Australians, do American shows have the Australian or American accent?

Question

I've noticed that Garfield and The Simpsons are in French in French speaking parts of the world. Do American shows come with the characters speaking U.S. accents or Aussie accents?

Answer 1

The American shows are in the original American accents (which we make fun of, lol). The Simpsons is in French in France because they're a primarily French-speaking country. We speak English in Australia, so there is no need to change the voices.

Answer 2

I seriously doubt it.

Think of other 'dubbed' shows, like the TV show Iron Chef (great show if you ever get a chance) the dubbed-over they do on the Chinese(japanese?) voices crack you up!!!

Answer 3

What I find interesting is that many English documentaries are dubbed with American accents for broadcast in the US.  David Attenborough's documentaries have narration in American accents, and the content is significantly dumbed down.

Answer 4

Whe american shows get broadcast anywhere that speaks english we unfortunatley have to put up with your annoying american accents :P hehe, that includes Australia. Why would we dub it with an aussie accent? It would cost too much and we couldn't get it aired the same time as in America.

Answer 5

American accents - Aaaarrrrgggghhhh!

Answer 6

As they are already in English they just leave them as they are.

Answer 7

American TV shows are not redubbed for Australian TV. That means that most characters have American accents, except for characters who are supposed to be Australian. They tend to have either English or South African accents.

Answer 8

Unlike Americans we do not feel the need to dub foreign English language  shows in order to understand them (as what happened with Mad Max: Road Warrior).  US TV shows are shown the same way as they appear in the US.  There may be editing for censorship reasons (very rare these days) but otherwise they remain unchanged.

Lately Australian TV channels have taken to showing popular US shows within 24 hours of going to air in the US.  This is probably due to internet p****y and the fast distribution of legal DVDs.

Australians are quite accustomed to hearing foreign accents.  Most of the world's cultures are represented here locally anyhow.   It nothing new to us.

Answer 9

American, but if they try to do an Aussie accent in US it sounds like we are Cockneys (the Simpsons, Bart Down Under)

Answer 10

American shows come equipped with American Accents.  We get awesome shows like Smallville out here and they have the actors natural voice.  And you would be surprised at the number of US shows that air here like: Grey's Anatomy, Oprah, Law & Order, CSI, a bunch of MTV garbage, etc.  

So, if you are planning on coming over and feel a little home sick, you can just turn on the tele and look at one of the evening shows and you will feel right at home... at least until a commercial break.

Answer 11

Gday matey we speak english here so like no need to change,.also with the Simpsons our language has proberly taken a few of these words on yikes..