List of American television shows based on foreign shows

Many US television series are based, copied, or derived from television shows from other countries.

American show	Original show	Original country
All in the Family	Till Death Us Do Part	United Kingdom
Amanda's	Fawlty Towers	United Kingdom
America's Funniest Home Videos	Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan	Japan
American Idol	Pop Idol	United Kingdom
American Ninja Warrior	Sasuke	Japan
Antiques Roadshow	Antiques Roadshow	United Kingdom
Being Human (North American TV series)	Being Human (UK TV series)	United Kingdom
Big Bad Beetleborgs	Juukou B-Fighter B-Fighter Kabuto	Japan
Big Brother	Big Brother	The Netherlands
BrainSurge	Brain Survivor	Japan
The Bridge	The Bridge	Denmark Sweden
Cash Cab	Cash Cab	United Kingdom
The Chase	The Chase	United Kingdom
Celebrity Circus	Circus of the Celebrities	Portugal
Containment	Cordon	Belgium
Coupling (U.S. TV series)	Coupling	United Kingdom
Dancing with the Stars	Strictly Come Dancing	United Kingdom
Deal or No Deal	Miljoenenjacht	Netherlands
Dog Eat Dog	Dog Eat Dog	United Kingdom
Dream School	Jamie's Dream School	United Kingdom
Eleventh Hour	Eleventh Hour	United Kingdom
The Ex List	The Mythological X	Israel
Farmer Wants a Wife	Farmer Wants a Wife	United Kingdom
Fear Factor	Fear Factor	Netherlands
Gameshow Marathon	Ant and Dec's Gameshow Marathon	United Kingdom
Gracepoint	Broadchurch	United Kingdom
Ground Force America	Ground Force	United Kingdom
Hell's Kitchen	Hell's Kitchen	United Kingdom
Homeland	Prisoners of War	Israel
Hostages	Hostages	Israel
Humans	Real Humans	Sweden
I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!	United Kingdom
In Treatment	BeTipul	Israel
The Inbetweeners	The Inbetweeners	United Kingdom
Iron Chef America	Iron Chef	Japan
Jane the Virgin	Juana la virgen	Venezuela
Kath & Kim	Kath & Kim	Australia
Killer Karaoke	Sing If You Can	United Kingdom
Killer Women	Mujeres Asesinas	Argentina
The Killing	Forbrydelsen	Denmark
Life on Mars (U.S. TV series)	Life on Mars (UK TV series)	United Kingdom
MasterChef USA	MasterChef	United Kingdom
Men Behaving Badly (U.S. TV series)	Men Behaving Badly	United Kingdom
Million Dollar Money Drop	The Million Pound Drop	United Kingdom
Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers	Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger	Japan
The Mole	The Mole	Belgium
Must Love Kids	Single Moms	Sweden
MXC	Takeshi's Castle	Japan
No Tomorrow	Como Aproveitar o Fim do Mundo	Brazil
The Office	The Office	United Kingdom
The One: Making a Music Star	Operacion Triunfo	Spain
Payne	Fawlty Towers	United Kingdom
Power Rangers	Super Sentai	Japan
Queer as Folk (U.S. TV series)	Queer as Folk (UK TV series)	United Kingdom
Rake (U.S. TV series)	Rake (Australian TV series)	Australia
Ready.. Set... Cook!	Ready Steady Cook	United Kingdom
The Returned	The Returned	France
Rising Star	HaKokhav HaBa	Israel
Sanford and Son	Steptoe and Son	United Kingdom
Scoundrels	Outrageous Fortune	New Zealand
Secret Millionaire	Secret Millionaire	United Kingdom
Shameless (U.S. TV series)	Shameless (UK TV series)	United Kingdom
Shark Tank	Money Tigers	Japan
Shining Time Station	Thomas & Friends	United Kingdom
Silent Library	Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahende!!	Japan
Skins	Skins	United Kingdom
Splash	Celebrity Splash	Netherlands
Survivor	Expedition Robinson	Sweden
That's My Dog	That's My Dog	United Kingdom
Three's Company	Man About the House	United Kingdom
Three's a Crowd	Robin's Nest	United Kingdom
The Tomorrow People (U.S. TV series)	The Tomorrow People	United Kingdom
Top of the Pops	Top of the Pops	United Kingdom
Too Close for Comfort	Keep it in the Family	United Kingdom
Trading Spaces	Changing Rooms	United Kingdom
Ugly Betty	Yo soy Betty, la fea	Colombia
Undercover Boss (U.S. TV series)	Undercover Boss (UK TV series)	United Kingdom
Viva Laughlin	Blackpool	United Kingdom
The Voice	The Voice of Holland	Netherlands
VR Troopers	Choujinki Metalder Dimensional Warrior Spielban Space Sheriff Shaider	Japan
Weakest Link (US)	The Weakest Link	United Kingdom
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (US game show)	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)	United Kingdom
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	United Kingdom
Wife Swap	Wife Swap	United Kingdom
Wilfred (U.S. TV series)	Wilfred (Australian TV series)	Australia
Worst Week	The Worst Week of My Life	United Kingdom
The X Factor	The X Factor	United Kingdom

List of American television shows based on foreign shows

See also