Albania An Albanian version named
Tenxherja-Kapakun (
The Pot, the Lid) is produced by
Top Channel with Urbanus Group, with half-hour episodes revolving around the main characters Bela (
Elvana Gjata) and Romi (Romeo Veshaj). The series began airing on October 5, 2024.
Bulgaria The Bulgarian version, known as
Тя и той (
She and He) aired from 2002 to 2005 on
bTV. In 2007, the show moved to
Foxlife and the fourth season began airing. The show was cancelled after the final (25th) episode of the season, ending with a cliffhanger. 96 episodes were produced during the show's Bulgarian run. Since then reruns are airing on
Foxlife and bTV Comedy.
Stefaniya Koleva stars as Sylvia, and
Yulian Vergov plays Martin.
Canada (English version) An
English Canadian adaptation was created by the producer of the original show, Luc Wiseman of Avanti Ciné-Vidéo television production company. The main English Canadian networks
CBC,
CTV, and
Global Television were not interested in the concept. Wiseman stated: "They were saying that it was not for the Canadian market, that it was too audacious". With the title
A Guy & A Girl, it ended up airing on Women's Television Network (WTN), (now known as the
W Network), a
cable television specialty channel, and lasted for two seasons.
Jeff Clarke played Mike, and
Katherine Ashby was Susy; together they received a
Gemini Award nomination for
Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series at the
18th Gemini Awards in 2003.
Cyprus Εγώ κι εσύ (
Me and You) began airing in October 2010 on
CyBC1, the Cyprus' public broadcaster's main television channel, and on the CyBC Video on Demand platform, in the format of one 35-minute episode each week. Following the original concept, it kept the actors' actual names:
Marios is the guy (played by Marios Mettis) and
Niovi is the girl (played by Niovi Haralambus). In the other half of the season
Fotis is the guy (played by Fotis Georgidis) and
Danae is the girl (played by Danae Christou).
France Greece '''''
Σ' αγαπώ μ' αγαπάς'''
(S'agapo m'agapas
, English: I Love You, You Love Me'') began broadcasting in Greece in 2000. Its format is weekly, 26-minute episodes, much like the original.
Thodoris Atheridis plays Thodoris, the guy, and
Dimitra Papadopoulou plays Dimitra, the girl, replicating the original version's concept of using the actors' first names for the characters.
Hungary The Hungarian version of
Un gars, une fille was called
Szeret, nem szeret. It began airing in 2002 on
TV2. According to
IMDB, the format is 7-minute segments, much like in France. The guy is Brúnó, played by
Szabó Győző and the girl is Brigi, played by
Oroszlán Szonja.
Italy The first Italian version of the programme was called
Love Bugs, which is the international marketing name of
Un gars, une fille. It ran on
Italia 1 from 2004 to 2005 with the couple played by comedian
Fabio De Luigi (already well known for his collaboration with
Gialappa's Band) and
Michelle Hunziker, a veteran of
Zelig Circus. A second season,
Love Bugs 2 aired from 2005 to 2006 with
Elisabetta Canalis replacing Hunziker. The characters' names in both series are those of the actors, in the fashion of the original show. In the third season in 2007,
Love Bugs 3, the couple was played by
Emilio Solfrizzi and
Giorgia Surina (MTV's Veejay). Because of low ratings,
Love Bugs 3 was cancelled. Nevertheless, approximately 50 episodes of the third season were filmed and broadcast, much the same as the previous two seasons.
North Macedonia The
Macedonian version of "Un gars, une fille" is known under the name of
Сашо и Сашка (Sasho & Sashka). It stars
Biljana Dragicevik-Projkovska as Sashka, the girl, and
Zoran Ljutkov as Sasho, the guy. It was broadcast in 2005–2006 on
Macedonian Radio Television .
Poland In Poland,
Kasia i Tomek began broadcast on September 3, 2002, on the
TVN network. The title refers to the
first names of the characters, the Polish equivalents of the English "
Kate" and "
Tom". It starred
Joanna Brodzik as Kasia, the girl, and
Paweł Wilczak as Tomek, the guy. It won two
Telekamery awards in 2002: one for best comedy series and one for Brodzik for best actress. There were 100 episodes divided into 3 seasons.
Portugal The version broadcast in Portugal began in 1999 and was called
Entre Marido e Mulher ("Between Husband and Wife"). The format was weekly 26-minute episodes, like the Canadian original.
Romania The Romanian version is broadcast by Fox Life.
Russia In Russia a version of the showed aired on
TNT channel starting 2003 under the title
Sasha + Masha (). 125 episodes were filmed between 2003 and 2005. The show became a hit and remains popular, as of 2009. The lead actors are Elena Biryukova (Елена Бирюкова) and Georgiy Dronov (Георгий Дронов).
