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Disney Channel Original Movies – Memorial Day Weekend

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So what is your plan this weekend of Memorial Day of 2016? We may have some good movies playing in your neighborhood theater, so that’s good. The Disney Channel will have a marathon of it’s 100^th original movie. They will broadcast the classic movies they have made for the past 10 to 16 or many years ago. Movies that we love on the Disney Channel. Now these stars have grown up and have successful careers in the movie industry.

In celebration of Adventures in Babysitting (premiering June 24 at 8 p.m.) I know you are going to watch it this weekend, or even DVR it. Make sure you clear out your DVR delete the old shows or anything else for the past 6 months and record some of the Disney Channel Original Movies. Some will play in the middle night or while you out. So record it and watch later on your time. If you missed it, I think they will be more during the summer holidays fun.

Did you know that High School Musical 2 set a record for basic cable with 17.2 million viewers? The second highest-rated premiere is held by Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie, which premiered with 11.4 million viewers. Other major DCOM franchises include Camp Rock, The Cheetah Girls, Twitches, Halloweentown, Teen Beach, and the Zenon trilogy.

Here’s the lineup for this weekend:

May 27

10 a.m. — Disney’s Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama

11:20 a.m. — Read It and Weep

12:55 p.m. — Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior

2:40 p.m. — Jump In!

4:15 p.m. — Lemonade Mouth

6:15 p.m. — Zapped

8 p.m. — High School Musical 2

9:55 p.m. — The Cheetah Girls 2

11:45 p.m. — Zenon the Zequel

May 28

1:25 a.m. — Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge

2:55 a.m. — Twitches Too

4:25 a.m. — Alley Cats Strike!

6:25 a.m. — You Wish!

8:05 a.m. — The Proud Family Movie

9:50 a.m. — Quints

11:25 a.m. — Horse Sense

1:10 p.m. — Cow Belles

2:50 p.m. — Twitches

4:30 p.m. — The Even Stevens Movie

6:15 p.m. — Wizards of Waverly Place: The Movie

8 p.m. — Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam

9:50 p.m. — Princess Protection Program

11:30 p.m. — The Cheetah Girls: One World

May 29

1:05 a.m. — Zenon: Z3

2:40 a.m. — Halloweentown High

4:20 a.m. — The Thirteenth Year

6 a.m. — Right on Track

7:45 a.m. — Full-Court Miracle

9:35 a.m. — Eddie’s Million Dollar Cook-Off

11:20 a.m. — Brink!

1:10 p.m. — Double Teamed

2:55 p.m. — Rip Girls

4:35 p.m. — Motocrossed

6:20 p.m. — Cloud 9

8 p.m. — Teen Beach 2

9:55 p.m. — Bad Hair Day

11:40 p.m. — How to Build a Better Boy

May 30

1:20 a.m. — Pixel Perfect

2:55 a.m. — The Other Me

4:30 a.m. — Genius

10 a.m. — Stuck in the Suburbs

11:30 a.m. — Halloweentown

1:05 p.m. — Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century

2:55 p.m. — Smart House

4:25 p.m. — High School Musical

6:15 p.m. — Camp Rock

8 p.m. — Descendants

10:05 p.m. — Teen Beach Movie

11:55 p.m. — Cadet Kelly

May 31

1:50 a.m. — The Cheetah Girls

3:35 a.m. — Johnny Tsunami

And the winner is

This is the 88^th Academy Awards and Chris Rock was the host. He handle the elephant in the room good, no it was not Donald Trump, but it was the black community of actors who wasn’t nominated or won. His jokes were funny. However, they need more diversity. What they need is black screenwriters and great storytellers. They have plenty of black actors, but they need jobs to perform these characters. They could take a page of Black History month. Pick a historically figure in history who inspired America to be great again and make a movie out of it. Or make them as a Superheroes.

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Star Wars was shut out because of Mad Max: Fury road won 6 awards for Best Costume, Production design, Hair and Makeup, Film Editing, Sound mixing, and Sound editing. I have to watch this.

Did you know that black people would only watch black actors in the movies? The other movies they don’t know.

“What? That’s a movie.”

