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The below is a list of shows that are considered twisted reflections of each other. Which is the original and which is the rip-off is not always completely clear.
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== Anime and Manga ==
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| ''[[Yu Yu Hakusho]]'' || ''[[Flame of Recca]]'' || Manga/Anime show starring a [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits|ragtag bunch of youngsters]] joining forces to fight evil with supernatural powers. || Both manga were adapted into anime by the same studio. || A bit complicated. Technically, Yu Yu Hakusho as it's more popular worldwide. However while YYH had a more successful anime, the manga was canceled prematurely and not as fondly remembered. Flame of Recca on the other hand had a very succesful manga that manged to complete its story with no problems, but a largely unsuccessful anime.
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| ''[[Eden of the East]]'' || ''[[Future Diary]]'' || Anime show featuring a group of individuals who recieved cellphones with special properties, forced to take part in a twisted [[There Can Be Only One|elimination game]]. || ''Future Diary'' started earlier as a manga, but was adapted into anime years later. || ''Eden of The East'' had its rightful share of love from critics and viewers as well, but nothing like the fad caused by ''Future Diary'', mostly thanks to its gruesome story and [[Ax Crazy|unusual]] [[Yandere
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| ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' || ''[[Digimon]]'' and ''[[Monster Rancher]]'' || [[Mon]] series about kids [[Walking the Earth]]. Usually involves defeating some sort of [[Big Bad]] too. || All three went off in different directions. Though all three were [[Merchandise-Driven]], ''Pokémon'' become a blatant merch show after its third season, while ''Digimon'' and ''Monster Rancher'' remained plot-driven series. || ''Monster Rancher'' was the first to go, dying quietly right at the end of the [[Mons]] boom of the early 'Aughts. ''Digimon'' soldiered on for a few more years before it too died with the end of ''[[Digimon Frontier]]''. However, it was revived a few years later with ''[[Digimon Savers]]'', and ''[[Digimon Xros Wars]]''. Meanwhile, ''Pokémon'' is still a [[Cash Cow Franchise|massive titan of a franchise]]. The common refrain of the Poké-Digi [[Fandom Rivalry]] is "''Pokémon'' has better games, ''Digimon'' has better animes."
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| ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' || ''[[Strawberry Panic!|Strawberry Panic]]'' || Show about [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] set in an [[Elaborate University High]]. || ''[[Portmanteau Series Name|StoPani]]'' borrows many elements of ''Marimite'' but takes the [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] factor farther. || Both have their fanbases, but ''Marimite'' has the longevity advantage, with nearly double the episode count of ''Panic!''.
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| ''[[Kaitou Saint Tail]]'' || ''[[Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne]]'' || [[Nuns-N-Rosaries|Catholic]] [[Phantom Thief]] [[Magical Girl]]. || ''Jeanne'' is a [[Grimmification]] of the cute, fluffy ''Saint Tail'' premise, with the title character as a jaded [[Broken Bird]] whose [[Mission
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| ''[[Kaze no Stigma]]'' || ''[[Shakugan no Shana]]'' || Female redhead protagonist, check. Flaming sword, check. Combat schoolgirl outfit, check. Accomanying/obligatory ''[[Zettai Ryouiki]]'', check. || Fanservice-laden supernatural/magical schoolgirl [[Light Novel|light novels]]/shows, with varying degrees of competent male sidekick/love interest. || ''Shana'', sort of: Although the ''Stigma'' light novels came out in January 2002 and Shana's came out in November of the same year, the ''Shana'' anime was renewed for two more seasons, while ''Stigma'''s wasn't. Both manga adaptations continue, but ''Shana'''s light novel series is also continued and has nearly twice as many volumes as ''Stigma'''s, which stopped at 12. It probably helped ''Shana'' that the author of the ''Stigma'' light novels [[Author Existence Failure|passed away]].
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| ''[[Babylon 5]]'' || ''[[Star Trek:
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| ''[[Dallas]]'' || ''[[Dynasty]]'' || [[Prime Time Soap]] about an [[Big Screwed-Up Family]] of oil tycoons || Both shows ended up defined by larger than life villains (JR Ewing and Alexis Colby respectively) but ''[[Dallas]]'' kept itself at least a little grounded while ''[[Dynasty]]'' enthusiastically embraced its [[Soap Opera]] nature. The former had technically superior writing and acting, the later was arguably more fun. The shows even had dueling spinoffs: ''Knots Landing'' (Dallas) and ''The Colbys'' (Dynasty) || ''[[Dallas]]'', which adopted a more soapish direction of its own to compete, leading up to the [[Jump the Shark|infamous "Bobby in the shower" moment]]. ''[[Dynasty]]'' eventually fizzled out in 1989 while ''[[Dallas]]'' lasted until 1991 (with two TV films following in the years afterward). A ''Dallas'' sequel will begin in 2012 on TNT, once again starring Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy and Linda Gray.
