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* Creator/BennyHill is a similar example. His comedy too is mostly visual and thus translated well in other parts of the world. In fact, he was one of the most internationally popular TV comedians of all time and became rich as a result. Yet in his fatherland, the United Kingdom, most Britons see him more or less as an embarrassment and his comedy series haven't been seen on British television since his death.

* Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses is very popular in it's home county of Britain, to the point where not a week goes by without it being shown on some TV channel. It is also wildly popular in the former Yugoslavia, especially Serbia and Montenegro. It's shown with subtitles rather than dubbed, and everyone knows all the show's catchphrases in English. When Nicholas Lyndhurst, who plays Rodney, went on holiday to Montenegro he got a standing ovation everywhere he went, while John Challis, who played Boycie, visited Serbia several times, and was even considering applying for Serbian citizenship. When he died in 2021, the deputy mayor of Belgrade declared that a street would be named in his honour.

* The new series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' regularly achieves ratings of over 7 million in South Korea (comparable with its UK ratings). Series 4 won an award for 'Most Popular Foreign Drama', collected by former producer Phil Collinson.

** Many relatively short-lived American game shows have had very successful British versions. Most notably ''Series/{{Blockbusters}}'', ''Series/CatchPhrase'', ''Series/StrikeItLucky'' (adaptation of the short-lived American show ''Strike It Rich'') and ''Play Your Cards Right'' (adaptation of ''Series/CardSharks''). Their adaptations of ''Series/{{Gambit}}'', ''Series/NowYouSeeIt'', ''Series/TheCrossWits'', ''Series/ChildsPlay'', ''Every Second Counts'', ''[[Series/FunHouse1988 Fun House]]'', and ''Series/WinLoseOrDraw'' far outlasted their American counterparts. Note, however, that ''Card Sharks'' and ''Win, Lose or Draw'' were hardly failures in the United States (the former was revived twice), and even the American ''Blockbusters'' is a bit of a CultClassic. Also, the American ''Gambit'' lasted four years, had a one-year revival, and was revived again in 2008-11 as ''Catch 21''.

** ''Series/KamenRiderBlack'' was very popular in the Philippines; many a young person's face or those in their old years who watched it as kids will light up at the mention of ''Kuya'' Robert - Kuya is a Filipino word for a big brother figure and Robert was the DubNameChange for the protagonist Kotaro Minami. It was also the GatewaySeries in Indonesia and Malaysia. Black, [[CompletelyDifferentTitle there known as Ksatria Baja Hitam]] (Black Steel Knight), is considered ''the'' essential Rider, more so than the original. Finally, it's well liked in Brazil. Alas, Black and its sequel ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' were the only (Showa-era) installments of the entire Rider franchise (not counting the US adaptations) that aired there in the 1990s. It would only be in 2003 when (Heisei-era) Kamen Rider returned, this time on cable (with ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' and [[Series/KamenRiderDragonKnight its US spinoff]]) and in 2014 on free television with ''Series/KamenRiderOOO''.

** Until ''Series/VoltesVLegacy'' came out, which got rave reception from the Japanese (Despite only watching it via GMA Pinoy TV with just ''English'' close captioning as the series have yet to be available officially in Japan from Toei, dub and all) because of the love and care it took to make the remake, and some fans even calling it a SuperRobot show that is a Taiga drama. Not many a ForeignRemake can get this much attention in Japan, especially one coming from a third world country!

* ''Series/{{LazyTown}}'' was a children's TV show produced in Iceland with talent from Iceland, the United States, and the United Kingdom; but it's sheer zaniness and positive reinforcement helped it to become most successful in the latter two countries (note that ''[=LazyTown=]'' is fairly popular in Iceland too). Magnús Scheving often made promotional appearances in the U.K. as Sportacus, and the show had exclusive merchandise in both the U.K. and U.S. The love from American and British audiences furthered following the show's MemeticMutation around 2016, and even more so following the death of Robbie Rotten's actor Stefán Karl Stefánsson.

* ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' is incredibly popular in Brazil, with constant reruns and the derived comic book lasting longer in the country with locally made stories.

