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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----
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| ''Clarice'' (Lifetime) || ''Hannibal'' (NBC) || Shows based on Thomas Harris' ''[[The Silence of the Lambs]]''. || The titles are indicative; ''Clarice'' will focus on the titular agent Starling soon after she graduates from the [[FBI]] academy, while ''Hannibal'' is made by [[Bryan Fuller]] and is about the [[I'm a Humanitarian|cannibal]] [[Serial Killer]] and his relationship with FBI criminal profiler [[Red Dragon|Will Graham]]. || Too soon to call.
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| ''[[South Park]]'' || ''[[The Three Friends and Jerry]]'' || Animated comedies centering around 4 boys and rife with [[Comedic Sociopathy]]. || ''South Park'' was aimed at the 18-34 crowd on [[Comedy Central]], while ''The Three Friends and Jerry'' was a kids' show on ABC Family (then known as Fox Family). Trey Parker, the co-creator of ''South Park'', happens to lend his voice to both shows, oddly enough.|| ''South Park'' lasted much, [[Long Runners|MUCH longer]] than ''The Three Friends and Jerry'', which was forgotten as soon as it came.
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| ''[[American Dragon: Jake Long]]'' || ''[[The Life and Times of Juniper Lee]]'' || Animated [[Supernatural Soap Opera]] about a kid with powers. || Moderate differences, but in both, a young Asian person inherits the mystical mantle of a grandparent, becomes a mediator between the human and magical worlds, and has an irritating opposite-gender younger sibling and a talking pug dog. || Though both shows ran for about the same number of months, ''American Dragon'' has twelve episodes over ''Juniper Lee'' (although this was a standard [[Disney]] practice of stretching out seasons). ''Juniper Lee'' however has the advantage of getting three seasons whereas ''American Dragon'' only got two and even a DVD release of the first season ([[No Export for You|albeit only in Australia]]). Of the two series though, ''American Dragon'' is more well remembered while ''Juniper'' is more a [[Cult Classic]].
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| ''[[WITCH (animation)|WITCH]]'' || ''[[Winx Club]]'' || [[Animesque]] [[Sentai]] show with [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]]. || 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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