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| ''[[The Contender]]'' || ''[[The Next Great Champ]]'' || [[Reality TV]] boxing competition. || ''The Contender'' was co-hosted by [[Sylvester Stallone]] in its first season, and gained notoriety when one of the contestants [[Driven to Suicide|killed himself]] partly as a result of losing on the show. || Neither was very successful on free TV, but ''The Contender'' lived on on cable, so it gets the nod. But none of the contestants have really gone on to boxing stardom in either case.
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| ''[[The Chair]]'' || ''[[The Chamber]]'' || [[Kimodameshi]] [[Game Show]]s in which contestants were tortured. || ''The Chamber'' was perhaps more torturous; ''The Chair'' had a better known host. || Neither American version lasted 10 episodes, both beaten by the far less stressful ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''.
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| ''Kidnapped'' || ''Vanished'' || Serialized story arc about a kidnapping. || ''Kidnapped'' was on [[NBC]], ''Vanished'' was on [[FOX]]. || Both got 13 episodes. ''Kidnapped'' got better reviews, but ''Vanished'' got buzz from [[Killed Off for Real|killing off its main character]], played by Gale Harold.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''[[wikipedia:Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]] || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Fridays'' was a formidable duelist, to the point of getting higher ratings and arguably having higher quality than the ''SNL'' episodes it was up against. || [[The Other Wiki]] explains that when ''Fridays'' was forced into a later time slot just as ''SNL'' was successfully revamped, the newcomer faded.▼
▲| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''[[wikipedia:Fridays (TV series)|Fridays]]'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]] || [[ABC]]'s ''Fridays'' was a formidable duelist, to the point of getting higher ratings and arguably having higher quality than the ''SNL'' episodes it was up against. || [[The Other Wiki]] explains that when ''Fridays'' was forced into a later time slot just as ''SNL'' was successfully revamped, the newcomer faded.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''The New Show'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]] || Both shows have guests and musical guests and were produced by Lorne Michaels. || ''SNL'' won, of course.
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| ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' || ''[[Mad TV]]'' || [[Sketch Comedy]] [[Variety Show]]. || The first is a classic of the genre, though there'll always be arguments of its ups and downs. The second is an attempt to imitate the sketch comedy success, a good 20 years later, and videotaped. || ''SNL''. ''[[Mad TV]]'''s cancellation in 2009 makes SNL 2-0 in battles with other-network sketch comedy.
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| ''Real People'' || ''That's Incredible!'' || ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]'' meets ''Ripley's Believe It Or Not!''. || [[NBC]]'s ''Real People'' debuted in 1979 and was a smash hit. [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''Thats Incredible'' came out next year and looked eerily similar. The similarity between these two shows was even parodied in a ''MAD Magazine'' satire titled "That's Real Incredible, People!", and by an ''SNL'' sketch called ''Real Incredible People''. NBC's original was primarily devoted to humorous real-world absurdity, a la Dave Barry's; ABC's knockoff tried to have more of a ''Ripley's Believe It or Not!'' flavor to it and quickly became a bastion of pseudoscience. || ''Real People'' lasted longer, though ''That's Incredible!'' had a later spin-off called ''Incredible Sunday''. Neither aged well at all and are both looked at as quaint and non-shocking years later.
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| ''[[The A-Team]]'' || ''High Performance'' || Action-adventure shows featuring do-gooders for hire. || Another [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] knockoff of an [[NBC]] smash hit. || ''High Performance'' died after three episodes, while ''[[The A-Team]]'' lasted five seasons, becoming a pop culture sensation and a [[Fountain of Memes]].
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| ''[[The Addams Family]]'' || ''[[The Munsters]]'' ||[[Sitcom]] about an altogether ooky [[Quirky Household|family of freaks]]. || Premiered six days apart. While the Addamses were proudly and extremely eccentric, very little was explicitly supernatural about them. The Munsters, meanwhile, were a couple of vampires, a wolf-boy and a Frankenstein's monster, and considered themselves ordinary. The Addamses were portrayed as well-to-do and WASPy, while the Munsters seemed to be more working-class and ethnic. ''[[The Addams Family]]'' generally had the odder storylines and a more macabre sense of humor, while ''[[The Munsters]]'' was played more as a traditional [[Sitcom]]. || Ended in a stalemate, since they were both canceled in the same week. Even at their ratings peaks, both had the same amount of popularity. ''The Munsters'' has done better in syndication and ''The Addams Family'' had a major revitalization because of two successful movies in the early 90's.
