this can't possibly end well

I'm happy about this. The British show is very good, would love to see an American take on a very novel idea. Hope they keep some of the same rules like Vampires can't be seen in mirrors, although it is yet another show that allows them to daywalk for production concerns. I really hate that but I understand.

So, why can't you just air the British version? Is remaking it cheaper, or is there a fear Americans won't connect with British culture?

ugh +1

"and we loved the originality of Being Human..." so much so that we're going to recreate our OWN version of said original program. what? make something actually original? please.

ENOUGH vamps already...

If you have to do this, use theirs!

You use Dr Who, Torchwood, and Primeval off their system, why not Being Human?

Afraid that too many have been watching it already on the best competition you have, being BBC-Am?

Honestly, save the $$$ and invest in some GOOD SCIENCE FICTION, not the horrific horror predominating the schedule now (and the bad, really bad D+ to F [not even a B] movies for Sat & Sun nights).

But to remake the Brit version will not get you an Office hit, for sure, as this program is not on the scale of that to begin with, and surely you do not have a Steve Carell to draw on for the Sci-Fi crowd either, unless you want to talk Michael Shanks into it, but he is older than the teens you evidently want to target.

So leave well enough alone, and trash this now, save the heartache and $$$, and just use the Brit feed. - kh

I have an idea, how about an American version of Doctor Who! Oh wait...

considering what a great job they did with couplings and red dwarf i don't see this going well. then again who knows the office ended up being a huge success out here even if it wasn't as well done as the original.

OH FFS. Could American television please STOP remaking British series?! It rarely, if ever, ends well. The Office was a complete FLUKE and probably only translated well because Ricky Gervais was involved.

"We've always been keen on vampires and werewolves, and we loved the originality of Being Human, the fact that the fantastical creatures in it are very young, accessible and charming." - Howe

Okay. Yeah. That's not actually what the show is about. AT ALL. That's like saying Star Trek was a great show because you love the girls in tiny dresses, the spaceship, and the womanizing captain. Trufax, but that didn't make the show good.

I kind of hope this show crashes before the pilot even gets shot. Like the Spaced remake. And American Top Gear.

i think w/o the Brit dark sense of humor this will be another Coupings

NOoooOOOooooOOO! Just buy the rights to air the ORIGINAL version from BBC or better yet, just leave it the hell alone. Why must Hollyweird do this kind of stuff? Do those execs have so little faith in the American viewer that they think they have to DUMB down British tv shows in order to get those damn "Middle Americans" to enjoy British tv?

Do.
not.
like.
this.
idea.

You monsters! Instead of giving us Dresden Files you have to mutilate the first truly good urban fantasy show on TV! LEAVE BEING HUMAN ALONE!

Three's company, Sanford & Son, The Mentalist; All originally British.

Er cyn i did love the short skirts, the ship and the womanizing captain. i mean, c'mon, who didn't?

mandy, your fixation on Dresden Files never ceases to amaze.

i saw one ep of BH....thought it was really good, never ended up watching the rest. will on DVD someday. an American version would be good if done right. VERY tough to do tho. i hope they pull it off but have my doubts

to quote the syfy channel - "Imagine greater", yeah - you really need to start doing that.

My mistake, The Mentalist was not Originally British, but Queer As Folk was.

This can't be good. The BBC version is awesome, a remake can't be fraction as good. If you want to show Being Human, just show the reruns of the original.

I like urban Fantasy. Syfy's last urban fantasy show was Dresden Files. Being Human is Urban Fantasy but I do not want Syfy touching Being Human. Syfy HAS the rights to a lot of Urban Fantasy that it leaves to rot or abandons after one season. Instead of remaking something that already exists and is still going why don't they do something new and original? They killed their last Urban fantasy abruptly and without warning. And now they steal one from the UK.

There are only two TV shows I have actually really liked in the last five years. Dresden Files and Being Human. Scifi had it's chance with Dresden and abandoned it. I don't want them laying their hands on Being Human. This article proves they don't get the material or the social metaphors on what the ghost, werewolf, and vampire represented. They make it sound like shallow teeny bopper trash in their very praise of it!

And the biggest irony is, look back on Scifi Wire's old articles on the British show. They down play it's content, and make it sound really bland and misdescribe it. It was almost like an under-current of hate.

Scifi doesn't deserve Being Human.

DNW.

The US needs to stop trying to remake UK shows.. it doesn't work. I can count on one hand the number of times it's worked, and I've lost count of the number of times it hasn't.

