In article , Tom Sixkiller wrote:
Well, I have to wonder why US tv has had to buy so many show formats
from the BBC, then.

"Has" to? It's called a free market. The only ones who buy them is our
Public TV (PBS) and they come in down around 87th in ratings (Unless it's
Monty Python).

I said "formats" not "shows". There are plenty of commercial TV stations
in the US which show programmes with US "cast" but which the format was
bought off the BBC.

Geez...how far would the BBC go without a state monopoly? No wonder you
can't figure out why things are getting better.

What monopoly? Last time I looked at my dad's digital TV channel
listing, the BBC had 4 of possibly 200 channels. Hardly a monopoly.

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