Television shows remade in another country
The following is a list of international television shows franchises. These are shows remade for foreign markets rather than adaptations.
Reality shows.
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Sitcoms.
"All in the Family" /" Till Death Us Do Part".
Original name: Till Death Us Do Part
Origin: United Kingdom
Date started: 1965
Date ended: 1975
Creator: Johnny Speight "(Norman Lear is credited as "creator" in U.S. adaptation and most U.S. spinoffs)"
First network to broadcast: BBC One
First network to adapt: United States
Related series (UK): "The Thoughts of Chairman Alf", "Nobody's Perfect"
Related series (US): "Maude", "The Jeffersons", "Gloria", "704 Hauser"
Second-generation related series (US): "Good Times", "Checking In"
"The Beverly Hillbillies".
Original name: The Beverly Hillbillies
Origin: United States
Date started: 1962
Date ended: 1971
Creator: Paul Henning
First network to broadcast: CBS
Related series: "Petticoat Junction", "Green Acres"
"Bewitched".
Original name: Bewitched
Origin: United States
Date started: 1964
Date ended: 1972
Creator: Sol Saks
First network to broadcast: ABC
First country to adapt: India (2002)
"The Brady Bunch".
Original name: The Brady Bunch
Origin: United States
Date started: 1969
Date ended: 1974
Creator(s): Sherwood Schwartz
First network to broadcast: ABC
Related series: "The Brady Kids", "The Brady Bunch Variety Hour", "The Brady Brides", "The Bradys", plus two TV movies and two feature films
"Cheers".
Original name: Cheers
Origin: United States
Date started: September 30, 1982
Date ended: May 20, 1993
Creator(s): James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles
First network to broadcast: NBC
Related series: "The Tortellis", "Frasier"
"The Cosby Show".
Original name: The Cosby Show
Origin: United States
Date started: September 20, 1984
Date ended: July 9, 1992
Creator(s): Ed. Weinberger, Michael Leeson, Bill Cosby
First network to broadcast: NBC
Related series: "A Different World"
"Diff’rent Strokes".
Original name: Diff'rent Strokes
Origin: United States
Date started: 1978
Date ended: 1986
Creator(s): Bud Yorkin
First network to broadcast: NBC
Related spin-off series: "The Facts of Life" 
Related series: "Hello, Larry", "Silver Spoons", "Double Trouble", "It's Your Move"
"Easy Aces".
Original name: Easy Aces
Origin: United States
Date started: 1930
Date ended: 1945
Creator: Goodman Ace
First network to broadcast: CBS Radio Network 
First network to adapt: Canada
"Free Agents".
Original name: Free Agents
Origin: United Kingdom
Date started: 2007
Creator: Chris Niel
First network to broadcast: Channel 4
First country to adapt: United States (2011)
"The Golden Girls".
Original name: The Golden Girls
Origin: United States
Date started: 1985
Date ended: 1993
Creator: Susan Harris
First network to broadcast: NBC
First network to adapt: United Kingdom
Related series: "Empty Nest", "Nurses"
"Desperate Housewives".
Original name: Desperate Housewives
Origin: United States
Date started: 2004
Date ended: 2012
Creator: Marc Cherry
General Manager: Giovanni Mastrangelo
Production companies: ABC StudiosDisney–ABC International Television
Distributor: Disney–ABC Domestic Television
First network to broadcast: ABC
First network to adapt: Argentina (2006)
Related series: "Devious Maids"
"Doogie Howser, M.D.".
Original name: Doogie Howser, M.D.
Origin: United States
Date started: 1985
Date ended: 1989
Creator: Steven Bochco &amp; David E. Kelley
First network to broadcast: ABC
Rebooted version: Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (2021; character is nicknamed after the original series character's nickname)
"Rules of Engagement".
Original name: Rules of Engagement
Origin: United States
Date started: 2007
Date ended: 2013
Creator: Tom Hertz
First network to broadcast: CBS
First country to adapt: Poland (2012)
"The King of Queens".
Original name: The King of Queens
Origin: United States
Date started: 1998
Date ended: 2007
Creator: Michael J. WeithornDavid Litt
First network to broadcast: CBS
First country to adapt: Russia (2011)
See also
"Happy Days".
Name: Happy Days
Original name: New Family in Town (original pilot)
Origin: United States
Date started: February 25, 1972
Date ended: September 24, 1984
Creator: Garry Marshall
First network to broadcast: ABC
Related series: "Laverne &amp; Shirley", "Blansky's Beauties", "Mork &amp; Mindy", "Out of the Blue", "Joanie Loves Chachi"
Second-generation related series: "The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang", "Laverne &amp; Shirley in the Army", "Mork &amp; Mindy/Laverne &amp; Shirley/Fonz Hour"
Other franchise ties: "Love, American Style"
"Kath &amp; Kim".