I need to get a room with Brie Larson, she won for Best Actress, for Room.

Leonardo DiCaprio finally won for the Revenant. Also pushing for climate change, so if you have to work this morning, just walk or take a bike to work. If you are late for work, just tell them there was traffic. Let’s do something with climate change.

Lady Gaga sang “Til It Happens to You,” her Oscar-nominated song about sexual assault, a curtain parted onstage, and dozens of grim-faced young men and women stepped forward.

A nominated song from the documentary movie “Hunting Ground” a documentary shocker about rape on American college campuses, is a must-watch work of cine-activism.

Mark Rylance from the Bridge of Spies won best supporting actor. Sylvester Stallone was eating Girl Scout cookies. Stay off the cookies. Chris Rock daughter and friends passed out the Girl Scout cookies and they raised enough money.

Alicia Vikander won Best supporting role for the “Danish Girl” while Ex Machina won for best visual effects.

Spot Light won for best Picture. In 2001, editor Marty Baron of The Boston Globe assigns a team of journalists to investigate allegations against John Geoghan, an unfrocked priest accused of molesting more than 80 boys. Led by editor Walter “Robby” Robinson (Michael Keaton), reporters Michael Rezendes (Mark Ruffalo), Matt Carroll and Sacha Pfeiffer interview victims and try to unseal sensitive documents. The reporters make it their mission to provide proof of a cover-up of sexual abuse within the Roman Catholic Church.

Here’s are the winners:

BEST PICTURE

Spotlight

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS

Brie Larson, Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl

DIRECTING

Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

Inside Out

COSTUME DESIGN

Mad Max: Fury Road

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Amy

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness

MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING

Mad Max: Fury Road

ORIGINAL SONG

“Writing’s on the Wall” – Spectre

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

Stutterer

ANIMATED SHORT

Bear Story

SOUND EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road

SOUND MIXING

Mad Max: Fury Road

FILM EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Son of Saul

ORIGINAL SCORE

The Hateful Eight

PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mad Max: Fury Road

CINEMATOGRAPHY

The Revenant

VISUAL EFFECTS

Ex Machina

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spotlight

How to Avoid Math?

$Math 1$

You can’t avoid it. Math is everywhere. You need a math because you need a clear thinking. If you can understand relationships (boyfriend or girlfriend) between each other that’s math. Or calculus. It’s complex. It’s complicated. Ugh! Might as well use my best friend as a relationship couple, most people do that. Don’t do that. People will think.

Anyway, If you don’t understand how to do it? What you going to do? Cheat? You can’t even do that or you will end up repeating the course again or be held back in your senior year of high school! That’s no good. Get a tutor to help you out and get your friends to help you out too. And once you graduate then become whatever you want to do. But math will haunt you back whenever someone ask you a word problem and then you will say “two plus two is four?”

There are high demand jobs such as electrician, carpentry, handyman, plumbing, fixing vehicles, internet, cashiers, writing, and computer requires mathematics.

Other jobs such as physical therapy, nurses, doctors, health careers, psychology, business, writing, and lawyers. They need math too.

Entertainment Industry, acting, directors, producers, movie and television editors, screen writing, especially in computer graphics, that’s right even in acting. If you have a background in mathematics, you may play your dream job as a teacher or a scientist in a TV or movie. Most of the actors today are highly qualify with a master in acting. Or something else. And they got training. Take some training classes in acting and see what happen.

You need math.

Take math in 12th grade mathematics or a pre-calculus course so your skills don’t get rusty. This will help students prepare for college math in college.

What’s the cosine of 1?

Notes:

http://blog.frontrange.edu/2012/12/10/college-math-classes-are-you-avoiding-them/

http://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/articles/2012/01/27/4-ways-to-avoid-taking-remedial-math-courses

Ironman 3: The Mandarin

As you may know, Iron man 3 premiere in Los Angeles at the El Capitan Theatre last week, reaction of people who were watching it, mix, some like it and some don’t. I don’t care what people said. There are lots of movies that are coming out this summer. I can’t wait to see the new Superman movie, it’s a reboot from the 1970’s where the special effects were being pioneer after the Star Wars premiere.

