Quoted from Simpson

Yeah, I don't even get why its called 'Kelsey Grammers', he appears at the start and finish, and thats it!.

He is the executive producer.

All he did was have the idea of re-shooting the show with American actors. They didn't even have to write a script.

What was Kelsey Grammar thinking. After coming off two of the greatest sitcoms ever he does this tired rubbish.

i saw a bit of one of the episodes but i've seen all those jokes done bfore... i think it was an english version of a comedy show on ten. Actually with that english comedian also starring in it. bit weird.

It almost seems like in America, you can't have a TV show with anything but the American accent! Why else would they refilm The Sketch Show with American actors? Did they think ppl wouldn't watch if there were Poms in the show? And don't get me started on Finding Nemo, it make no sense why the fish in the tank don't have Australian accents, they were bought locally from various pet stores wern't they?!

That's pretty common. Did you know they re-dubbed Mad Max? They're probably more accepting these days though.
But there does seem to be an aversion to watch anything not American. Its probably the main reason they try to remake all those British shows. I suppose they're just so used to seeing their own stuff. They don't have our problems.

As far as Nemo goes though, as long as we're in the realms of talking fish, I wouldn't get too picky about the accents.

Quoted from Billy_Anacronysm

As far as Nemo goes though, as long as we're in the realms of talking fish, I wouldn't get too picky about the accents.

Lol!I never thought of it that way! OK, I'll let that one slide...

Not that I don't see your point though. The pelican and the sharks had Australian accents. Why not the fish?

Now you've got me thinking about it.
But basically it comes down to the fact that Americans want to watch Americans.

Wasn't one of the writers on The Sketch Show an Australian? Matthew Hardy who according to the website http://www.imdb.com used to write for the show Comedy Inc.

One of the performers was Australian too- Kitty Flanaghan

Quoted from Billy_Anacronysm

One of the performers was Australian too- Kitty Flanaghan

Kitty Flanagan was only in the British version of The Sketch Show. I remember reading somewhere that Matthew Hardy was personally approached by Kelsey Grammer to write for the American version.