| 1 | [[index]] |
| 2 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{Documentary}} Documentary]] |
| 3 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{Fantasy}} Fantasy]] |
| 4 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{GameShow}} Game Shows]] |
| 5 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{Horror}} Horror]] |
| 6 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{PeriodDrama}} Period Dramas]] |
| 7 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/PoliceProcedural Police Procedural]] |
| 8 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/ProfessionalWrestling Professional Wrestling]] |
| 9 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/RealityShow Reality Shows]] |
| 10 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/ScienceFiction Science Fiction]] |
| 11 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{Sitcom}} Sitcoms]] |
| 12 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/OtherSoaps Other Soaps]] |
| 13 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/{{Superhero}} Superheroes]] |
| 14 | * [[DuelingWorksLiveActionTV/VarietyShow Variety Shows]] |
| 15 | [[/index]] |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ---- |
| 18 | * Initiators / Followers |
| 19 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Description |
| 20 | ** '''Implementation:''' Implementation |
| 21 | ---- |
| 22 | |
| 23 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [[folder:Examples across Genres]] |
| 26 | * ''Series/{{Bewitched}}'' (1964) / ''Series/DarkShadows'' (1966) |
| 27 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows about supernatural characters co-existing with mortals in (then) modern-day America |
| 28 | ** '''Implementation:''' While ''Bewitched'' was a {{Sitcom}} (and also had a sitcom duel with ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''), ''Dark Shadows'' was the TropeMaker for the SupernaturalSoapOpera |
| 29 | ---- |
| 30 | * ''[[Creator/{{PTEN}} Prime Time Entertainment Network]]'' (1993) / ''Creator/ActionPack'' (1994) |
| 31 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Big Studio-produced, part-anthologies/part-syndicated networks. trying to emulate the success of {{Creator/FOX}}'s launch |
| 32 | ** '''Implementation:''' PTEN (a joint venture from Creator/WarnerBros and [[Creator/{{UPN}} United Television]]) boasted ''Series/BabylonFive'' along with ''Series/TimeTrax'' and ''Series/KungFuTheLegendContinues''. Creator/{{Universal}}'s Action Pack was led by the one-two punch of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' and ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' |
| 33 | ---- |
| 34 | * ''Series/DoOver'' (2002) / ''That Was Then'' (2002) |
| 35 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' [[TheEighties 80's]] {{flashback}} to HighSchool. |
| 36 | ** '''Implementation:''' One was a sitcom, the other a drama. In both of them, the protagonist starts as a depressed, adult salesman in his thirties. Their lives are in ruins, along with those of the people they once cared about. They blame that on certain decisions they took in high school. Then a freak accident sends them back in time, reliving their high school years. They have a chance to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong. |
| 37 | ---- |
| 38 | * ''Series/CleanHouse'' (2003) / ''{{Series/Hoarders}}'' (2009) |
| 39 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows about people with irritatingly or pathologically cluttered homes. |
| 40 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Hoarders'' is the more serious and deserving of the documentary label, considering that pathological hoarding is an actual mental illness, while ''Clean House'''s comedic streak and focus on the cleaning aspect places it better on RealityTV. |
| 41 | ---- |
| 42 | * ''Series/{{House}}'' (2004) / ''Series/LieToMe'' (2009) |
| 43 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' {{Creator/FOX}} dramas featuring eccentric, wisecracking, and disillusioned doctor/detectives based on real people and played by eminent British actors. |
| 44 | ** '''Implementation:''' Tim Roth [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent doesn't attempt an American accent]] and ''Series/LieToMe'' focuses more on the detective aspect. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | * ''Series/Studio60OnTheSunsetStrip'' (2006) / ''Series/ThirtyRock'' (2006) |
| 47 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Behind-the-scenes shows about the drama that goes on during the development of a ''Series/SaturdayNightLive''-esque sketch/variety show |
| 48 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Studio 60'' is a [[Creator/AaronSorkin Sorkin]] {{Dramedy}}, while ''30 Rock'' is a straight SitCom. Plus, they were on the same network -- Creator/{{NBC}}, which ''also'' has [[Series/SaturdayNightLive the closest thing to the shows they go behind-the-scenes of!]] |
| 49 | ---- |
| 50 | * ''Series/BurnNotice'' (2007) / ''Series/RoyalPains'' (2009) |
| 51 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A man is blacklisted from his profession and moves to an exotic location to sell his services privately. |
| 52 | ** '''Implementation:''' Essentially the same premise, but substituting spy for doctor. Another aspect the shows share is the wisecracking and incompetent brother of the main character. Both are on the USA Network. |
| 53 | ---- |
| 54 | * ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' (2010) / ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (2011) |
| 55 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows where the world is being threatened by zombies, incidentally called "walkers" (''White'' walkers in the case of the latter). |
| 56 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows are adapted from literary works, with ''The Walking Dead'' being adapted from [[ComicBook/TheWalkingDead the comics of the same name]], while ''Game of Thrones'' was from the book ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''. While both shows also deal with the concept of HumansAreBastards, ''TWD'' deals with this and the zombie threat directly, while ''[=GoT=]'' deals more with political power struggle. |
| 57 | ---- |
| 58 | * ''Series/{{Wentworth}}'' (2013) / ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack'' (2013) |
| 59 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows that explore life in a women's prison. |
| 60 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Orange is The New Black'' is a dramedy (drama-comedy), whereas ''Wentworth'' is a dark and serious drama. Likewise, ''Orange'' is an American show whereas ''Wentworth'' is Australian. |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | * ''Series/RosemarysBaby'' (Creator/{{NBC}} horror, 2014) / ''Series/{{Extant}}'' (Creator/{{CBS}} sci-fi, 2014) |
| 63 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' An elegant African-American woman is pregnant with a mysterious child who may have a huge impact on the human race. |
| 64 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both kids are from supernatural sources ({{Satan}} and aliens (presumably), respectively) ''Rosemary's Baby'' will [[TheAntiChrist doom humanity]] while ''Extant''[='=]s could save it (though probably not in [[MessianicArchetype the same manner]], possibly more like a [[MagicGenetics genetic upgrade]]). |
| 65 | ---- |
| 66 | * ''The People v. O.J. Simpson'': ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'' (2016, Creator/{{FX|Networks}}) / ''Film/OJMadeInAmerica'' (2016, Creator/{{ESPN}}) |
| 67 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two works about O.J. Simpson and his 1994 murder trial. |
| 68 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''American Crime Story'' is a {{dramatization}}/reenactment of the infamous murder trial, while ''O.J.: Made in America'' is a five-part documentary from ESPN's "30 for 30" series that features interviews with the key players and even unreleased 911 audio. |
| 69 | ---- |
| 70 | * ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (2016, Creator/{{CW}}) / ''Series/{{Timeless}}'' (2016, Creator/{{NBC}}) |
| 71 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A ragtag team of time travelers protect history while hunting a supervillain. |
