When Television Shows Cross The Pond: What's Worked and What Hasn'tKristina Lucarelli2/17/10 10:45am154EditPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkImitation is the sincerest form of flattery, except when it sucks. Take this habit the US seems to have of straight-up jacking television material from other countries…without even changing plot lines or character names.