Quality reinventions have existed for just as long as the disappointing examples.
Having said that,the British-to-American remake pipeline often feels especially uninspired.
Thankfully, some American remakes have beaten the odds in tremendous fashion.
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Adaptation is never easy, but the following 10 shows make their Herculean task look easy.
By 1999, other queer creators were subverting the medium by depicting authentic queer experiences onscreen.
TwoAmerican remakesfollowed, the most impactful beingShowtime’s five-season series.
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(Just don’t tell the Button House crew.
Why mess with success when it’s this dazzling?
A group of spirits restlessly squabble in an abandoned country house.
Alf was the series' Trojan Horse,a way to skewer prejudice at the expense of its protagonist.
Till Death Us Do Partbecame one of the decade’s biggest domestic hits.
A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
HBO’sVeepisn’t a one-to-one remake, but Iannucci was offered a new series inThe Thick of It’s vein.
And, to carry the metaphor further, ensured that it stole its parent drama’s thunder.
In co-creatorsRicky GervaisandStephen Merchant’s mockumentary, cameras trail the Wernham Hogg company and its employees.
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Queer As Folkis a groundbreaking drama series that follows the lives of a group of LGBTQ+ friends navigating love, careers, and personal struggles in Pittsburgh. The show delves into issues of identity, relationships, and community, portraying the challenges and triumphs of its characters in a candid and unapologetic manner, making it a significant cultural milestone in television.
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After a night of partying with a woman he picked up, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
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When a cash-strapped couple inherits a crumbling country estate, they soon discover it is inhabited by an eclectic group of spirits, leading to comedic encounters as they navigate cohabitation with their supernatural roommates.
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Set in Queens, New York, All in the Family is a sitcom that portrays the life of Archie Bunker, a stubborn, somewhat bigoted blue-collar worker who struggles to cope with the rapid social changes of the 1970s. Between is liberal son-in-law and progressive daughter, Archie will have to learn what it means to change with the times.
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A scrappy, feisty, fiercely loyal Chicago family makes no apologies.
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A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, and tedium.