Like ordinary superhero Tony Stark (Robert Downy Jr. ) the billionaire entrepreneur built the ultimate superhero costume and from the previous movies, and he still has to iron his shirt. A little irony here, that’s ironic.

It will be a first when Pepper (Gwyneth Paltrow) wore the Iron man robotic suit in the movie, from the red carpet premiere her outfit was gorgeous when she went commando. She needed the Ironman costume to cover up and keep warm.

Due to recent bombings last month, Don Cheadle (who plays Col. James Rhodes) stressing that the film was finished well before the bombings earlier this month, and that there is no political agenda.

“The job of this film is to entertain,” he said. “That’s what we’re hoping to do.”

The plotline about a terrorist known as The Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) cuts too closely to the Boston Marathon bombing allegedly carried out by the Tsarnaev brothers earlier this month. We have to separate from reality to fantasy and most likely we like to watch fantasy movies like Ironman 3, even though the violence looked real, but it is all visual effects that brings movie to life. The 3D in the move was superbly done and it does not interfere with the story, it just enhances the visual action sequences.

The story goes brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man against an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy’s hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. With his back against the wall, Stark is left to survive by his own devices, relying on his ingenuity and instincts to protect those closest to him. As he fights his way back, Stark discovers the answer to the question that has secretly haunted him: does the man make the suit or does the suit make the man?

Ang Lee life with Pi wins Oscar

Ang Lee took home the Best Director trophy for “Life of Pi,” earning the decorated Taiwanese filmmaker his second Oscar in the category. He previously won in 2005 for “Brokeback Mountain.” “Life of Pi” earned a total of four awards, including Oscars for Cinematography, Visual Effects and Original Score.

When they announce the best actress winner to Jennifer Lawrence she looked absolute beautiful in a Dole Haute Couture Cinderella ball dress and she was best dressed at the Oscar. When she tripped on the stairs, Prince Charming Hugh Jackman came to her rescue to hoist her up. Jennifer approached to the podium and grabbed her Oscar and she made an acceptance speech.

She made it, she got it and she beat Meryl Streep for being best actress.

“You guys are just standing up because you feel bad that I fell and that’s really embarrassing. But thank you.” She said as she told the crowd as they were giving her a standing ovation.

While journalism were questioning her backstage she explain them “Was that on purpose? Absolutely! What happened? What do you mean what happened — look at my dress! I tried to walk up stairs in this dress, that’s what happened. I tried to walk upstairs and stepped on the fabric. They waxed the stairs. What was going through my mind? A bad word that I can’t say that starts with F.”

“Argo” won for Best Picture which was presented by First Lady Michelle Obama from the White House via satellite. Ben Affleck director and producer in this epic adventure to rescue 6 American held captive in Iran. It won awards in Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Anne Hathaway dreamed a dream of Oscar gold and it came true, winning Best Supporting Actress for her turn as Fantine in the film adaptation of the hit musical. But her outfit did not win for best dress. She wore a pale pink Prada with criss- cross straps around the neck and wider band that tied at her back, sectioning the open back into several parts. But she was stunning.

Christoph Waltz claimed the first trophy of the evening with a win for Best Supporting Actor for his role as bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz in “Django Unchained,” while writer/director Quentin Tarantino won Best Screenplay for his slavery-era revenge thriller.

Director Michael Haneke accepted the award for Best Foreign Language Film for his acclaimed Austrian drama “Amour.” It look interesting.

“Searching for Sugar Man,” a documentary about the search for a long-lost rock ‘n’ roll legend, won the award for Best Documentary Feature. I really want to see it because I really want to make and direct a documentary.

Pixar’s adventure “Brave” won for Best Animated Feature — the animation studio’s seventh Oscar in the category. Walt Disney’s “Paperman” won for Best Animated Short. Disney animation has always win in this category and I have seen most of the Oscar winning Disney Animation. Up! is still my favorite.

Pop vocalist Adele won the Oscar for Original Song for her soaring titular theme from the latest Bond film “Skyfall.”She’s an incredible singer.

