| 1 | * The success of ''Series/{{Guardian}}'' led to the creation of ''Series/TheUntamed''. The latter series became an even bigger success than the former and led to the creation of other {{Live Action Adaptation}}s of ''[[YaoiGenre danmei]]'' novels, including ''Series/WordOfHonor'' and ''Series/{{Immortality}}''. |
| 2 | * ''Film/AmericanBeauty'' is said to have inspired the idea for ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. |
| 3 | * ''Film/Batman1989'' inspired the short-lived ''Series/TheFlash1990'' on CBS as is obvious from both the general tone of the show and Music/DannyElfman's recycled score. |
| 4 | * ''Series/SesameStreet'' is such a strong leader that it inspires rivals and hurts its own viewership. |
| 5 | ** In 2020, the show produced the special ''Elmo's Playdate'' as a response to the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic. It was so successful that other specials aimed at families would be produced in response to this, including ''The Disney Family Sing-Along'' (which did well enough to get a sequel), the ''Series/DangerForce'' episode "Quaran-kini", ''[[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse The Loud House and]] [[WesternAnimation/TheCasagrandes Casagrandes Hangin' At Home]]'', ''Group Chat With Annie and Jayden'', ''[[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants The Stars of [=SpongeBob=] Fan Favorites]]'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood: Won’t You Sing Along with Me?]]''. It also may have lead to a ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' PublicServiceAnnouncement on handwashing being inserted into ''One World: Together At Home''. Even ''Sesame Street'' themselves did more specials after the success of ''Elmo's Playdate'', including ''The [=ABC's=] of COVID-19'', ''Elmo's World News'' and Abby Cadabby appearing during the aforementioned ''One World'' concert. |
| 6 | * ''Series/{{CSI}}'' precipitated a host of forensic science shows involving (to quote the show) "beautiful people doing high-tech crime work", even to the point that shows ''not'' inherently about forensics now spend more time on the subject (e.g. the medical examiner on ''Series/LawAndOrderSpecialVictimsUnit''). |
| 7 | ** ''Series/{{CSI}}'' itself was inspired by an earlier wave of forensic-science documentaries, on channels like Discovery and Court TV. |
| 8 | ** ''Series/QuincyME'' |
| 9 | ** An interesting case of recursion has occurred with ''Series/CSICyber'', which was clearly inspired by ''Series/CriminalMinds'' (itself inspired by the success of the original ''CSI''). |
| 10 | * ''Series/{{Survivor}}'' opened the floodgates of competitive RealityTV early on during TurnOfTheMillennium. |
| 11 | * InUniverse in the robot combat shows ''Series/BattleBots'', and ''Series/RobotWars'', if a certain weapon does really successfully in one season, expect lots of imitators in the following season. |
| 12 | * ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' and ''Pop Idol'' inspired scads of [[WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire prime-time million-dollar quiz shows]] and talent contests, respectively: |
| 13 | ** The former always has dramatic lighting, bombastic music, {{Commercial Break Cliffhanger}}s and a huge cash jackpot. Even stalwarts like ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' have found ways to offer a $1,000,000 prize. This whole genre is called WhoWantsToBeWhoWantsToBeAMillionaire. |
| 14 | ** The latter which tend to always have a blunt English guy, a sympathetic woman, and some third wheel, most likely a 'cool' guy. |
| 15 | * ''Series/AmericasGotTalent'' had Jackie Evancho, a very young girl who unexpectedly sang the opera aria "O Mio Babbino Caro". After that, there were many other unexpected singers of "O Mio Babbino Caro", including a Marilyn Manson look-alike, a big muscle man, another very young girl, and a woman in a bikini. It's almost a Stock Character. And they all sang it up in the soprano range like Jackie, too! |
| 16 | * The heavily character-driven, strangers-in-a-strange-land suspense formula of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' inspired plenty of other shows, such as ''Series/{{Invasion}}'', ''Series/Jericho2006'', ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', ''Surface'', and ''Series/{{Threshold}}''. Many of these were cancelled before they barely even began to delve in their MythArc. Coincidentally, there is a ''Lost'' episode titled "Follow the Leader." |
| 17 | ** After ''Lost'''s finale, a slew of new shows have started claiming to be "the next ''Lost''" in order to round up the Lost fans looking for something new to watch. ''Series/FlashForward2009'', ''Series/{{V|2009}}'', and ''Series/TheEvent'' have both tried rather unsuccessfully to take Lost's place and new programs ''Series/StargateUniverse'', ''Riverworld'', and ''Series/TerraNova'' made the attempt as well. |
| 18 | ** The concept was sent up in a ''Series/{{MADtv}}'' skit. "You'll be asking yourself questions like, 'Who's the girl with the glasses, and why does she have scales on her leg?'" |
| 19 | ** Lost was blatantly copied (in the vein of an [[Creator/TheAsylum Asylum film]]) by 2010's "Dark Island". A science team (totally not the freighties) is sent to deal with zombies and a SMOKE MONSTER on a mysterious island. |
| 20 | ** Creator/JJAbrams had already created a fair amount of the concept with his earlier ''Series/{{Alias}}''. |
| 21 | *** This goes all the way back to ''[[Series/ThePrisoner1967 The Prisoner]]'', and maybe even before. |
| 22 | *** ''[[Series/ThePrisoner1967 The Prisoner]]'' is the earliest inspiration, and ''Series/TwinPeaks'' was the ''direct'' inspiration. ''Series/NorthernExposure'' and ''Series/TheXFiles'' also took a lot of notes from ''Series/TwinPeaks'''s diary. |
| 23 | * ''Series/TalesOfTheGoldMonkey'', a modern take on 1930s TwoFistedTales, was being pitched by Creator/DonaldPBellisario throughout the late 70s, but it wasn't until the success of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'' that the concept was picked up. Subsequently, Gold Monkey received its own imitator in the form of ''Series/BringEmBackAlive'', which was hurriedly green-lit to compete with Bellisario's creation for the period pulp audience cash cow. Sadly, neither survived for more than a single season. |
| 24 | * ''Series/{{Friends}}'' resulted in a continuing string of ensemble SitCom[=/=]{{Soap Opera}}s, set in the city and populated by ([[DawsonCasting supposedly]]) 20-somethings. |
| 25 | ** One might argue ''Friends'' was one of the ensemble Sitcoms inspired by ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''. As George says in one scene set in Monk's coffee shop, "Every sitcom today just has four morons sitting around telling each other how bad their day was." Another would be ''Series/MadAboutYou'' which co-creator Paul Reiser pitched to NBC as "Seinfeld, but Married". |
| 26 | ** These three shows' open approach to sex has led to a more frank tackling of sexual situations on TV comedy rather than being just the basis for one or two dirty jokes (fittingly, sex lost its taboo status during this time). |
| 27 | ** Among the ''Friends''-inspired: ''Series/{{Partners|2012}}'', a rather similar show about the lives, loves, and careers of 20somethings; ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' (the British ''Friends''); ''Series/BabesInTheWood'', (the earlier British ''Friends''); and later possibly ''Series/HowIMetYourMother''. |
| 28 | ** In her book, ''Bossypants'', Creator/TinaFey asserts that ''Friends'' is also directly to blame for the long string of bland urban comedies exclusively starring [[{{Fanservice}} attractive]], [[BourgeoisBohemian well-to-do]], [[MonochromeCasting heterosexual white people]]. |
| 29 | * ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' inspired several other adaptations of {{toku}} series, such as ''Series/DenkouChoujinGridman'' as ''Series/SuperhumanSamuraiSyberSquad'', random ''Series/MetalHeroes'' series as ''Series/VRTroopers'', ''Series/KamenRiderBlackRX'' as ''Series/MaskedRider'', and ''Series/JuukouBFighter'' as ''Big Bad Series/{{Beetleborgs}}''. |
| 30 | ** This is an odd case, as three of the imitators--''VR Troopers'', ''Masked Rider'' and ''Big Bad Beetleborgs''--were all made by Creator/SabanEntertainment as a way to leech off ''Power Rangers'', which they also made. ''Masked Rider'' was a total flop and the other two were only mildly successful. |