| 72 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Legends'' is a superhero show and a spinoff of ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' and ''Series/TheFlash2014'', featuring popular heroes (and villains) from both shows along with new characters. ''Timeless'' is an original series and more of a straight-forward adventure with some conspiracy elements. Notably, both have a character trying to change history to bring their dead family back to life; in ''Legends'', he's the hero, but in ''Timeless'', he's the '''villain'''. Also, both shows have covered some of the same historical ground, such as an episode with George Washington and another with Al Capone and Elliot Ness. |
| 73 | ---- |
| 74 | * ''Series/JaneTheVirgin'' (2014, Creator/{{CW}}) / ''Telenovela'' (2015, Creator/{{NBC}}) |
| 75 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Modern, light-hearted americanized interpretations of traditional latin american soap operas. |
| 76 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Jane the Virgin'' is a direct adaptation of a soap, though still using BroadStrokes, and it's an hour-long dramedy.. ''Telenovela'' is an original work, a Single Camera Sitcom taking centered around the production of a soap opera, wherein the actors' misadventures mirror the soap's characters'. |
| 77 | ---- |
| 78 | * ''Series/DeadlyClass'' (2019) / ''Series/{{The Umbrella Academy|2019}}'' (2019) |
| 79 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Adaptations of [[ComicBook/DeadlyClass comic]] [[ComicBook/TheUmbrellaAcademy books]] focusing on characters who are students of an {{academy of evil}} and {{superhero school}}, respectively. |
| 80 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Deadly Class'' is more of an action-thriller, while ''The Umbrella Academy'' is a deconstruction of superhero tropes. |
| 81 | ---- |
| 82 | * ''Series/SchittsCreek'' (2019) / ''Series/FosseVerdon'' (2019) |
| 83 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two very different TV shows aired episodes called "Life is a Cabaret" featuring ShowWithinAShow of ''Theatre/{{Cabaret}}'', which aired on the same night in some places. |
| 84 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Schitt's Creek'' is a quirky comedy that featured the show in a MusicalEpisode; ''Fosse/Verdon'' is a drama portraying the making of the film. |
| 85 | ---- |
| 86 | * ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' (2013) / ''Series/StrangerThings'' (2016) |
| 87 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both ''The Goldbergs'' and ''Stranger Things'' were made in the 2010s and were set in the 1980s. Both series include many nostalgic references to the decade in the form of pop-culture, fashion, music, and food. |
| 88 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The Goldbergs'' is a sitcom that is based on the childhood of its creator Adam F. Goldberg, and features his experiences growing up in the 1980s in the Philly suburb of Jenkintown. ''Stranger Things'' is a science-fiction/horror series that focuses on the dark secrets of Hawkins, Indiana. |
| 89 | ---- |
| 90 | * ''[[Series/Batwoman2019 Batwoman]]'' (2019) / ''Series/{{Stumptown}}'' (2019) |
| 91 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both series are based on comic book properties that Creator/GregRucka had a large part in. The protagonists are both LGBT women who were in the military and fight crime in their current lives. |
| 92 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Batwoman'' is a superhero/action show, while ''Stumptown'' is a crime drama. ''Batwoman'' was announced first and the title character debuted first, but ''Stumptown'' premiered first. |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | * ''Film/TheTwoPopes'' (2019) / ''Series/TheNewPope'' (2020) |
| 95 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two made-for-television dramas released less than one month apart and featuring two [[UsefulNotes/ThePope popes]], with one being elected to replace the other who's still living. |
| 96 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The Two Popes'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original film about two RealLife figures, Pope Benedict XVI and his successor Francis, while ''The New Pope'' is a Creator/{{HBO}}[=-=][[Creator/{{Sky}} Sky Atlantic]] co-production about two fictional popes in an open conflict, being the sequel to ''Series/TheYoungPope''. |
| 97 | ---- |
| 98 | * ''Greatest [=#AtHome=] Videos'' / ''Connecting'' |
| 99 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' TV shows where the COVID-19 Pandemic plays a major role |
| 100 | ** '''Implementation:''' The former is a reality show ala ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos'', while the latter is a sitcom about a group of friends keeping in touch during the pandemic |
| 101 | ---- |
| 102 | * ''Series/TheRighteousGemstones'' (2019) / ''Filthy Rich'' (2020) |
| 103 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' TV shows about families of extremely wealthy, corrupt televangelists. |
| 104 | ** '''Implementation:''' The former is an Creator/{{HBO}} black comedy about a family of insanely rich televangelists who also operate a number of megachurches, the latter is a Creator/{{FOX}} soapy drama about a family of billionaire televangelists who own a prominent Christian TV network. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * ''[[Series/Girls5Eva Girls5Eva]]'' (2021) / ''Queens'' (2021) |
| 107 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Musical series about a late 90s-early 2000s-era girl group who gets their second chance at stardom after a rising, younger rapper samples their old (and biggest) hit. |
| 108 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''[=Girls5Eva=]'' is a streaming comedy set in New York City focusing on a pop girl group that originally aired on [[Creator/{{Peacock}} Peacock]] for the first two seasons, but got picked up by [[Creator/{{Netflix}} Netflix]] for the third season, while ''Queens'' is a drama on [[Creator/AmericanBroadcastingCompany ABC]] set in Los Angeles focusing on a hip-hop girl group. |
| 109 | ---- |
| 110 | * ''Series/TheWhiteLotus'' (2021) / ''[[Literature/NinePerfectStrangers Nine Perfect Strangers]]'' (2021) |
| 111 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Limited series (both have since been renewed for second season) with AllStarCast about [[CastFullOfRichPeople a group of wealthy]] [[PennyAmongDiamonds (and a few non-wealthy) guests]] staying in a tropical retreat. |
| 112 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The White Lotus'' is a dramedy satire set in a five-star beach resort in Hawaii (Sicily for season 2 and Thailand for season 3), whereas ''Nine Perfect Strangers'' is a drama set in a California wellness retreat. The former has Creator/SteveZahn, Creator/ConnieBritton, Creator/JenniferCoolidge (who later also returned for the second season), Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Creator/JakeLacy, Creator/NatashaRothwell (who's also returning for the third season), Creator/MollyShannon, and Creator/SydneySweeney as part of its first season cast, along with Creator/AubreyPlaza, Creator/FMurrayAbraham, Creator/MeghannFahy, Creator/TheoJames, Creator/HaleyLuRichardson, Creator/TomHollander, Creator/WillSharpe, and Creator/MichaelImperioli for the second season cast, with Creator/LauraDern even made a VoiceOnlyCameo in one episode, while the latter stars names like Creator/NicoleKidman, Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, Creator/MichaelShannon, Creator/LukeEvans, Creator/SamaraWeaving, Creator/ReginaHall, and Creator/BobbyCannavale for the first season. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * ''[[Series/WinningTime Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty]]'' (2022) / ''They Call Me Magic'' (2022), ''Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers'' (2022) |
| 115 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows about the rise of Los Angeles Lakers basketball team, particularly during Showtime/Magic Johnson era. |
