British Panel Shows. There seem to be so many across the pond with loose, looosely-related shows here and there in the US. What haven’t these panel shows become more poprular over here?

Question

\^Why instead of what 🙂

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Answer 1

We don’t like games without prizes.

I’ve also noticed that UK panel shows seem to be kind of “incestuous” insofar as there are only a group of about a dozen or more comedians who make up the panels on every show. Aisling Bea, Romesh Ranganathan, Jimmy Carr, Bill Bailey, David Mitchell, Jason Manford, Sara Pascoe, Josh Widdicombe, Jo Brand, Roisin Conaty, Joe Lycet, Sara Millican, Johnny Vegas, Richard Ayodae, Holly Walsh — you know, the usual suspects. Just pick 3-5 of them, and one to host, and you’ve got a new panel show. This core group seem to appear on all of them.

I’m not sure we have in the US a similar group of comedians who are both well-known enough to be household names, and congenial enough to be willing to make a career out of always appearing with the same people again and again.