| 31 | *** ''Beetleborgs'' absolutely TROUNCED ''Power Rangers'' in ratings and toy sales for both seasons it aired, and was only canceled due to exorbitantly high production costs and a lack of additional source footage. [[CousinOliver Justin]] got introduced to ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' in order to leech off the success of its own imitator; this didn't work so well. |
| 32 | *** It's worth noting that the reason for ''Mighty Morphin'''s dinosaur theme is because of this trope; initially, Haim Saban had wanted to use ''Series/ChoudenshiBioman''[[note]]in fact, the pilot he had presented at first used footage from ''Bioman''[[/note]], but his pitch was rejected. He later presented a pilot that used footage from the dinosaur-themed ''Series/KyoryuSentaiZyuranger'' during the 90s -- said sentai was likely chosen due to the popularity of ''Film/JurassicPark''. This pilot was accepted, and the rest is history. |
| 33 | ** ''Series/TattooedTeenageAlienFightersFromBeverlyHills'' is what you get when you rely entirely on your own footage. As is ''Series/TheMysticKnightsOfTirNaNog'', another one by Saban. |
| 34 | ** Franchise/SuperSentai itself is guilty of this. ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' (adapted into ''Series/PowerRangersMysticForce'') was a fairly obvious cash-in on ''Literature/HarryPotter'', and the {{Pirate}} theme of ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' (adapted into the second half/season of ''Series/PowerRangersMegaforce'', ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'') is cashing in on ''Manga/OnePiece''. |
| 35 | * Thanks to the success of ''Series/LizzieMcGuire'' and ''Series/ThatsSoRaven'', and the stardom of both shows' leads, Creator/DisneyChannel is saturated with brightly colored, ZanyScheme-laden children's {{sitcom}}s and shows with preppy HighSchool settings. |
| 36 | ** Disney is actually quite the repeat offender. Apparently it comes written into all of their female tweenage stars' contracts that they will get to release a high-profit CD of pop music within two years of the show's inception, complete with overpriced tie-in merchandise. For examples, see Music/HilaryDuff, Series/HannahMontana, and Film/TheCheetahGirls. |
| 37 | *** Before that was Annette Funicello and Creator/HayleyMills, in The60s. "Tall Paul" or "We Belong Together", anyone?! Uncle Walt himself began the whole shpiel, to capitalize on the success of Ricky Nelson. |
| 38 | ** This also goes for a little movie you may have heard of called ''Film/CampRock,'' which is essentially ''Film/HighSchoolMusical''... [[RecycledInSpace at camp]]! |
| 39 | *** Also with Music/TheJonasBrothers. |
| 40 | ** Almost every actress to come from Disney will be the Music/HilaryDuff or Music/MileyCyrus model while looking like a previous star to boot! Nicole Anderson is a clone of Music/DemiLovato, who along with Music/SelenaGomez, is a Music/VanessaHudgens lookalike. Tiffany Thornton and Creator/ChelseaKane are ringers for Music/AshleyTisdale (who is a Hilary Duff lookalike), and so forth. The Ultimate clone is Creator/DebbyRyan, who is Miley Cyrus with Selena Gomez's facial features. Website/TheOnion parodies this in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZgXg_7kVI8 this video]]. |
| 41 | ** Disney also has developed a tendency to go with whatever is popular on Nickelodeon and release their own version. Even when what they make is not a blatant, obvious copy, shades of it are still there. ''Series/ANTFarm'' has an entirely different premise from ''Series/TrueJacksonVP'', but the main characters are both black, speak the same way, and have almost identical mannerisms. |
| 42 | *** The new Disney Channel series, [[Series/TheVillainsOfValleyView The Villains of Valley View (2022)]], is about a family of supervillains (two supervillain parents and three supervillain children) who have to go undercover living normal lives when they relocate to a Texas suburb, and they have to learn how to hide their superpowers while trying to make friends with their new peers and try to live normal lives. [[Series/TheThundermans Sound familiar? Like another certain Nickelodeon series about a family of superheroes who also have to live undercover in a new city they move to?]] |
| 43 | ** They also tend to capitalize (even if they are a bit late to the party) on whatever book/movie series is currently popular. ''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'' (takes its leads from ''Literature/HarryPotter'') and ''Series/MyBabysittersAVampire'' (despite being a Disney import, takes its leads from ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'') are perfect examples of this. |
| 44 | * When ''Series/ChappellesShow'' broke out in 2003, the series saw ''massive'' popularity thanks to its unprecedented mix of in-your-face racial humor and intelligently-written comedy sketches. After Creator/DaveChappelle's CreatorBreakdown ([[ExecutiveMeddling among other things]]) led to the demise of the show, Comedy Central would go on to produce several other shows over the years with the same framework. [[note]]comedian talks to a studio audience and presents them with various comedy sketches.[[/note]] Unfortunately, fans of ''Series/ChappellesShow'' have claimed that many of these shows [[ToughActToFollow lack the same level of humor and comedic impact as the original, and don't have the same amount of memorable sketches]]. So far, the only series to come close to the critical acclaim of the original ''Series/ChappellesShow'' seasons is the relatively recent ''Series/KeyAndPeele''. |
| 45 | * Despite being cancelled years ago, ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' still has copies around, including ''Dirty Sanchez'', ''Crazy Monkey'', ''Rad Girls'', and the Finnish series ''Extreme Duudsonit'' (which actually came [[OlderThanTheyThink before]] ''Jackass''). |
| 46 | ** Even the ''stars'' of ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' have started to clone their own show, with Steve-O and Pontius' "Jackass, but with animals" show ''Series/{{Wildboyz}}'' and Bam Margera's "Jackass, but a reality show" ''Viva La Bam''. |
| 47 | ** Some of the ''Jackass'' guys helped produce an English language version of ''Extreme Duudsonit'' -- which they list as the primary influence for ''Series/{{Jackass}}'' -- for an American audience. The resulting show -- called ''The Dudesons'' -- was cancelled by Spike TV after only a couple of episodes, mostly because people didn't watch it because they thought it was a spineless Finnish ''Jackass'' clone. |
| 48 | *** ''Jackass'' itself was derived in part from the character of Super Dave Osborne, a {{parody}} of 1970s stuntmen like Evel Kneivel, played by comedian Creator/BobEinstein. Einstein himself detests ''Jackass'', pointing out in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pa-Otn02mtY this interview]] that ''Jackass'' is tragically easy to imitate, while the stunts he pulled were a lot harder for viewers to copy. |
| 49 | * Creator/ComedyCentral's success with ''[[Series/{{Tosh0}} Tosh.0]]'' inspired Creator/{{MTV}} to create ''Ridiculousness'', which is more or less the same show. Creator/DanielTosh has even leveled a few [[TakeThat Take Thats]] at ''Ridiculousness'' over allegedly ripping off his series. |
| 50 | ** And of course ''Tosh.0'' is basically a more vulgar SpiritualSuccessor to ''Series/AmericasFunniestHomeVideos''. |
| 51 | ** There's also Series/WebSoup, which shares a lot of the same setup as Tosh.0. (with Chris Hardwick instead of Daniel Tosh. Funny thing, though; the first episode only aired four days after Tosh.0's, making it unlikely that there was any intended plagiarism. |
| 52 | * ''Series/TheXFiles'' inspired a number of series featuring alien invasions and supernatural hoohah, such as ''Series/DarkSkies''. |
| 53 | ** The success of ''Series/TheXFiles'' mythology perhaps also inspired series, such as ''Series/TwentyFour'' and ''Series/{{Lost}}'', that used serialized storylines, which in turn led to more serialized thriller shows such as ''Series/PrisonBreak'', ''Series/{{Kidnapped}}'', ''Vanished'', ''Reunion'', and ''Series/{{Heroes}}'', along with a few that ''also'' borrowed the alien invasion premise as well: ''Series/{{Invasion}}'', ''Surface'', and ''Series/{{Threshold}}''. Most of these series failed due to people being unable (or unwilling) to keep up with so many different ongoing stories -- and also due to generally being not very good. |