| 116 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Winning Time'' is an [[Creator/{{HBO}} HBO ]] biopic series focusing on the Lakers during Showtime era, while ''They Call Me Magic'' is an [[Creator/AppleTVPlus Apple TV+]] docuseries about Magic Johnson, as for ''Legacy'', it's a [[Creator/{{Hulu}} Hulu]] docuseries about the history of Lakers from past to present. While ''Winning Time'' is disapproved by the figures portrayed on the show, both ''They Call Me Magic'' and ''Legacy'' featured the actual people that were portrayed on ''Winning Time'' such as Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Jerry West, Pat Riley, and even the children of Jerry Buss. |
| 117 | * ''Series/{{The Last of Us|2023}}'' (2023) / ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}'' (2023) |
| 118 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Television adaptations of Platform/PlayStation video games set in post-apocalyptic versions of America (with [[AlternateHistory alternate histories]] diverging around the start of the [=21st=] century when the apocalypses occurred) following unlikely duos as they begin dangerous life changing treks from one walled city to another. |
| 119 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The Last of Us'' is a more grounded zombie drama about a grieving, closed off father coming to protect a feisty young girl. ''Twisted Metal'' is a more comedic action series revolving around VehicularCombat and a romance between an amnesiac delivery man and an escaped indentured servant. |
| 120 | ---- |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Adventure]] |
| 124 | * ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'' (1982) / ''Series/BringEmBackAlive'' (1982) & ''Casablanca'' (1983) |
| 125 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Action-adventure series that embody the TwoFistedTales trope. |
| 126 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Tales'' and ''Bring 'Em'' were quickly greenlit in TheEighties once ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' proved to be a success, and as such it's somewhat hard to tell which one really started the fight, while ''Casablanca'' cashed not only on the post-Raiders period adventure romance boom but also the nostalgia for the original film. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | * ''Series/KnightRider'' (1982) / ''Series/StreetHawk'' (1985) |
| 129 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' An injured police officer is given a new secret identity and a super vehicle to fight crime with. |
| 130 | ** '''Implementation:''' This time ABC tries to follow NBC's lead on a motorcycle ''without'' a mind of its own. Remote-controlled by the Government. |
| 131 | ---- |
| 132 | * ''Series/TheATeam'' (1983) / ''Series/HighPerformance'' (1983) |
| 133 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Action-adventure shows featuring do-gooders for hire. |
| 134 | ** '''Implementation:''' Another Creator/{{ABC}} knockoff of an Creator/{{NBC}} smash hit. |
| 135 | ---- |
| 136 | * ''Film/BlueThunder'' (1984) / ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (1984) |
| 137 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Crime-fighting super helicopters, and the people that flew them. |
| 138 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both debuting in 1984, ''Blue Thunder'' was spun off from the [[Film/BlueThunder 1983 top-grossing feature film]], and drew heavily on it for stock footage. ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' debuted 16 days later and was thematically similar to the already successful ''Series/KnightRider''. |
| 139 | ---- |
| 140 | * ''Series/{{Lost}}'' (2004) / ''Series/{{Flight 29 Down}}'' (2005) |
| 141 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Plane crashes on an island; characters must adapt. |
| 142 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Lost'' premiered a year earlier and became an overnight sensation. ''[=F29D=]'' is "Lost" for kids more or less, though the show was actually based on a book and the concept was pitched before Lost got on the air. |
| 143 | ---- |
| 144 | * ''Series/AguilaRoja'' [[note]]Red Eagle[[/note]] (2009, TVE) / ''[[{{Series/Alatriste}} Las Aventuras del Capitán Alatriste]]'' [[note]]The Adventures of Captain Alatriste[[/note]] (2015, T5) |
| 145 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Spanish {{swashbuckler}} series. |
| 146 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''AR'' follows the adventures of the [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Ninja love child]] of Series/{{Zorro|1957}} and Captain Alatriste in a [[PurelyAestheticEra Purely Aesthetic early 17th century Spain]]. ''LADCA'' is a ([[InNameOnly supposed]]) adaptation of the historical novel series. |
| 147 | ---- |
| 148 | * ''Cobra'' (1993, Syndication) / ''Viper'' (1994, NBC) |
| 149 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' ''Knight Rider''-alikes featuring eponymous red muscle cars and heroes who were "left for dead, but given a second chance and a purpose." |
| 150 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows were in in production at the same time[[note]]In fact, both shows were originally named ''Viper'', but threats or trademark infringement suits from Chrysler (who were working with NBC), caused a name change to ''Cobra'' (though the lead character still carried the codename "Viper". [[/note]], but ''Cobra'' aired first. ''Cobra'' was more a straight adventure series with no fantastic elements. (The title Cobra was merely a CoolCar) ''Viper'' was actually closer to ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (the heroes stole the Viper (Named "The Defender in-story) to carry on in secret.) |
| 151 | * ''Series/{{Nikita}}'' (2010, The CW) / ''Series/PersonOfInterest'' (2011, CBS) |
| 152 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Espionage action series in which a person with a troubled past seeks out a tangential person from their past and prevents that person from committing suicide by convincing them to take part in a battle to right wrongs. Also, they're all presumed dead. |
| 153 | ** '''Implementation:''' While both series featured similar tones and approaches to weaving an over-arching story--they even shared a writer, Amanda Segel, who penned some of ''Nikita's'' most ''Person of Interest''-like episodes before ''Person of Interest'' existed--''Nikita's'' story and characters were all ultimately tied together to the world of espionage, while ''Person of Interest'' tackled a wider variety of characters and worlds and was more akin to a super-hero series. Additionally, while ''Nikita'' had a very fluid status quo, with significant changes occurring every handful of episodes, ''Person of Interest'' was much more tied to its specific procedural formula, which remained in place even as the characters' circumstances changed. |
| 154 | ---- |
| 155 | |
| 156 | [[/folder]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | [[folder:Crime Drama]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | * ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' (2005-2012) / ''Series/BreakingBad'' (2008-2013) |
| 161 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Premium cable dark dramedies about middle-aged people turning to drug-dealing following a personal tragedy |
| 162 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''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 BlackComedy before it underwent CerebusSyndrome, ''Breaking Bad'' was very dark from the beginning... and things only got [[DarkerAndEdgier more bleak]] from there. |
| 163 | ---- |
| 164 | * ''Series/{{Thief|2006}}'' (2006) / ''Series/{{Heist|2006}}'' (2006) |
| 165 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' [[DamnItFeelsGoodToBeAGangster Glamourous gangster]] drama. |
| 166 | ** '''Implementation:''' Subtle character drama vs. glitzy action series. |
| 167 | ---- |
| 168 | * ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' (2008) / ''Series/WhiteCollar'' (2009) |
| 169 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Skilled and rather flamboyant thief/thieves are recruited by the good guys to create some {{Asshole Victim}}s. |
| 170 | ** '''Implementation:''' The difference is with their employers -- ''Leverage''’s Nate is initially out for {{revenge}} and then takes up the charge to fight evil himself while ''White Collar''’s ConMan is employed by the government. |
