Fawlty Towers Performance" in 1976, Andrew Sachs was also nominated but lost. In a list drawn up by the British Film Institute in 2000, voted by industry professionals, "Fawlty Towers" was named the best British television series of all time. Four attempted remakes of "Fawlty Towers" were started for the American market, with three making it into production. The first, "Chateau Snavely" starring Harvey Korman and Betty White, was produced by ABC for a pilot in 1978, but the transfer from coastal hotel to highway motel proved too much and the series never was produced. The second, also by ABC, was "Amanda's,"
Remake the Universe" (1983, 2002), "Knight Rider" (1982, 2008), "La Femme Nikita" (1997, 2010), "Melrose Place", "Beverly Hills 90210", "V" (1983, 2009), "Hawaii Five-O" (1968, 2010), and "Charlie's Angels" (1976, 2011). One area where television remakes are particularly common is trans-Atlantic ports, where British shows are remade for the US market or, less frequently, American shows are remade for the UK. For example "Three's Company" is an American remake of the British "Man About the House": not only was the original show re-created (with very few character or situation changes initially), but both series had spin-offs based on the Ropers (in