Russell T. Davies is supposedly developing a US version of hit Doctor Who spin-off Torchwood. Torchwood follows a secret group whose job is to police aliens. The series stars John Barrowman and Eve Myles, & Kai Owens. In series two, Burn Gorman & Naoko Mori's characters (Owen and Tosh) were killed off, and Gareth David-Lloyd's character (Ianto) was killed during Children of Earth (series three).
Now, there have been some successful remake shows and some failures. Coupling only lasted about four episodes even though it was almost exactly the same. As If lasted two episodes. For some reason The Office is wildly popular, and I can't for the life of my understand why. Cosby was loosley based off One Foot in the Grave. Shows like Trading Spaces (Changing Rooms), America's Got Talent (Britian's Got Talent), and Antiques Roadshow are popular as well as game shows.
So...could a Torchwood remake be popular here? Maybe. However, keep in mind that other sci-fi shows like Red Dwarf and Spaced never made it past the pilot episodes here, and a proposed Doctor Who revamp in the mid 90s never made it off the ground. Torchwood already has a huge following here in the States, so Davies would need to keep it similar to the original. We'll have to wait and see what happens.
Links:
Original Article http://www.comingsoon.net/news/tvnews.php?id=62489
Torchwood Wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchwood
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