ABC to remake Spooks in the USA!

[HelenFlynn]

This is just wrong, wrong, wrong! My recent example of what can happen trying to update it for the American market is LIFE ON MARS!

It is not exactly true that Spooks didn't catch on in US. It was on BBCA which is not a good place to be if you want your program noticed and seen. They run commercials through their programs, which would really damage the tension, that is so much part of Spooks. They also do not promote their programs. I brought to their attention that in my market place there was no promotion of the station, as if it didn't exist. Their response was if I was interested in their programing I should go online to their site. Imagine. No wonder it never caught on - it was on BBCA. My local PBS station has run MI-5 at an off time and I was informed by them that the response to it was good!

I don't really understand why people in England can watch American programs without change, but British programs are more often changed with the exception of the syfy and PBS channels.