The list of American remakes of Euro TV series is growing, as the latest to be added to the list is Legbreakers, based on the hit Swedish crime dramedy Torpederna.
Torpederna: Hit Swedish Crime Dramedy Gets US Remake in ‘Legbreakers’


The list of American remakes of Euro TV series is growing, as the latest to be added to the list is Legbreakers, based on the hit Swedish crime dramedy Torpederna.

Euro TV fans, it is definitely time to get your laugh on, because Season 1 of the hit Norwegian comedy-drama Dag is now on DVD.

Soon-to-launch VoD service Walter Presents picked up several Euro TV series at the MIPCOM buyer’s market this week, including The Team, starring Lars Mikkelsen.

The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) kicks off in less than a month, and one of the films making its North American debut at TIFF is the Danish black comedy Men & Chicken, which stars Mads Mikkelsen amongst its top-notch

For the growing number of US viewers who prefer Euro TV programs in their original foreign-language format, this news doesn’t bode well for the Danish series Bankerot being screened stateside.

Ja, ja, JA! Outstanding Actress award winner Mille Dinesen returns as Euro TV fans’ favorite grade school teacher in Denmark. Welcome to the third season of Rita.

Multiple award-winning Danish actor Pilou Asbæk is set to guest star in the new BBC Two comedy-thriller series Stag.

For stateside viewers who missed any of the new Euro TV shows that recently premiered, you have another chance to watch them before they leave the airwaves for MHz Choice.

Allons-y! No, not across time and space (Doctor Who returns later this year), but to Kabul, Afghanistan, the setting for the hit French comedy, Kaboul Kitchen.

Maybe you’ve heard of Henning Wehn. Maybe not. Either way, you can hear the hilarious German comedian when he delves into the idiosyncrasies of British English in his new one-off program, This Is Me Totally Sausage.

Sophomore seasons of television shows are an iffy lot. Sometimes they’re as good as the first, sometimes not. In the case of the Danish dramedy, Rita, it’s even better.

Euro TV fans don’t get much in the way of comedies from the continent, but one that has made it to the US and captured viewers in a big way is Germany’s Crime Scene Cleaner.