# TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

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**Shows where someone SUCCESSFULLY maintained an assumed accent for at least one season with regular appearances**

1. _Xena: Warrior Princess_ Lucy Lawless’ generic American accent.
2. _Pushing Daisies_: English actress Anna Friel assumed a Midwestern American accent as Chuck, one of the series’ main characters, for two seasons.
3. _Road to Avonlea_ English-Canadian actor Ian D. Clark maintained a convincing Scottish accent for the whole series as hotel owner Simon Tremayne.
4. _House_, English actor Hugh Laurie sustains an American accent for the entire series as Dr. House
5. _The Mentalist_: Australian actor Simon Baker sustained an American accent for seven seasons
6. _The Walking Dead_: Andrew Lincoln played American from Kentucky Rick Grimes for many seasons
7. _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_: James Marsters, who played Spike, maintains a convincing English accent throughout the show’s run. I had no notion he _wasn’t_ English until I saw [an interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kl4O6RrUo4o&t=20s)
8. _The Wire_ - Both Dominic West and Idris Elba are English, and I had no idea until I saw the actors in interviews
9. _Ghosts_ - Rose McIver, plays Samantha, is from New Zealand. I remembered her from the show _iZombie_, but was shocked to hear her speak in an interview
10. Gillian Anderson - Spoke American on _The X-Files_ and British on _The Crown_ with equal skill

For more: [Brits: How is Gillian Anderson's British accent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/brits-how-is-gillian-andersons-british-accent/703039)

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