| 54 | *** The success of ''Series/TheXFiles'' even caused the producers of a show of a ''completely unrelated genre'' (''Series/BaywatchNights'', a crime show ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'' spinoff) to ''[[GenreShift be turned into]]'' an X-Files ripoff ''between seasons''. |
| 55 | ** There were tons of shows in Japan of this type long before ''X-Files''. In 1966, we have ''Series/UltraQ'' (the predecessor of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''), greatly involving {{Kaiju}}. Then, in 1968, two series: ''Operation Mystery'' (probably the most like ''X-Files'' out of the three) and ''Series/MightyJack'' ([[{{Macekre}} the "movie"]] was lampooned in ''[[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 MST3K]]''). All three are made by [[Creator/TsuburayaProductions the same company]]. |
| 56 | * The massive success of ''Series/KamenRider'' led to others trying to make similar shows, spawning the "HenshinHero" era of {{Toku}}. Several of these were made by Toei (the makers of ''Kamen Rider'') themselves, and some (most notably ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'') would go on to be successes of their own. |
| 57 | * The success of ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'', plus the press that went into its movie featuring a CrisisCrossover with every rider ever lead to later instalments of Franchise/KamenRider, along with Franchise/SuperSentai and Franchise/UltraSeries featuring returning actors and items based on legend heroes. |
| 58 | * While the degree to which ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'' was inspired by/ripped off ''Series/BabylonFive'' is controversial ([[FandomRivalry to say the least]]), there is less doubt that the former's "Dominion War" [[StoryArc arc]] was inspired by the latter's intricate MythArc (although only the most rabid partisans of ''Babylon 5'' would claim that ''Deep Space Nine'' ripped it off outright). The ''B5'' myth arc was in turn inspired by story arcs used in foreign television series, and combining it with a long-time comic-book fan's [[ContinuityPorn love of continuity]] to take the concept up to eleven. |
| 59 | * The success of the pithy, sarcastic ''Series/JudgeJudy'' spawned a whole slew of pithy, sarcastic judge shows: ''Series/JudgeMathis'', ''Series/JudgeJoeBrown'', Magazine/{{Playboy}} Channel's ''Judge Julie'' etc. Even the venerable ''Series/ThePeoplesCourt'' replaced Judge Wapner with sarcastic, saucy Latina Judge Marilyn Milian (after brief stints by former New York Mayor Ed Koch and Judge Judy's husband). To be fair, Jerry Sheindlin was a judge in his own right. |
| 60 | * ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was followed by a slew of MonsterOfTheWeek UrbanFantasy series set in ThePresentDay (''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'', ''Series/{{Supernatural}}'', ''Series/{{Reaper}}'', and a number of others) as well as helping to spark a resurgence of action series with [[ActionGirl female leads]], though arguably the somewhat earlier ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' was more of a trendsetter in that field. |
| 61 | ** It also inspired a lot of WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld series. ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', ''Series/{{Roswell}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' being chief among them. Other series such as ''Series/TheVampireDiaries'' showed some heavy influence from the vampiric character of Angel from the show. |
| 62 | ** It also had an influence on the revival of ''Series/DoctorWho'', although Rose did not engage in any roundhouse kicks. |
| 63 | ** It also helped kick off a revival of vampire action movies, particularly [[Film/BladeTrilogy the Blade movies]] and ''Film/{{Underworld|2003}}''. |
| 64 | ** ''Film/{{Twilight}}'' followed the trend of "special human girl and vampire fall in love" but [[ComicallyMissingThePoint tragically misses the point]] where Angel and Buffy [[spoiler:realize that their relationship will never work out and end it]]. |
| 65 | ** It even influenced ''cartoons'' -- ''WesternAnimation/KimPossible'' is clearly modeled after Buffy's basic plot structure, and the heroine is even a cheerleader. |
| 66 | * ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' has also had its own imitators in the form of all-female cast shows centered on witches, particularly ''Series/TheSecretCircle'', ''Series/AmericanHorrorStoryCoven'', ''Series/WitchesOfEastend'', and ''Series/TheOriginals''. |
| 67 | * The day ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' premiered on ABC to massive ratings, Fox ordered ''Series/{{Gotham}}''. And then after ''Gotham'' premiered to massive ratings, Creator/{{Syfy}} ordered ''Series/{{Krypton}}'', a similar prequel built around the Franchise/{{Superman}} mythos. |
| 68 | * ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' (Fox) seems to have set off a bunch of [[Franchise/TheDCU DC Universe]] live-action TV adaptations in the wake of its hype: ''Series/{{Lucifer|2016}}'' (Fox), ''Series/{{Constantine}}'' (NBC), ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' (NBC), ''ComicBook/{{Hourman}}'' (CW), ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'' (Creator/DCUniverse), and the above-mentioned ''Krypton'' (Creator/{{Syfy}}), plus ''Series/{{Arrow}}''[='s=] spinoff ''Series/TheFlash2014'' (CW). And of course this is arguably part of the general resurgence of live-action comic book dramas that ''Arrow'' (CW) and ''Series/TheWalkingDead'' (AMC) helped kick off. Non-DC properties include ''Comicbook/{{Powers}}'' (PSN), ''Comicbook/{{Preacher}}'' (AMC), ''Series/{{Daredevil 2015}}'' and the other Marvel shows (Netflix), ''Series/AgentsOfSHIELD'' (ABC), ''Series/AgentCarter'' (ABC), ''Series/IZombie'' (CW), and ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'' (CW). |
| 69 | * Shortly after it was announced that NBC had ordered a DC Comics sitcom called ''Series/{{Powerless 2017}}'', ABC announced that they were planning their own Marvel sitcom. |
| 70 | * During the lead-up to the premier of ''Series/LukeCage2016'', it was announced that Fox had ordered a pilot for a TV show based on Comicbook/BlackLightning, another former urban {{Blaxploitation}} superhero. What makes it interesting is that [[Series/BlackLightning2018 the show]] had apparently been floating around for a while, but it wasn't picked up until the rave reviews for ''Luke Cage'' started pouring in. |
| 71 | * The aforementioned ''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'', a DarkerAndEdgier superhero show released on the Creator/DCUniverse streaming service, was also clearly inspired by the success of the DarkerAndEdgier Marvel shows created for the Creator/{{Netflix}} streaming service, such as ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}'' and ''Series/{{Jessica Jones|2015}}''. |
| 72 | * Following the news that Marvel would be creating high-budget shows based on their library of characters (''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier'', ''Series/{{WandaVision}}'', [[Comicbook/MsMarvel2014 Ms. Marvel]], Comicbook/SheHulk and Comicbook/MoonKnight) for the Creator/DisneyPlus streaming platform, WB announced plans to produce high-budget series based on Franchise/GreenLantern and Comicbook/JusticeLeagueDark for Creator/HBOMax, Disney+'s direct competitor. |
| 73 | * ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'' is quite an astonishingly direct emulation of the premise and format of ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', to the point where a few of the characters are even [[{{Expy}} expies]] of the parent show's cast, at least to begin with. It quickly developed its own identity, however, something helped by the setting and the stakes -- where even a young and HotBlooded Superman adheres to ThouShaltNotKill, Merlin himself racks up an absolutely horrendous body count without even blinking twice. |
| 74 | * ''Series/{{Sliders}}'' became rather sad in its third season, as it started following any leader that presented itself, with episodes that were little more than cheap ripoffs of the movies ''Film/{{Twister}}'', ''Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet'', ''Film/{{Tremors}}'', ''Franchise/JurassicPark'', and ''Film/TheIslandOfDrMoreau1977''. |
