Not long ago, the European TV landscape was dominated by Hollywood programming. During the 2000s, such blue-chip U.S. series as House, Desperate Housewives and Law & Order thrived in primetime while locally made shows offered little resistance to the American juggernaut.
How the mighty have fallen.
These days, U.S. drama series are on the decline throughout Europe. According to Eurodata, which compiles the continent’s ratings information, nearly 20 percent of the top-rated series on European TV in 2009 were American. By 2014, that figure had dropped to slightly more than 10 percent.
