US adaptation just announced.

DrWhen:

I'll wait to see who they cast for Martin.

Hollywood is incapable of producing a decent program, they screw everything up

No tears please, it's a waste of good suffering.

Then it's a good thing it's not "Hollywood" that's making this. See, the networks are quite independent from film studios, well they are separate companies for starters, hence different companies have different standards, to confuse you furthermore, the cable networks are very different then the major networks and in particular have been firing one incredible show after another, GOT, Fargo, Penny dreadful, Sons of Anarchy, Suits,Mad men, Breaking bad, Daredevil, orange is the new black etc etc.. honestly so much great content it's hard keeping up with it.

The only question will be, will it be a network show, or a cable show. Cable is almost a sure fire well done series, network it could be mediocre, then again Doc Martin is a remake of a Network show called Northern Exposure, one of the most brilliant and magical shows ever on tv(yes it was), so it may come out ok and in the end, considering that it's going to be a remake of a remake.

OK, I say, lets give them a chance. Other countries have produced their versions of
Doc Martin, Spain, Germany, to name a few. The UK has made their own versions of American TV shows like Law and Order.

American TV is not always terrible, especially in the non-sitcom, hour long format, Law and Order, Lost, Once Upon a Time, to name a few. If they get a really good production team that is committed and serious about the work and not just a bunch of idiots who think they are good and are playing around to make themselves feel good about themselves and important they could pull it off.

I say lets not prejudge them and lets see what they do. Will the networks or cable networks invest the time and capital, and the necessary talent, both production and actors in Doc Martin to make a really good TV show. That is what it actually comes down to.

American TV can do it, if they are willing to actually do what is necessary and make the investment.

Oh, I am also over 50.
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Apart from the afore mentioned Game of Thrones and others, how about 6 Feet Under, Damages, The Good Wife, Orange is the New Black, VEEP, Fargo and Madmen. None of these were made for a younger demographic. We are in the Golden Age of TV and trust me, America is stepping it up WAY MORE than the UK these days. And I'm speaking as a British guy who loves the London stage, and I don't mean musicals.... Although there's nothing wrong with some Cole Porter.

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Okay, highly influenced.

I have really expanded into AU and NZ TV recently. To me, no English language TV needs to be remade for the US market. The copies are bad mostly because they are done by those who seriously lack creativity in the first place. If they had it, they would do something original. The only good thing about the US version of "Life on Mars" is that it got me to watch the UK version, and then the UK show "Ashes to Ashes" as a 3 series follow-up because the character DCI Gene Hart was so good they just couldn't let him die. I am probably well over 50% non-US in my TV viewing these days. One US show in particular is "Episodes," which actually mocks the premise of Hollyweird screwing up classic UK shows. It ranks highly among current black comedies such as Silicon Valley and House of Lies. A recent remake debacle was the AU series "Rake" (see quote) which Hollywood did as an over the air project, and it really needed to be on HBO for the character to exert his full range (imagine The Sopranos on CBN). If you hadn't seen the original, you'd think it was an OK show, but it seriously paled compared to the original. Another recent viewing was "Upper Middle Bogan" from Melbourne, AU, which features a posh middle class doctor who discovers that she is adopted and that her birth parents were Bogans (AU for redneck). Sixteen episodes of pure genius. Just a beautifully done show which could probably be done here with a Harvard professor who discovers that her birth parents were "Southies" (think Lilith related to Carla). It too would need to be HBO as the Carla equivalent drops and F-bomb about every 15 seconds (the swear jar is a gallon container filled to the brim). But then, why redo it if it was done well already. I guess maybe it is a way to keep people employed. On a plus note, it looks like the Rake US project made enough money for them to do a series 4 of the original in AU. woo hoo!

Cleaver Greene makes Saul Goodman look like a choirboy. The episode where he defends Sam Neill on beastiality charges while snorting the ounce of coke he got as payment from a client is one for the ages. And Hugo Weaving as a cannibal just sets TV back 30 years. ;-)


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I think my percentage of Chimp DNA is higher than others. Cleaver Greene

No. Just no...on every conceivable level.

I think I'll have a large order of prognosis negative.