Why Oh Why?

As you know, Peep Show is one of my favorites of the dozens of BBC shows I've discovered over the last 2 years:

I for one am able to relate to both characters, something I could never do with George/Jerry as I could only really relate to George, not Jerry. I spent years and years like Jeremy, completely useless and draining those around me, and I've always spoken in my head like Mark, shredding the patheticness (which isn't even a real word) of myself 24/7 while saying the opposite to anyone in front of me.

But now Starz is looking to make an American version:

Peep Show, one of the best and most celebrated British comedies of the past decade, is getting remade to remove all of those pesky accents. Starz has put in an order for an American version of the series, which is shot from the first-person perspective of the two main characters. Series creators Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong will be consulting producers on the US adaptation, while Eli Jorne of Blunt Talk and Wilfred will write the half-hour pilot and be the showrunner. No word on who will be cast to fill in for original actors David Mitchell and Robert Webb, who frankly feel pretty irreplaceable. But hey, people thought the US adaptation of The Office was a terrible idea, and that ended up working out pretty well.

What's the purpose of this?  I understand in the old days, before we had access to BBC shows, it made to sense to adapt the best of British tv (All in the Family and Sanford & Son, for example...HEARD of 'em?) to American tv. But nowadays you can easily watch every episode of Peep Show - it's on Hulu, it's on Netflix, it's on Acorn, and on and on and on. Also, the BBC unleashing its entire archives is supposed to (SUPPOSED TO!!) be happening this year. There's no way they're topping the original so why try, when the original is now just as easy to access as the new version would be? Wtf?