Take a bite out of Obsessed With Film, where I've reviewed Syfy's supernatural comedy-drama BEING HUMAN, a US remake of the acclaimed UK series, brought to you by the architects of hospital basements:
The British are coming... and they have television formats. The UK's been a prolific exporter of hit reality/gameshow formats since the turn-of-the millennium, but just recently many British drama premises are finding a home in the US. A remake of underclass drama Shameless debuted on Showtime a few weeks ago, Torchwood's become an Anglo-American co-production for Starz, an Americanized version of teen-drama Skins launched on MTV this week, and now BBC3's supernatural comedy-drama Being Human has been adapted by a Canadian production company for Syfy. Continue reading...
