Nah, blackadder didn’t really reach household name status here. About the only british shows that’re at that level are dr who and Monty Python. Fawlty towers, abfab, red dwarf, blackadder and others tend to be more niche. Hell, we had versions of shameless, the office, and queer as folk, and people don’t really realize they are copies (with varying degrees of similarity to the originals).
I can’t recall if blackadder was even on BBC America or not, but I don’t recall seeing it on there back when we had cable.
I think PBS, or some channel ( Maybe TCM? Can’t remember.) would show it along with the others and Are You Being Served. My grandfather and I used to watch them together all time.
Yeah, I think that’s maybe why it didn’t spread as far. Back in my younger days, PBS in specific was much bigger because it was typically one of four or five channels. So when it ran Dr Who and Python, there was a greater chance of it being watched per household. By the time some of the other shows came to the US, cable was fully ensconced as the primary access to television. More channels, less chance of a given one being on at a time.
Wasn’t he well known in the US before House? I mean… Blackadder?
Nah, blackadder didn’t really reach household name status here. About the only british shows that’re at that level are dr who and Monty Python. Fawlty towers, abfab, red dwarf, blackadder and others tend to be more niche. Hell, we had versions of shameless, the office, and queer as folk, and people don’t really realize they are copies (with varying degrees of similarity to the originals).
I can’t recall if blackadder was even on BBC America or not, but I don’t recall seeing it on there back when we had cable.
I think PBS, or some channel ( Maybe TCM? Can’t remember.) would show it along with the others and Are You Being Served. My grandfather and I used to watch them together all time.
Definitely PBS, I used to love watching Are You Being Served?. :) it’s how I learned the word “ Haberdashery”!
Yeah, I think that’s maybe why it didn’t spread as far. Back in my younger days, PBS in specific was much bigger because it was typically one of four or five channels. So when it ran Dr Who and Python, there was a greater chance of it being watched per household. By the time some of the other shows came to the US, cable was fully ensconced as the primary access to television. More channels, less chance of a given one being on at a time.
Blackadder wasn’t, but Waiting for God, Are You Being Served?, and Keeping up Appearances were
Fry and Laurie is good too
101 Dalmations
Before house I knew him from 101 dalmatians and Stuart little.