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|''[[American Guns]]''|| ''[[Sons of Guns]]''|| Somewhat eccentric and abrasive gun shop owners make equally eccentric [[BFG]]s [[Index of the Week|Of The Week]]. || Oddly enough, ''both'' air on [[Discovery Channel]] ''simultaneously'', just two nights apart. The main differences end up settling on the shops' own specialties and eccentricities, with ''American Guns'' capitalizing on its "[[Old West]]" theme. || ''American Guns'' just started its freshman season, while ''Sons of Guns'' will complete at least two. Rumors and rumblings with production problems concerning ''Sons'' suggests ''American Guns'' may have been picked up as "insurance."
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| ''[[Weeds]]'' || ''[[Breaking Bad]]'' || Suburbanites turn to drug dealing to provide for their families. || ''Weeds'' is about a widowed soccer mom who deals pot, while ''Breaking Bad'' is about a chemistry teacher dying of lung cancer who cooks crystal meth. Also, while ''Weeds'' started out as a [[Black Comedy]] before it underwent [[Cerebus Syndrome]], ''Breaking Bad'' was very dark from the beginning... and things only got [[Darker and Edgier|more bleak]] from there. || Both shows are critically acclaimed, though ''Breaking Bad'' has higher ratings and a much longer list of awards under its belt, while ''Weeds'' is entering its eighth season and counting (versus ''Breaking Bad'''s five, at which point the series has a definite end). The real winners here are TV viewers for getting two great shows.
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| ''[[Grandma's House]]'' || ''[[Friday Night Dinner]]'' || Sitcoms about dysfunctional Jewish families meeting up regularly for a meal. || ''Grandma's House'' focuses on the generational clash and is written by and stars [[Never Mind the Buzzcocks|Simon Amstell]] [[Adam Westing]]. ''Friday Night Dinner'', written by Robert Popper of ''[[Look Around You]]'', focused more on simple [[Fawlty Towers Plot]]s, with a cast including Tamsin Greig and Mark Heap of ''[[Green Wing]]'' and Simon Bird of ''[[The Inbetweeners]]''. || ''Grandma's House'' came first and has recieved generally better reviews, although ''Friday Night Dinner'' has been fairly well recieved too. ''Friday Night Dinner'' was also the first of the two shows to be picked up for a [[Trans
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| ''[[The IT Crowd]]'' || ''[[The Big Bang Theory]]'' || Socially awkward nerds befriend a woman who knows nothing about technology or geek culture. || ''The Big Bang Theory'' is a fairly straight American [[Sitcom]] with [[Soap Opera]] elements. ''The IT Crowd'' is a surreal British [[Work Com]] more along the lines of Graham Linehan's previous series ''[[Black Books]]''. || Each one is popular in its country of origin. Graham Linehan referenced the supposed feud when he claimed intelligence reports said Bin Laden watched the ''The IT Crowd''... only to reveal it was actually ''Big Bang Theory''.
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| ''[[Lexx]]'' || ''[[Farscape]]'' || Space opera shows about a gang of weirdos on the loose in a [[Living Ship]], with a bit more sex and moral ambiguity than usual for the genre. || ''Lexx'' generally stayed pure camp, with a tendency to amateurism that turned off many viewers, while ''Farscape'' achieved much more emotional depth. || Both lasted four seasons, ''Lexx'' ending with a relatively clear finale, while ''Farscape'' got cancelled on an extreme cliffhanger, finally resolved in a [[Grand Finale]] mini-series. Both continue to have loyal fanbases, although ''Lexx'' fans tend to be more defensive about it.
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| ''[[Auction Hunters]]'' || ''[[Storage Wars]]'', ''Storage Hunters'' || Reality shows focused on auctioning off repossessed storage units. || The content of the shows are very similar, but the execution varies between them. ''Auction Hunters'' puts more emphasis on testing and appraising their finds, ''[[Storage Wars]]'' puts more focus on the four factions bidding and ''Storage Hunters'' keeps most of the show on the auction grounds unless something needs appraised || Ratings are good for both ''Auction Hunters'' and ''[[Storage Wars]]'' but ''[[Storage Wars]]'' has its own spinoff show ''[[Storage Wars: Texas]]''. ''Storage Hunters'' wrapped up eight episodes last summer and is in dead last.
