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[MetalMilitia]

In a word - no, but at the same time I don't consider American comedy to be any worse either. A lot of English people do go on about how American shows are too obvious and obnoxious but they've obviously not seen really good US comedy like Arrested Development or The Office. They're also ignoring the complete shit which is on UK TV (My Family, My Hero, basically anything on ITV). If you've seen the second series of Extras a lot of our comedy is pretty much exactly like the terrible show they make in that.

In some respects US TV is superior; we certainly don't have anything which could hold a candle to The Sopranos or CSI in the same genre. Our best attempt at a gritty crime drama is probably... A Touch of Frost or something.

We also don't have the kind of epic film-like shows such as Batttlestar Galactica, Heroes, Lost etc. When we do have similar things they don't last longer than a single series (12 episodes or so) and have much lower budgets/production values.

...But I digress.

The main reason I have so many US shows in my download list is because the UK shows I watch - I watch on TV.