I know you guys at SciFI Wire read these comments, so please read mine and give me an answer:

Who do i have to write umpteen million emails to at SyFy to get them to drop this silly idea? Dave Howe? Or someone else? Honestly, you guys tell me who and i'll get right on it tomorrow morning.

SyFy needs to just bite the bullet and buy rights to Being Human. And if that isn't possible atm, just save the money and use it elsewhere.

The show works because it is British through and through. If SyFy doesn't go all out on an American version that would essentially need to be built from the ground up to catch anything close to the atmosphere of the original, they really shouldn't bother. It would be doing the channel and the fans of the original a grave disservice.

And honestly, why not just shelve the entire exercise until the original has had its journey? Because i shit you not, if it ever comes down to me watching the BBC version or SyFy version competing head to head, gonna be BBC hands down in my home.

I'm all for remakes or "reimagining", but there have to be three points:

1) TIme-there needs to be time between an original series and any subsequent versions, remakes, etc.

2) Common sense-just because a show worked in one market, era, whatever; does NOT mean it will work wherever Network execs think a transplanted version should be.

3) Cash and desire-Either you are gonna spend the cash and be onboard to make SURE your remake flies and flies well...or just don't fricken' bother.

Ok, sorry i ran on. going to sleep now

Jesus Christ, PLEASE DON'T. Being Human is perfect JUST THE WAY IT IS. Buy it if you like it, but don't remake it, you'll fuck it up like every other American shot at remaking a good British show.

You had no problem buying Doctor Who, and it's a much bigger and probably more expensive franchise to get on board with. You guys need to stop waving your Stargate in people's faces and calling yourselves greats (Stargate is nice, but NOT worth all that fuss) and live with the fact that you cannot and will not do Being Human justice.

I haven't trusted syfy with Urban Fantasy since 2007. They abandoned their last one and now they'll rip off another. And guessing from this article they really don't get the Being Human social metaphors. The ghost represented someone who just came out of an abusive relationship and had agoraphobia. The werewolf was someone with anger management issues. And the vampire was someone who struggled against substance addiction. They weren't just pretty faces with super powers. It wasn't a comedy.

Also BBC 1 and BBC 3 shows a LOT more mature content than Scifi. Scifi will clean up their version, dumb it down, censor it, and PG-ify it with lots of CGI in place of the fantastic animatronic werewolf transformations you see in the British version. In short, Syfy is going to ruin it.

There's not one person here who thinks this is a good idea. Just show the British version. Please.

There was also Eleveth Hour and Life On Mars copied from Brit TV. Did not last. LIked the BBC versions better. US TV does not do
reworkings of BBC shows justice. Leave it alone.

For goodness sake, must you Americans ruin everything? This is why we can't have nice things.

You know what SyFy could do?
Negotiate to be production partners with the BBC and help fund more episodes of the UK version and then show that!

Why does everything have to be remade?

Having watched the wonderful British version there is no real reason to make a US version, in fact there is even less of a reason..

The concept works better in UK than US. This would be a terrible idea with no need at all.

Why not just invest in Being Human instead? Just put the money into the British show, have them air more episodes and air them here at the same time?

I think the show would loose the charm if it was Given the American touch.

I didn't realise it was so popular. I saw the first few episodes and really despised it.

Britain is the best at (non-animated) comedy in the world, but when it comes to drama, urgh. I'm generally opposed to American remakes, but this one I think I'd like to see.

Oh for...

What is WRONG with you people!?

The BBC comes up with a fantastic original idea and you decide to TAKE it instead of putting a little bloody effort into your jobs and coming up with your OWN original idea?! *headdesk*

Stop taking British shows and RUINING them by trying to make your GOD AWFUL remakes!

Hire someone that has two brain cells they can rub together to come up with something original yourselves. DO YOUR JOBS!

Who is running this bloody network? The MUPPETS! My God, one bad decision after another after another after YET ANOTHER! Fire everyone and start over if all you're going to do is cancel good shows and try and Americanize better BBC shows.

I thinkus Brits should remake Friends and actually make it funny.....

Nah, The Mentalist just ripped off American TV, Psych anyone?

Why make an American version? To ruin the British one?! This always happens when Americans try to remake a British series. See for example Life on Mars and many others.

