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

They are cheap to produce, because you don’t have the write a script. An outline will do for most.

Most of them translate only roughly into the US, e.g. because they reference news, culture or common knowledge from the UK or are harder to get into (Countdown/ 8 out of 10 Cats does Countdown are a fever-dream of boredom if you hear it explained).

Also, any given show has to compete with the current national TV program and in the US programs are….lets say more attention grabbing in general. So a good idea gets a make-over to help it land in the new market.