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| ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' || ''[[Restaurant: Impossible]]'', ''Bar Rescue'' || Restaurant or bar renovation reality shows || All three shows have a similar premise and no-nonsense hosts. ''Nightmares'' has a week to get the restaurant going again, ''Impossible'' '''two days''' and a budget of $10,000 and ''Bar Rescue, five days. ''Rescue'' is also different because it focuses more on a business aspect than menu/makeover aspect.|| Unknown for now but ''[[Kitchen Nightmares]]'' has a HUGE head start.
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| ''The Superstars'' || ''Battle Of The Network Stars'' || Celebrities compete against each other in different athletic competitions. || ''Superstars'' featured athletes from all over the sporting map (Olympics, MLB, NFL, boxing, etc). ''Battle'' featured teams of stars from ABC, CBS, and NBC competing against each other. || ''Battle'' aired from 1978 to 1985 on CBS, with a brief revival attempt in 1988. ''Superstars'' had three different runs on ABC (1973-1984, 1991-1994, 1998-2002), one on NBC (1985-1990) and a one year run on CBS (2003). ABC in 2009, making it half celebrities (a la [[Dancing With the Stars]]) half-athletes.
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| ''[[Police Stop]]'' || ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' || Footage of dangerous driving and the police doing emergency work and making arrests. || ''[[Police Stop]]'' was a series of [[Sequelitis|sequels]], i.e. ''Police Stop! 2'', ''Police Stop! 3'' etc. whereas ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' used episode titles, e.g. ''The Unprotected''. That show also had presenter links, unlike ''[[Police Stop]]'' which was (rarely) after episode 2 with a presenter, except for the [[Very Special Episode]] ''Police Stop! 9''. Graham Cole presented every episode of Police Stop, except ''Police Stop! 2'' which he did the voice-overs but no on-screen presentation.''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' is now going this way, so neither show wins. || Neither wins, since ''[[Police, Camera, Action!]]'' is [[Adaptation Expansion|an adaptation]] of ''[[Police Stop]]'' with actual presenter links.
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| ''[[Good Luck Charlie]]'' || ''[[Raising Hope]]'' || Sitcoms involving the titular infant girl and her family. || ''Good Luck, Charlie'' is kid-friendly, on the [[Disney Channel]], and [[Every Episode Ending|every episode ends with Charlie's teenage sister Teddy recording a video for her]], while ''Raising Hope'' is rated TV-PG to TV-14, on [[FOX]], and is about a 23 year old named Jimmy who finds out that he had a daughter (the eponymous Hope) after a one night stand with a woman who is now in prison. || According to IMDB, ''Raising Hope'' has higher ratings than ''Good Luck, Charlie''. Though the latter series has also been pulling in great ratings for Disney as well plus have a [[Christmas Episode|Christmas-themed]] TV movie. At the current, its a tie.
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| [[Prime Time Entertainment Network]] || [[Action Pack]] || Big Studio-produced, part-anthologies/part-syndicated networks. trying to emulate the success of [[FOX]]'s launch || PTEN (a joint venture from [[Warner Brothers]] and [[UPN|United Television]]) boasted ''[[Babylon 5]]'' along with ''[[Time Trax]]'' and ''[[Kung Fu]] : The Legend Continues''. [[Universal]]'s Action Pack was led by the one-two punch of ''[[Hercules: The Legendary Journeys]] and ''[[Xena: Warrior Princess]]'' || PTEN lasted four seasons, with only B5 lasting more than two. Action Pack lasted longer (ten seasons) with a much fuller roster of shows.
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| ''[[Survivorman]]'' || ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' || A host demonstrates survival techniques by stranding himself in varying wildernesses. || Both are shown on the [[Discovery Channel]]. The most notable difference is that ''Wild'' tends to have many more "stunt" oriented segments, and takes many more unnecessary risks than ''Survivorman'' does (to show it can be done if necessary). Both avoid direct competition with each other by having one air new episodes while the other is still filming. ''Man'' also has a camera and safety crew on hand, and is occasionally staged, while ''Survivorman'' shoots the footage himself. || ''Man'' by default, with Les Stroud deciding to move on to other projects. Both were about equal in ratings and fan following.
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| ''Man vs. Wild'' || ''[[Wild Recon]]'' || See above. || For once, ''Wild Recon'' is actually on a ''different'' network this time -- specifically, [[Animal Planet]], [[Network Decay|for some reason]]. ''Wild Recon'' is also quite a bit closer to ''Man vs. Wild'' than ''Survivorman'' was, especially after ''Man vs. Wild'''s slight [[Retool]]. || ''Wild Recon'' is a new series for 2010, so it's too early to tell, but ''Man vs. Wild'' does have the advantage of being a long-established series.