| 171 | ---- |
| 172 | * ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' (2010) / ''Series/MobCity'' (2013) |
| 173 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Fictionalized chronicle of the rise of organized crime in America during the first half of the 20th century, inspired by a non-fiction book: ''Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times and Corruption of Atlantic City'' and ''L.A. Noir: The struggle for the soul of America's most seductive city'', respectively. |
| 174 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Boardwalk'' takes place in the East Coast and Chicago during the 1920s and has a corrupt politician turned gangster as main character; ''City'' takes place in Los Angeles and Las Vegas during the 1940s and has a crooked cop as main character. Real mobsters and other historical figures appear as secondary characters, two of whom (Meyer Lansky and Bugsy Siegel) are shared by both shows. ''Boardwalk'' has many [[ShoutOut Shout Outs]] to ''Film/TheGodfather'', while ''City'' draws inspiration from FilmNoir. |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | * ''Series/AmericanCrime'' (2015) / ''Series/AmericanCrimeStory'' (2016) & ''Franchise/LawAndOrder: True Crime'' (2017) |
| 177 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Crime anthology series set in America. |
| 178 | ** '''Implementation:''' All follow one different crime case per season, although the crimes in ''AC'' are fictional while the crimes in ''ACS''' and ''L&O:TC'' are dramatizations of real cases. |
| 179 | ---- |
| 180 | * ''Series/GiriHaji'' (2020) / ''Series/TokyoVice'' (2022-) |
| 181 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Crime series about the Yakuza with a mixed Japanese and Anglophone cast. |
| 182 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Giri/Haji'' is more of an ensemble and incorporates more fantastical elements such as SpiritAdvisor sequences, a DreamBallet, and manga-inspired recaps. ''Tokyo Vice'' is based on the memoir of a real journalist and has a more grounded presentation. |
| 183 | ---- |
| 184 | * ''Series/{{Candy|2022}}'' (2022) / ''[[Series/LoveAndDeath2023 Love & Death]]'' (2023) |
| 185 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Miniseries about a murder case in Texas in 1980 involving housewife Candy Montgomery. |
| 186 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Candy'' is a Creator/{{Hulu}} miniseries starring Creator/JessicaBiel that premiered under a year before the Creator/HBOMax production ''Love & Death'' starring Creator/ElizabethOlsen. |
| 187 | [[/folder]] |
| 188 | |
| 189 | [[folder:Medical Drama]] |
| 190 | * ''Series/DrKildare'' (1961) / ''Ben Casey'' (1961) |
| 191 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Early medical drama centered around a handsome young doctor and a wise, older doctor as his mentor. |
| 192 | ** '''Implementation:''' Two of the first mainstream TV [[MedicalDrama medical dramas]], the series’ premiered 5 days apart, and each ran for 5 seasons from 1961-1966. Both shows premises were similar, though their main characters were polar opposites. Creator/RichardChamberlain played Dr. James Kildare; a blond, [[PrettyBoy pretty boy]] [[TheIntern intern]] who, while just learning his profession, was caring and kind. Vincent Edwards played Dr. Ben Casey; a dark, brooding neurosurgeon {{hunk}}, who was [[DrJerk constantly arguing and scowling at his superiors]]. Both were immensely popular, becoming pop culture rivals in the press, and [[TeenIdol on teenagers’ bedroom walls]]. |
| 193 | ---- |
| 194 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' (1994) / ''Series/ChicagoHope'' (1994) |
| 195 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Chicago-based MedicalDrama |
| 196 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both mixed elements of gritty medical realism with focus on the personal lives of the staff, but ''ER'' emphasized the former while ''Hope'' emphasised the latter. |
| 197 | ---- |
| 198 | * ''Series/{{Scrubs}}'' (2001) / ''Series/GreenWing'' (2004) |
| 199 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Surreal [[EnsembleCast ensemble]] hospital-based comedy-dramas swinging wildly from silly to dark, following a new doctor in a WillTheyOrWontThey relationship. |
| 200 | ** '''Implementation:''' In ''Scrubs'' (most) of the weirdness comes from the [[FantasySequence Fantasy Sequences]], and what happens outside JD's head is usually realistic, while ''Green Wing'' takes place in a fundamentally dreamlike world. One key difference - ''Scrubs'' actually has serious medicine-based storylines, while the hospital setting of ''Green Wing'' is mostly an excuse to bring together a cast of [[DrJerk Dr. Jerks]]. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * ''Series/DocMartin'' (2004) / ''Distant Shores'' (2005) |
| 203 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' ITV comedy drama about a big city doctor relocating to a coastal village full of eccentric residents. |
| 204 | ** '''Implementation:''' The central character of ''Doc Martin'' is an UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist, that of ''Distant Shores'' is an UnfazedEveryman. |
| 205 | ---- |
| 206 | * ''[=HawthoRNe=]'' (2009) / ''Series/NurseJackie'' (2009) |
| 207 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Post-Series/{{ER}} hospital dramas focusing on flawed but heroic nurses. |
| 208 | ** '''Implementation:''' Aside from different races of the two leads, ''Jackie'' is a bit DarkerAndEdgier, what with Jackie having an affair with the pharmacist who's also her dealer. |
| 209 | ---- |
| 210 | * ''Series/MastersOfSex'' (2013) / ''Series/TheKnick'' (2014) |
| 211 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Premium Cable period shows dramatizing the early days of one branch of medicine. |
| 212 | ** '''Implementation:''' Creator/{{Showtime}}'s ''Masters of Sex'' is about (a fictionalized version of) the Masters/Johnson sexology study of the late 50's, and [[SpiritualSuccessor has been compared]] to ''Series/MadMen''. Creator/{{Cinemax}}'s ''The Knick'' is set in (a fictionalized version of) the early days of surgery, in a NYC hospital, and is best know for being "the Creator/StevenSoderbergh TV show" |
| 213 | [[/folder]] |
| 214 | |
| 215 | [[folder:Military Drama]] |
| 216 | * ''Series/{{Six}}'' (2017) / ''Series/{{Valor}}'' (2017) |
| 217 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' American special forces members are captured by African terrorist groups. Their respective support units back in the United States must race against time to save them before the terrorists hand over their prisoners to ISIS. |
| 218 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Six'' focuses more on the family drama of its Navy [=SEALs=], while ''Valor'' plays off the fact that its female lead [[JackieRobinsonStory is the first woman in an Army special forces helicopter unit]], that she has feelings for [[UnequalPairing her captain]] while she is already dating an intel officer. ''Valor'' also has a GovernmentConspiracy within the CIA that relates to the terrorists. |
| 219 | ---- |
| 220 | * ''Series/SEALTeam'' (2017) / ''Series/TheBrave'' (2017) |
| 221 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Focuses on American special operators whose missions take place in foreign countries to deal with international incidents that could undermine the security of the United States. Both shows have 3 episodes with near-identical plots. |
| 222 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''SEAL Team'' is about a DEVGRU unit and their family drama. ''The Brave'' is about a Defense Intelligence Agency Special Operations Group who are dispatched around the world to solve various crises concerning the U.S. Unlike ''SEAL Team'', the personal lives of the main cast aren't very relevant to the show and it is focused entirely on the missions abroad they conduct. |
| 223 | [[/folder]] |
| 224 | |
| 225 | [[folder:Talk Show]] |
| 226 | * ''Series/HotSeatWithWallyGeorge'' (1983) / ''Series/TheMortonDowneyJrShow'' (1987) |
| 227 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Hour-long trash TV show about hot button issues, hosted by a loud-mouth conservative man who openly heckles his guests, all to the wild applause of their audience. |
