I think it was a bit obnoxious of Fox to once again copy television shows in other countries and assume what worked there would work here in the United States.
The original format in England is quite different in the delivery, this did not not appeal to "bleeding hearts", induce empathy or anything else for the very reasons you probably experimented with in "Americanizing" the concept. What you thought would have created any sort of sentimental reaction or controversial "movement" in the American psyche backfired on you, and the producer really ought to be fired. Just an example of carbon copying without proper assessment of the staunch differences in culture. What a disaster of a show.
The original format in England is quite different in the delivery, this did not not appeal to "bleeding hearts", induce empathy or anything else for the very reasons you probably experimented with in "Americanizing" the concept. What you thought would have created any sort of sentimental reaction or controversial "movement" in the American psyche backfired on you, and the producer really ought to be fired. Just an example of carbon copying without proper assessment of the staunch differences in culture. What a disaster of a show.