| 75 | * Probably the most incredible chain of such events: ''Series/TheSopranos'' was ''Goodfellas'': The Series. ''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' was "''Series/TheSopranos'' in the Old West", ''Series/{{Rome}}'' was "''Series/{{Deadwood}}'' in Ancient Rome", and ''Series/TheTudors'' was "''Series/{{Rome}}'' in Tudor England". Surprisingly, the quality of all of these shows vary only from good to excellent. Then the trend became "gritty expensive TV series in a historical setting with lots of blood, sex and DeliberateValuesDissonance" including ''Series/MadMen'', ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'', ''Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand'', ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth'', ''Series/TheBorgias'', ''Series/{{Camelot}}'', ''Series/GameOfThrones''... |
| 76 | ** For a more specific example, ''The Sopranos'' was very influential in popularizing the ByronicHero trope for the main character in television, i.e. a complex, morally ambiguous character who's charismatic and has sympathetic and humanizing qualities, but who is also deeply flawed and commits many horrible deeds thanks to their deep character deficiencies, which are criticized by the show. Notable examples include ''Mad Men'' (whose showrunner worked on ''The Sopranos'') and ''Breaking Bad'' (with Creator/BryanCranston even stating that Walter White would not exist without Tony Soprano). |
| 77 | * There were so many similarities to ''Series/ColdSquad'' when ''Series/ColdCase'' debuted that the makers of the former took the latter to court. |
| 78 | * ''Series/MythBusters'' inspired a number of popular science shows and launched the ExperimentShow genre. Fans complain that many of its descendants, like '' Series/BrainiacScienceAbuse'', simply don't match it in terms of quality. Or explosions. Or, for that matter, quality ''of'' explosions. One of the more popular successors was ''Series/TimeWarp'' which takes the viewers' glee at watching things in slow-motion on the high-speed cameras, but keeps the material fresh by using more than just StuffBlowingUp. ([[CarriedByTheHost And the hosts are far more entertaining than some of those other failed shows.]]) |
| 79 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' inspired many an inferior imitator (although to be fair the original set an extremely high standard). Some were pretty good: ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' was an excellent comedy. |
| 80 | * Anytime a particular weapon or design in ''Series/RobotWars'' became really successful it would be heavily copied in later seasons. Some examples; |
| 81 | ** TRACIE from season 1 was designed to run both ways up. The feature caught on and was used by a lot of robots in later wars including Tornado and SMIDSY. |
| 82 | ** Flippers, which briefly became something of a GameBreaker until people worked out how to deal with them. First used by Recyclopse in season 1, but made really popular by 1: Cassius (Recyclopse's successor) which used its flipper to right itself when turned over (this later became known as the self-righting mechanism, or SRIMECH) and 2: Chaos 2, winner of the 3rd and 4th season which had a very powerful flipper (and also was the first to flip another robot over the fence). |
| 83 | *** The SRIMECH itself; while originated as an ImprobableUseOfAWeapon (many robots used flippers, or other weapons), some later robots had separate self-righters that did not double as weapons. |
| 84 | ** Crushers, first introduced by Razer in the second wars though these didn't start to catch on until the 5th season when the weight limit was increased. |
| 85 | ** Spinning discs, first used by Hypno-Disc in the 3rd wars and produced heavy amounts of damage, however imitators rarely managed to succeed at this. |
| 86 | * The revival of ''Series/DoctorWho'' has led to attempts at bringing back several other shows, including ''Series/{{Survivors}}'' and ''Series/{{Rentaghost}}'', as well as to the recreation of the "Saturday evening drama" slot, evidenced by ''Series/{{Primeval}}''. |
| 87 | ** And in [[{{Eagleland}} America]], it hasn't brought back anything, it's simply ''added'' to the long-running "Friday night [[Creator/{{Syfy}} Skiffy]]" slot which has been going for at least 15 years...around the time the Saturday evening drama seemed to go away for a bit in England. |
| 88 | ** It also led to a string of TV shows in which classic British heroes were reinvented (''Series/RobinHood'', ''Series/{{Merlin|2008}}'', ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', etc). Like ''Series/DoctorWho'', some of these shows have been well-received. Others, not so much. |
| 89 | ** The continued success of the ''Doctor Who'' revival in TheNew10s appears to have been the primary catalyst for no less than '''four''' debuting shows in the 2016-17 U.S. broadcast television season featuring timey-wimey premises: ''Time After Time'' (ABC), ''Making History'' (Fox), ''Timeless'' (NBC), and ''Frequency'' (The CW), with the more recent successes of ''Series/{{Outlander}}'' and ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' (the latter even features ''Who'' alumni in its cast) further encouraging the trend. |
| 90 | * The success of ''Series/HerculesTheLegendaryJourneys'' led to a raft of other fantasy-adventure shows, including ''Series/{{Roar}}'' and ''Series/TheNewAdventuresOfRobinHood''. |
| 91 | * ''Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration'' was such a runaway hit in its US broadcast on the cable network Creator/{{Noggin}} that the channel's teen programming block, The N, was spun off into its own channel. As a result, The N tried to make (or get the rights to) countless shows that repeated the formula: a SoapOpera DysfunctionJunction of teenage (or slightly older) StarCrossedLovers whose love is threatened by either NoGoingSteady or a LoveTriangle, InAWorld where AdultsAreUseless and a HardTruthAesop is around every corner, and [[NothingIsTheSameAnyMore everything changes constantly]]. The N even marketed them this way, with ''Degrassi'' actors guest-starring in them and CrossOver commercials with characters from multiple shows. None of them gained the mega-popularity of ''Degrassi.'' They ranged from ''Series/SouthOfNowhere'', (''Degrassi'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''...[[WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries in America!]]), which managed a cult following, to ''Whistler'' (''Degrassi'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] watered-down ''Series/TwinPeaks''), which was poorly promoted and barely noticed outside of Canada, to ''Beyond the Break'' (''Degrassi'' [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] ''Series/{{Baywatch}}'', complete with a former ''Baywatch'' actor), which was exactly as cheesy and ridiculous as expected. |
| 92 | ** Part of the reason for the clones not getting better than cult status may be that the ''Degrassi'' writers were beginning to get weary with their creation, and doubly weary with imitations of it. ''Series/TheBestYears'', a clone created by the head of the ''Degrassi'' writing staff, was full of TakeThat against ''Degrassi'', and the CrossOver commercials quickly changed from grimly earnest to AdamWesting. |
| 93 | * Even Creator/CartoonNetwork got in on the action, with ''The Othersiders'' (based on ''Ghost Hunters''), ''Series/DudeWhatWouldHappen'' (based on ''Series/MythBusters''), ''Survive This'' (from the creator of and based on ''Survivorman''), and ''Brainrush'' (based on ''Series/CashCab''). [[NetworkDecay Curiously, all of these shows are live-action.]] And they're all Discovery shows. We've reached a network level of Follow The Leader! |
| 94 | * Creator/TheHistoryChannel [[NetworkDecay has a tendency to air programs similar to whatever blockbuster movie is sweeping the world]]. ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' is big this year? Here's specials about real-life treasure hunters and lost civilizations. ''Literature/TheDaVinciCode'' is popular? Have some documentaries about religious conspiracies and apocrypha. A disaster movie? We've got stuff that examines if the premise is plausible, as well as showcasing a few other possible apocalypses they might use for the next movie. Hitler rarely gets any airtime nowadays, although some might prefer at least some variety in the station again. |