In a rare Oscar tie, “Zero Dark Thirty” and “Skyfall” both won the award for Sound Editing. There have only been four previous ties in Academy Awards history, including in 1969, when Barbra Streisand and Katharine Hepburn both shared the Oscar for Best Actress for “Funny Girl” and “The Lion in Winter,” respectively. I hate to see the cat fight between these two women, but they are professional actors, they don’t fight.

Here are the rest of the winners

Best Picture: “Argo”

Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “Lincoln”

Best Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, “Silver Linings Playbook”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Django Unchained”

Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, “Les Misérables”

Best Director: Ang Lee, “Life of Pi”

Animated Feature Film: “Brave”

Cinematography: “Life of Pi”

Costume Design: “Anna Karenina”

Documentary Feature: “Searching for Sugar Man”

Documentary Short: “Inocente”

Film Editing: “Argo”

Foreign Language Film: “Amour” (Austria)

Makeup: “Les Misérables”

Original Score: “Life of Pi”

Original Song: “Skyfall” from “Skyfall”

Production Design: “Lincoln”

Short Film (Animated): “Paperman”

Short Film (Live Action): “Curfew”

Sound Editing: “Skyfall” & “Zero Dark Thirty” (tie)

Sound Mixing: “Les Misérables”

Visual Effects: “Life of Pi”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “Argo”

Best Original Screenplay: “Django Unchained”

Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: Dogs Day.

Sometime being a teenager is all in the mind of being a teenager, but when I watch ‘Dairy of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’ it reminds of me of my days as a teenager when I was in middle school. I was friendly with a girl of my dreams, but we ended up as good friends, she did like me, but I did not want to jeopardize the relationship, but my best friend and especially my older sibling always pulling pranks on me.

‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ series based on Jeff Kinney’s books, since I am older now, I do read the books in the library and put them back on the selves. I would feel embarrassed reading a children’s book; especially I am an adult now.

The movie was great and I really like it. The story is the school is out for the summer, and Greg is ready for the days of summer, when all his plans go wrong. What on earth is he going to do all summer?

Staring Zachary Gordon, he plays Gregg, He’s from Oak Park, California. He has been in numerous and memorable movies such as R.L. Stine’s “The Haunting Hour,” Children Hospital (2011), Because I Said So (2007), Desperate Housewife (2007), Georgia Rules (2007) with Lindsay Lohan, and National Treasure: Book of Secrets, (2007). He was busy back then.

Robert Capron began his acting career when he was eight years old by enrolling in an after school drama program sponsored by Trinity Repertory Company. Later, that year he landed a role as Turkey Boy in Trinity’s production of A Christmas Carol. Since that time, Robert has performed a variety of roles on stage. Recently, Robert has turned his efforts to film. Robert’s first principal role was in Bride Wars where he played Robert. Shortly thereafter he earned a role as Young Dave’s pal in the movie Sorcerer’s Apprentice. Robert’s role as Rowley in Fox’s three-movie franchise Diary of A Wimpy Kid (2010, 2011) is perhaps his most recognized role to date. The third installment, Dog Days, it’s out now. In 2010, Robert landed his first voiceover role as Bob in the Tim Burton directed movie ‘Frankenweenie’, set for release on October 5th 2012. In April 2012, Robert played Young Curly in the movie ‘The Three Stooges.’ Looking ahead, Robert will be playing Derek in the 3D CGI motion-capture version of Tarzan which is set for release in 2013. In addition to theater, and film, Robert has also appeared on television as a guest star on ABC’s The Middle, and as the lead on two episodes of The Hub Network’s The Haunting Hour.

Peyton List from the Disney Channel hit series “Jessie” she started as on Soap Opera called ‘As the World Turns’ and stardom did catch up on her.

Karan Brar is also from the Disney Channel hit series “Jessie.” He started out in the first movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010).

So please watch ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days’ out now.

The British Invasion on the Tele

Did you know that some of the TV shows that you are watching came from the British shows, they put Americans stars and we love them?