Why is everyone so quick to poo poo the idea? At least Syfy is trying. We aren't getting anything worth watching from the networks. The only glimmer of hope this year has been the Vampire Diaries from the CW.

sYFY your station sucks.go ahead and remake even more things and while you are at it why not remake some of your bad monster movies....
maybe we could have more wrestling too.

i will never watch this remake....

Good grief. Yet again an American network takes a British show, complete with grunge and a range of characters, not all particularly affluent, and adapts it by removing everything important. No doubt this will become a group of affluent twentysomethings, no visible means of support but plenty of evidence of cash. All the grunge will vanish, as will the layers of complexity, the humour will become broader and safer and 22-episode seasons will replace tightly-written shorter British style seasons.

There is a long, long list of disappointing, safe, anodyne remakes one can point to, from Sanford and Son (not within light years of the original Steptoe), through Men Behaving Badly to Life on Mars. All sanitised, pushed upmarket and all losing their way. You guys couldn't even make a "Dr Who" that worked.

US TV at its best is wonderful stuff. You have brilliant writers with superb ideas. Quite often they aren't supported in a way that allows them to thrive (Remember "Firefly"?) - why not do what the Beeb does and go with the quirky, off the wall, NEW ideas from original writers instead of mangling material from a different culture - and we really are different - that just doesn't translate.

Well, you can't say nobody warned you.

I love "Being Human." SyFy has a pretty good track record with series lately, and they've certainly had some success with remakes (BG). Could be good stuff.

I'm affraid to get my hopes up. It could be good but then again it could turn into another Flash Gordon or Painkiller Jane and suck bad. I did like the british version so it could be ok.

Why does everything need to be “Americanized”? I like BH just the way it is. And it was nice to see all of it on BBCA (Their 75 min. vs Our 60 min). The reason Syfy is making a new show….. “Let’s make it 20 minutes shorter!”

Oh I really wish that Syfy will follow in the footsteps of BBC America. Give us the ENTIRE show!
Dr. Who is my favorite show, but technically we’ve missed about 20% of the content.

Screening the UK version on a basic cable channel would be difficult because of the coarse language prevalent in the BBC show. Editing out the language and brief nudity will ruin it. That's probably why SyFy is going to have a shot at remaking it.

For all those people, including myself, that rail against this channel for the Wrestling crap they put on - this show is the STFU light and it is On. Yes, in fact, this channel is (finally) attempting to put Science Fiction on. So lets see what they do with this rather decent concept before doing the fanboy "this sucks" dance. Capice?

Wouldn't it just be easier for BBC America to buy the SyFy channel and air THEIR original series since they only have like 3?

I mean honestly, BBC America's sci-fi igenre offerings are so much more vast since they have Doctor Who, Sarah Jane, Torchwood, Being Human, etc. What does SYFY offer for original series lately? Warehouse 13, Sanctuary (both of which I like) and Stargate Universe (which I don't)? All the rest is taken up with a million and one versions of Ghost Hunters," wrestling", reruns and stupid movies.

I'm hoping syfy doesn't eff this show up since the BBC version is excellent, something written for ADULTS! The only thing I will say is that it MAY be nice to see something more than the short BBC 6 episode run if they make the show tolerable. Oh, and maybe have the vampires not be such pussies.

Let's see ... SyFy can make good TV, if there is a budget to back it up. So, SyFy, GIVE THIS SHOW ENOUGH MONEY to hire some real writers, directors, and actors. It'll be fine if they can attract some talent.

If there's money in the budget for a remake which, based on past godawful experiments of trans-Atlantic remakes, may well suck and suck badly, why not just make something original? They'd be taking essentially the same risk, but without prejudicing their existing fanbase as a starting point. Remaking old or naff shows to give them a new lease on life is one thing; remaking successful, beloved content for no good reason is pitiful.

I like the BBC version, and while I would prefer to see more of it on BBC and something actually new on Syfy (there are so many other stories that are crying out for attention this really wouldn't be hard), I don't have a big problem with an American version. The biggest problem I have with it is that Mr. Howe obviously has no concept of what the show is about and why people find it interesting. Please Mr. Howe, if you are seriously going to do this, stay out of it and hire someone with brains and appreciation of what the show is truly about to write and direct the show, but please keep your apparently very shallow mitts off the show. Seriously, you see the show and all you can see is young sexy vampires and werewolves? Some of us actually graduated Jr. high and want something a bit more intelligent.

Sigh, and captcha still sucks. This has to be the worst system on the net.

