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Originally Posted by Apache
You hit the Nail on the Head. I find most British adaptations, especially mysteries, to have much tighter writing and tend to be better at casting actors for the parts. 
Apache |
It's changing a bit though. I think the success of shorter series and seasons on HBO/Showtime and streaming services is having an impact. US companies do tend to adapt a book series rather than trying to directly transfer the book to the screen. I'm thinking of series like Longmire and Justified, which were based on their respective books but told different stories. Game of Thrones and Outlander are two current US shows that are well done transfers of the story from the book, maybe they'll start a trend.
(Of course, WAY back in the day, US TV networks would do miniseries that were book-to-screen, like Roots and Shogun)