The creators of ABC sitcom Upper Middle Bogan are revving up to take the high-octane comedy global, with CBS announcing it will remake the Australian series for a US audience.

The original series followed middle-class mother of two Bess Denyar who discovers she is adopted.

Over the course of the series she gets to know her outer-suburban, drag-racing birth family, the Wheelers.

The show's co-creator, Robyn Butler, said the US version was being written and produced by "an incredible team".

"We've teamed up with a couple of great people," Ms Butler told 774 ABC Melbourne's Jon Faine.

"We've written a script with a guy called Dan O'Shannon who's come off [US comedy] Modern Family after five years there ... and another guy called Todd Holland, who's got an enormous CV and he began on the Larry Sanders Show."

At this stage, CBS has committed to filming a pilot.

Name 'key' for US version

Ms Butler described the US version of Upper Middle Bogan as "the same, but in America".

She and the other writers have been working for some time to create scripts that will translate for an American audience.

"The context of the show — the adoptive storyline, the emotional storyline — is what really resonates," she said.

The remake is currently unnamed, but Ms Butler said the title would not include the words "trailer trash" or "redneck", which she said sounded judgmental.

"It's not a [judgmental] show — it's a show full of love and warmth," she said.

"Bogan is more suburban, I think, than anything."

The original Upper Middle Bogan is available in the US on streaming service Hulu.

"It's been on there for two years and it's been very successful for us," Ms Butler said.

Australian audiences can watch season two of Upper Middle Bogan on ABC iview and a third series will screen on ABC later this year.