Fifty years after the British Invasion of U.S. music via the Beatles and other groups, "a new assault is coming, led by iconic U.K. characters featured on TV shows," writes Kristen Schweitzer.
HBO, Showtime, Netflix and Hulu "are among the cable networks and streaming sites commissioning, co-producing and buying rights to expensive new British dramas, meaning Americans will soon be watching
U.K.- made shows with everyone from Dracula to Sherlock Holmes."
“I’ve never seen the American market so open to new ideas from elsewhere,” John McVay, CEO of U.K. trade
group Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television, told Schweitzer.
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