Here are some of the TV shows and pilot show that we never heard or probably on the work, you might recognize:

UK Version	U.S. remake	Notes
Absolutely Fabulous	AbFab	Two pilots attempts, one by Roseanne Barr, another by Jennifer Saunders (who created the UK version). Both were passed over.
Agony	The Lucie Arnaz Show
Airline	Airline	British version renamed Airline UK in the US.
Da Ali G Show	Da Ali G Show	The second (two series) series by Channel 4 in the UK and HBO in the US.
Antiques Roadshow	Antiques Roadshow (U.S.)	Reality.
Are You Being Served?	Beanes of Boston	Comedy. Un-aired pilot.
As If	As If	US remake canceled after two episodes on UPN.
Being Human	Being Human	SciFi drama on SyFy.
Blackpool	Viva Laughlin!	US remake canceled after two episodes (CBS).
Brat Camp	Brat Camp (U.S.)	Really? Putting kids alone in camp. It was cancel. When the series was over
Britain’s Got Talent	America’s Got Talent	Reality. Used to have same judge, Piers Morgan, until he left in 2011. Has same executive producer – Simon Cowell.
Cash Cab	Cash Cab	Game show. Love the show.
Cash in the Attic	Cash in the Attic	Reality.
Celebrity Fit Club	Celebrity Fit Club	Reality competition. Both versions featured Former US Marine Harvey Walden IV as a judge, but the other judges are changed often.
Changing Rooms	Trading Spaces	Reality.
Cold Feet	Cold Feet	Really cold feet. I never saw the show. I had Cold Feet.
Cracker	Cracker	US remake is known as Fitz in the UK.
Coupling	Coupling	Comedy. US remake was canceled after four episodes. It was on NBC.
Dad’s Army	The Rear Guard	Pilot episode only.
Dancing on Ice	Skating with Celebrities	Reality. Only a few episodes on ABC. After that never came back.
Dear John	Dear John	Known as Dear John USA in the UK.
Distraction	Distraction	Game show. Same host (Jimmy Carr).
Dog Eat Dog	Dog Eat Dog	Game show.
Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush	Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush	This was a TV show. What else can I forget to make TV show.
Dragon’s Den	Shark Tank	Which title was better?
Eleventh Hour	Eleventh Hour	Drama. (CBS).
Faking It	Faking It	Reality game show.
Fawlty Towers	Chateau Snavely	Comedy. Pilot episode only with Harvey Korman & Betty White.
	Amanda’s	Starring Beatrice Arthur.
	Payne	Starring John Larroquette.
Footballers’ Wives	Football Wives	Drama. Confirmed pilot.
Four Weddings	Four Weddings	Reality, British original is known as Four Weddings US.
Free Agents	Free Agents	Comedy starring Hank Azaria. US remake cancelled after four episodes. NBC
Ant & Dec’s Gameshow Marathon	Gameshow Marathon	Game show.
George and Mildred	The Ropers	Comedy. From the TV show “Three’s Company”
Gladiators	American Gladiators	Game show. 2008 US revival is closer to the UK version (a UK game, Hit and Run, and UK rules for many games) than the original US version.
Hell’s Kitchen	Hell’s Kitchen	Reality competition. American version broadcast in the UK as Hell’s Kitchen USA on ITV2.
Hit Me Baby One More Time	Hit Me Baby One More Time	Same host, both ITV productions. Britney Spears had a TV show.
I’d Do Anything	I’d Do Anything	George Gray hosted US version on ESPN—hosted his third US version of a British show.
It’s Me or the Dog	It’s Me or the Dog	Animal Planet
I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here!	I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!	Reality.
The Inbetweeners	The Inbetweeners (U.S. TV series)	Comedy.
The IT Crowd	The IT Crowd	Pilot canceled in 2008.
The Jeremy Kyle Show	The Jeremy Kyle Show	Chat show.
Keep it in the Family	Too Close for Comfort	I used to like this show
Life on Mars	Life on Mars	SciFi Drama.
Little Britain	Little Britain USA	Comedy.
Man About The House	Three’s Company	Comedy.
MasterChef	MasterChef	Reality.
Max Headroom	Max Headroom	SciFi.
The 1900 House	Frontier House	Reality. Frontier House broadcast in the UK on Channel 4.
Not the Nine O’Clock News	Not Necessarily the News	The Daily Show, especially in its earlier incarnation under Craig Kilborn, also owes a great deal to this show.
