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I thought it was funny and I hope it becomes a success but I'm not sure that I can stick with it as I prefer dramedies to sitcoms.

USA networks are not going to just show British and other foreign shows in their original format because it won't make them much money. When shows get remade here, they are usually produced by the networks sister studios and showing a 6 episode season is not going to fly for advertisers. As for quality, I put some British show side by side with many cable shows and I think that having smaller episode count per season and not having to deal with Standards & Practices helps in that regards. Also sometimes when a network remakes a show it almost seem like they miss what the show is actually about and only go for the surface fluff with pretty people. I don't know how many times I've seen a broadcast show where everyone didn't look like a model.

I watched Almost Human last season and it was aired out of order but I never thought it was done because they hated it. The first few episodes after the pilot were terrible and I think that in their fucked up mind, they thought they were giving it a shot by airing the "better" episodes first. I can see this being an issue with an exec's ego getting in the way but it wasn't what I was thinking about when I made my post. It was mostly about Fringe and how everyone accused Fox of hating it when the show was greenlighted and remained on air for 5 seasons under the same exec while being low rated. I liked John and Evangeline too but my main problem was how Natalie was written as a victim needing to be rescued. As a woman that shit pisses me off. Like why couldn't they still do the triangle (afterall it was a soap) but write her better. Me wanting him to slap her back is because I'm tired of seeing women on tv slapping men because they are upset with them and I hated when Olivia did it in the pilot too. I agree with you on Jake, him spying on her wasn't the issue for me but that he actually took that information and used it to date her was beyond creepy and then on top of that, they had Olivia being A-okay with it and of course no mention of him grabbing her by the throat by her or any other character as if that's suppose to be normal.

Homeland- Hated Carrie and Brody and felt if the tptb had stuck to their original plan of killing Brody in season one and continuing with the second marine that it would've been a better show. Also didn't hate Jessica. Twisted- Enjoy the first half of twisted and gave up one the show about episode 2 or 3 (can't remember which) in 2b though I did watch the finale and hated myself for doing so. Hated Jo and felt like she was pushed to the forefront simple because she's white and for that reason alone, I'm glad it was cancelled. Also hated how entitled she was especially when it came to Danny not returning her feelings in 1A which brings me to my next point. Why when character A has a crush on character B, character B has to return their feelings especially if character A is "homely"? Why does character B needs to "grow up" and see the awesomeness of character A? Why can't character B simply not be attracted to character A? To bring this back to Twisted, I thought when Rico confessed to liking Jo and having her not return his feelings, that the show was going to draw a parallel with Jo liking Danny and him not returning her feelings which would've been great but instead got the #Jo's always been the one crap. Scandal- Olivia is my favorite character and while I don't think Kerry is the best actress, she's certainly not the worst ever. I dislike Jake because I've always found Scott Foley to be extremely bland and I'll never root for him and Olivia after he spied on her and used that information to "date" her. Also grabbing her by the throat was freaking repulsive and Fitz being an ass doesn't make him look any better for her. And Mellie is not Fitz's victim. She did everything she could to help get him elected because she wanted to be in the white house her damn self. I was also hoping that Fitz would slap her back when she did it because her lover chose his political career over her. If she's so damn unhappy then file for divorce but that would actually mean for her to do something instead of pontificating about how she gave up her law career and had kids for him. True Blood- I really enjoyed Sookie and Bill in season one but the characters got progressively worst each season with Bill getting a tad more interesting during season 5. Also disliked Eric and his portrayer acting sucked (no pun) and Pam was only good in small doses. And her and Tara were probably one of the worst couple I've ever seen on that show which is saying a lot since TB was rifed with horrible couples. Day of Our Lives- Can't remember the last time I watch but whenever I did, I hated Ej and Sami for the fact that he raped her once himself and then got the doppelganger to pretend to be Rafe and sleep with Sami and no matter how tptb ignore that it's still rape and I refuse to support that shit. GH- I never saw Brenda in her heyday. only in some of her returns so maybe that clouds the way I view her; but I found her to be irritating and thinks that Vanessa Marcil is a terrible actress. I've never liked Sam and thought it ridiculous that she turned out to be Alexis long lost daughter. Also didn't like teenage Kristina; never saw the young adult one. OLTL: Hated Natalie and nothing can ever make me like a character who intentionally puts herself in a danger just so a man could save her and sees that they belong together. Melissa Archer was also a horrible actress. And I thought that Michael Easton had more chemistry with Renee Goldsberry and Kassie Depaiva (sp?) than he did with her. Random UO: I don't watch any show if it has two white male as leads. Why? Because as a black woman, I don't need a show to have a black female character, but I need for it to have some diversity and two white males ain't it even if one of them have a mental illness or some other disease. I don't believe that network hates any of their show. If they did then the show wouldn't be on air in the first place. There are way too many pilots film every year for some exec to pick up a show to series or renew one that they hate especially if the latter has shitty ratings. The execs are there to make money for their respective network and sometimes they make horrible decisions and that may make them incompetent but not evil. Rabid shipping and anti shipping are the same damn thing. I've seen fans go just as hard for a couple as the ones who hate such couple. And I think it's sad how some that's always seemed to be overlooked when being discussed. The Wooby-fying of any character but especially the bad boy and its mostly done in favor of a couple. For whatever reason, the bad boy has to "become good" and the "good girl" has to be twisted into a pretzel and if anyone object to them then they are judgemental and a hater. TPTB doesn't seem to understand that if a character has to change who they are to be a part of a couple then they shouldn't be together. And I would have no problem if such characters got together if the story was written for the "good character" to recognize that he /she is making terrible a decision instead of them having "tru luv" that the world just don't understand.