Editing Father Ted (section)

===Potential remakes===
Since the end of the series, several attempts to remake ''Father Ted'' have been reported, but none has yet materialised.

In July 2003, it was announced that the show would be remade for the American market. The remake would be scripted by [[Spike Feresten]], who previously wrote for US sitcoms ''[[Seinfeld]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]''. Ferensten stated: "I was raised Catholic and this show just felt right to me. The essence of the show is about men who are also priests and, as men, they have many foibles." Hat Trick founders [[Denise O'Donoghue]] and [[Jimmy Mulville]] were set to produce. The US production company was Pariah Productions, which previously adapted ''[[The Kumars at No. 42]]'' for an American audience.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jul/01/broadcasting|title=Father Ted crosses the pond|work=guardian.co.uk|last=Cozens|first=Claire|date=1 July 2003|access-date=9 June 2013}}</ref>

In March 2004, Supanet Limited reported that an American remake was in development. This version would be set on a fictional island off the coast of New York. [[Steve Martin]] and [[Graham Norton]] would reportedly play Ted and Dougal. Martin had not been expected to take the role because of his stature, but agreed because he was a fan of the original series, and would reportedly be paid £500,000 per episode. Norton was cast based on his popularity with American audiences, and in reference to his appearance as Father Noel Furlong in the original series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.supanet.com/cgi-bin/news/showfeed.pl?id=1079275308-2&area=entertainment |title=Martin And Norton Team Up Martin And Norton Team Up |publisher=Supanet Limited |date=14 March 2004 |access-date=28 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040423160956/http://www.supanet.com/cgi-bin/news/showfeed.pl?id=1079275308-2&area=entertainment |archive-date=23 April 2004 }}</ref>

In November 2007, a separate American remake was announced. Rather than Craggy Island, this version would be set in an unfortunate fishing village in [[New England]]. American actor [[John Michael Higgins]] was cast as Ted, but expressed concerns about the show's religious themes: "The English have a very robust history of being unkind about religion. We don't have that in our country, we're frightened of it. It's basically that you guys are doing an Irish joke also, we don't have that. So I'll be Father Ted, we'll see how it goes." Filming was scheduled to begin in January 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/9355/higgins-in-us-father-ted-remake|title=Higgins in US Father Ted Remake|work=darkhorizons.com|last=Franklin|first=Garth|date=26 November 2007|access-date=9 June 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709163806/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/9355/higgins-in-us-father-ted-remake|archive-date=9 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In January 2015, Linehan said that there had been "a few attempts" by US broadcasters to remake the show, including one which would have been set in [[Boston]] – an idea Linehan considered "ridiculous".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a619378/the-it-crowds-graham-linehan-on-us-remake-dont-do-my-show.html|title=The IT Crowd's Graham Linehan on US remake: "Don't do my show"|last=Jeffery|first=Morgan|website=[[Digital Spy]]|date=6 January 2015|access-date=6 January 2015|archive-date=7 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150107012159/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/news/a619378/the-it-crowds-graham-linehan-on-us-remake-dont-do-my-show.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>