The American “Shameless” is on Showtime. We do rip off an awful lot of their programming, but Britain has their own “Who’s the Boss?” and “Friends,” so there’s that. I can buy that they’re better at it than us, though I’ve seen my share of bad British tv. What’s the difference between good tv and trash tv, really? More like six of one and half a dozen of the other than Shakespeare and my elementary production of Tom Sawyer.
I think we started it.....I remember a program in England when I lived there called “Steptoe and Son” a show about an old man and his son who ran a junk yard...even had the old Aunt Ester type... Sanford & Son.