| 228 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows started as local programs before expanding into national syndication. Morton's show aired five days a week, and each episode would focus on the same issue throughout. Wally's aired once a week, and each episode tended to broach a variety of topics. Wally also leaned heavily into current events, taping each episode just three days before the airdate. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * ''Series/TheOReillyFactor'' (1996) / ''Series/CountdownWithKeithOlbermann'' (2003) |
| 231 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Hour-long opinion shows featuring hosts with wildly-inflated egos. |
| 232 | ** '''Implementation:''' Olbermann is the liberal, O'Reilly is the conservative. |
| 233 | ---- |
| 234 | * ''Series/TheView'' (1997) / ''The Talk'' (2010) |
| 235 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Talk shows hosted by a diverse group of (usually) five women who start with a roundtable discussion about current affairs. |
| 236 | ** '''Implementation:''' For the most part, they're identical, though each show has something of a focus on material produced by their parent company (ABC/Disney for ''The View,'' CBS for ''The Talk.'') |
| 237 | [[/folder]] |
| 238 | |
| 239 | [[folder:Misc]] |
| 240 | * ''Series/BluePeter'' (1958) / ''Magpie'' (1968) |
| 241 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Magazine programmes with wholesome and informative fun for British kids, with charitable appeals and badges awarded for achievement. |
| 242 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Series/BluePeter'' ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC]]) began as a rather staid and studio-bound affair (suits, ties etc.) but moved towards a livelier presentation with more outdoor locations following the arrival of John Noakes in 1965. ''Magpie'' (Creator/{{ITV}}) copied ''Blue Peter''’s format from the start, while employing more hip language and graphics. |
| 243 | ---- |
| 244 | * ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' (1977) / ''Driven'' (1998) / ''Motor Week'' (1997) |
| 245 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Motoring television programs focusing on the newest car models and road tests. |
| 246 | ** '''Implementation:''' All three shows follow a similar format to each other. In ''Top Gear'' ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC]]) and ''Motor Week'' ([[Creator/{{ITV}} Men & Motors]]), the presenters would present items on their own. ''Driven'' (Creator/Channel4) has the presenters interacting with each other and a road test of three identical class cars known as "Driven 100". ''Driven'' and ''Motor Week'' feature people who have been on or would go on to work on ''Top Gear'', including Jason Barlow, Creator/JamesMay, Chris Goffey and Creator/RichardHammond. |
| 247 | |
| 248 | * ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' (2002) / ''Fifth Gear'' (2002) |
| 249 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Motoring television programs focusing on the newest car models and road tests. |
| 250 | ** '''Implementation:''' The ''Top Gear'' revival ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC]]) produced by Creator/JeremyClarkson and Andy Wilman covers cars in a similar manner to the original run, but with some wacky segments and challenges, which became more common in the program's later seasons. ''Fifth Gear'' (Creator/Channel5) follows a similar format to the original run of ''Top Gear'' and features some of the same hosts, such as Jon Bentley, Tiff Needell and Vicki Butler-Henderson. |
| 251 | |
| 252 | * ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' (2002) / ''Series/TheGrandTour'' (2016) |
| 253 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Motoring television programs focusing on the newest car models and road tests. |
| 254 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The Grand Tour'' (Creator/AmazonPrime) was produced by Andy Wilman, who formerly worked on ''Top Gear'' ([[Creator/TheBBC BBC]]), and features some ex-''Top Gear'' members, such as Richard Porter and Brian Klein, along with Creator/JeremyClarkson, Creator/RichardHammond and Creator/JamesMay as presenters. Both ''Top Gear'' and ''the Grand Tour'' share similar elements, such as racing drivers setting the fastest lap times around an airfield and various challenges. While ''Top Gear'' became LighterAndSofter under the hand of new presenters, such as Creator/MattLeblanc and Chris Harris, ''the Grand Tour'' has more risque content that was prominent during the Clarkson, Hammond and May era of ''Top Gear''. |
| 255 | ---- |
| 256 | * ''[[Series/TheMickeyMouseClub The All-New Mickey Mouse Club]]'' (1989) / ''Series/AllThat'' (1994) |
| 257 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Children's variety series with a cast mainly consisting of children and teenagers that featured a LaughTrack, short-form segments and live musical performances. |
| 258 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows kick-started the careers of some of the people who starred on it, with ''The All-New Mickey Mouse Club'' launching the careers of Music/BritneySpears, Music/JustinTimberlake, Music/ChristinaAguilera and Creator/RyanGosling and ''All That'' launching the careers of Creator/KenanThompson, Creator/AmandaBynes, Creator/NickCannon and Creator/GabrielIglesias. Both shows also starred Jamie Lynn Spears. |
| 259 | ---- |
| 260 | * ''Series/BeakmansWorld'' (1992) / ''Series/BillNyeTheScienceGuy'' (1993) |
| 261 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Kids shows that focus on learning science, often in goofy and irreverent ways |
| 262 | ** '''Implementation:''' Whereas Beakman was a fictional character, Bill was an actual scientist (an engineer to be more precise). Whereas Bill stuck with one topic throughout an episode, Beakman switched topics frequently. Whereas Bill focused on the science almost exclusively (if imaginatively), Beakman also had a small, wacky recurring cast and a little non-science-related zaniness. |
| 263 | ---- |
| 264 | * ''The Adventures of Dudley the Dragon'' (1993) / ''Groundling Marsh'' (1995) |
| 265 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' [[SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon 65-episode]] [[CanadianSeries Canadian children's puppet series]] with [[GreenAesop lessons about saving the environment]] as a major educational focus. |
| 266 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Dudley The Dragon'' was originally based on a play called ''The Conserving Kingdom'' which also had an environmental focus. ''Groundling Marsh'' focused on a group of critters living in a marsh facing troubles that humans caused. Both shows also starred James Rankin. |
| 267 | ---- |
| 268 | * ''Series/WimziesHouse'' (1995) / ''Series/{{Tweenies}}'' (1999) |
| 269 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Four toddler-aged friends have fun at a home daycare. |
| 270 | ** '''Implementation:''' This duel refers to the United Kingdom runs of the two shows, as they premiered in 1999, with ''Wimzie'' being one of the Creator/NickJr channel's launch programmes and ''Tweenies'' being shown on the BBC. While ''Wimzie's House'' utilizes puppets for its' cast, ''Tweenies'' has people in costumes playing the roles of the characters. |
| 271 | ---- |
| 272 | * ''Series/BearInTheBigBlueHouse'' (1997) / ''Series/TheWubbulousWorldOfDrSeuss'' (Season 2; 1998) |
| 273 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Bear is a kind and nurturing host who teaches various subjects. |
| 274 | ** '''Implementation:''' The Cat in the Hat is a nurturing host added in the second season of ''Wubbulous World''. |
| 275 | ---- |
| 276 | * ''Series/CharlieHorseMusicPizza'' (1998) / ''Series/TheNoddyShop'' (1998) |
| 277 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Musical series aired on PBS in which an elderly figure runs a shop with the help of their TalkingAnimal friends. |
| 278 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows are connected in some way to earlier PBS series, with ''Charlie Horse'' being a spin-off of ''Series/LambChopsPlayAlong'' and ''Noddy'' being the SpiritualSuccessor of ''Series/ShiningTimeStation''. |
