Long gone are the days when we'd happily sit and twiddle our thumbs while we waited a year, maybe even two, for TV shows to make their way across the Atlantic.
These days, we're spoilt. New episodes of our favourite series are almost always available within 24 hours, or, even better, simulcast with the US. Still, there are a few exceptions and here's a reminder of some real gems that still don't have a home in the UK.
1. American Crime
This critically-acclaimed but little-watched show just got cancelled in the US, which makes our chances of ever seeing it in the UK slimmer than ever.
And that's a tragedy, because American Crime is superb. An anthology series from 12 Years a Slave and Guerrilla writer John Ridley, each season looks at issue of race, class and gender through a different lens, with a cast including Felicity Huffman, Timothy Hutton and Penelope Ann Miller.
2. Berlin Station
This spy series starring Richard Armitage as a CIA agent, working undercover in Berlin to root out a mole, has earned a third season and decent reviews after debuting on US cable channel Epix in 2016.
It doesn't look as though it's tickled the fancy of any UK broadcasters, though... unless they're keeping their plans Top Secret.
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3. Masters of Sex
Not a new show so much as an old favourite now looking for a new home, after Channel 4 / More4 opted to drop the Golden-Globe winner after two seasons.
The popular, pulpy How to Get Away with Murder faced a similar quandary, after Universal Channel UK declined to pick up its third season, before ending up on Netflix.
4. 9-1-1
Ryan Murphy, the busiest producer in TV, turns his attention to Los Angeles' first responders and their cases, including an rollercoaster stuck upside-down, with a strong cast including American Horror Story's Angela Bassett and Nashville's Connie Britton.
It's every bit as glossily entertaining as you'd expect and only three weeks into its first season, Fox renewed the drama for a second season following strong ratings.
5. Future Man
This isn't the only Hulu show on the list, so we can only hope they all follow in the footsteps of The Handmaid's Tale and land on Channel 4 in the UK.
Created by Misfits' Howard Overman and executive-produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, the comedy stars Josh Hutcherson as a janitor who has to save the world from aliens... and herpes. Hulu have renewed it for a second season after its mix of sci-fi and dumb humour proved a hit with fans.
6. Counterpart
A sci-fi spy thriller starring two JK Simmonses sounds like a pitch that can't fail and so it's proved, with the gripping and absorbing first episode – featuring Simmons as an agency functionary who learns about a parallel dimension (it's smarter than that sounds) – gaining stellar reviews and the coveted 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
US network Starz were so confident that they were onto a winner that they ordered two episode seasons straight from the off, so we imagine it's just a matter of time before someone nabs it for the UK.
7. grown-ish
It took ages for black-ish to reach UK shores (it's on All4), so it's perhaps no surprise that its spin-off show – following the Johnsons' eldest daughter Zoey as she heads off to college – hasn't been instantly screened or picked up.
Yara Shahidi has been praised for stepping up to the lead role and is a large part of the show's success, leading to Freeform renewing it for a second season halfway through its first.
8. Mr Mercedes
With the success of IT last year, you'd think everyone would be scrambling for the next Stephen King adaptation, yet the creepy and tense Mr Mercedes has remained untouched by UK audiences despite being renewed for a second season.
The show is based on King's Bill Hodges trilogy – Mr Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch – with the always-reliable Brendan Gleeson starring as the retired detective haunted by an unsolved case.
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Movies Editor, Digital Spy Ian has more than 10 years of movies journalism experience as a writer and editor. Starting out as an intern at trade bible Screen International, he was promoted to report and analyse UK box-office results, as well as carving his own niche with horror movies, attending genre festivals around the world. After moving to Digital Spy, initially as a TV writer, he was nominated for New Digital Talent of the Year at the PPA Digital Awards. He became Movies Editor in 2019, in which role he has interviewed 100s of stars, including Chris Hemsworth, Florence Pugh, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba and Olivia Colman, become a human encyclopedia for Marvel and appeared as an expert guest on BBC News and on-stage at MCM Comic-Con. Where he can, he continues to push his horror agenda – whether his editor likes it or not.
