i see now jesuits is just speaking from ignorance
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/...article621607/
he's gathered his views from this article^
he thinks joey from friends is in shameless because at the end of the article the dude recommends a completely different show, that stars joey from friends.
the only articles i find on the subject are all 2 years old, written shortly after the first episode of the us version aired. they havent seen the us show take form and base there opinions after watching SEASONS of the uk version, to 1 episode of the us version. cmonson. you become invested in the characters of any show you watch, and watching others play those characters, will never live up to what you first watch.
i'd like to see some recent articles on it but i can't. the only thing im finding on google are people asking which is better, and its either a bunch of british people claiming there version is better, or a bunch of americans claiming the american version is better