| 95 | * ''Britannia High'' is just ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' except, as the name suggests, set in Britain. It fared rather badly -- so badly in fact that even among its target demographic, it lost in the ratings war to ''[[https://web.archive.org/web/20090126071609/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/2008/11/younger_viewers_prefers_antiques_to_britannia_high.html Antiques Roadshow]]''. |
| 96 | * Creator/{{USA|Network}} released ''Series/{{Psych}}'', a series about a hyperobservant amateur who solves crimes by pretending to have psychic powers. Shortly after it became a hit, CBS released ''Series/TheMentalist'', a series about a hyperobservant solves crimes by pretending to have psychic powers. However, ''Psych'' is more comedic while ''Mentalist'' is a lot more dramatic. |
| 97 | ** One episode of ''Psych'' actually namechecked ''The Mentalist'' referring to it as a "carbon copy", and Shawn himself is a fan of the show, though he prefers people not confuse him with that [[HypocriticalHumor fake psychic]]. |
| 98 | ** Another episode has Shawn saying that he has an idea about a psychic show & they should pitch it to CBS... |
| 99 | ** However, ''Psych'' itself followed (and eventually replaced) another USA show, ''Series/{{Monk}}'', which also featured a freelance BunnyEarsLawyer detective. |
| 100 | ** It's been pointed out that both shows, along with several others, including the aforementioned ''Monk'', ''Series/LawAndOrderCriminalIntent'', and even ''Series/{{House}}'' and ''Series/Life2007'' are all really based off of ''Franchise/SherlockHolmes''--an extremely intelligent yet quirky detective solves mysteries by [[SherlockScan noticing the little details]]. The only things that ''Psych'' and ''The Mentalist'' specifically have in common are the "fake psychic" thing and being set in California, and both shows use both of those elements very differently. |
| 101 | * USA also released ''Series/BurnNotice'', a series about a small group of quirky ex-special operatives who use their skills to [[WeHelpTheHelpless help out the little guy]]. Shortly after it became a hit, TNT released ''Series/{{Leverage}}'', a show about a small group of quirky ex-criminals who use their skills to help out the little guy. |
| 102 | ** It's worth noting that the ''Series/{{Leverage}}'' page used to have "SpiritualSuccessor" listed on it with no less than 4 examples, and both the ''Burn Notice'' and ''Leverage'' pages compare the shows to ''Series/TheATeam''. |
| 103 | *** In Australia, reviewers described ''Burn Notice'' as "''The A Team'' for grownups". |
| 104 | ** There's now a surge in intelligence community comedies (''Series/{{Covert Affairs}}, Chaos''), which according to the LA Times was started by ''Burn Notice''. |
| 105 | ** The appeal of ''Burn Notice'' and ''Leverage'' is what also probably led to the creation of ''Series/WhiteCollar''. |
| 106 | * After ''Caiga Quien Caiga'' became famous, "Los Raporteros" began fashioning themselves after Mario and co., with black suits, black glasses, an edgier song ("Como Estamos Hoy, Eh", replacing the softer and more rhythmical "Abarajame La Bañera") and more controversial lyrics. |
| 107 | * The success of [[Series/BigBrother Gran Hermano]] prompted a wave of Argentinian reality TV shows, including ''Solos en la Casa'', ''El Bar'' and ''Survivor Operación Robinson''. |
| 108 | * The success of ''La Niñera'' prompted more Argentinian remakes of American TV shows, including "Amas De Casa Deseperadas (''Series/DesperateHousewives'')", "¿Quién es el Jefe? (''Series/WhosTheBoss'')" and the remake that was better than the original: "Casados Con Hijos (''Series/MarriedWithChildren'')" |
| 109 | * The success of ''Series/RebeldeWay'' prompted more Argentinian tween shows like ''Series/PatitoFeo'', ''Series/CasiAngeles'' and ''Series/{{Floricienta}}''. Also, this, combined with the success of ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'', prompted the Argentinian remake of that movie. |
| 110 | * After ''Perdona Nuestros Pecados'' got canned, a slew of imitators tried to take its place. However, most of them missed the point and mutated into talk shows. Only one of them, ''Ran 15'', actually does what PNP used to do. |
| 111 | * ''100% Lucha'' was created to fill the void after the cancellation of ''Titanes en el Ring''. |
| 112 | * ''Series/GhostHunters'' inspired a wave (different from the wave of paranormal slasher horror movies) about paranormal investigations. Even the History channel got into the act. Such shows include ''Most Haunted'', ''Series/GhostAdventures'', ''Series/DestinationTruth'', and ''Ghost Lab'' as well as aborted shows like ''A Haunting'' and ''Paranormal Cops'' |
| 113 | * It was unheard of to film a sitcom in front of a live audience until the success of ''Series/ILoveLucy''. The production of ''I Love Lucy'' all but innovated everything you'll see in every sitcom since. The fact that it was filmed is what preserves it as the oldest television product that most Americans have ever seen[[note]]''Series/TheHoneymooners'', also filmed, coming in at second[[/note]], since it avoided the pitfalls of using videotape which would be wiped and reused later (since it was very expensive, and many networks were wiping videotape into the 1980s), or only existing today in the form of crude kinescopes (where a motion picture camera was pointed at a television monitor) that have little replay value today. |
| 114 | * The raging success that was ''Film/HighSchoolMusical'' was followed by a slew of easily-marketable Disney Channel movies--often featuring the channel's newest stars (Ashley Tisdale, Corbin Bleu, the Jonas Brothers etc). Meanwhile, Nickelodeon tried to get into the act with ''Film/{{Spectacular}}'', a musical movie about a choir (who, for a change, performed "Eye of the Tiger") who failed because their leader insisted on doing the same old routines. The decision to cast Tammin Sursok (a soap star best known [[Series/HomeAndAway in Australia]] -- and to fans of ''Series/TheYoungAndTheRestless'', plus this was before ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'') may not have been the greatest idea... |
| 115 | ** Ironically, ''HSM'' is basically ''Film/{{Grease}}'': The Next Generation. |
| 116 | ** Also MTV made the musical ''The American Mall''. The less said about it the better. |
| 117 | ** You can also follow a very straight line connecting ''American Idol'' (specifically, when after a few seasons it became largely beholden to the voting whims of tween girls) to ''High School Musical'' to ''Series/{{Glee}}''. |
| 118 | ** And from ''Glee'' to other musical movies such as ''Film/JoyfulNoise'' and shows like ''Series/{{Smash}}''. |
| 119 | * The success of ''Series/DirtyJobs'' and ''Series/DeadliestCatch'' on Creator/DiscoveryChannel spawned a host of interesting/dangerous jobs RealityTV shows like ''Series/IceRoadTruckers'' (History Channel), two about extreme loggers, one about lobstermen (although that might be the ''originator'' since a special about lobstermen was essentially a test run for ''Catch'') and ''Swords'', which is about sword fishermen. |
| 120 | * Perhaps attributable to the success of ''Series/{{Monk}}'', a lot of "quirky investigative genius solves crimes" shows have popped up of late: ''Series/{{Psych}}'' (the guy is a fake psychic), ''Series/TheMentalist'' (the guy is a ''former'' fake psychic), ''Series/LieToMe'' (the guy is a LivingLieDetector), ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (quirky forensic scientist), ''Series/{{Raines}}'' (the guy is haunted by hallucinations of the murder victims until he solves the case), ''Series/BodyOfProof'' (InsufferableGenius medical examiner), ''Series/{{Castle|2009}}'' (the guy is a wisecracking mystery novelist), and arguably to a lesser extent ''Series/{{Dexter}}'' (the guy is himself a serial killer) and ''Series/PushingDaisies'' (the guy can bring the dead back to life). |
| 121 | ** The LivingLieDetector aspect of ''Series/LieToMe'', to wit seeing if people are lying via micro-expressions and word choice, has already been used in ''Series/NCISLosAngeles''. Something similar was used in a memorable scene in ''Film/TheNegotiator'', long before ''Monk'' aired. |
| 122 | * The protagonist of the new ''Series/BodyOfProof'' on ABC has been criticized for being a combination of ''Series/{{House}}'' (brilliant doctor with mild pain problems who is usually right) and Temperance Brennan of ''Series/{{Bones}}'' (quirky forensic scientist with poor social skills). |
| 123 | ** ''Series/{{House}}'' might also be the inspiration for ''Series/NurseJackie'', a Creator/{{Showtime}} show about a JerkWithAHeartOfGold health care professional with a drug addiction problem. |
