I suppose the one current example is the
US remake of Shameless. I've seen the first season of the
UK original, which I liked quite a bit though didn't love. I saw the pilot of the US remake and found it painfully unwatchable, though this might have been largely because it was, like the first US episode of The Office, basically a word for word re-shoot of the first episode of the original, and in the US context just didn't make much sense. Without modifications, the economic and class issues just didn't translate very well between the cultures. Anyone watch? Does it get any better?