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| ''[[Wife Swap]]'' || ''Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy'' || Two polar opposite families trade spouses for several days. || [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] broadcasts ''Wife Swap'' and claims to have done it first, while [[FOX]] aired ''Trading Spouses'' a few weeks before ''[[Wife Swap]]'''s debut in what seems to be a blatant ripoff (though both appeared to rip off a ''[[Chappelle's Show]]'' skit that aired one year earlier.) || ''Wife Swap''.
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| ''[[Bewitched]]'' || ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' || [[Sitcom]] in which a guy tries to live an ordinary life despite having a long-term relationship with [[Magical Girlfriend|a blonde with magical powers]]. || ''[[Bewitched]]'' had Elizabeth Montgomery, Agnes Moorehead and [[The Other Darrin]]. ''[[I Dream of Jeannie]]'' had JR Ewing and [[Ms. Fanservice|Barbara Eden in revealing clothing]]. Actually, if you like 1960s sitcoms, these are both pretty good. || Both won -- and so did viewers.
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| ''[[Fringe]]'' || ''[[Eleventh Hour]]'' || Two "Science Is Both Good ''And'' [[Science Is Bad|Bad]]" series. || Both did well in the ratings. || Though ''[[Eleventh Hour]]'' was a ratings leader, it just got canned after one season. ''[[Fringe]]'', however, lives to see another season.
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| ''[[The Unusuals]]'' || ''[[Southland]]'' || Ensemble cop shows centering on a [[Non-Idle Rich]] rookie. || Series launched within days of each other. ABC's ''[[The Unusuals]]'' takes a quirky, comedic approach, while NBC's ''[[Southland]]'' is a grittier kind of drama. ''Southland'' just got renewed for another season; ''Unusuals'' didn't. Then NBC canceled ''Southland'' before the second season started. || ''Southland'' wins by a mile. Though both series were axed after their first season, TNT picked up ''Southland'' for a second season after NBC dumped it, and it's been going strong ever since.
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| ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' || ''[[Charmed]]'' || Young people battle the forces of evil in California. Both were hits for [[The WB]] network. Hot female witches were involved. || The characters on ''Buffy'' were high school and, later, college kids, while on ''Charmed'', the Halliwell sisters were all adults. || ''Buffy'' ran for seven seasons, had [[Angel|a successful spinoff]] that ran for five, and is today revered as one of the greatest shows of [[The Nineties]]. ''Charmed'' ran for eight seasons, but is typically viewed as more kitschy, often associated with [[Real Life Writes the Plot|the behind-the-scenes struggles]] between [[The Prima Donna|Shannen Doherty]] and the rest of the cast. Still though, ''Charmed'' always garnered better ratings than Buffy and even today, in syndication, the show still gets pretty consistent ratings on [[Network/TNT|TNT]] so much that an episode's been aired at least twice nearly every weekday for the past seven years or so.
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| ''[[Virtuality]]'' || ''[[Defying Gravity]]'' || ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]'' [[In Space|With Girls!]] || ''Virtuality'' is from the writer of ''[[Battlestar Galactica]]'' while ''[[Defying Gravity]]'' was written by a writer from ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]''. Both feature space crews of pretty people in a ship for a long duration of time, to unravel FTL-travel and explore every planet in the solar system, respectively. ''Virtuality'' has to deal with a possibly [[
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| ''HawthoRNe'' || ''[[Nurse Jackie]]'' || Post-[[ER]] hospital dramas focusing on flawed but heroic nurses. || Aside from different races of the two leads, ''Jackie'' is a bit [[Darker and Edgier]], what with Jackie having an affair with the pharmacist who's also her dealer. || ''Jackie'' has Emmys and a strong supporting cast. ''HawthoRNe'' is critically derided for its blandness and being beholden to too many nurse drama tropes, and its [[Xtreme Kool Letterz|incredibly mockable title]].
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| ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'' || ''[[Battlebots]]'' || Demoliton Derby with tricked-out, remote controlled robots. || ''[[Battlebots]]'' actually was created to compete with the British version of the original ''Robot Wars''. ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'' was strictly about the robot-on-robot violence. [[Battlebots]] tried to emphasize the human element - with more time given to competitor backstory and announcer wackiness. || ''[[Battlebots]]'' debuted near the end of ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]' '' run, so they went out at about the same time. ''[[Robot Wars (TV series)|Robot Wars]]'' is much more fondly remembered. '''Bots'' is remembered mostly for [[
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| ''[[The First 48]]'' || ''The Squad'' || [[True Crime]] shows [[X Meets Y|merging]] ''[[
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| ''[[Family Matters]]'' || ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' || Family [[Sitcom]]s staring black families.||Both shows debuted a year apart from each other. Both have the fathers working in law and had heart attacks, annoying [[Drop-In Character|drop in characters]], [[Hollywood Nerd|Hollywood nerds]], the mothers' original actors quitting and [[The Other Darrin|being replaced]], babies who developed [[Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome]] and characters that are not in the intermediate family became the most memorable.|| Both are fondly remembered and were very successful, although thanks to stronger characterization ''Fresh Prince'' got more respect critically.