| 279 | ---- |
| 280 | * ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' (1999) / ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow'' (2007) |
| 281 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Magazine shows with energetic fun for kids, with ideas sent in by viewers. |
| 282 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Series/{{Zoom}}'' featured teenagers called Zoomers receiving crafts, games, brainteasers, plays, and fan mail sent in by viewers ''The Sunny Side Up Show'' (Creator/{{Sprout}}) copied ''Zoom''’s format from the start, while instead employing birthday cards, pictures, videos, and artwork, as well as Chica, a puppet co-presenter who received [[Series/TheChicaShow her own show]]. |
| 283 | ---- |
| 284 | * ''Series/EvenStevens'' (2000) / ''Series/LifewithDerek'' (2005) |
| 285 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Sitcom focusing on a SiblingRivalry between two teenagers, in which the boy is a troublemaking LazyBum and the girl a [[ThePerfectionist perfectionist]] straight-A student. |
| 286 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Series/EvenStevens'' is an American show while ''Life with Derek'' was made in Canada. The family in ''Life with Derek'' is a stepfamily while the Stevens are fully biological. Both shows concluded with a TV movie about the family going on vacation. |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * ''Series/BlackHoleHigh'' (2002) / ''Series/TowerPrep'' (2010) & ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'' (2011) |
| 289 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Kids shows about a group of teenagers trying to find out the secrets of their rather creepy BoardingSchool. |
| 290 | ** '''Implementation:''' The students of ''Tower Prep'' all have some type of supernatural ability to help them escape, whereas ''Anubis'' is more like a whodunit to find out why their friend Joy disappeared. Simply, ''Tower'' is like a LighterAndSofter ''Series/PrisonBreak'', while ''Anubis'' has a mystery arc like ''Series/TwinPeaks''. Also, while ''Tower'' debuted first, ''Anubis'' is based on Dutch show '' Het Huis Anubis'' (2006-2009) that aired before either of them. Finally, ''Black Hole High'' aired before anything and ran on half-hour episodes. A {{Dramedy}} with an emphasis more on comedy that incorporated science-fiction. |
| 291 | ---- |
| 292 | * ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' (2005) / ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' (2014) |
| 293 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Mischievous 'tuplets going on crazy adventures. Creator/BrianStepanek is also present. |
| 294 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Suite Life'' focuses on twins in a hotel where Brian plays their eccentric repair man, Arwin, while ''NRDD'' focuses on quadruplets in a sports shop where Brian plays their father. (Funnily enough, if Arwin were to achieve his goal, he would also be Zack and Cody's father.) |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | * ''Series/TheGoodNightShow'' (2005) / ''Series/GiggleAndHoot'' (2009) |
| 297 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A puppet and a human wind down viewers for bed. |
| 298 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''The Good Night Show'' started off in the "Goodnight Garden" in 2005, but moved to the "You and Me Tree" in 2011. Giggle and Hoot only featured one location throughout its entire run, Jimmy Giggle's house. |
| 299 | ---- |
| 300 | * ''Series/ICarly'' (2007) / ''Series/SonnyWithAChance'' (2009) |
| 301 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' KidCom including a ShowWithinAShow |
| 302 | ** '''Implementation:''' [[MsFanservice Carly]], [[DoggedNiceGuy Freddie Benson]] and Sam run their own webshow, and deal with growing up. [[FishOutOfWater Sonny Monroe]] joins the cast of a sketch comedy show, and tries to deny falling in love with Chad Dylan Cooper. |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | * ''Series/ICarly'' (2007) / ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' (2010) & ''Series/ANTFarm'' (2011) |
| 305 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Kid Coms about talented and/or creatively expressive children. |
| 306 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Victorious'' and ''[=ANT=] Farm'' have nearly identical premises -- talented and gifted children attend a high school while hijinks ensue -- but oddly enough more people think ''[=ANT=] Farm'' has more in common with ''[=iCarly=]'' given the amount of character and especially relationship expies. |
| 307 | ---- |
| 308 | * ''Series/ICarly'' (2007) / ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' (2016) / ''Series/CoopAndCamiAskTheWorld'' (2018) |
| 309 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Sitcoms about young content creators going on wacky adventures in the age of Website/{{YouTube}}-esque social media. |
| 310 | ** '''Implementation:''' All three shows see their protagonists at the helm of a web show or channel: ''iCarly'', ''Bizaardvark'', and ''Would You Wrather?'', respectively. ''iCarly'' and ''Coop and Cami'' are home-based operations, while in ''Bizaardvark'', the series takes place in a large headquarters for their show's fictional website, Vuuugle. Additionally, ''Bizaardvark'' centers on a number of different web series while the other two focus on one. |
| 311 | ---- |
| 312 | * ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' (2007) / ''Series/TheHauntedHathaways'' (2013) |
| 313 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A supernatural family tries to interact with the outside world without revealing their true powers. |
| 314 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Wizards of Waverly Place'' focuses on a family of wizards that, through often comedic moments, tries to keep their powers a secret while struggling with school, relationships, and the hardships in life. ''The Haunted Hathaways'' replaces the wizards with the ghosts of a single father and his two children as a new family moves into their home. |
| 315 | ---- |
| 316 | * ''Series/ImaginationMovers'' (2008) / ''Series/TheFreshBeatBand'' (2009) |
| 317 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' EdutainmentShow involving a four-member musical group. |
| 318 | ** '''Implementation:''' The ''Imagination Movers'' was an actual band that started 5 years before the show did, while ''The Fresh Beat Band'' was created for their own show. |
| 319 | ---- |
| 320 | * ''Series/{{Jonas}}'' (2009) / ''Series/BigTimeRush'' (2009) |
| 321 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Sitcoms about boy bands who much balance their music careers with living ordinary teenage lives. |
| 322 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Jonas'' was a vehicle for the already existing Music/JonasBrothers. ''Big Time Rush'', meanwhile, had the titular band specifically created for this show. |
| 323 | ---- |
| 324 | * ''Series/BigTimeRush'' (2009) / ''Series/ImInTheBand'' (2009) |
| 325 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Shows about young men who rather arbitrarily end up in the music industry in bands. Tween Sitcoms premiering at around the same time. |
| 326 | ** '''Implementation:''' One has FOUR young adults for the male audience to look up to and the tween (and teen) girls to swoon over (hence the BoyBand), while the other only has one (and he's PuttingTheBandBackTogether) and is otherwise targeted toward boys. One show has more music production (Series/BigTimeRush) |
| 327 | ---- |
| 328 | * ''Series/ZekeAndLuther'' (2009) / ''Series/PairOfKings'' (2010) |
| 329 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Both shows are about two teenage boys who often get into crazy situations and also have a younger family member trying to mess with them. |
| 330 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both of these shows seem to draw inspiration from and are comparable to Series/DrakeAndJosh. Pair of Kings aired a year after Zeke and Luther did. |
| 331 | ---- |
| 332 | * ''[[WebVideo/TheAnnoyingOrange The High Fructose Adventures Of Annoying Orange]]'' (2009) / ''[[WebVideo/{{Fred}} Fred: The Show]]'' (2012) |
