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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AndyB2008" data-source="post: 312116" data-attributes="member: 26097">I wonder if they'll have to retitle it like what happened to Prisoner outside Australia if it is rerun in Britain due to the BBC costume drama.At least the US North and South had big stars who went on to more work (like Patrick Swayze, Lesley Anne Down and James Read), while Richard Armitage mainly became the breakout star of the UK one as Daniela Denby Ashe's went the reverse (at the time of North and South, Daniela was more known than Richard thanks to regular roles in EastEnders and My Family.)V actually aired on NBC rather than ABC to begin with - both the mini series, and the weekly series, aired on NBC.The 2009 reboot of V aired on ABC, which explains the confusion.  That never had good ratings, and by the end of Season 1, ABC weren't sure whether to renew it.They gave it a second chance at the expense of Flash Forward (which unlike V,  was their sort of in house show, as ABC Studios made it), but V continued to flop despite Marc Singer and Jane Badler being added to the cast.</blockquote>