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My favorite "BritCom" of all time is Absolutely Fabulous. AbFab is one of those "grows on you" British comedies that is most probably untranslatable to American audiences. There will always be the niche audience that "gets it," but putting the characters into a traditional American sitcom just doesn't seem like it's going to happen.
In the last season of Roseanne, the titular actress tried to bring Edina Monsoon and Patsy Stone into our world. But it didn't take. Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell tried to emulate them with High Society. But that didn't take either. Most recently, FOX commissioned a pilot for an American version of the show, but it seems as though the network has passed on that as well. It's just as well. The original version will live on forever, and now will not be diminished by a US version.
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Fox says "no, sweetie darling" to US AbFab
Remember that American version of Absolutely Fabulous that Fox was so high on? Well, they are high no more. Fox has passed on AbFab after viewing the pilot. Now while I am not the kind of person to be happy about someone else's failure, this is an instance in which I'm thrilled that this show is going nowhere. . .
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