| 333 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' TV adaptations of popular web series which are [[CriticalDissonance popular with viewers, hated by critics]] (and other viewers, of course) and revolve around big-mouthed fast-talkers |
| 334 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Fred'' was broadcast on Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} which advertises its shows ''more'' than Creator/CartoonNetwork which airs ''Orange'', however it has a larger fanbase. |
| 335 | ---- |
| 336 | * ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' (2010) / ''Series/ShakeItUp'' (2010) |
| 337 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Kid Com, one about a girl at a performing arts school, another about two girls joining each other on a dance show. |
| 338 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows usually involve wacky situations. ''Victorious'' often involves singing, plays, and other various skits. ''Shake It Up'' features a Show Within a Show concept, much like the other Disney/Nick live action matchup. |
| 339 | ---- |
| 340 | * ''Series/{{Victorious}}'' (2010) / ''Series/HowToRock'' (2012) |
| 341 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Two Kid Coms, one about a girl at a performing arts school, the other about an AlphaBitch who [[FallenPrincess loses her popularity]] and joins a pop-rock group at her school. |
| 342 | ** '''Implementation:''' Like the above, both shows usually involve wacky situations. As mentioned, ''Victorious'' often involves singing, plays, and other various skits, while ''How To Rock'' mostly features music and devotes the non-musical scenes to exploring the TrueCompanions relationship between the members of Gravity 5 and Kacey's struggling not to fall back into her old ways. This time, ''both'' shows are on the same network, Nickelodeon. |
| 343 | ---- |
| 344 | * ''Series/{{Jessie}}'' (2011) / ''Series/SamAndCat'' (2013) |
| 345 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Successors]] of widely popular shows featuring the breakout star(s) of the previous series in her own show playing nannies/babysitters. |
| 346 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Jessie'' is spiritually spun-off from Disney Channel's ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOnDeck'', the previous show of Creator/DebbyRyan, while Nickelodeon's ''Series/SamAndCat'' is a legitimate spin-off of both ''iCarly'' and ''Victorious'' featuring the characters Sam and Cat from each respective show. The shows differ not only in the number of headline stars (one vs. two) but in ''Jessie'' focusing entirely on a single family, while ''Sam & Cat'' prefers to follow the Wacky Hijinks of the two leads leaving the babysitter premise almost entirely forgotten. Interestingly enough, the leads of each series - Creator/DebbyRyan and Creator/JennetteMcCurdy - are real life friends (at least at one point). |
| 347 | ---- |
| 348 | * ''Series/LabRats'' (2012) / ''Series/DogWithABlog'' (2012) |
| 349 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2012 Disney sitcoms about teenagers keeping a very abnormal secret. Both series end with their secrets becoming exposed, to varying levels of success. |
| 350 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Lab Rats ''focuses on bionic teenagers that must keep their special powers a secret for fear of government involvement and publicity. ''Dog With a Blog'' focuses on a dog that, aside from owning a blog, can talk. His three owners must keep his secret from their parents and the outside world for fear of, once again, government involvement and publicity. |
| 351 | ---- |
| 352 | * ''Series/LabRats'' (2012) / ''Series/TheThundermans'' (2013) |
| 353 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Sitcoms about superpowered teenagers. |
| 354 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows have been compared to ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'', because the shows feature fantasy/sci-fi elements. ''Lab Rats'' was actually developed by some of the people who worked on ''Wizards.'' |
| 355 | ---- |
| 356 | * ''Series/LabRats'' (2012) / ''Series/MightyMed'' (2013) |
| 357 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Normal kid(s) discover a new, unseen world of superpowered people that they must keep secret. |
| 358 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both shows air on Disney XD, and center around normal teenager(s) who discover people with unusual abilities, and befriend them and work closely with them, though ''Mighty Med'' adds the concept of a superhero hospital. Their main adult figure is an eccentric. The protagonists' new hero friends have never experienced the human world before, causing wacky hijinks on their first day. As a general premise, they must keep the existence of their superheroics a secret, while protecting the world. Just as Leo, the protagonist of ''Lab Rats'' wishes he had bionics, ''Mighty Med'''s protagonist also wishes he had superpowers, and both get that fulfilled later in the series due to an accident. Season 4 of ''Lab Rats'' starts dueling back by having its own hero institution--a Bionic Academy in place of a superhero hospital. |
| 359 | ---- |
| 360 | * ''Series/CrashAndBernstein'' (2012) / ''Series/DogWithABlog'' (2012) |
| 361 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Disney sitcoms in which a family learns to live life with a talking non-human member. |
| 362 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Crash & Bernstein'' has a talking puppet join the cast while ''Dog With a Blog'' instead involves a talking dog. Another key differences is that while the divorced mother in ''Crash & Bernstein'' knows about the talking puppet, the parents of ''Dog With a Blog'' are kept in the dark. Notably, both shows premiered within four days of each other in October 2012. |
| 363 | ---- |
| 364 | * ''Series/SamAndCat'' (2013) / ''Series/LabRatsEliteForce'' (2016) |
| 365 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A crossover spin-off that merges the casts of two previous hit shows for the channel. |
| 366 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Sam and Cat'' features the eponymous characters from ''Series/{{iCarly}}'' and ''Series/{{Victorious}}'', while ''Lab Rats: Elite Force'' was a sequel to the original ''Series/LabRats'' show that added members of ''Series/MightyMed''. Both parent shows did a crossover special shortly before the new series (''[=iParty=] with Victorious'' and ''Lab Rats vs. Mighty Med'', respectively) involving all the main cast members of both shows. Also, both ''[=iCarly=]'' and ''Lab Rats'' naturally concluded their runs, while ''Victorious'' and ''Mighty Med'' were each ended prematurely to make way for the spinoff. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * ''Series/TheThundermans'' (2013) / ''Series/MightyMed'' (2013) |
| 369 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Teens cope with a double-life revolving around superheroes. |
| 370 | ** '''Implementation:''' In ''The Thundermans'', the double-life the teens are coping with is themselves being superheroes, while in ''Mighty Med'' the teens are merely SecretKeepers through their work at a superhero hospital. The main characters in ''Mighty Med'' are trying to protect the hospital from the supervillains who wish to destroy it, while the characters in ''Thundermans'' merely want to escape [[CelebrityIsOverrated the fame they've earned as famous superheroes]] (though constantly being pestered by supervillains themselves is also and naturally a major motivation). |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * ''Series/MightyMed'' (2013) / ''Series/HenryDanger'' (2014) |
| 373 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' One or two teenagers get hired to work with superheroes at a top-secret after-school job. |
| 374 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Mighty Med'' focuses on two comic book-loving teenagers who work at a secret hospital for super-heroes (conveniently located inside of a real hospital) who must keep their secret from their friends and parents. Henry Danger replaces the hospital with the underground lab of a super hero (which is very reminiscent of the second lab from Disney's ''Series/LabRats''). Henry, the titular character, lands a job as the paid sidekick of a superhero while keeping the secret from his friends, parents, and little sister. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * ''Series/NickyRickyDickyAndDawn'' (2014) / ''Series/KirbyBuckets'' (2014) |
