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	Notes
All in the Family	Till Death Us Do Part	United Kingdom
Amanda's Payne	Fawlty Towers	United Kingdom
America's Funniest Home Videos	Fun TV with Kato-chan and Ken-chan	Japan
America's Most Wanted	Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst	Germany
American Idol	Pop Idol	United Kingdom	Ran 15 seasons on Fox before moving to ABC one year later.
American Ninja Challenge American Ninja Warrior	Sasuke	Japan
Antiques Roadshow (American TV program)	Antiques Roadshow	United Kingdom
Being Human (North American TV series)	Being Human (British TV series)	United Kingdom
Big Bad Beetleborgs	Juukou B-Fighter B-Fighter Kabuto	Japan
Big Brother	Big Brother	Netherlands
BrainSurge	Brain Survivor	Japan
The Bridge	The Bridge	Denmark Sweden
Cash Cab	Cash Cab	United Kingdom
Cardcaptors	Cardcaptor Sakura	Japan
The Chase	The Chase	United Kingdom
Celebrity Circus	Circus of the Celebrities	Portugal
Celebrity Fit Club	Celebrity Fit Club	United Kingdom
Containment	Cordon	Belgium
Coupling (American TV series)	Coupling	United Kingdom
Dance War: Bruno vs. Carrie Ann	DanceX	United Kingdom
Dancing with the Stars	Strictly Come Dancing	United Kingdom
Dangerous Women	Prisoner	Australia
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
Eyewitness (American TV series)	Øyevitne	Norway
Family Food Fight	Family Food Fight	Australia
Farmer Wants a Wife	Farmer Wants a Wife	United Kingdom
Fear Factor	Fear Factor	Netherlands
Gameshow Marathon	Ant & Dec's Gameshow Marathon	United Kingdom
Glitter Force	Smile PreCure!	Japan
Glitter Force Doki Doki	DokiDoki! PreCure	Japan
The Good Doctor	Good Doctor	South Korea
Gracepoint	Broadchurch	United Kingdom
Grand Hotel	Gran Hotel	Spain
Grand Slam	Grand Slam	United Kingdom
Hell's Kitchen	Hell's Kitchen	United Kingdom
Homeland	Prisoners of War	Israel
Traffic Light	Ramzor	Israel
Hostages	Hostages	Israel
Humans	Real Humans	Sweden
I Am Frankie	Yo soy Franky	Colombia
I Can See Your Voice	I Can See Your Voice	South Korea
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
Keep it Spotless	Spotless	United Kingdom
Killer Karaoke	Sing If You Can	United Kingdom
Killer Women	Mujeres Asesinas	Argentina
The Killing	Forbrydelsen	Denmark
Life on Mars (American TV series)	Life on Mars (British TV series)	United Kingdom
Love Island	Love Island	United Kingdom
Mew Mew Power	Tokyo Mew Mew	Japan
Magical DoReMi	Ojamajo Doremi	Japan
The Masked Singer	King of Mask Singer	South Korea
MasterChef USA MasterChef (American TV series)	MasterChef (British TV series)	United Kingdom
Men Behaving Badly (American 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	De Mol	Belgium
Must Love Kids	Single Moms	Sweden
MXC	Takeshi's Castle	Japan
No Activity	No Activity	Australia
No Tomorrow	Como Aproveitar o Fim do Mundo	Brazil
The Noise	The Noise	Japan
Number 96	Number 96	Australia
The Office	The Office	United Kingdom
The One: Making a Music Star	Operacion Triunfo	Spain	The first reality competition show ABC has made up. This show described as the Fox won't let you see "Idol". The first to compete in 2006 with NBC's America's Got Talent and CBS' Rock Star. It was canceled after a few episodes.
Pokémon	Pocket Monsters	Japan
Popstars USA	Popstars	New Zealand
Power Rangers	Super Sentai	Japan
Queer As Folk (2000) and Queer as Folk (2022)	Queer as Folk (British TV series)	United Kingdom
Rake (American 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
Salty's Lighthouse	Tugs	United Kingdom
Samurai Pizza Cats	Kyatto Ninden Teyandee	Japan
Sanford and Son	Steptoe and Son	United Kingdom
Scoundrels	Outrageous Fortune	New Zealand
Secret Millionaire	Secret Millionaire	United Kingdom
Shameless (American TV series)	Shameless (British 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	The only show MTV was produced as it adapted from a Japanese game in a variety show.
Skating with the Stars	Dancing on Ice	United Kingdom
Skins	Skins	United Kingdom
The Slap	The Slap	Australia
Splash	Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag	Netherlands
Survivor	Expedition Robinson	Sweden
Thank God You're Here	Thank God You're Here	Australia
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 (American 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 (American TV series)	Undercover Boss (British 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	The Weakest Link	United Kingdom
Wheel of Fortune	Million Dollar Wheel of Fortune	Australia	The Australian Million Dollar format that aired in May–June 2008 was adopted in the United States in September 2008.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (American game show)	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)	United Kingdom
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	United Kingdom
Wife Swap	Wife Swap	United Kingdom
Wilfred (American TV series)	Wilfred (Australian TV series)	Australia
The Winner Is	The Winner Is...	Netherlands
Worst Week	The Worst Week of My Life	United Kingdom
The X Factor	The X Factor	United Kingdom
YooHoo & Friends	YooHoo & Friends	South Korea

See also