America in Show Titles

You probably see it in TV shows here a lot: the use of the word America in the title. Is this a bad thing? One wouldn’t think so, especially since international ratings don’t matter. But it could still have some sort of issues with trying to get a show released internationally and getting those people to care about something in another country that they might not care about. What all is there to say about it? Well, here’s a brief post about it.

First, let’s start with examples of shows that have American in the title. There are enough of them. There is American Housewife, American Odyssey, American Crime Store, and others like it that I can’t think of right now offhand. Basically, they want to instill a sense of Americanism in the title for one sort of reason or another. They might not have better titles. Or they might not want to use others.

Is it a problem to use America in the show title? I don’t think so. They aired The Great British Bake Off in this country and people don’t seem to mind. Plus, America could more accurately describe the show when it is a reality show since contestants from the show are from this country. American Idol or the show America’s Got Talent are shows using Americans and thus have to be named that accordingly.

Honestly, there’s probably not much else to say about this. Sometimes they use America in the title of a show for whatever reason. This isn’t a problem and would only affect potential interest in the show when it airs in other countries.