Okay, SCI FI Wire Staff (you guys really need to put your name on these stories in the future, so we know who to address), please tell me about any BBC program that was "Americanized" and was successful?

"Doctor Who"?

"Red Dwarf"?

Exactly what is wrong with the British version?????

Just what the viewers need... another remake.

WHY? WHY? WHY? The British version is fine!
Instead of crapping on the the existing and ruining it… why not take the money Syfy has and I don't know GET RID of all the crap reality sh*t like “Ghost Hunters”, “Scare Tactics” and all the damn “Stargate” sh*t PRODUCE new “Dollhouse”, “Terminator: TSCC” and “Farscape” episodes!

The only thing more pointless than syfy's americanizing Being Human, is trying to talk them out of it. Originality is a concept that goes completely over their heads.

For the record, in the original Dracula novel (you should read it sometime) vampires had no problem walking around in daylight - they just preferred the dark.

I love the British version of Being Human - and was pleased to see them committed to more episodes. I like the idea of SyFy partnering with the production company for Being Human to sponsor additional episodes.

It's my understanding that one of the reasons the change was made to SyFy was for branding purposes and to increase international presence - well, here's a perfect opportunity.

As for all the people bad-mouthing SyFy channel - it's easy. Don't watch it. Shut up. Go find some other site to hate on. If you can't be constructive in your criticism, you just show how stupid and immature you are - but I guess you probably turn to SyFy for ECW. . .

For the love of all that's holy and a lot of things that aren't... no, please, no.

Thankfully I've already taken SyFy out of my onscreen guide (not anything I want to watch now!), so I won't accidentally click thinking it's the British version.

for pete's sake do not tarnish the gem that is Being Human. Just let the Brits have this one so we can all enjoy the way they speak and their high calibur acting(in this show at least) Why not just pick up the BBC episodes like you do with Doctor Who? Thaty would make way more sense.

Wow. I'm generally as quick to pick apart an idea as anyone else, but the sheer amount of hate spewing in these comments has me just dumbfounded.

Please. Respect and argument are not conflicting ideas.

As for Spaced. Well, I am tired of teenaged angsty meta-humans, but I will wait for more information and preferably a trailer before I chose not to watch the show and/or flame it.

I would not mind them doing this show if they keep it gritty, and not have just a bunch of mindless pretty people on the show.

It needs to have guts with good acting, and the actors that are doing Being Human now are perfect for the roles. Does not need to be all about special effects, and lets have good stories.

The only thing I was bummed out about Being Human was how short the first season was.

My mistake. I meant to type "Being Human."

It's a terrible idea but there's no real reason why it shouldn't work. So long as they hire talented writers, or better yet, a single writer who has a particular vision, and don't hire the typical, bland, shiny actors that litter US tv programmes, then they could make something worth watching.

More likely, though, they'll change the setting to high school, hire oustandingly boring and charmless 30-somethings to plan the main characters and rip off Twilight to appeal to the tweens.

Why fix what's NOT broken?

Hollywood creativity - who knew?
This will end very badly. The Eleventh Hour was another flopped U.K. to American show. Wasn't bad just never caught on.
Just watch the originals on BBCAMERICA.

After I caught an episode of Being Human on BBC America I had posted a comment on my Twitter feed asking the question of how long is it going to take for an American network to try and remake it. Well my question has been answered and I'm not happy about it.
Syfy.....you should be ashamed. How about you spend your money finding original content. If you want to air this show, air the original series.
British TV is much more lenient than American. The subject matter is not going to translate very well because American studios are so worried about not offending anyone. Well, that holds true for pretty much every network aside from F/X.

Leave it alone.

Speaking as a British fan of Being Human, and after witnessing the disaster known as the American version of Life On Mars, which really sucked.

I'm understandably not to enthused about this.

How about Syfy commission three original TV Pilots air them in a week and let the viewers vote on which one they liked back and create a series from that. Because that's how Being Human came about here in the UK.

It won the right to go to full series from a pilot movie that the UK viewers voted on.

WOWOOWOW that is is awsome i am excited that you guys wil make a U.S version.
but as some one else asked why not just show the U.K version..

Why do we need an "American" version. The thing that makes Being Human so good is that it is British. The humor and storyline is what makes the show. What's next an American version of Robin Hood?

Speaking as an American fan of the British version of Being Human, I'm going to BEG you guys NOT to create an American version of it. How about instead, giving us American's the benefit of the doubt that we actually UNDERSTAND and APPRECIATE other cultures. ESPECIALLY the sci-fi fans that this sort of thing will attract.