Spain/Mexico/Argentina Spain's version of the programme is called
El y Ella ("He and She"), with a format similar to France with 7-minute shows each day. It began in broadcasting in 2000. As with the original, the actors' first names were used for the main characters:
Josep Julien is Pep while
Cristina Solá is Cristina. ("Pep" is a
pet name for Josep.)
Serbia In Serbia and Montenegro,
Andrija i Anđelka began broadcasting on October 5, 2015, on the
Prva network and in Croatia on the
RTL on January 15, 2016 . The title refers to the
first names of the characters. It stars
Anđelka Prpić as the girl and
Andrija Milošević as the guy. The series aired for more than two seasons. The first, from 5 October 2015 to 31 December 2015, had 64 episodes. The second season aired from 29 February 2016 to 13 June 2016 and included episodes 65 to 148. The third season, episodes 148 to 156, was shown from 7 October 2016 to 28 October 2016. Those were the final episodes of the series. On February 1, 2017, the series premiered in Macedonia on Televizija 24 with the title
Андрија и Анѓелка,
Slovenia In Slovenia, channel
Planet TV started broadcasting the first season of the series on 6 March 2016. It airs from Monday to Friday and on Sundays. The Slovenian version of the series is called
Da, dragi! Da, draga!. The main two characters are portrayed by Lotos Vincenc Šparovec and Gorka Berden. The director of the sitcom is
Ven Jemeršić.
Sweden In Sweden,
Två som Oss ("Two like Us") began broadcast on 11 November 1999 on the channel
SVT 1. The actors are
Per Svensson as Peter and
Anna-Lena Hemström as the Lena. The format is similar to the Canadian with a 26-minutes show weekly
Turkey In Turkey the series is called
1 Kadın 1 Erkek ("One Woman One Man") featuring
Demet Evgar and
Emre Karayel. The first season finished in June 2009 with 36 episodes that were aired on the
TurkMax channel during Thursday prime-time, with each episode running approximately 27 to 28 minutes in length. Despite the series airing on a specialty channel, on a satellite network - Digiturk - that requires a subscription, its popularity among young viewers is increasing steadily thanks to viral marketing and the sharing of clips on
YouTube and
Facebook. In January 2012 the show was renamed
1 Erkek 1 Kadın ("One Man One Woman") and new episodes aired on
Star TV.
Ukraine The Ukrainian version of
Un gars, une fille called
Lesya + Roma (
Леся + Рома) began broadcasting in 2005 on
ICTV. It stars
Irma Vitovska as Les′a, the girl, and
Dmytro Lalenkov as Roma, the guy. It is the first comedy show to be produced in the
Ukrainian language. It airs on weekdays with an average rating of 2 million viewers.
United States Entitled
Lovebites, the American version began broadcasting on September 13, 2006, with comedian
Paul Reiser as executive producer and writer. It was co-produced by Stuart McLean (founder of
Content & Company) at
JWT, the world's fourth largest advertising agency. While the original format was 26 minutes, the American version consisted of a season of 82 episodes of two and a half minutes each (which was not part of the original contract, see below). 65 should be seen on television while 17 will be available for computers and cell phones.
Lovebites stars
David Julian Hirsh (a native of
Montreal,
Quebec, seen in
CSI: NY and
Naked Josh) and
Lauren Bittner (seen in
Law & Order: Criminal Intent and
Third Watch). The characters, called Max and Katie, are about 25 years old, younger than the original Guy and Sylvie. Another notable difference with the original version is that the couple in
Lovebites breaks the
fourth wall and speaks directly to the camera.
Lovebites was the first time a Québécer TV concept was adapted for an American audience (
Louis 19, King of the Airwaves (Louis 19, le roi des ondes), a movie, had already been remade as
EdTV). Reiser is said to have been captivated by the series when it was presented to him by Michel Rodrigue, president of
Distraction Formats, the Montreal-based international distribution company for
Un gars, une fille. Rodrigue said: "The selling process has been long and complicated. It has been a very long time that we have been working on it". (TVA is part of
Pierre Karl Péladeau's
Quebecor media conglomerate.) Sunsilk, a shampoo brand of
Unilever's, was the main sponsor of
Lovebites. As of 2006, Canadian and American producers are still caught up in a legal dispute, notably about the aforementioned short length. The initial contract planned a guaranteed minimum of seven minutes per episode.
Others The concept of
Un gars, une fille was also sold to producers in: Algeria, Argentina, Belgium,
Bosnia, Cuba, Denmark, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Latvia, Lebanon (Patricia Nammour - Issam Breidy), Mexico, the Netherlands, Romania, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and many others, totaling more than thirty countries. Not all of these rights sales have resulted in a programme being produced. ==See also==