| Tidbit | Show's name | Tidbit #2 |
| Despite a cameo from Hugh Jackman as a sleazy casino owner,the show and its ridiculous musical numbers flopped miserably with U.S. audiences | |
| Many cringed when NBC dared to adapt Ricky Gervais's stingingly funny U.K. original. | |
| The fun, frothy British original combined the camaraderie of 'Friends' with the bawdy sex talk of 'Sex and the City.' | |
| This incarnation of the British singing competition debuted quietly in the summer of 2002 | |
| This dud was born from a highly successful U.K. sitcom, featuring a pair of unreformed male chauvinists in all their boozing, belching glory. | |
| This deceptively simple game show started in Britain, but the U.S. version became a bona fide cultural phenomenon. | |
| This game-show import found early success, thanks to severe British host Anne Robinson and her catch phrase.. | |
| Goofy bachelor goes to farcical lengths to avoid being discovered shacking up with two sexy female roommates. | |
| The British sci-fi cop show, about a modern-day policeman who finds himself stuck in 1973, won multiple awards and spawned a successful spinoff. | |
| This quintessentially American sitcom was based on the long-running British series 'Till Death Do Us Part.' | |