Friday Night Dinner is being eyed for an American remake... for the third time.

NBC shot a pilot for a US version of the Channel 4 sitcom in 2011 - with Mom's Allison Janney and Monk's Tony Shalhoub swapping in for Tamsin Greig and Paul Ritter.

That first attempt went nowhere, though rival network CBS had another go in 2014. Again, nothing came of it.

Now, CBS is having another stab with the renamed Sunday Night Dinner, which Deadline reports will be written by The King of Queens co-creator Michael Weithorn.

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Could third time be the charm?

Simon Bird - who plays long-suffering Adam on the oddball family comedy - told Digital Spy that he's not concerned about the US remake.... regardless of whether it's a hit or a flop.

"I went through a similar thing with The Inbetweeners," he said, referring to MTV's short-lived remake of his E4 hit.

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"We're very proud of the show that exists over here and nothing's gonna change the fact that we've done that. So it's no skin off our nose for somebody else to come in and reinterpret it."

If a US version ever does materialise though, don't expect either Bird or his co-star Tom Rosenthal to star in it - their attempts at a Yank accent will go unheard.

"If I'm lying and secretly I do want it to fail, then I will do that," he joked.

A fourth series of the original Friday Night Dinner wrapped up last week on Channel 4.

Watch a rib-tickling clip from the latest series of Friday Night Dinner right here:

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