Amy Guskin wrote:
>>>On Mon, 25 Dec 2006 15:52:32 -0500, rob.ocelot{at}gmail.com wrote
> 
> (in article ):
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>>Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
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>>>It is alleged that rob.ocelot{at}gmail.com claimed:
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>>>>Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
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>>>MI-5 is not shown on SciFi, it's on A&E.  Dr. Who is on SciFi.
>>
>>oops... I *was* talking about Doctor Who, honest. :-)
>>
>>I find it odd that A&E was showing Spooks/MI-5 as it would have been
>>something more in tune with HBO or Showtime's range of shows.  I can't
>>see how the infamous deep fryer scene even made it to the US intact,
>>for example. <<
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> It probably didn't.  I saw both versions (US/MI-5 and UK/Spooks), but I 
> honestly can't remember how it played out in the US broadcast.  Nonetheless, 
> as I mentioned earlier in the thread, the US got _cut_ versions of the 
> episodes, so no episode was aired here intact.
> 
> Amy
If I recall correctly, the deep fryer scene was more or less intact.  US 
networks aren't nearly as squeamish about violence as they are about 
sex.  If the violence passes muster in Britain, it will undoubtedly make 
it on the air here.  Sex and unclothed body parts (still attached to 
living beings), on the other hand, rarely make the jump across the pond.

As far as editing is concerned, there are occasions when entire subplots 
disappear when the show moves to the US.  I'm thinking specifically of 
Jonathan Creek on BBC America--there was an episode or two where I 
thought something was odd in the editing until I found out there was an 
entire subplot gone!

Blair
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