Original name: Kath &amp; Kim
Origin: Australia
Date started: 2002
Creator: Jane Turner and Gina Riley
First network to broadcast: ABC (Australia)
First country to adapt: United States (2008)
"The Nanny".
Original name: The Nanny
Origin: United States
Date started: 1993
Date ended: 1999
Creator: Fran Drescher
First network to broadcast: CBS
First country to adapt: Turkey (2001)
"Married... with Children".
Original name: Married... with Children
Origin: United States
Date started: 1987
Date ended: 1997
Creator: Michael G. Moye and
Ron Leavitt
First network to broadcast: Fox
First country to adapt: Germany (1993)
"Modern Family".
Original name: Modern Family
Origin: United States
Date started: 2009
Date ended: 2020
Creator: Christopher Lloyd and
Steven Levitan
First network to broadcast: ABC
First country to adapt: Iran, as Haft Sang (2014; 20th Century Fox did not authorize the production of this series, and it is a frame-by-frame remake of the American version.)
"Man with a Plan".
Original name: Man with a Plan
Origin: United States
Date started: 2016
Date ended: 2020
Creator: Jackie FilgoJeff Filgo and Jackie and Jeff Filgo
First network to broadcast: CBS
First country to adapt: Ukraine, as Батько рулить / Папа рулит
"Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd".
Original name: Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
Origin: Singapore
Date started: 1997
Date ended: 2007
Creator(s): Andrea Teo, Kenneth Lang
First network to broadcast: MediaCorp TV Channel 5
First country to adapt: Malaysia, as "Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd" (2010)
Related series: "Living with Lydia", "Calefare"
"Sit Down, Shut Up".
Original name: Sit Down, Shut Up
Origin: Australia
Date started: 2001
Date ended: 2001
Creator: Tim McLoughlan and Brendan Reed
First network to broadcast: Ten Network
First country to adapt: United States (2009)
"White Van Man".
Original name: White Van Man
Origin: United Kingdom
Date started: 2010
Date ended: 2012
Creator: Adrian Poynton
First network to broadcast: BBC Three
First country to adapt: United States (2012)
Soap operas and telenovelas.
"El amor no es como lo pintan".
(Love is not as it looks) (2000, Azteca 13, Mexico): Vanessa Acosta as Alicia "Licha" Ramírez Campos. "El amor no es como lo pintan" concluded in 2001.
"Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin".
(There's No One Like Jassi) (2003, SET, India): Mona Singh as Jasmeet Walia. The Indian version is not so much about beauty and ugliness, as about a simple middle-class girl with strong family values being catapulted into the amoral world of high fashion upper society, although Jassi was made to appear ugly by having on thick rimmed glasses, braces and an unsightly hairstyle. "Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin" concluded in 2006.
"Sensiz Olmuyor".
Turkey's "Sensiz Olmuyor" (Won't Work Without You) told the story of Gönül and Arda on two separate TV networks, with each channel showing thirteen episodes. When the weekly series debuted on Show TV in January 2005, Özlem Conker played Gönül (which means 'heart' in Turkish), the intelligent swan in ugly duckling clothing, and pop star Emre Altuğ appeared as her boss and love interest, Arda. The show did not go on hiatus when it was moved from Show TV to rival network Kanal D, but there was one big change: Yeliz Şar took over the role of Gönül, but the rest of the original cast remained intact.
"Verliebt in Berlin".
In February 2005, the German TV network, SAT 1, began airing a version called "Verliebt in Berlin" (The title is a word-play and can mean either "In Love in Berlin" or "In Love with Berlin"), starring local soap opera star Alexandra Neldel as Lisa Plenske and Swiss actor Mathis Künzler as David. The show had 5 million viewers daily and was extended beyond its initial 250-episode run in early 2006.
A few weeks later it was announced that the show would be renewed for a second season, but without Neldel and Künzler. The focus shifted onto a male lead character named Bruno Plenske (Lisa's half-brother, played by Tim Sander). Without Alexandra Neldel, however, the show lost much of its original appeal and dwindling ratings led to its cancellation in 2007. "Verliebt in Berlin" has also been broadcast in dubbed versions in Hungary (as "Lisa csak egy van") and France (as "Le destin de Lisa"). Although "Verliebt in Berlin" continued with new featured characters and original storylines, it is still credited as "based on "Yo Soy Betty La Fea"".
"Ne Rodis' Krasivoy".
In 2005, STS broadcasting in Russia created a version of the show called "Ne Rodis' Krasivoy" starring Nelly Uvarova in the title role of Katya. This version was also broadcast throughout the former Soviet Union.
"La Fea Más Bella".
(The Most Beautiful Ugly Woman) (2006–2007, Televisa, Mexico): Angélica Vale as Leticia Padilla Solis.