| 124 | * The success of the ''[[Literature/TheTwilightSaga Twilight]]'' franchise had an effect on TV as much as it did with literature and movies for a time. |
| 125 | ** ''Literature/TheVampireDiaries'' was adapted as a [[Series/TheVampireDiaries TV series]] shortly after the success of the first movie. (Although it's an OlderThanTheyThink example as well, since the books were published before ''Twilight''.) |
| 126 | ** It may have also influenced the MTV show ''Series/TeenWolf'', based on the [[The80s 1985]] [[Film/TeenWolf film of the same name]]. While the original movie was a comedy starring Creator/MichaelJFox, the show has more emphasis on [[HotterAndSexier romance]], [[DarkerAndEdgier horror]] and werewolf mythology and has a lead that closely resembles Creator/TaylorLautner (and funny enough, was a popular Internet fan cast pick for Jacob Black). |
| 127 | ** The success of ''Twilight'' and ''The Vampire Diaries'' may have led CW to remake ''{{Series/Beauty and the Beast|2012}}'', an UrbanFantasy centered on the relationship between a human woman and a beast-man who has trouble controlling his violent impulses. |
| 128 | * ''Series/{{Survivorman}}'' was about survival expert Les Stroud being dumped into the wilderness and trying to make his way to civilization before a Rescue Chopper comes to him in a given period of time. ''Series/ManVsWild'' features survival expert Bear Grylls being dumped into the wilderness and trying to make his way to civilization. There were several differences between the two shows, such as Bear's camera crew vs. Les toting around several dozen pounds of cameras, and Les pragmatic approach to Bear's more extreme version. ''M v W'' also stages situations for Bear to demonstrate unlikely or worst-case techniques. These points are explained in more detail on both pages. |
| 129 | * After ''Series/WalkingWithDinosaurs'', there came a whole onslaught of documentaries with CGI dinosaurs. ''WesternAnimation/WhenDinosaursRoamedAmerica'', ''Series/DinosaurPlanet'', and ''Series/JurassicFightClub'', to name a few. Including ''Series/TyrannosaurusSex''. Yes, really. |
| 130 | * ''Series/LifeAfterPeople'' became the highest rated program in the history of The History Channel when it aired in January 2008. Just a few months later, The National Geographic Channel aired ''Aftermath: Population Zero'' which was practically the exact same show. ''Both'' shows are practically the [[AdaptationDistillation television adaptation]] of the explosively popular book "The World Without Us," published in 2007. |
| 131 | * Creator/FoodNetwork has started making a large number of culinary-themed reality shows where one contestant is eliminated per show (or per round, in self-contained shows), a la ''Series/AmericanIdol''. In addition, they now have a new show called ''Chefs vs. City'', which is single legs of ''Series/TheAmazingRace'' with culinary-themed challenges, only two teams, in a single U.S. city, and the prize is "bragging rights." |
| 132 | ** Not long after ''Series/RestaurantStakeout'', a show where the host and restaurant owners use security cameras to figure out which employees are tarnishing the reputation of the owners' restaurants made its debut on the channel, ''Series/MysteryDiners'', a show with a nearly identical premise except with a shorter runtime and considerably more dramatic tone, turned up. |
| 133 | * It seems more than likely that the remake of ''V'' was inspired by the success of the remake of ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''. |
| 134 | ** As well as the remakes of ''The Bionic Woman'' and ''Knight Rider'', though those didn't do so well. |
| 135 | *** And ''Series/StargateUniverse'', the cancellation of many of these series has inevitably led to the death of the Science Fiction Genre on TV. |
| 136 | * ''Series/{{Star Trek|TheOriginalSeries}}'' and ''Series/LostInSpace'' both trod heavily, in their different ways, in the footsteps of ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet.'' |
| 137 | ** And ever since ''Franchise/StarTrek'', practically ''every single SpaceOpera'' has been a clone, ''Series/StargateSG1'' and ''Series/{{Andromeda}}'' being examples. This trend is averted in shows like ''Series/{{Firefly}}'', ''Series/{{Farscape}}'', and ''Series/BattlestarGalactica2003''. |
| 138 | * And it cannot be a coincidence that ''Series/DoctorWho'' debuted on TV only a couple of years after [[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0657162/#producer1960 George Pal's]] film version of Creator/HGWells' ''Film/{{The Time Machine|1960}}'' won an Oscar. |
| 139 | * ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' inspired a slew of TV shows set in perfect suburban settings, such as ''Series/{{Weeds}}'', ''Series/TheGates'', and ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', being touted as "''Series/DesperateHousewives'' for teens." While this is a concept that has been around for years, many more premiered when DH did. ''Series/DesperateHousewives'' also inspired a series of reality series about actual housewives and their social circles called ''Real Housewives'' (of Orange County, Atlanta, etc.). Most of them run on the RuleOfDrama. |
| 140 | * ''Jerseylicious'' on Style is an obvious copy of ''Series/JerseyShore''. In general there have been a lot of New Jersey-related reality shows since ''Jersey Shore'' became incredibly popular. |
| 141 | * ''Series/TheOsbournes'' jump-started the "everyday lives of celebrities" series of reality shows albeit mostly with B- to C-list tabloid fodder. It was followed by ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians'', ''Living Lohan'', etc. |
| 142 | * ''Series/TopGear''. 3 overseas series for the official count, and several more with the same but different names. |
| 143 | * The success of ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' led to a slew of new Sci-Fi shows being made. |
| 144 | * ''Series/PawnStars'' has inspired a host of imitators related to antiques and valuable artifacts: |
| 145 | ** Other pawn shop shows, such as Creator/{{TLC}}'s ''Pawn Queens'', which is essentially a DistaffCounterpart of ''Series/PawnStars'', and [=TruTV=]'s ''Hardcore Pawn'', focusing on UsefulNotes/{{Detroit}} pawnbroker/scumbag Les Gold and his sleazy family; |
| 146 | ** Shows revolving around the purchasing of goods kept in storage lockers, like ''Series/AuctionHunters'' and ''Series/StorageWars''; |
| 147 | ** Shows dealing with auctions, such as ''Series/AuctionKings''; |
| 148 | ** Shows where merchants visit ordinary people and buy things that seem like worthless junk but can be resold at higher prices, such as ''Series/AmericanPickers'' and its Canadian SpinOff ''Canadian Pickers''. |
| 149 | ** And now, A&E has ''Series/BarterKings'' coming really soon. |
| 150 | * ''Series/DuckDynasty'' turned out to be a hit, resulting in a slew of "Rednecks doing things" shows, many of which missed the fact that the ''Series/DuckDynasty'' guys are extremely self-aware about redneck stereotypes and often poke fun at themselves rather than playing it completely straight. |
| 151 | * Creator/ABCFamily is doing this to itself now. After the success of ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfTheAmericanTeenager'', it is releasing more melodramatic {{teen drama}}s, such as ''Series/PrettyLittleLiars'', ''Series/SwitchedAtBirth'', ''Literature/TheNineLivesOfChloeKing'', etc. |
| 152 | * Creator/AnimalPlanet has given ''Series/RiverMonsters'' this treatment by creating another fishing show called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xztvUuonHuI&feature=channel_video_title Hillbilly Handfishing]]. It also led to the creation of ''Monster Fish'' on Creator/NatGeoWild. The show's follow-the-leader status was made even more blatant by the tendency to do episodes on fish that were featured on the previous season of ''River Monsters''. |
| 153 | * Five years after its launch we saw ''Series/MadMen'' clones in the form of BBC 2's ''The Hour''[[note]]As opposed to the CBC's ''Series/TheHour'', which is different[[/note]], ABC's ''Series/PanAm'' (which could also be called ''Mad Men'' [[RecycledINSPACE ON A PLANE]]!), and NBC's ''The Playboy Club''. Although those shows had the benefit of being released while their originator was on hiatus, only ''The Hour'' got a second season. (It did not get a third.) |
