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   In article , Dillon Pyron   
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   > >> catpandaddy wrote:   
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   > >> > So where does Firefly fit in on this spectrum here? It wasn't stopped   
   > >> > for creative reasons, but also wasn't a poor quality show, so we need a   
   > >> > third category there.   
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   > >> I honestly dont know. Firstly, I don't even begin to pretend to   
   > >> understand US TV decision making. I'm sure, however, it shoots its self   
   > >> in the foot by being so quick to dump shows. In the UK there is more   
   > >> willingness to let a show build an audience and find its feet.   
   > >>   
   > >> I wouldn't mind betting that many British shows people regard as classic   
   > >> would not have made it that far in the US.   
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   > >Most British shows wouldn't last one episode in America ... most Americans   
   > >simply "do not get it".   
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   > Yeah.  I watched L&O:UK and the first two episodes would have been the   
   > last two in the US.  Seems the British like this thing called   
   > "character development."   
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   > Consider the number of British shows that have been "reimagined" in   
   > the US.  The Office pops immediately to mind.  And Top Gear has been,   
   > from what I've seen so far, an episode by episode clone.  Without The   
   > Stig.  And the multi millions of dollars of cars in a single episode.\   
      
   The American Top Gear starts here next year, but we've had the Australian   
   version which is awful. It's pretty much a clone too, but they're trying   
   WAY too hard to be funny and just come across as pathetic.   
      
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