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Originally Posted by Redheat
Oddly enough some of America's best written shows originated in England.
How could it be otherwise?

What American series even begins to approach the wit and intellilgence of, say, Yes, Minister?

And the BBC drama and documentaries---my, they are good!

I did see a couple of good Seinfeld episodes---the masturbation episode, and the spoof of Italian opera with the enraged barber.... But the series as a whole...[Linked Image from forum.akron123.com]

Pretty dated, too. The 1990's....

In the 50's, the 1920's were disapprovingly called "The Era of American Bablylonianism." If they had only know what was coming.... LOL

The 1990's though, deserved to be called "The Era of American Babylonianism." So many opportunities wasted and frittered away!

Both the 20's and 90's were succeeded by a much harsher age.

But getting back to the Real World of TV, Ken Burns did a fine job on the Civil War. There is something about that unfortunate episode in American history that causes Americans to rise above their usual level of mediocrity....