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| ''[[Life After People]]'' || ''Aftermath: Population Zero'' || What happens after [[After the End]] || Just about the only thing preventing outright intellectual infringement is the fact that both shows are documentaries based on a general concept that's not even original to ''either'' show (cashing in on the "what would happen if humans vanish?" craze due to the book "The World Without Us" the previous year) though ''Aftermath'' features humans disappearing Rapture-style while ''Life After People'' goes out of its way to stay mum on the subject || The National Geographic Channel's ''Aftermath: Population Zero'' remained a one-time special, but after [[The History Channel]] execs discovered that ''Life After People'' was [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/07/AR2008030703256.html?hpid=artslot literally] their highest-rated program ''ever,'' they immediately approved a series version.
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| ''[[Modern Family]]'' || ''[[Parenthood (TV series)|Parenthood]]'' ||Comedy series about the different kinds of families in the 21st century (straight, gay, step, single-parent, interracial, young, experienced), all found under one extended family headed by classic TV patriarchs [[Married... with Children|Al Bundy]] and ''Coach'' ([[The Incredibles|Mr. Incredible]] or [[Blades of Glory|an redemption-seeking ice-skating coach]] to you young'uns), respectively. ||''Parenthood'' had the undignified burden of being the first 10pm show to try to fix the damage [[Jay Leno]] wrought on the NBC schedule, but has the credentials of Ron Howard producing and a who's who of the best actors and actresses of the last three decades; ''Modern Family'' has Ed O'Neill returning in front of the camera
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| ''[[Big Time Rush]]'' || ''[[I'm in The Band]]'' || Shows about young men who rather arbitrarily end up in the music industry in bands. Tween [[Sit Coms]] premiering at around the same time. || One has FOUR young adults for the male audience to look up to and the tween (and teen) girls to swoon over (hence the [[Boy Band]]), while the other only has one (and he's [[Putting the Band Back Together]]). One show has more music production ([[Big Time Rush]]) || Big Time Rush; they've made small dents on Billboard and iTunes while I'm In The Band has yet to make an impact. And at least Big Time Rush doesn't use the [[Laugh Track]].
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| ''[[Hoarders]]'' (A&E) || ''Hoarding: Buried Alive'' (TLC) || Documentary series about compulsive hoarders || ''Hoarders'' chronicles the effort to professionally clean an entire home and to provide mental health services for the homeowners. ''Hoarding'' focuses less on the home and more on the disorder itself. Cleaning services are provided by the subject's friends and family. || ''Hoarders'' broke A&E's ratings records when it premiered and had a one year head start.
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| ''[[Tosh.0]]'' || ''[[Web Soup]]'' || ''[[The Soup]]''-[[Follow the Leader|inspired]] snarky weekly rundowns of viral videos. || [[Comedy Central]]'s ''Tosh'' sticks mostly to [[YouTube]] stuff and viewer submissions and its signature "Web Redemption" segment. G4's ''[[Web Soup]]'' is more ''[[Attack of the Show!]]'''s "Epic Fail" segments [[X Meets Y|meets]] ''[[The Soup]]'', using AOTS-style graphics. || It really depends on your style of comedy, with ''Tosh'' being more straightforward, while ''[[Web Soup]]'' delves into sketch comedy and absurdist comedy. It also has the all-important Blessing of McHale, along with Chris Hardwick, who has been on TV for years and has built a good Internet following.
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| ''[[Two Broke Girls|2 Broke Girls]]'' (CBS) || ''[[Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23|Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23]]'' (ABC) || [[Hair of Gold|Likeable naive blond girl]], suddenly faced with adverse economic circumstances, becomes roommate with cynical dark-haired opposite. || ''2 Broke Girls'' has a [[Laugh Track]] and the two [[Work Com|work at the same diner]] in Brooklyn, trying to raise money to start a cupcake business; ''Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23'' is set in Manhattan, with [[Dawson's Creek|James Van Der Beek]] [[Adam Westing|playing a camp version of himself]] as a supporting character. || Too soon to tell. Both shows have been renewed for a second season.
