They tried launching the British series The IT Crowd in many countries. The Us version never got past the pilot stage. About the only good thing was Richard Ayoade reprising his role oddly. But the simple copy and paste of the script along with the complete lack of cast chemistry doomed it from the out. I like Richard but he can't cary an entire show on his own.

Matt Berry on the other hand. He didn't come to the US/Canada till the spinoff of Watiti's New Zealand movie What We Do In The Shadows. And really kind of led and made the show. Though the entire cast there was great and had a lot of chemistry.