Doctor Who would not be the phenomenon that it is if it was Americanized. Please, do the right thing and kill this project NOW while you still have a soul left. And please beat whoever pitched an American version of this to your execs.

Wow...you people amaze me. All I see is whining and crying that you want better shows. They decide to try making an American version of a great show and right off you are complaining about it. Nobody has even seen it yet and you are already condemning it. Are you ever happy? They are NOT bringing back Dresden files so give it up. Give things a try before you complain about it.

I have to agree with the people of the UK us Americans need to stay out of there story lines they Have done an exceptional job of telling these stories all on there own for many many years contrary to what we think Brits do know a thing or two about theater, they have been at it for a few centuries as i recall

Knowing SyFy, this will be just another dumbed-down series.

You people must all be way under thirty, two thirds of the US sitcoms of the 1970's came from British Shows. Oh, and Death, the whole sunlight thing comes from FW Murneau, who made NOSFERATU.

@C from illinois,
it's a good thing Being Human isn't a sitcom(situation Comedy). Finally is it really that hard to find something original for sci fi that was written in America, just go on to the WGA website for crying out loud and by a freaking script! Oh but then you would have to spend the five minutes at a computer it takes and I guess that is too much for the execs to do with there busy day of Golf and lunch dates to talk about mergers and who is sleeping with their interns mand what not. My how lazy have we gotten. Maybe you should get your secretaries to do it since they do most of the grunt work it seems anyways.

WHY SYFY WHY??? Why remake a current series that has a following on another network? This makes no sense what so ever! I love the British Being Human, and am looking forward to season 2. The American version will just be confusing and will not gain viewers of the British version because the viewers are already invested in the series, and the characters.

So are there now going to be two "Being Human" series on TV? This is just another poor decision by a lackluster SCIFI network..... I still hate the new name by the way!

Why doesnt SYFY actually pick up a show with alot of life left in it like dollhouse and actually let the UK version of the show play its course.

Why is it American shows (like LOST, House, Bones, you name it...) get shown all around the world but America itself still rips off other countries' shows?

Why must America continue to do remakes of remarkable British shows? Britain always seems to do it first and better. And most of the time any Americans who want to watch the originals shows from the UK will watch it on BBCAmerica. Just see if any network can buy the rights to the original show and air it as is rather than resulting to a subpar remake.

Merlin was aired on NBC this summer and that was executed well. I loved it and it was an actual BBC production airing on one of the most major US networks. If they just did that more often, I think we'd all be the better for it.

I got to see the pilot of the British version a while back and it was pretty good. Then again I like shows like Torchwood and Hex and I get the British humor. They must have some distinct thing they want to change in the show besides "Americanizing" it otherwise I'm sure it would be cheaper to just rerun the old version. May be the show has taken a turn they don't want in their story or they have a new spin they'd like to add. I don't know. Either way, I'm going to watch it.

Being Human isn't a sitcom, it's a drama and the original version is STILL going, series (season) 2 begins in January. It doesn't need a remake.

Dear Syfy:

I love you guys. I really do. Even with the silly name change. But I don't think a remake of Being Human is necessary.

Like I'm sure many people before me have already explained, American remakes of British shows are like movie adaptations of popular superhero comics: very few make the cut, leaving you with a lot of angry fans who won't let you live it down.
Just buy the rights to the original (if you can, since I know BBC America has claim on the show) and then negotiate a way to be able to show it within a few days of it airing in Europe. No six months later airings like BBCA did with the Doctor Who Christmas Special.

If not, then invest your money on bringing back shows such as Firefly and TSCC (neither of which I have seen, but I've heard good things) and The Dresden Files (which I have seen, and would like to see again).

Do either of those things, and I'm sure a lot more people will love you too.

Just please, please, PLEASE don't mess with an already good thing.

Sincerely,
Blargh

I get remaking Spanish shows, French shows, Japanese shows, even shows from Latvia and Lithuania. But British shows? We speak English! We can already watch them just the way they are!

Oh, and I hate to correct you, Gus, but The Mentalist wasn't originally British. It was originally Psych.

As an American Tv watcher I find it often hard to understand some of the humor or language that is used in some shows simply because I'm American.

When I had a chance to watch Being Human I had low expectations becasue well I'm American, but figured why not give it a chance. I imidiately fell in love with the show and was very sad to see it end. I was very excited to hear they are working on a second season and hopefully keeping all of the same cast from the first.

