ABC to remake Spooks in the USA!

[Yank]

Sorry for catching this conversation at its tail-end. I don't know if this remake in the states is still in the works or not. As an American, I say this is a monumentally bad idea. What makes Spooks special is its uniquely British perspective. It's why I watch....come to think of it, it's why I watch a lot of British programming. An American "Spooks" would just be another 24 (a program I couldn't stand). This is just another example of the vacuous nature of American TV programmers. No imagination. They continue to steal the best ideas from Britain and then destroy it here. For that reason, and because I've been accused of being a bit of an anglophile, I'll continue to watch the real thing. The last great tv program created here was Battlestar Galactica...even that was filmed in Canada. America, a television wasteland.