| 377 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' {{Kid Com}}s premiering in Fall 2014 that focus heavily on a [[SiblingRivalry rivalry between polar-opposite siblings]]. The only female sibling on both shows is named Dawn. |
| 378 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''NRDD''[='=]s Dawn Harper is one of four co-leads on the show, and is the most likely of the four to serve as the protagonist of a given episode. Dawn Buckets, however, isn't the star of her show (that would of course be the titular Kirby), and she flip-flops between being the {{Deuteragonist}} and main antagonist of the show. Additionally, despite all the fighting, Harper seems to love her siblings deep down (and vice versa), while Buckets seems to genuinely hate her younger brother (and vice versa). ''NRDD'' is a standard multi-camera Kid Com with a LaughTrack, while ''Kirby Buckets'' is a faster-paced single-camera show in the vein of ''[[Series/NedsDeclassifiedSchoolSurvivalGuide Ned's Declassified]].'' |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * ''Series/OneHundredThingsToDoBeforeHighSchool'' (2015) / ''Series/StuckInTheMiddle'' (2016) |
| 381 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' The token "single-camera" sitcom on the respective channel's line-up. Both shows explore the life of a teenage Latina girl as she navigates her crazy life. |
| 382 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''100 Things'' is primarily set at a school (as its name suggests), while ''Stuck in the Middle'' focuses more on the life-at-home aspect. ''100 Things'' was spun off of a TV Movie that premiered in 2014, while ''Stuck in the Middle'' went straight to the TV show. |
| 383 | ---- |
| 384 | * ''Series/GameShakers'' (2015) / ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' (2016) |
| 385 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' KidCom that revolves around two teenage girls (one a Latina[[note]]Not exactly; Music/OliviaRodrigo of ''Bizaardvark'' is actually Filipino[[/note]] and the other whom wears glasses) whose creative online ideas get them involved in a multimedia startup company. |
| 386 | ** '''Implementation:''' In ''Game Shakers'', Babe and Kenzie create a popular mobile game, and after a rapper invests in them start up a new gaming business together. The similarly named Paige and Frankie from ''Bizaardvark'', meanwhile, are "Vuuugle" stars who get accepted into the company's studios after becoming popular on the internet. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * ''Series/AndiMack'' (2017) / ''Series/IAmFrankie'' (2017) |
| 389 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Episodic, KidCom and TeenDrama hybrids, both always ending in cliffhangers and both lacking a LaughTrack. |
| 390 | ** '''Implementation:''' ''Andi'' takes place in middle school and is more down to earth, while ''Frankie'' is about a robot and takes place in high school. |
| 391 | ---- |
| 392 | * ''Series/KnightSquad'' (2018) / ''Series/CoopAndCamiAskTheWorld'' (2018) |
| 393 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' The network’s big return to the KidCom game after a taking two-year hiatus. |
| 394 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both Nickelodeon and the Disney Channel took a break from making non-sequel Kid Coms after massive backlash against the genre. Nick’s [[Series/SchoolOfRock last outing]] got panned for not living up to [[Film/SchoolOfRock its source material]], and [[Series/{{Bizaardvark}} Disney’s]] got overshadowed by the controversies surrounding star Creator/JakePaul (and later, his older brother Creator/LoganPaul). Since then, the networks have focused on drama shows (''Series/AndiMack'', ''Series/IAmFrankie''), sequel shows (''Series/RavensHome''), serial episodic series (''Series/TheOtherKingdom'', ''Series/LegendaryDudas'') and foreign imports (''Series/HunterStreet'', ''Series/TheLodge''). |
| 395 | ---- |
| 396 | * ''Series/TheWilds'' (2020) / ''Series/{{Yellowjackets}}'' (2021) |
| 397 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Drama about a group of teen girls trying to survive in the wild after a plane crash, interspersed with scenes of their lives both before their crash and after being found. |
| 398 | ** '''Implementation:''' Both series were in production at the same time, with ''The Wilds airing'' before ''Yellowjackets.'' ''The Wilds'' takes place on a deserted island, and ''Yellowjackets'' in a Canadian forest. While both emphasize their lives before the crash, ''Yellowjackets'' also stresses the lives of the characters after being rescued, while ''The Wilds'' focuses on their time on the island. ''Yellowjackets'' is also much darker. |
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| 400 | * ''Film/ASpecialSesameStreetChristmas'' (1978) / ''Series/ChristmasEveOnSesameStreet'' (1978) |
| 401 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' A ChristmasSpecial features characters from Franchise/SesameStreet getting ready for the holiday and singing original songs. Oscar's grouchiness about the celebration bothers Big Bird and friends. |
| 402 | ** '''Implementation:''' In a strange instance of a franchise dueling with itself, ''Special'' was produced and distributed by Creator/{{CBS}} and ''Christmas Eve'' by Creator/{{PBS}}, and aired within a few days of each other. ''Special'' had guest stars and musical numbers but few Muppet characters, while ''Christmas Eve'' has a more clearly defined story arc and more Muppet segments, being worked on by the main staff of the show. Both shows were nominated for an MediaNotes/EmmyAward; ''Christmas Eve'' won it. The upshot was that ''Christmas Eve'' appeared in holiday rebroadcasts and home video releases for decades after; ''Special'' was considered a flop and all but vanished. |
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| 404 | * ''Series/InventingAnna'' (2022) / ''Series/TheDropout'' (2022) |
| 405 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2022 biographical limited series about female fraudsters. |
| 406 | ** '''Implementation:''' The former is a [[Creator/{{Netflix}} Netflix]] series about Anna Delvey/Sorokin, a fake socialite who claims to be a wealthy German heiress, only to have people found out that she's actually conned the wealthy socialites she's met and she missed her payments for all the hotels she's stayed at, while the latter is a [[Creator/{{Hulu}} Hulu]] series about a female inventor of a medical device, Elizabeth Holmes, whose miraculous claims for her device turn out to be not only false, but also dangerous. |
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| 408 | * ''[[Series/SuperPumped Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber]]'' (2022) / ''Series/TheDropout'' (2022), ''[=WeCrashed=]'' (2022) |
| 409 | ** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2022 biopic series about start-ups and their controversial founders. Each of them has [[AllStarCast well-known actors]] in it. |
| 410 | ** '''Implementation:''' The first season of ''Super Pumped'' focuses on Travis Kalanick, co-founder and CEO of Uber, who's played by Creator/JosephGordonLevitt, with Creator/KyleChandler and Creator/UmaThurman playing as its board members, along with Creator/ElisabethShue as Travis' mother and Creator/HankAzaria as Tim Cook, while ''The Dropout'' is about Elizabeth Holmes, played by Creator/AmandaSeyfried, the founder of a supposedly breakthrough medical start-up whose success turns out to be total fraud, with Creator/WilliamHMacy, Creator/LaurieMetcalf, Creator/StephenFry, and Creator/DylanMinnette playing as her opponents, as for ''[=WeCrashed=]'', it chronicles around Adam Neumann and Rebekah Neumann, the couple behind the co-working space company [=WeWork=], played by Creator/JaredLeto and Creator/AnneHathaway, respectively, with other actors such as Creator/AmericaFerrera and Creator/OTFagbenle also playing in it. |
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