I will without a doubt will not watch the American version if it is aired. I will not buy DVD's or anything that will support the publication of it. Is it because I do not support American Media? No its because the show is a gem in its own right. If you can not air it as is censor it with bleeps or cut out a scene.

If you want to redo something then for gods sake re-do Benny Hill or something. Leave what is on the air currently alone. If you are dry and have no more creative juices then sell out to somebody else that does or hell create a contest looking for ideas and give the winner some credit.

Leave things alone that are not broke and go fix your own problems.

I agree. How about you INVEST in the BBC show and just replay it here? I really like the acting and the story of the current show.

How sad. Between Syfy butchering Being Human and MTV butchering Skins, British shows just don't stand a chance. I'm just glad I got to enjoy the originals before the remakes come along and leave a very bad taste in the viewing publics mouths.

It's seriously starting to look like all the naysayers against the Syfy rebranding may be right after all. Syfy is giving up on good science fiction in favor of pandering to the lowest common denominator they can.

SyFy fail.

They gonna mess up such a perfect show

Unless you get the same exact actors, I do not like the idea of a remake one bit. Why not just air the UK version in the US? It's really a good show and I usually hate UK shows. just food for thought.

Howe said the Syfy version will not just "slavishly replicate the British version."

Yeah -just dumb it down a little here and there.

@Orionv

Giving the viewers a better show does NOT equal taking a smash hit from across the pond, throwing it into the old American-Blend-o-Matic and airing whatever comes out.

American Television execs really need to wake up. They are killing their own industry just as surely as radio killed itself. With the internet, satellite TV, etc., development of a network's own shows will have better results than constant remakes of others's work that fall far from the mark.

And honestly again @Orionv and anyone else defending this bonehead maneuver, don't you think its just shabby to remake a show that is STILL ON THE AIR? I mean come, is SyFy that hard up for ideas?

I would only like to add what everybody else is saying I watched being human since the pilot (loved it)amercian versions of these types of shows NEVER WORK its not to say amercians have the rare orginal idea for shows just stay away from ours and jumping on a fan base to make a cheap knock off for a quick profit

i agree with Tycho, do a joint venture with BBC to do more episodes instead of remaking it, and do the same with Torchwood and Primeval, both of which are off air now, Primeval canceled and Torchwood on hiatus for now, it would cost less to help finance more episodes of a good proven series then to attempt to redo one, and with SyFy's new Imagine Greater theme, try to imagine more adult, your viewers are not children, and we don't need a PG version, and dump all the stupid ghost hunter and wrestling show, the only thing i watch now is Sanctuary Eureka Wherehouse 13, and SGU, which has yet to show any reason to continue to watch, it must get better soon, or end it, remember Imagine Greater starts with you, and you are failing so far, WHY?

i agree with Tycho, do a joint venture with BBC to do more episodes instead of remaking it, and do the same with Torchwood and Primeval, both of which are off air now, Primeval canceled and Torchwood on hiatus for now, it would cost less to help finance more episodes of a good proven series then to attempt to redo one, and with SyFy's new Imagine Greater theme, try to imagine more adult, your viewers are not children, and we don't need a PG version, and dump all the stupid ghost hunter and wrestling show, the only thing i watch now is Sanctuary Eureka Wherehouse 13, and SGU, which has yet to show any reason to continue to watch, it must get better soon, or end it, remember Imagine Greater starts with you, and you are failing so far, WHY?

I think the consensus is ..
LEAVE THE ORIGINAL ALONE!!
But I think they will do it anyway. it seems most Americans on this board would like the original but for some reason, SyFy still think most Americans are xenophobes who only like the sound of their own voices.
How about leaving shows like Being Human alone and doing something about the original ideas SciFi had like "The Lost Room".

I don't think they should remake the series. The original was good as is. We Americans are not good at television remakes.

I am an American and I love British television, why can't they just keep the original?? The British actors are so charming .....=(

Good Lord....when will someone step in and put this channel out of it's ( or would that be our ) misery. Honestly....
Leave the damn show alone and don't ruin it by making yet another horrible remake / American take / re-image/....
What is really saddening is that the sheer amount of comments on this story show that there is a large audience that wants good sci-fi / horror / fantasy programming. They just won't find it here....

