The last British invasion not to involve Francis Scott Key or Hessians took place in the late seventies and was led by the likes of Johnny Rotten and Elvis Costello. It was called “punk” and it would change music for the better at a time when the medium needed it most. MTV helped champion the cause by making Brit bands such as Dire Straits, Def Leppard and Depeche Mode household names. First it was music, and then came television.

It seemed to start sometime around Y2K. Another British invasion force landed on American shores with the small screen as their objective. To be accurate, U.S. producers have been lifting from our friends across the pond for decades. Both All in the Family and Sanford and Son are two landmark American shows stolen borrowed from Britain. But the influx of TV series being repackaged by Hollywood has taken off in the last ten years.

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