Sky doesn't provide a way for anyone outside the UK to watch their shows. I'd guess some things are on Acorn or Britbox or other US streaming services, but not the show I want (the Artist of the Year series).
Maybe most of Cherzo's audience are actually in the UK and just don't want to pay for Sky. I don't know but a reasonable guess. Hard to imagine most people who *paid* Cherzo are in the UK though.
Any reasonable hit would presumptively be up for sale to American companies for a rewrite to make an American show of it. Letting the cat out of the bag by the show being seen online devalues that, as all the cool bits that made the show great are now known.
And not just America anymore. Hit game shows are cloned across all countries now.
Having the Americans do their own version devalues the show. Pretty [much] every time they do, it's shit; with a very, very few exceptions.
Yea. Ok But just wait'll you see the Amercanized "Dr Who". Staring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The show will feature plenty of obvious product placements for Coke, Facebook, Amazon and Johnson & Johnson. Woo-hoo!! We rock!
I'd watch that show! Can't you just picture Dwayne doing his "Smoldering" pose while holding a sonic AR-15?
Don't forget that the companions would all be Playboy Playmates wearing skimpy outfits and the show would feature lots of slow-motion running towards the camera like Baywatch...
Orrrr, hear me out, they could make double money by showing both the British original AND the version made locally. Double the episodes for the same effort!
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No legal way outside UK (Score:5, Insightful)
Sky doesn't provide a way for anyone outside the UK to watch their shows. I'd guess some things are on Acorn or Britbox or other US streaming services, but not the show I want (the Artist of the Year series).
Maybe most of Cherzo's audience are actually in the UK and just don't want to pay for Sky. I don't know but a reasonable guess. Hard to imagine most people who *paid* Cherzo are in the UK though.
I'd gladly pay Sky, but I can't.
Re:No legal way outside UK (Score:2)
Any reasonable hit would presumptively be up for sale to American companies for a rewrite to make an American show of it. Letting the cat out of the bag by the show being seen online devalues that, as all the cool bits that made the show great are now known.
And not just America anymore. Hit game shows are cloned across all countries now.
Re:No legal way outside UK (Score:4, Informative)
Re:No legal way outside UK (Score:5, Funny)
Having the Americans do their own version devalues the show. Pretty [much] every time they do, it's shit; with a very, very few exceptions.
Yea. Ok But just wait'll you see the Amercanized "Dr Who". Staring Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson. The show will feature plenty of obvious product placements for Coke, Facebook, Amazon and Johnson & Johnson. Woo-hoo!! We rock!
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Don't forget that the companions would all be Playboy Playmates wearing skimpy outfits and the show would feature lots of slow-motion running towards the camera like Baywatch...
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Yea. Ok But just wait'll you see the Amercanized "Dr Who". Staring Dwayne âoeThe Rockâ Johnson.
I have a tremendous amount of respect for Mr. Johnson.
But this concept has brought me closer to considering suicide than anything since my teens.
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Orrrr, hear me out, they could make double money by showing both the British original AND the version made locally. Double the episodes for the same effort!