In today's NY Times, there's an article about the abundance of new TV shows adapted from foreign series, a trend that is hard not to notice. But even though the fall TV schedule is littered with scripted shows lifted from the UK (Worst Week, Life On Mars), Australia (Kath & Kim), and Israel (The Ex List), Ben Silverman, the NBC exec who first brought over The Office and Ugly Betty, and the man arguably responsible for the rash of Americanized versions of foreign-born shows, doesn't want you to worry.
Mr. Silverman, like the other executives, emphasized that American ideas will continue to dominate, with a sprinkling of international shows mixed in. "It's still Hollywood, not London-wood," he said.