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| ''Filmation's Ghostbusters'' (not those ones) || ''[[The Real Ghostbusters]]'' (those ones) || Cartoon adaptation of a live action TV series/Film about a team of detectives/geeks confronting ghosts and such. || Both series premiered at the same year featuring Filmation and Columbia's long dispute for the copyrights of the name. || Both followed the destiny of their source materials, as only one of them is still remembered and a [[Who You Gonna Call?|trope namer]] to boot.
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| ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' || ''[[Kim Possible]]'' || Cartoon about [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl|extraordinarily empowered]] [[Teen Superspy|teenage girl superspies]] in [[High School]]. || ''[[Totally Spies!]]'' was [[Animesque|more anime-influenced]], while ''[[Kim Possible]]'' stuck with straight-up [[Action Girl]] antics and a strong supporting cast. || Basically a tie. Each show is more popular on its home continent (''Kim Possible'' in America, ''Totally Spies'' in Europe), though Totally Spies ended with an extra season at a later date to its credit in Europe.
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| ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || ''[[Family Guy]]'' || Cartoon about a [[Dysfunctional Family]] with a stupid and obnoxious father, a patient and loving wife, two kids and a baby. || Dueling Shows made by [[FOX|the same network]]. || ''[[The Simpsons]]'' came first, has [[Long Runners|lasted longer]], and is overall the most successful, while ''[[Family Guy]]'' now typically gets higher ratings than ''[[The Simpsons]]'' (although this can vary from week to week). Parodied on this [http://images.paraorkut.com/img/funnypics/images/f/family_guy_simpsons-12654.jpg Mad Magazine cover].
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| ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' || ''[[Winx Club]]'' || [[Animesque]] [[Sentai]] show with [[Magical Girl]]s. || Somewhat similar shows that both originated in Italy, except ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' has a bigger budget and scripts with less [[Filler|fluff]]. Many of the similarities were introduced through the adaptations. || In America, the Winx had broadcast TV coverage from day 1 while the Guardians started on cable, so the Winx ended up clobbering them [[Ratings]]-wise and have now outlasted their dueling counterparts. On the other hands, the popularity of ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' as a comic book series completely eclipses that of ''[[Winx Club]]'' as a cartoon series.
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| ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'' || ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots]]'' || [[Sentai]] show with [[Transforming Mecha]]. || ''[[Challenge of the Go Bots]]'' seems to be the obvious pale knockoff... so it comes as a surprise to many that the ''[[Go Bots]]'' toys [[Older Than They Think|actually predated]] ''Transformers'' by two years. Nonetheless, the ''cartoon'' Autobots beat the Go Bots to TV by a month. || ''[[Transformers]]'' became a [[Cash Cow Franchise]] that's still going strong some twenty-five years later. ''[[Go Bots]]'' faded into obscurity and became [[Anyone Remember Pogs?|a punchline]] on purpose, mainly because Hasbro ended up later buying [[Go Bots]]'s company and locked down the copyrights completely in order to keep "Transformers" in the public eye.
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| ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'' || ''[[Teamo Supremo]]'' || A trio of children take time off from their schoolwork to fight crime. || The big difference, though, was that the Powerpuff Girls were superpowered sisters born as the result of a lab accident. Teamo, on the other hand, were [[Three Amigos]] of no blood relation who instead used supertools. || The 10th anniversary special, the DVD releases, [[The Movie]], the aforementioned anime adaptation, the daily repeats on Boomerang and a merchandising empire that beat Disney at its own game (along with no allusions like TS to make an educational show) give the PPGs a win here.
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| ''[[The Superhero Squad Show]]'' || ''[[Batman: The Brave And The Bold|Batman the Brave And The Bold]]'' || Silver Age esque kiddy-shows with a focus on lighthearted fun. || ''Brave and the Bold'' is still quite close to the comics in characterisation, except much more far-out in its storylines, whereas ''Superhero Squad Show'' is extremely OTT and whacky in everything that happens. Also, BTBATB focuses almost exclusively on [[A Day in the Limelight]], prioritizing characters like Clock King and Green Arrow over The Joker and Robin. || Both shows are quite popular, but so far ''Brave and the Bold'' is slightly more popular. ''Superhero Squad Show'' will likely make more money thanks to being [[Merchandise-Driven]], however.
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| ''[[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1987]]'' || ''[[Street Sharks]]'' || A group of mutated antropomorphic animal brothers fight against a power-hungry madman and his two incompetent lackeys. || There were many, '''MANY''' TMNT [[Follow the Leader|imitators]] but ''[[Street Sharks]]'' is the most prominent. || ''Ninja Turtles'', no doubt. ''Street Sharks'' was actually decently popular during its time but it never got any continuation and is pretty much a [[Anyone Remember Pogs?|joke]] today.
