American TV series vs British TV series, which country produces better TV series?

[Creoda]

British TV has been rubbish for years. They made the best comedies up to the 90s (still some good ones in the 00s), then political correctness destroyed it. They still made the best documentaries up to the 00s , but they're low-brow and pc now, many of the American documentaries from HBO/PBS (not History/Discovery) are better quality. With regards to period dramas, they may still make the best of those but I would never watch them. For sci-fi, drama's and action, American shows are hands down the best and always have been, British shows of those genre's have always been poor quality.

I haven't watched any British TV regularly though since Time Team (guilty pleasure) and Top Gear ended, so nearly 10 years.

HBO has taken TV drama to another level and nobody else compares, I suppose some of those productions like Rome, GOT, Chernobyl etc could be considered British-American as most of the actors are British/Irish and filming locations too.

[frankhammer]

British TV has been rubbish for years. They made the best comedies up to the 90s (still some good ones in the 00s), then political correctness destroyed it. They still made the best documentaries up to the 00s , but they're low-brow and pc now, many of the American documentaries from HBO/PBS (not History/Discovery) are better quality. With regards to period dramas, they may still make the best of those but I would never watch them. For sci-fi, drama's and action, American shows are hands down the best and always have been, British shows of those genre's have always been poor quality.

100% agree.

[frankhammer]

Jack Whitehall: Travels With My Father on Netflix is funny. I think some people on this forum would enjoy it. English humour but more of a travel show.


Have to be honest, most of the big money series stuff has been American.

I found it tame and rather dull. British comedy has lost that quirky spark it once had. Slightly (sometimes totally) offensive and cringe at times but laugh out loud funny.

[Davystayn]

American TV apart from wildlife and history documentaries. Some comedy too, Jack Whitehall, Ricky Gervais, but most comedians are all woke now though

[AdrianV]

You can't do comedy like this anymore, which is unfortunate.

[Ruggery]

You can't do comedy like this anymore, which is unfortunate.

In our time it is very difficult to do black humor without falling into controversy.

[Ruggery]

I haven't watched any British TV regularly though since Time Team (guilty pleasure) and Top Gear ended, so nearly 10 years.

HBO has taken TV drama to another level and nobody else compares, I suppose some of those productions like Rome, GOT, Chernobyl etc could be considered British-American as most of the actors are British/Irish and filming locations too.

I thought GOT was British as 90% of the cast is British but the production is American.

[Ruggery]

British TV has been rubbish for years. They made the best comedies up to the 90s (still some good ones in the 00s), then political correctness destroyed it. They still made the best documentaries up to the 00s , but they're low-brow and pc now, many of the American documentaries from HBO/PBS (not History/Discovery) are better quality. With regards to period dramas, they may still make the best of those but I would never watch them. For sci-fi, drama's and action, American shows are hands down the best and always have been, British shows of those genre's have always been poor quality.

And what is your opinion of Australian TV? is it good or bad?

I think it depends on genre.

Britain obviously wins on comedy and period piece shows.
Americans do sci-fi and fantasy better, less inclined to go cheap or to become self conscious and hide behind campness and cheese.

Sherlock was monstrously overrated. At best it had finely realised characters in Sherlock, Moriarty and Lestrade, but the stories were just too whacky and much of the modernisation was naff.

Morse and Endeavour are great, better than American cop shows.

.. I don't really watch much TV.

I'd say American TV wins, overall, due to sheer output. More good stuff ends up on our shores. Though wokedom has killed much of it.

There are British shows that are later adapted to US versions for example Top Gear, in my opinion the UK version is better than the US version.

[Creoda]

And what is your opinion of Australian TV? is it good or bad?

Generally bad. But it has relatively fewer annoying people than British or American TV at least.

[TheMaestro]

American and that's not even close.