US Remakes Of British Series

For decades, American producers have looked across the pond for inspiration for new shows. Here is an ongoing, comprehensive guide to every American show that was directly based on a British series. Mistakes? Omissions? E-mail me for corrections.. For purposes of brevity (not to mention sanity) I'm not including pilots that never became series.

Click on each series for a detailed description (original British title in parenthesis)

All In The Family (Till Death Us Do Part)
Amanda's (Fawlty Towers)
American Idol (Pop Idol)
As If
Beanes of Boston (Are You Being Served?)
Cold Feet
Cosby (One Foot In The Grave)
Coupling
Cracker
Dear John
Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
Eleventh Hour
First Years (This Life)
Foot In The Door (Tom, Dick & Harriet)
Holding The Baby
Hope Island (Ballykissangel)
Life Is Wild (Wild At Heart) 
Life On Mars
Lotsa Luck (On The Busses)
Love Thy Neighbor
The Lucy Arnaz Show (Agony)
Masterchef
Max Headroom
Men Behaving Badly
My Guide To Becoming A Rock Star (The Young Person's Guide To Becoming A Rock Star)
Nevermind The Buzzcocks
The Office
On The Rocks (Porridge)
The Ortegas (The Kumars At No. 42)
Payne (Fawlty Towers) 
The Prisoner
Queer As Folk
Reggie (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin)
The Ropers (George and Mildred)
Sanford and Son (Steptoe and Son)
Stand By Your Man (Birds of a Feather)
That Was The Week That Was
Three’s A Crowd (Robin's Nest)
Three's Company (Man About The House)
Too Close For Comfort (Keep It in the Family)
Touching Evil
Viva Laughlin (Blackpool) 
The Weakest Link
What a Country (Mind Your Language)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Worst Week (The Worst Week of My Life)

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