Uh...Prime Suspect was pretty popular over here and none-too-twee. British movies can be as filthy and loathsome as American movies and none-too-twee. Americans like Brit-coms because they’re funny and murder mystery series because they’re fun and clever. Cozy? Yes, some of them. No offense but you never seem to be happy with Americans. If they don’t watch British tv they’re dopes; and if they do watch it they watch it all wrong.
If I am criticising any Americans, its the TV bosses not the audience.
I wish they would treat you like adults, not remake top UK series, but show the original. Americans love Britain, so why not?. If you love Bond, Potter and Downton, why treat that audience as if they cant listen to British accents?. Even if they are regional and a bit strong/thick.
TV bosses pander to a British stereotype, so many Americans end up only seeing Benny Hill, Downton, costume dramas, twee murder mysteries. They don’t realise how groundbreaking British TV and film has been for decades and still is.
As I said, I enjoy many of the ‘twee’ shows, but I prefer darker fare. And I really want, as a huge and passionate fan of British film and TV, more Americans to see we are more than Downton Abbey, Ballykissangel and Midsomer Murders. As Grantchester and Endeavour prove, a period drama can be as gritty and dark as modern British life. Like life, a balance.
I am glad now that BBC America and other US channels show darker, grittier UK shows. Even though you are an avowed Anglophile, I would be happy to recommend classic and contemporary British film and TV you may have missed/not be aware of.
p.s do you fancy the lead actor in Grantchester, lol. I haven’t found a girl or woman who dosent!. The actor playing the lead copper has been/is still a major UK TV heartthrob himself (Robson Green).