The Office	The Office	Comedy. The US version is broadcast in the UK as The Office: An American Workplace.
One Foot in the Grave	Cosby	Many differences. Maybe?
Outnumbered	Outnumbered	Picked up by Fox..
Pajama Party	Pajama Party	Same presenter (Katie Puckrik).
Pop Idol	American Idol	Reality competition. UK judge Simon Cowell was also a judge on American Idol.
Prime Suspect	Prime Suspect	Started on NBC on September 22, 2011.
Queer As Folk	Queer as Folk	Drama.
Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares	Kitchen Nightmares	Reality competition. Both versions feature Gordon Ramsay as host. US version broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 as Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares USA.
Red Dwarf	Red Dwarf	Two un-aired pilots.
Robin’s Nest	Three’s a Crowd	Comedy. I did not know this .
Robot Wars	Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors	Filmed alongside the UK show in 2001 and 2002.
Scrapheap Challenge	Junkyard Wars	Scrapheap and Junkyard have gone head-to-head in transatlantic challenges in the UK.^[1]
Secret Millionaire	Secret Millionaire	On ABC
Shameless	Shameless	US version starring William H. Macy.
Skins	Skins	Ran for one season only in 2011. UK version shown on BBC America.
Spaced	Spaced	Only a pilot episode was made.
Spitting Image	D.C. Follies	Loose adaptation.
Steptoe and Son	Sanford and Son	Comedy. Relied on race as well as class.
Strictly Come Dancing	Dancing with the Stars	Reality competition.
Supernanny	Supernanny (U.S.)	Reality. British episodes shown along with US episodes.
Teachers	Teachers	Canceled after six episodes.
That Was The Week That Was	That Was The Week That Was	News. Both versions hosted by David Frost.
The Thick of It	The Thick of It	Unaired pilot made for ABC.
The Thick of It	Veep	HBO series produced by Armando Iannucci and the same team of writers as the British version.
Till Death Us Do Part	All in the Family	Comedy. Coincidentally, the All in the Family spinoff Maude was remade in the UK as Nobody’s Perfect, and the Maudespinoff Good Times was remade as The Fosters. None of the UK series were connected to each other or to Till Death Us Do Part.
Touching Evil	Touching Evil	Drama.
Top Gear	Top Gear	Reality. Similar format to the 2002 version, was canceled without a single episode broadcasted in 2008. Both are BBC productions. A second pilot was made in 2010 with two of the three hosts replaced and was picked up for ten episode run on the History Channel.
Top of the Pops	Top of the Pops	Sometimes aired performances recorded by its BBC counterpart. Aired as part of CBS Late Night.
Trigger Happy TV	Trigger Happy TV	Dom Joly appears in both versions of the show, despite the US version having a mostly new cast – Joly was the only on screen star in the UK Version. The American version is known as Trigger Happy USA when aired in the UK.
Trisha Goddard	Trisha Goddard	Chat show, US version set to debut in September 2012.
Two’s Company	The Two of Us	Comedy.
Upstairs, Downstairs	Beacon Hill	Drama.
The X Factor	The X Factor	Reality. Same executive producer (Simon Cowell), judge (Cheryl Cole) and production company (Syco TV). However Cole was dropped following the audition stage.
The Vicar of Dibley	The Minister Of Divine	Comedy. Confirmed pilot for US version starring Kirstie Alley.
The Weakest Link	Weakest Link	Game show. Anne Robinson hosted both the UK version and the original US primetime version.
Undercover Boss	Undercover Boss	Reality. TLC and CBS
What Not to Wear	What Not to Wear	Reality.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?	Who Wants to Be a Millionaire	Game show.
Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Improvisational sketch comedy. Both used panelists Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Colin Mochrie, among others. Last episodes of UK version were produced in the US.
Wife Swap	Wife Swap (ABC) Trading Spouses (Fox)	Reality.
Wild at Heart	Life Is Wild	US version cancelled after thirteen episodes.