| 154 | * The high ratings of NBC's broadcasts of ''Theatre/{{Peter Pan|1954}}'' led to CBS hiring Creator/JulieAndrews and Creator/RodgersAndHammerstein to make them the even more successful and often-remade ''Theatre/{{Cinderella| Rodgers and Hammerstein}}''. Also, the acclaim Andrews received for her performance in ''Theatre/MyFairLady'' influenced CBS' decision to cast her in a RagsToRiches story. |
| 155 | ** ''Peter Pan'' motivated several networks to make fantasy musicals. CBS even obtained televising rights to ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' to keep up with this trend. |
| 156 | * ''Series/{{Lassie}}'' inspired a number of HeroicPetStory shows, including ''{{Series/Flipper}}'' and ''Series/SkippyTheBushKangaroo''. |
| 157 | * The success of ''Series/{{Weeds}}'' has led Creator/{{Showtime}} to do a number of very similar shows with the same base (acclaimed actress stars in show about normal person with a dilemma), such as ''Series/NurseJackie'' (''Weeds'' with prescription drugs), ''Series/TheBigC'' (''Weeds'' with cancer) and ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'' (''Weeds'' with multiple personality disorder). In fact, this seems to be most of their series output. |
| 158 | * ''Series/TheBachelor'' touched off a slew of dating shows. Then ''Series/JoeMillionaire'' came along and tweaked the formula, so in addition to the progenitor, we have about a million versions with a slight twist (he's not rich, he's average-looking, he's a geek, et cetera). |
| 159 | * Colombian [[SoapOpera telenovela]] ''Sin tetas no hay paraíso'' (''There Is No Paradise Without Breasts'') started the trend, apart from a remake with a bigger budget and a movie, of DarkerAndEdgier soaps in Latin Amerca (such as ''El Capo'', ''El Cartel de los Sapos''). These usually have a smaller duration, and are focused on drug lords, prostitution, corrupted politicians and being a soap disguised as a "serious drama". |
| 160 | * The huge success of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' led to NBC executives eventually ordering a line of copies, including ''Series/CaliforniaDreams''. It eventually killed cartoons on Saturday Mornings for the network. |
| 161 | * After ''Series/HotInCleveland'' became a runaway hit, TV Land has been attempting to have lightning strike twice, creating a string of three-camera sitcoms featuring classic sitcom and Film veterans. ''Retired at 35'' (George Segal, Jessica Walter), ''Series/HappilyDivorced'' (Creator/FranDrescher, Rita Moreno), ''The Exes'' (Kristen Johnson, Creator/WayneKnight, Donald Faison). It's contributed to TV Land's NetworkDecay (instead of showing classic sitcoms, it shows new sitcoms with classic sitcom ''actors''), but they've been well received for the most part, so [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools no one's really complaining too much.]] |
| 162 | * Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'s ''Series/{{Double Dare|1986}}'' spawned a whole [[StealthPun mess]] of kids' {{Game Show}}s in the U.S. with the intent of getting kids (and in some cases adults) CoveredInGunge or running through elaborate obstacle courses. Amongst some of them: ''Series/FunHouse1988'', ''Slime Time'', ''Treasure Mall'', ''Series/{{Skedaddle}}'', ''Uh Oh!'', ''Series/FamilyChallenge'', ''Series/WildAndCrazyKids'', ''Series/FigureItOut'', ''[[Series/WhatWouldYouDoNickelodeon What Would You Do?]]'', and countless others. |
| 163 | * The success of Creator/TheBBC's ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'', a show about Franchise/SherlockHolmes [[SettingUpdate in the present day]], has inspired Creator/{{CBS}} to make their own modern-day Sherlock show titled ''Series/{{Elementary}}''. The BBC was considering taking CBS to court and claimed that CBS had originally offered to remake ''Series/{{Sherlock}}'' for American audiences. Possibly to avoid legal action, CBS turned their Watson into "Dr. [[GenderFlip Joan]] Watson" played by the [[RaceLift Asian-American]] Creator/LucyLiu (though WordOfGod was that Joan's casting was race neutral). |
| 164 | * ''Series/{{Dexter}}'': |
| 165 | ** When it was announced that Creator/{{Showtime}} was considering a TV adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Chew}}'', some thought it was inspired by hit Showtime series ''Dexter''. Both Dexter and Tony Chu work in law enforcement and have disgusting side-activities that help them fight crime. But that's about as far as the similarities go. |
| 166 | ** ''Dexter'' may have also paved the way for ''Series/UnitedStatesOfTara'' and ''Series/NurseJackie''. Both are dark dramedy shows concerning a person struggling with a mental problem, split personality disorder in the former and drug addiction in the latter. |
| 167 | ** ''Dexter'' may have inspired BBC's ''Series/{{Luther}}'', which is about a psychotic killer who partners with a cop to fight crime. ''Luther'', in turn, may have inspired NBC's upcoming ''Series/{{Hannibal}}'', which is about psychiatrist/serial killer Hannibal Lecter partnering with an FBI agent to solve murders. |
| 168 | * This happens a great deal with Singaporean television, especially the children's programming. ''My Classmate Dad'' is a BodySwap SitCom that is ''Film/FreakyFriday1976'' with a lower standard of spoken English. ''Cosmo and George'' is about an alien who befriends a human who shows him the ropes of living on earth, [[Series/MorkAndMindy which is a startlingly]] [[SarcasmMode original concept]]. ''Maggi & Me'', about the relationship between a medium and an attractive female ghost, is very ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie''-esque. The Chinese-language drama serials are almost as bad in this respect. ''CID'' is ''Series/{{CSI}}'', ''The Time Machine'' is [[Literature/TheTimeMachine uh...]], ''Baby Blues'' is [[ComicStrip/BabyBlues uh...]], ''[[{{Fanservice}} Beach. Ball. Babes.]]'' is ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'' (specifically volleyball tournament game, that is), and ''Mrs P.I.'', is ''Series/ScarecrowAndMrsKing''. The best part is that even if the shows are ''tenuously'' original, the English translations of their names, as you can gather, ruin everything. |
| 169 | * Not only was ''Creator/{{ABC}}'s Series/WideWorldOfSports'' one of American television's longest of LongRunners, it inspired a raft of imitators both domestic (Creator/{{CBS}}'s ''Sports Spectacular'', Creator/{{NBC}}'s ''Sportsworld'', even Creator/{{ESPN}} itself) and international as well as several spinoffs (''The American Sportsman'', ''The Superstars'', the Pro Bowlers Tour). |
| 170 | * Creator/{{TLC}} does this to its own shows. After the success of ''Series/LittlePeopleBigWorld'', they released more shows and specials about little people, such as ''The Little Couple'' and ''Little Chocolatiers''. Similarly, after the success of ''Series/JonAndKatePlusEight'', they released more shows about large families, such as ''Series/TableFor12'' and ''Series/NineteenKidsAndCounting''. |
| 171 | * [=TruTV=] is almost making FollowTheLeader its [[PlanetOfHats hat]]. When it is not following the leader on its ''own'' shows (''Lizard Lick Towing''/''Southern Fried Stings'' = ''Series/OperationRepo'') it is following them on other channels, such as the Creator/DiscoveryChannel or the History Channel. (''Hardcore Pawn'' = ''Series/PawnStars'', ''Storage Hunters = Series/StorageWars'', ''Police POV'' = ''Series/{{COPS}}'', ''Combat Pawn'' = ''Series/SonsOfGuns'' / ''Series/AmericanGuns''). They all have one common thread between them; several of them completely remove the educational aspects of the original shows (if there was one) in favor of pure over-the-top drama, which many suspect is scripted. |
| 172 | * ''Worlds Wildest Police Chases'' inspired a whole slew of television shows about crazy events caught on police cameras. This eventually broadened into a whole genre of "crazy things caught on tape". ''Destroyed in Seconds'', ''What Went Wrong'', ''Most Shocking'', ''Most Daring'' etc. Popular subjects include the North Hollywood Shootout and the San Diego Tank Chase. One of the few shows to take the formula and give it a twist is ''Series/WorldsDumbest'', which adds celebrity commentary and views things from a comedic perspective. |
| 173 | * Quite a few people have drawn comparisons between ''Literature/TheHungerGames'' and NBC's ''{{Series/Revolution}}''. The former's lead character is a teenage girl with a bow. The latter's lead is a teenage girl with a crossbow. As a sci-fi show based on an overarching mystery, ''Revolution'' also joins the ranks of ''{{Series/Lost}}'' imitators like ''Series/FlashForward2009'', ''Series/TheEvent'', and ''Series/TerraNova''. |