It's just that the world media and tv/film execs think that the majority of Americans are stupid and think we will do whatever they tell us to do. However it's becoming more and more clear at places like the box office that are proving them wrong, except for maybe things like Transformers, they got me on that, but they have yet to realize that Americans and people the world round actually do have brains, moreover, we have the right to use them via our mouths and I think that this is as good a time to exercise that ability. Maybe that Howe jackass will listen this time, before he puts anymore holes in the SCI-FI channels ship.

the thing has not even been started yet and already most fans are ready to condem their trying to bring being human over here as evil. though if they are going to do that they should license the orginal and run it till the new one is made for it deserves a chance to be tried first before condemed

WHY!!??

This is ridiculous!@# The brits have done a fine job with this show, it's great! There is nothing that we can add to it that will make it better. Just -- fricking license the damn thing and show it here in the US -- why would you remake something that is already current and -- most importantly -- GOOD???!

God I hate SCIFI channel, and NBC sometimes..

The only show/s in which the US version is generally considered better than the UK: Queer as Folk. Possibly The Office, I'm not very familiar with the fandom for that and haven't seen either version. Please, just stop already. The reason many countries have a British channel as part of their paid tv package is because people like British tv. It's distinctly different and entertainment needs that - making everything the same style even across genres does nothing for creativity and innovation.

Since SCIFI cant seem to come up with many original concepts, and insist on re-making british TV, how about adding in "SPACE 1999", though you might want to make that "Space 2040"! There are only about 3 shows I watch on scifi, its basically a waste of electrons to even have it shown on my TV listings, but I watch much more BBC America than I ever have. People have mentioned the dresden files, and I thought they were OK, but had very little in common with the original storys in the books.

Wasnt it SciFi that put "I am OMEGA", pitched as the last man on earth survives, just to show that there are whole enclaves of people surviving fairly well? I see that as typical scifi channel.

If you want to make cheesy monster pics, buy some from the japanese. I wouldn't mind a classic godzilla week, or Giant Robot, et al.

@demoncat

You are 100% correct in my case. I absolutely am condemning an Americanized Being Human before it is made. Localization of a product in a foreign market is smart business sense in a lot of cases; this is NOT one of them.

Being Human is still in first first run, its got a very good fanbase in its home country and most importantly-you can already easily watch the show here in America(BBC America is part of expanded basic where i live and if fricken ATL, GA of all places gets the channel, anywhere can).

Giving SyFy's version a chance is the mountain of moot points, because a SyFy version is the very definition of redundant and is cheesy ALMOST beyond belief.

It is a very bad idea, as a person from the other side of the pond I dispair when I hear that America is doing a remake of a Britsh TV show. But hey the SYFY people should go right ......it just confirms to the rest of the world how good the BBC actually is. As for the previous comment that states that the US version of 'The Office' is considered better than the original version .... word fail me I have managed to see one episode of the US version and it does not even compare !!!! Don't mess with the best

I'm trying to think of one show that was actually better than the British version, and none come to mind.

BBCA, sadly, is also going downhill. They have jumped on the pseudo-reality bandwagon with a few exceptions (notably, what's usually on, on Saturday night--and Top Gear, if you're a fan)

I'm grateful to own so many DVDs and downloaded copies of my fave Brit shows--and they are well-watched.

The only thing I'm watching on SciFi is SG:U--and that's not in real time--it's on Hulu. The rest of their fare is crap.

It's too bad--the channel was a good premise--once.

No! Three words. Life on Mars.

Considering that Being Human is broadcast here on BBC America, why the bleep would we want to watch this American version? The odds are so freaking high this will not just fail, but do so miserably right off the bat makes this one bleeping bleep of a decision. Hate to break the news, but American audiences do NOT have a problem watching UK productions. Hey, remember that little show called Monty Python? Dr. Who? Torchwood? Primeval? Hell even Farscape should be considered a UK/NZ production. I would take a bet that this will fail in it's first season, but that bet would be like taking candy from a baby. Whoever at this network is making these type of decisions, well if you are paying them $1 a year, you are paying $1 too much.

Does anyone remember Bea Arthur Doing Mr. Fawlty or the American pilot for Red Dwarf or the threat of an American version of IT Crowd. "Neff said.

I'll probably watch it...but I still the UK version better

No. Please, just no. The original cast and concept IS what is special. Not slavishly following the concept means you're going to kill a perfectly beautiful show. Just... no. Sponsor the original over here, but please don't do this.

