Created by Robert Popper, Friday Night Dinner, which debuted on Channel 4 in February, centers on the Goodmans, a traditional but not strictly observant Jewish family, and chronicles their Shabbat dinners. Every Friday night, brothers Adam and Jonny reluctantly visit their parents, mom Jackie, who is obsessed with Masterchef, and dad Martin, who loves to walk around shirtless, for a home cooked meal. Adding to the gallery of oddball characters are a grandmother who is strutting her stuff in a bikini and the eccentric neighbor Jim who constantly interrupts dinner. Friday Night Dinner, which has been renewed by Channel 4 for a second season, airs in the U.S. on BBC America.
Since he did a pretty OK job adapting the original, British version of The Office for American TV, Greg Daniels is now turning his sights on another UK import for NBC: Friday Night Dinner. Here’s the relevant info on the show:What say you, Brits/viewers of BBC America? How is it? Is it a decent candidate for the localization treatment, or are we looking at another Coupling? As much as British comedy fans hate having their favorite shows remade, you’ve gotta admit that Daniels turned the American Office into its own animal. Maybe he can do the same here.
