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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 [[Myth Busters|Jaime Hyneman, Adam Savage and Grant Imahara]] being competitors.
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| ''[[The First 48]]'' || ''The Squad'' || [[True Crime]] shows [[X Meets Y|merging]] ''[[Cops (series)]]'' and ''[[Homicide: Life On the Street]]'' || ''[[The First 48]]'' covers two cases from different cities like Miami, Dallas, and Memphis. ''The Squad'' follows the Indianapolis PD's Homicide squad exclusively, going more in depth with the cases.
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| ''[[Family Matters]]'' || ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]'' || Family [[Sitcom|Sitcoms]] 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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| ''[[Knight Rider]]'' || ''Street Hawk'' || An injured police officer is given a new secret identity and a super vehicle to fight crime with. || This time ABC tries to follow NBC's lead on a motorcycle ''without'' a mind of its own. Remote-controlled by the Government. || How many people have actually even ''heard'' of ''Street Hawk''? <ref> Many Indians do. Street Hawk was introduced 'before' satellite television AND Knight Rider. A GI Joe motorcycle and Snake-Eyes toy package were retooled and packaged as a Street Hawk package- before Knight Rider was aired.</ref>
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| Mike Nelson's ''[[Riff Trax]]'' || Joel Hodgson's ''[[Cinematic Titanic]]'' || ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' alumni do their best to Hollywood's worst || ''[[Riff Trax]]'' started the post-[[Mystery Science Theater 3000|MSTie]] [[Alternate DVD Commentary|film commentary]] revival by making audio-only downloads that take aim at more mainstream films than MST3K had access to. Soon after, Mike's predecessor started his own similar project, but as DVDs that stick more closely to the original formula: more obscure (and license-able) B-movies, silhouettes in front of the films, and sketches. || ''[[Riff Trax]]'' has a larger catalog (due to its head start and faster production process) and more mainstream appeal, while ''[[Cinematic Titanic]]'' seems aimed at old-school fans. Many say that there's room for both to be winners.
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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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| ''[[Action Man]]'' (2000 CGI reboot) || ''[[Max Steel]]'' || [[Merchandise-Driven]] CGI cartoons about young extreme sports athletes who gain super powers and fight international criminals with the help of a shadowy organization and a quirky group of friends. || While Max was a high schooler who gained more traditional "brick" powers through unstable nanotechnology, Alex Mann was an adult celebrity whose powers were more akin to [[Awesome By Analysis]] taken to [[Up to Eleven|ridiculous levels]]. Also, ''[[Max Steel]]'' was animated more realistically while ''[[Action Man]]'' looked stylistically similar to ''[[Beast Machines]]''. || Arguable: While ''[[Max Steel]]'' lasted longer, even getting animated by ''[[Action Man]]'' producers [[Mainframe Entertainment]] once the latter show was cancelled AND getting 3 additional TV movies to boot, ''[[Action Man]]'' is tied to a long-running toy franchise (even if only as it's [[Canon
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