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| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' || ''[[Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island]]'' || An eternally cheerful super-optimist in a nautical-themed world of anthropomorphic sea creatures/fruit annoys his fussbudget neighbor while having wacky adventures with his dim-witted best friend. || ''Fred'' premiered on Kids' WB at the height of SpongeBob's popularity, and the main characters of both shows act and sound extremly similar. The main difference was that Fred was a talking coconut who lived on an island with other talking fruit. || SpongeBob by a light year; it is one of the most successful cartoons of all time, [[Cash Cow Franchise|the cornerstone]] of [[Nickelodeon]]'s empire and has lasted for more than ten years. ''Coconut Fred'' was hated by critics and canceled after half a season.
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| ''[[What a Cartoon Show]]'' || ''[[Oh Yeah Cartoons]]'' || [[Animated Anthology|Animated Anthologies]] ||[[Cartoon Network]]'s ''WACS'' and [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''Oh Yeah'' both featured stand-alone shorts and recurring series. Several cartoons from both shows spun-off into full series (Including ''[[My Life as a Teenage Robot]]'', ''[[Dexter's Laboratory|Dexters Laboratory]]'', [[The Powerpuff Girls]], and [[The Fairly
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| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' || ''[[Fish Hooks]]'' || Cartoon about underwater creatures living human lives. || ''SpongeBob'' is set in an ocean and stars a sponge working in a fast-food restaurant, while ''Fish Hooks'' is set in a pet store/TV repair shop and stars a group of fish [[Stealth Pun|going to high school]]. [[Fish Hooks]] is also much more realistic in plot, fish locomtion, food, and scale, while [[SpongeBob]] is quite surreal. || [[SpongeBob]], obviously. It is one of the most successful, well-known, and well-recieved cartoons of all time, and pretty much is to Nickelodeon as Mickey Mouse is to Disney. Fish Hooks, on the other hand, is relatively obscure, hated by many, and not as successful.
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| ''[[Batman Beyond]]'' ([[Kids WB]]) || ''[[Spider-Man Unlimited]]'' (FOX Kids) || [[Merchandise-Driven]] [[Spin-Off|Spinoffs]] of [[Batman: The Animated Series]] and [[Spider-Man: The Animated Series]] respectively, released in 1999. Both shows centered on familiar heroes with new [[Powered Armor]] costumes with [[Invisibility Cloak]] powers, in a [[Dystopia]]. || [[Batman Beyond]] was set in a [[Bad Future]] [[Dystopia]], centered upon a teenager trained by Bruce Wayne in the [[Batman]] role and somehow developed into a [[Darker and Edgier]] show than its predecessor, particularly in [[The Movie]] that was based on it. [[Spider-Man Unlimited]] - which was originally planned to be a [[Animated Adaptation]] of [[Marvel 2099|Spider Man 2099]] - eventually came to be about Peter Parker in an [[Alternate Timeline]] [[Dystopia]], where [[Beast Man|Beast Men]] ruled the Earth. || [[Batman Beyond]], which lasted for three seasons and inspired [[The Movie|a full-length animated film]]. [[Spider-Man Unlimited]] was canceled after one season.
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| ''[[Captain Planet and the Planeteers]]'' || ''[[Widget, the World Watcher]]'' || Saving the environment through use of superpowers. || || ''Captain Planet'' is generally more remembered than ''Widget'', although their critical reception was quite similar for both of the shows.
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| ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' || ''[[Recess]]'' || A group of fourth grade kids and their usual adventures with their friends || ''[[Hey Arnold!]]'' didn't have school as its main focus (while a bunch of episodes focused on school, it wasn't the main point of the show), while ''[[Recess]]'' focuses more on the kids at school. || Tie. Both are very well-remembered and have a following among adults, as well as having a similar run time and both having feature films. However, ''Recess'' got two direct-to-video specials after the show ended, and was shown in repeats on a daily basis until recently.
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| ''[[Denver, the Last Dinosaur]]'' || ''Dink the Little Dinosaur'' || Animated series about dinosaurs having adventures and a [[Green Aesop]] or two. || Denver had a one-year head start, aired in syndication and was set in modern-day while Dink came a year later (inspired partly by ''[[The Land Before Time]]'', released inbetween the two shows), was aired by CBS and took place in the Stone Age. || Both shows ran two seasons but ''Denver the Last Dinosaur'' is more fondly remembered and had more episodes (50 vs. 21) than ''Dink''.
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