Oh really? I didn't know that about imported shows vs. syndicated shows -- maybe there are reasons why American TV is always remaking stuff other than just cultural chauvinism and assuming the audience has the brains of a houseplant.

It's really frustrating that we can't get more imported TV here in the US; we have all these hundreds of cable channels, and yet outside a couple of specialty channels, we hardly have anything that isn't made here or in Canada. And even the Canadian TV doesn't really make it over here unless it's specifically geared towards the export, i.e. American market.