Americans, what is your favorite television show from a different country? All others, what is your favorite US television show?

Ooh, The Saint was great too.

I’m not American. The Simpsons is an unbeatable piece of art.

Slings and Arrows has a special place in my heart.

The Office, both US and UK. I’m Canadian.

Oh. How could I forget The Office? Both are funny as hell. Also have to add Monty Python’s Flying Circus.

Doctor Who, definitely. I’ve never seen the old ones, but the new ones are absolutely some of the best science fiction ever!

Oh and the Spanish soap operas I watch when I have to watch Spanish TV for Spanish class. :)

Coupling, its by far one of the funniest shows ive seen. And then america tried copying it…. yea that didnt go so well.

The giggle loop

ernie kovacs and benny hill. oh and dr, who and monty python too!

The Office and Little Britain

The Office is great. Keeping Up Appearances makes me laugh too. It’s on PBS here.

Absolutely Fabulous. Why? It’s right there in the name.

AbFab and for a little while there is was EastEnders.

Oh Yeah, Keeping up Appearances was a laugh.

Flying Circus. Trigger Happy TV

@charlie – Ernie Kovacs was an American show.
Waiting for God was another good one. Also, I forgot about Little Britain.

Jeeves and Wooster, Monty Python’s Flying Circus, and Highlander.

I like a lot of UK shows besides Python and old and new Doctor Who: Father Ted, The League of Gentlemen, MI5, Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister, The Goodies. Viva Blackpool is great (you Tennant fans need to find that – he sings!).

I like Wayne and Shuster, the original SCTV, You Can’t Do That on Television, Kids in the Hall and Corner Gas from Canada.

I know of Kath and Kim and Neighbours, but I haven’t seen those, or really, any Aussie shows, though there was the sketch show with Eric Bana as a troupe member. I only saw one episode. He was funny in that.

There was one Japanese show I liked that I used to watch when I came to NYC. I don’t know what it was called, but I watched every Saturday morning without fail. It was set in the 16th or 17th century, and there was this wandering shogun who’d come into a town right when bad things were going on. He’d see the bad activities and stick around to investigate, but if anyone asked, “Who are you?” he was all “I’m just a guy who needs a job for a while” and once he got an idea who the bad guys were, he’d show up at their house. The bad guys would always say, “Right, like I’m going to stop being a d&$^ because you say so. Who the hell are you?” and then the shogun would take off his poor man robe and the bad guy would at first be afraid (“OH! It’s the SHOGUN!”) but then he’d be like, “Hey, you know what, f%#@ you anyway!” and send out his fighters. Then two teens, boy and girl, would pop out from seemingly nowhere and fight with the shogun and the bad guy would be defeated. The town was all “YAY!” but the shogun would move on. Because that’s the kind of shogun he was. Like a Japanese Lone Ranger. Awesome. It went off the air maybe 10 years ago, but I miss it.

If I had to pick just one, I’d probably go with Jeeves & Wooster. Despite the rampant re-casting of supporting roles.

I’m an Aussie living in USA. I really loved Carnivale, excellent show. Not forgetting Firefly of course!!!

uberbatman – I Intend this breast satirically

I forgot Ultraman. That show kicked ass! Much better than Johnny Socko and his Flying Robot.

Oh, Ultraman really brings back some memories!

benny hill, chef, are you being served,keeping up appearances, mr. bean. can you tell I like watching pbs…

Oh God. I forgot Mr. Bean. I have all those on DVD.

I forgot MXC

AstroChuck how about Blackadder?

Which one?

Fawlty Towers with John Cleese and Connie Booth

All of them, although I do like the middle two Blackadder seasons the best myself.

The Tomorrow Prople, Ab Fab, The Young Ones, Fawlty Towers.

Takeshi’s Castle

The UK version of so Graham Norton. Totally out of control.

skord – I didn’t know that there is any other version of So Graham Norton. I agree with you too, that show is hilarious.

I think skord is referencing Comedy Central’s The Graham Norton Effect from a couple of years ago. So Graham Norton was on BBC.

Ninja Warrior
Unbeatable Banzuki
Iron Chef

@shockvalue! I LOVE Takeshi’s Castle! That show is hilarious!

Unbeatable Banzuki is awesome, especially the pogo sticks!

d00d that show is crazy. I watch it with my jaw sitting on the floor. Like HTF are they doing that!?!

So Graham Norton was on Channel 4 in the UK, and that show was aired on BBC America in the states. He did have a short stint on a show stateside for a while, but it flopped.

-Graham Norton is on BBC America.—

i’m not a tv person at all, but if it counts, Degrassi is my guilty pleasure. which comes from canada, not the u.s.
oh, and the office!
but i really don’t watch tv, so.

It’s no longer in production (the star has passed away), but it’s a Japanese show called Zatoichi, the name of the blind samarai from the popular movie series.

I totally lurve Red Dwarf! Mock The Week is a great one, too. Cowboy Bebop. :)

SCTV!

I just remembered this show from Brazil I used to watch a lot called Xou da Xuxa.