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Does America have programmed like "The Antique Roadshow" or "Bargain Hunt" or are antiques more of a?

British/ English thing? ... Apologies for the typo - that should read "programmes" - damn autocorrect. ... Ha! The antiques roadshow is a British institution - it's been on tv for as long as I can remember anyway! :-D (((((((splash)))))))) ... "pawn stars"! Awesome! :-) ...

Public Comments

1. Dude, seriously?!? We have the Antique Roadshow (probably stole it from the UK as we have so many other shows) plus "American Pickers" which is about these two chaps who travel around the US and search for "diamonds" among people's junk. So, yeah, I think antiques reach across many cultures, even two so disparate as the UK and the U.S. Peace, Bill P.S. Don't forget "Pawn Stars" & "Hardcore Pawn" - no joke.
2. I hope so why should we be the only people who suffer.
3. Yea, on PBS. (Public Broadcasting System) Which is funded by tax money and donations. Unlike your BBC fee, which you have to pay. But, yea, antiques are boring. I'd much rather watch something mindless like Big Brother. I am American, after all.. Been watching Parliament b!tchh at each other all morning over the News Corp thing. *yawn* I wish that pie had successfully landed in Murdoch's face. ((Sealsy))
4. The OAP-happy style of those shows is pretty British :P, but the US does have antique shows although they are more energetic and adventurously themed. It doesn't really help so much in that America only really has a couple hundred years of history, and maybe only a century or so in it's more or less current state, the "wild west" era was barely 150 years ago, and much of their "antiquing" is from the 20's to 50's eras AFAIK.
5. I've seen the US Antiques Roadshow and it really is so much duller than the original. "This teaspoon was made in Detroit and it may be as old as 20 years" I haven't seen a Bargain Hunt but they do have a version of Cash in the Attic.
6. how about pawn stars? they're in vegas.
7. Given the number of cable stations in the U.S., they have at least one of just about everything. But they carry different cultural weight. They're niche, not on the flagship station of the cultural institution that is the BBC. And AFAIK, U.S. news anchors take themselves far too seriously to ever moonlight on something 'fluffy' like Antiques Roadshow, panels shows or quiz programmes. Or maybe it's not the anchors themselves but a hidebound culture that puts them on a very serious pedestal.
8. Hi mate! "No Splash Without Frog" is right, we have our PBS (Public Broadcast System) which features all types of shows just like that and many shows that are produced and aired on the BBC as well. ((((((((((Seals)))))))))))))