10 US Adaptations Of UK TV Shows That Sucked

10. Cold Feet

Don't let that awful font fool you, Cold Feet was a masterclass in comedy-drama spanning five seasons before going off the air in 2003. Amazingly, after thirteen years off the air, the show was revived for another four seasons before calling it a day earlier this year.

Cold Feet was the closest British TV ever got to replicating the magic of Friends, offering a look into the lives of a slightly older group than normally seen on TV. The show won more than twenty major awards, including a BAFTA for Best Drama in 2001.

So, if Cold Feet was trying to be the British version of Friends, why did American networks decide to Americanise the show? Obviously, NBC saw the connection and figured they're attempt to cash in with disastrous results.

One critic said the remake gave her "metal hypothermia" and original actress Fay Ripley, who played Jenny Gifford in the British series, was a little less eloquent, calling it "utterly s**t". The show was optioned for eight, hour-long episodes however, only four of those episodes made it to air before the show was cancelled due to abysmal ratings.