** Do you know ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' was insanely popular on the 90s back in Panama and Honduras? No? Well, now you do. In fact there's Spanish fansubs of the show on Website/YouTube because of it! The show also aired in Brazil, too! Jiban also aired in Indonesia in the middle of TheNineties to rave reviews and was a big smash hit, that even Jiban appeared in a TV program in 1995 alongside ''Series/TokkeiWinspector'', also another big hit in Indonesian television.

* ''Series/{{Castle}}'' directly references this trope, concerning a murdered child star named Charlie Reynolds who was apparently pretty famous in Russia, with one character even comparing it to Hasselhoff's popularity in Germany.

* 1950 Mexican melodrama ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un_d%C3%ADa_de_vida Un día de vida]]'' (''A Day in Life'') bombed in its homeland, but became the most succesful movie of the decade in Yugoslavia. So much so, that it spawned a whole new music genre there ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu-Mex Yu-Mex]]), which is influenced by Mexican music.

** It was popular in the state of New South Wales in Australia (The ONLY state!) because until quite recently, the biggest department store retailer in that state was called Grace Brothers. John Inman even reprised his character of Mister Humphries in a short-lived Australian clone of the show.

* ''Series/CitizenKhan'': According to Mr. Khan, Pakistanis love British sportscaster Clare Balding because because she "loves her sport, she's very healthy, and friends with Mo Farah". He admires her so much that he gives a signed photo of her pride of place in the living room.

* ''Series/CitizenKhan'': According to Mr. Khan, Pakistanis love British journalist Clare Balding because because she "loves her sport, she's very healthy, and friends with Mo Farah". He admires her so much that he gives a signed photo of her pride of place in the living room.

* The Australian series ''Series/H2OJustAddWater'' is a big hit in Europe, mostly the United Kingdom, and Central and Eastern Europe. in fact, the third season ''[[ShortRunInPeru aired in the United Kingdom before Australia by a year!]]''

** ''Series/SupermarketSweep'' was big in Canada during the 1990's.

* ''Series/CrocodileHunter'' was incredibly popular in the United States and England for years. However, despite its own popularity in its native Australia, a VocalMinority of Aussies despise it, claiming it to be part of a CulturalCringe.

* In ''Series/Cybill'', Cybill discovers she is unknowingly a star in Eastern Europe due to an old TV series she made called "Island Cop" which is hugely popular there (just as ''Series/TropicalHeat'' was).

* ''Series/TropicalHeat'', being one of the few foreign series that aired in Serbia during the 90's, has achieved cult status there due to Serbians becoming enamored with the tropical setting and Nick Slaughter's adventures at a time when they were suffering through chronic shortages and fighting for democracy. A Serbian band has even made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPPKueDVNCQ a song about Nick Slaughter]], the main character of the show]. There was a national movement to establish Nick Slaughter (the protagonist) as a symbolic national hero. "Slaughter" even became a local term for hairy chests. Apparently no one associated with the show had any idea of its popularity until 2008 when Rob Stewart accidentally found a Facebook group in honour of his character.

* The Canadian ''Franchise/{{Degrassi}}'' franchise of {{teen drama}}s had always had a cult following south of the border, where it aired on Creator/{{PBS}}.[[note]]Creator/KevinSmith notably counted himself among the show's American fans, later becoming a PromotedFanboy when the show was relaunched and he got to direct, write, and star in two episodes.[[/note]] However, with the creation of ''The Next Generation'' (later known as simply ''Series/{{Degrassi}}''), it was arguably more popular in America than it was in Canada, to the point where Creator/TeenNick, the American channel that airs the show, began to take an increasing (and [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks increasingly controversial]]) role in its production. Most notably, starting in season 9 they started splitting seasons into serialized "chapters", and for a while they experimented with a ''telenovela''-style format.

* The American anthology show ''Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction'' is extremely popular in Germany where it's called "X-Factor". It's been airing on Sundays for the last 17 years due to its constant high popularity and is a source of nostalgia for kids who grew up in the 90s and early 2000s. The show later got its own season that was produced in Germany, which didn't end up being as popular as the original. Now, tv reruns still show the old episodes.