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I agree Lebell this isn't a new thing... Man about the House was remade as Three's Company...
Here is a list of remakes
All In The Family (Till Death Us Do Part)
Amanda's (Fawlty Towers)
American Idol (Pop Idol)
Beanes of Boston (Are You Being Served?)
Cold Feet
Cosby (One Foot In The Grave)
Coupling
Cracker
Dear John
First Years (This Life)
Foot In The Door (Tom, Dick & Harriet)
Hope Island (Ballykissangel)
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)
The Office
On The Rocks (Porridge)
The Ortegas (The Kumars At No. 42)
Payne (Fawlty Towers)
Queer As Folk
Reggie (The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin)
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
The Weakest Link
What a Country (Mind Your Language)
Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
How many of these are memorable and/or successful? The selling and remaking of Formats is nothing new (although it is a big part of the international television business right now). Reality and Game Show formats are particularly successful today (Survivor and Weakest Link are just two examples).
I just don't think that British humour is easily adapted to the US.
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