The Mexican Televisa television network, produced its version "La Fea Más Bella" ("The Prettiest Ugly"), which debuted on 23 January 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. In the United States, the series aired on Univision, and in the Philippines it was broadcast on ABC 5, where it debuted on 24 April 2006 and concluded on 25 June 2007. It was also aired in Lebanon on the Lebanese MTV network from 2009 to 2010. In both these versions, the protagonist's nickname is "Lety", which is also the name of the show in Lebanon.
"Lotte".
(2006, Talpa, Netherlands): Nyncke Beekhuyzen as Lotte Pronk.
In 2006, the Dutch TV network Talpa began airing Lotte, starring Nyncke Beekhuyzen as the main character and Lars Oostveen as Vico Maesland.
"Yo Soy Bea".
Despite the original Colombian production already being in Spanish, Telecinco launched an adaptation in Spain called "Yo soy Bea" in July 2006. The Spanish version title (which translates to "I am Bea") is a pun, with "Bea" sounding like both "fea" ("ugly") and "bella" ("beautiful"), and being the short version of the protagonist name, "Beatriz". Ruth Núñez played Beatriz Pérez Pinzón and Alejandro Tous was Álvaro Aguilar, the company boss.
The Spanish adaptation screens weekdays at 6:00 pm and pulls in an average of more than four million viewers (more than +35% share of the audience). The series' record is a 42,1% of share. It has become Spain's top-rated daytime programme. Ruth Núñez, known to Spanish viewers for her portrayal of a Yugoslav student in teen soap, "Compañeros", plays the heroine.
In this version, Beatriz Pérez Pinzón (Núñez) is an unattractive 26-year-old economist whose looks aren't important to her. She's intelligent and kind, and one day, after having cared for her widower father for two years, she decides to look for a job. Although she's very well educated, she gets only a secretary job at the magazine "Bulevar 21". She becomes the secretary of Álvaro Aguilar (Alejandro Tous), the company boss. In the company, Bea will be against Cayetana (Mónica Estarreado), Álvaro's fiancée, and her friend Bárbara (Norma Ruiz), who is also Álvaro's secretary.
The Spanish Version won a TP de Oro to "La mejor telenovela" in 2007.
"Ugly Betty".
The American production was broadcast on ABC in the United States from 28 September 2006 to 14 April 2010. This production also aired internationally on Citytv and Radio-Canada (as "Chère Betty") in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom; 2007, RTÉ Two in Ireland, TV2 in New Zealand, Seven Network/7Two in Australia, TVB Pearl in Hong Kong, Nova Television in Bulgaria, 8TV in Malaysia, Studio 23 in the Philippines and STAR World in Asia (Southeast Asia, India, Philippines and Middle East feeds).
In 2004, actress Salma Hayek's production company, Ventanarosa, in a joint venture with Reveille Productions and ABC Television Studio bought the rights to "Betty la fea", converting it to an English-language seriocomedy series. ABC would acquire the series under the title "Ugly Betty", and initially slated the program for broadcasting in summer of 2006 as a daily series, but its success led to ABC slating it as a weekly series. The hour-long program aired Fridays at 9:00 pm (Eastern time); the first episode was broadcast 28 September 2006. Actress America Ferrera portrayed the title character Betty Suarez – an unattractive, but efficient editorial assistant at a fashion magazine.
"Maria, i Aschimi".
Mega Channel in Greece is airing its own version titled "Maria, i Aschimi" ("Μαρία, Η Άσχημη" – "Maria, The Ugly One")
starring Aggeliki Daliani and Anthimos Ananiadis . Maria exudes intelligence, humor, and kindness, but what she is missing is conventional beauty. She considers her appearance to be an obstacle in her search for employment, despite her collection of degrees, which are displayed proudly by her parents, Kaiti and Irakles. Having no luck in her job search, Maria decides to try for a job for which she is overqualified, secretary to Alexis Mantas, the director of a noted fashion house called Ecomoda. Alexis is the most coveted bachelor in Athens, but he has recently gotten engaged to Markella, who tries to get him to choose her best friend, Lilian, to be his secretary and to keep an eye on him. Lilian doesn't have Maria's natural intelligence or fine education, but she has a beautiful appearance, which makes her a better superficial fit at the fashion house.
This adaptation was originally supposed to start airing on 1 November 2006, but within two weeks of that date the show was removed from Mega Channel's schedule. Finally, it began on 1 January 2007 at 21:00 and although it was scheduled to move at 18:15 two weeks later, due to its high ratings (± 45% according to Agb Hellas and more than 2 million viewers) finally remained in the prime-time slot of the channel.
"Sara".
The Flemish adaptation is called "Sara", starring Veerle Baetens as Sara De Roose. The show was first broadcast on 25 September 2007 by VTM, a Flemish commercial TV-station. Sara was broadcast daily (except weekends) at 6:25 pm. On Sunday, VTM