Amazing.

Amazing that yet another American version of a British show is inferior to its source material. I'll give it another few weeks, but I fully expect we can add 'Coupling' to the list of shows that includes:
'Amanda's' and 'Payne' ('Fawlty Towers')
'Cosby' ('One Foot In The Grave,' initially)
'Men Behaving Badly'
'As If'
'What Not To Wear'
'Trading Spaces' ('Changing Rooms')
'Big Brother'
'Queer As Folk'

...IMO all shows which failed to replicate the charm and appeal of their British counterparts and almost all fly in the face of rare successes like 'Three's Company' and 'Who Wants to Be A Millionaire' as evidence that much humiliation would be saved if American companies would just stop trying. And the worst thing is that the really terrible american versions sour the chances of others even sampling the British originals. But if anyone did happen to switch to BBC America after NBC's 'Coupling' to see the original, what a shock they must have had.