Why? WHY?! 'Being Human' is perfect the way it is. Here in Britain we haven't even got the second series yet. This show is so special, no way in hell the American version is going to be able to replicate that.

Seriously? Get your own damn idea. We all know this remake's gonna have the "A Syfy Original Series" logo all over it - Guess what, it's not Original if it's been done before!

LEAVE BEING HUMAN ALONE.

That's one of the best damn shows this past year.

Instead of REINVENTING THE WHEEL... why not just buy the rights to the show and play it?? For Christ's sake... this kinda crap makes me mad.

Leave it to us Americans to screw up ANOTHER perfectly good Brit series (Ashes To Ashes, Love & Curses, etc.)!!

No offense to SyFy but aside from one or two "original" shows (Ghost Hunters for one) almost everything they produce suffers from really crappy acting, crappy directing, crappy writing, etc. I won't watch anything that's "SyFy original".

I love the British version and can't wait for every single episode. I don't understand why SciFi doesn't just buy the rights to the British one. It's the ACTORS that play the parts in this is the reason it's working so well. Put in new people even with the same concept, sorry but it just isn't going to work. Come on we all know that the actors and actresses are just as important as the storyline and I just can't see SciFi finding any actors as good as the British version has. I would so much prefer the BBC one and I don't see any point in redoing it with other actors and then if it fails we have nothing. Please just buy the British rights to the show.

Oh no. Bad idea. I watched the original on BBC America and it was amazing. Please don't remake it. Much better idea to get the rights to play the originals from the BBC. PLEASE DON'T REMAKE A GOOD SHOW!

go on make it, who cares.

English remakes...

The Mentalist is not a remake, but it does have a lot of similarity to Jonathon Creek (as does House MD)

I have no idea if American remakes are any good, I know they remade the Office, but was that better?

I have seen remakes of things that did turn out well Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) from 1969 was remade by Reeves and Mortimer in 2001 and was as good as the original, if not better.

Not seen the original, but Ugly Betty is an American remake.

I think Americans, like American programs, just as a lot of people don't like subtitles on foreign language films.

There was a time when British programs were made with an eye for the American market, Gerry Anderson had American accents in most of his productions for example.

I would rather the BBC made programs for a British audience and allowed other countries to remake for their own audiences. The alternative is to skew the production to meet the needs of America and make something that appeals to no one.

Well this Midwestern girl from rural Indiana, wants the original. Listen up TV execs!.....if we are following the British version and LOVING it out here in the heartland then the American version is NOT going to be well received.

The original is fine. Who knows what the remake will bring. The 11th Hour did not go over very well, but some of the others have. Some work, some don't. I look forward to it until it makes me sick.

This is a bad idea. The original UK version is quite well done.

.... I fear this may be another "Life on Mars" type of mistake.

Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey and Aidan Turner are the three reasons we love Annie, George and Mitchell so much! The show will not/cannot be the same without them!!!!! The chemistry that these fine young actors share is unique and rare. It is the only reason the show is such a success! Replace them and doom the show!

Come on darn Americans!! We steal all of the good british shows because we are selfish jerks (although I must say, our Office owns yours [sorry])!!! If SyFy wants Being Human, just show the BBC version!!!

I love Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow & Russell Tovey...they are the ones that keep me watching. They are all excellent actors. I guess SYFY will be losing viewers to the BBC. SYFY cannot top this show sooooo WHY EVEN TRY!!!!

I really doubt Scifi will even read, let alone consider these reviews.

I've never seen anything good come off of Scifi, (Oh, I'm sorry, SyFy. I forgot you bastardized your own name.)

Look, just 'invest' in the show and 're-air' old episodes. I know the concept is 'new' to you, but try it out.It's way cheaper, and people might actually start respecting you.

Are you worried about censorship?

Your channel is such a sell-out, that only someone with a $200/mo package can watch your channel. You'll prolly place it in a crappy timeslot to rival a show like Heroes or something more well-established, on a free-network, that people will only pirate your show and watch it 'when they can, without commercials'.

I know the original script will be just retold, heavily edited by the good ol' conservative Christian folk at the FCC, mandated by the PTC. Episodes concerning drug abuse and the pedophilia one will not even be considered to air in the US.

Look, you are a stupid channel. Just. Stop. Existing.

An Americanized version of this show will flop. It's the dark humor, language and sexual content that makes this show. Also, while I'm writing. Is anyone else sick of Ghost Hunters and Wrestling? Scifi programming makes me vomit these days.