Payne (TV series) Payne (TV series) Payne is an American sitcom based after the British program "Fawlty Towers". It starred American John Larroquette, who was also an executive producer for the series. "Payne" was a mid-season replacement on CBS and aired in March and April 1999. The show also starred JoBeth Williams, Julie Benz and Rick Batalla. Despite fairly positive reception, and receiving the blessing of John Cleese, who agreed to take a recurring role as the antagonistic rival hotelier if the show was renewed, "Payne" was quickly cancelled. Nine episodes were filmed; eight were aired. "Payne" was a remake of "Fawlty Towers",
Remake the UK, "George And Mildred", in the US, "The Ropers"), and both series were eventually re-tooled into series based on the male lead (in the UK, "Robin's Nest", in the US, "Three's a Crowd"). Other remade pilots include "Dallas" (2012), "Wonder Woman" (2011), and "Annie". There are video game remakes as well. Some are more complete remakes where much of the game was changed such as "" being a remake of the original "Metroid" or "" being a whole re-interpretation of the original "Silent Hill". Some of them are simply the original game with some added content, such as the