BBC America

BBC America is a minor league cable television network owned by England's BBC. Watched by few Americans and understood by even less (or "fewer," in BBC terms), the entire purpose of BBC America is to try out shows for future broadcast on major television networks. A show that does well (in relative terms) on BBC America may be "Americanized" and put on the US fall schedule. Shows that do poorly are sent to Scotland for refurbishing.
BBC America's broadcast partner is the Discovery Channel for reasons that remain unclear.
===BBC America Success Stories===
*The Office
*Kitchen Nightmares
*Monty Python's Flying Circus
*Doctor Who
*Torchwood
===BBC America Failures===
*EastEnders
*BBC World News America
*Coupling
===Still Under Review===
*Life on Mars
===Coming Soon (maybe) from BBC America===
*Gavin & Stacey
*Top Gear
*Dragons' Den
===BBC America Programming That Crossed the Atlantic in the Wrong Direction===
*American Gladiators
Category:Cable channels