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(Dramas have been a bit more successful, as evidenced by the longevity ofHouse of CardsandShameless.)
Read up about 13 of these instances below, and remember: Not everything can beThe Office.
But it was a ball, it was crazy.
(The pilot, which can be viewedin full here, has a palpably odd energy to it.)
I was the only one dumb enough to do it.
It was deeply weird, Ayoade laterconfessed.
It was a bit like a play where everyone else had left.
It was very odd.
(ABCtried and failedto adapt the series years prior.)
(How would they translate bus wankers, anyway?)
Its just British teenage life is much dirtier than the American imagination can bear.
(Seths brother!)
Spike TV came calling in 2007, but that didnt even make it to the pilot stage.
I think adaptations to America are really hard, Bain explained.
They vowed to never have a go at get it adapted again.
(The show followed the long-distance relationship of a young-and-in-love couple.)
The cast was criticized for their stilted performances as well.
(CatastrophesSharon Horgan stars in the original.)
The series fizzled out because people didnt tune in, although it received decent critical response.
In fact, neither attempt made it to the pilot stage.
A pilot was shot in 2007, but Fox never picked it up for a season order.
