Whenever America decides to give a British TV hit a stateside makeover, the results are a real mixed bag.Some shows are cleverly reimagined, growing into cultural landmarks of their own - The Office being the obvious example. But more often, the spark that made the original so distinctive gets lost along the way.As critic Scott Bryan pointed out in an interview with the BBC, the downfall usually comes when networks copy the surface of an idea without bringing anything new to it. In other words, if all you do is translate the jokes word-for-word or strip out the edge that made the show stand out, audiences on either side of the Atlantic can smell it a mile away.And while a few remakes have found their footing, many more have stumbled badly. From watered-down teen angst to baffling sci-fi twists, these are five of the most notorious examples where the American dream didn't quite work out.
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