off themselves, this is not due to writters,actors or dirctors...it just sounds wrong somehow comming out in an american accent/mannerism, friend became so dry it hurt toward the last series to watch how lame it had become down to that appauling ending where - well nothing important or unexpected happend. There is only ONE exeption to this Fraiser, the best comedy over 10 seasons imho because tho the americans used a bad stereotype in Daphne, they did reserch and improve over the series' to acctually make her mancunian ways more belivable, the intro of her brother was great as for once the true accent and mannerism was done right by an american actor, the show revolved around upperclass humor ie: sarcasm. Americans normally rely too heavy on stereotypeing to sell a joke, this is frustrating and was done in friends to cement a point they had a NY resident trying to act like a brit, using cockney rhyming slang for things, wake up america for those who think this is how we talk, 99% don't prenunciate every word like a toff, 99% have perfect teeth, 99% pref coffee to tea and out of post 1940 you are definatly not gonna see aperson in a bowler hat lol and finally I cement somthing for all americans b4 they ever think of using the "would be speaking german line" (PS: THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SAID THIS LINE AS IT IS SAID BY SOME TOURISTS OVER HERE AND IN SOME AMERICAN SHOWS - NOT ALL AMERICANS!)the war was WW2 you came into (means was 1 before it you hardly batted an eylid at and probably don't know who it concerned)and ask yourself this....what language you speaking now? (no such thing as american btw), its funny in some respect when the type itself is played off as an obvious missconception, but when you clearly can see the writer has this image in their mind and doesn't bother to research and thus relys on it...please!
If you want a list of things they could never pull off there is a long one, but for the curious people uk and american alike...try dl'ing an ep of one of these..
Blackadder, s1,2,3,4
Bottom s1,2,3
peep show ,1,2,3,4
spaced 1,2
red-dwarf 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 (the US attempt at this was funny for all the wrong reasons)

any of these will make you laugh even if you have no humor at all, but are only for the english actors writters made funny

and so long as we don't see US dramas ripped off over here i am happy, after all imagine Hugh Grant in the Kiefer role lol or maybe Hugh Laurie (US know him as house now - reference Blackadder if you ain't seen him b4)

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Okay, i got about half way through this "discussion" and i'm already disturbed by the sense of arrogant superiority mostly everyone participating is attempting to gain.
The point isn't "who has better TV".
The point is, does it entertain people. That's why there's television in the first place.
In America, for networks, it's generally all about the views and the money.
I live in America, i watch US, UK, Canadian, and other shows from other countries.
I can't say i've seen the UK version of Teachers, but from what i hear about it's brilliance i look forward to it. However, i enjoyed the first (and last) six episodes of the US version.
It's not about quantity of episodes, or whose country pulls superiority. It's about the shows. Everyone needs to stop being so pissy and say, "Mkay, not my cup of tea, i'll just forget about it and move on with my life instead of ranting about something i don't give a crap about."
So if you hated the American remake, watch the UK show and say, "Yeah. i like this better." It's stupid to try to say "I'm so much better than you because your version sucked." Because believe it or not, whether you like it or not, people liked this version.
And yes, remakes can suck. That's true of ANYTHING.
Look at horror flicks-- Japan's the master at all things creepy, and most American remakes suck, but people in the US like it to relate to them. it feels more real, and since the viewers like it, the networks and film makers make it. It's all about the benjamins, baby.

J e n n R a i n.<3