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   [Default] Thus spake your.name@isp.com (Your Name):   
      
   >In article , Dillon Pyron   
   > wrote:   
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   >> [Default] Thus spake "Your Name" :   
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   >> >"AC"  wrote in message   
   >> >news:xRmOo.33239$jO1.15036@newsfe07.ams2...   
   >> >> 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.   
   >> >>   
   >> >> 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.   
   >> >   
   >> >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."   
   >>   
   >> 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.\   
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   >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.   
      
   Ah, so our two countries seem to be sharing acting and production   
   staff.  I almost said "talent", but my 7 month old Corgi has more   
   talent jumping on to the couch.  When he can.   
      
   I'm sure you'll love our version.  Be sure to tell me what you think   
   of episode 4.  The one after I quit watching it.   
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