| 174 | * CBS's reboot of ''Series/MatchGame'' in 1973 prompted two comedy-game copycats from ABC two years later: ''Series/RhymeAndReason'' and a reboot of ''Series/YouDontSay''. Respectively they lasted a year, and four months. |
| 175 | * ''Series/ThePriceIsRight'''s hour-long format has led to a few clones. |
| 176 | ** After ''Price'' aired a trial week of sixty-minute episodes in September 1975, NBC expanded ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' and ''Series/TheHollywoodSquares'' from thirty minutes to a full hour two months later. Both reverted back to thirty minutes after a week with ''The Hollywood Squares'' doing so for good. ''Wheel'' planned on permanently expanding to a full hour after ''Price'' successfully did so but went back to its half-hour version after six weeks. |
| 177 | ** In 1983, NBC combined two [[Series/MatchGame game]] [[Series/TheHollywoodSquares shows]] owned by [[Creator/MarkGoodson different]] [[Creator/MerrillHeatter companies]], resulting in ''Series/TheMatchGameHollywoodSquaresHour''. Gene Rayburn returned to host the former segment but Jon "Bowzer" Bauman hosted the latter. This collaboration ended after nine months. |
| 178 | ** ''Series/FamilyFeud'' attempted an hour-long format twice in the 90s. The daytime version expanded to one hour before being cancelled after fifteen months, the last six in repeats. The syndicated version followed suit in the 1994-95 season which wound up being the last. When ''Feud'' returned to syndication in 1999, so did the half-hour format. |
| 179 | ** A revival of ''Series/LetsMakeADeal'', which has been airing since 2009, has used an expanded hour-long version without a hitch. |
| 180 | * The massive worldwide success of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' ushered in an era of gritty medieval-ish/sexualized/political dramas, notably ''Series/{{Vikings}}'', ''{{Series/Camelot}}'', ''Series/{{Britannia}}'', ''Series/TheBastardExecutioner'', ''Series/{{Atlantis}}'', ''Series/MarcoPolo'', ''Series/TheShannaraChronicles'', ''Series/{{Reign}}'', ''Series/TheLastKingdom'', ''Series/TheWhiteQueen'', ''Series/{{See}}'' (which even has Creator/JasonMomoa showing off more BarbarianHero badassery than he ever could in ''[=GoT=]''), and even internationally (''Series/{{El Cid|2020}}'', ''Series/{{Barbarians}}''). Fantasy-wise, there's Creator/{{Netflix}}'s ''Series/{{The Witcher|2019}}'' and a ''massive'' TV series adaptation of ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', ''Series/TheLordOfTheRingsTheRingsOfPower'' by Creator/{{Amazon}}, which ran directly against the spinoff of ''Game of Thrones'', ''Series/HouseOfTheDragon''. |
| 181 | * ''Series/DocMartin'' was shortly followed by the [[DuelingWorks similar program]] ''Distant Shores'', staring Creator/PeterDavison as a fish-out-of-water city doctor on the Northumbrian island Hildasay. |
| 182 | ** Less specifically, it also owes something to ''Series/NorthernExposure''. |
| 183 | * The Creator/{{Noggin}} show ''Sponk!'' is almost always described as "''Series/WhoseLineIsItAnyway'' with kids." |
| 184 | * ''Series/BoardwalkEmpire'' (2010, set in 1920s Atlantic City) was followed by other 'classic' gangster shows set in exotic locations including ''MagicCity'' (2012, 1958 Miami), ''Series/{{Vegas|2012}}'' (2012, 1960 [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Las Vegas]]), ''Series/PeakyBlinders'' (2013, 1919 Birmingham, UK), ''Bonnie and Clyde'' (2013, 1930s Texas) and ''Series/MobCity'' (2013, 1947 Los Angeles). 2013 also saw two movies that banked either on classic gangsters (''Film/GangsterSquad'') or 1920s excess (''Film/{{The Great Gatsby|2013}}''). |
| 185 | * The ''Series/{{Dinosaurs}}'' episode "Dirty Dancing" has an in-universe example where the TV line-up consists of nothing but shows involving [[BumblingDad idiot fathers]], following the success of the show "Totally Ineffectual Dad". It also includes a TakeThat to critics who accused ''Dinosaurs'' of being a knock-off of ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'': |
| 186 | -->'''Earl:''' This is why TV stinks. One show's a hit, they make 50 more just like it, with the same characters and the same premise. |
| 187 | -->'''Baby''': Don't have a cow, man! |
| 188 | * ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' spawned a whole raft of nighttime soaps, with its own spinoff ''Series/KnotsLanding'' and ''Series/Dynasty1981'' being the most successful. Then there was ''Flamingo Road'', ''Secrets of Midland Heights'', ''Berrenger's'', ''Kings Crossing''... |
| 189 | * In the 1980s, British television Creator/{{Granada}} began a [[Series/SherlockHolmes series]] of incredibly faithful adaptations of the ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'' stories, starring Creator/JeremyBrett as Holmes. After its success, it was eventually followed by a [[Series/{{Poirot}} series]] of incredibly faithful adaptations of Creator/AgathaChristie's Literature/HerculePoirot stories, starring Creator/DavidSuchet as Poirot and series of similarly faithful adaptations of Christie's Literature/MissMarple stories. This particular case is arguably a [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]] example, since all three series and their stars are largely acclaimed as being definitive adaptations. |
| 190 | * After ''Series/TheNBCMysteryMovie'' became a hit, Creator/{{ABC}} tried its own WheelProgram concept with ''The Men'' (Robert Conrad in ''Assignment: Vienna'', James Wainwright in ''Jigsaw'' and Lawrence Luckinbill in ''The Delphi Bureau'') -- it didn't last, and neither did any of the elements. Creator/{{Universal}}, the company behind the ''Mystery Movie'' strand (and ''Jigsaw''), tried to replicate the success itself with ''Great Detectives'', shooting three TV movies (''Literature/TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles'' with Stewart Granger as Sherlock Holmes, ''The Adventures Of Literature/NickCarter'' starring Robert Conrad, and ''A Very Missing Person'' with Eve Arden as Hildegarde Withers) for a planned series. No go. |
| 191 | * ''Series/{{ER}}'' (which itself was probably following several other leaders) all but revived the gritty urban medical drama, spawning several poor imitators that didn't last very long. Even though it's been off the air for years, you can still see its influence in the medical dramas of today. |
| 192 | * ''What's Happening Now!!,'' the AfterShow for ''Series/WhatsHappening,'' only went into production after the success of ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' sent executives scrambling for African-American comedies. |
| 193 | * The top 3 rated dramas of the 2014-2015 season were ''Series/{{Empire}}'', ''Series/HowToGetAwayWithMurder'', and ''Series/{{Scandal}}'', each of which star African-American leads, while ''Series/BlackIsh'' and ''Series/FreshOffTheBoat'' proved to be surprise comedy hits (the former of which stars a black family and the latter of which stars an Asian-American family). This has led to the networks scrambling to find more racially diverse programming, with ABC ordering a new show starring Ken Jeong and HBO launching a writing fellowship to find more diverse creators. |
| 194 | * In Japan during the 70s, the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' was at the height of its popularity and television ownership was increasing across the nation. Not surprisingly, many studios decided to cash in on the "Giant HenshinHero" genre resulting in many other shows and superheroes like ''Series/{{Spectreman}}'', ''Series/ZoneFighter'', and ''Series/IronKing''. Even Franchise/{{Godzilla}} got into the trend with ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'''s robot hero Jet Jaguar. Funny enough, [[SelfPlagiarism a couple of the imitators]] were from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''[='=]s creators at Creator/TsuburayaProductions like ''Series/{{Fireman}}'', ''Series/{{Mirrorman}}'', and ''Series/JumborgAce''. |
| 195 | ** The franchise is occasionally guilty of this as well, especially after [[Creator/BandaiNamcoEntertainment Bandai]] purchased the franchise and Tsuburaya in 2007. ''Series/UltraGalaxyMegaMonsterBattle'' followed in the footsteps of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', while ''Series/UltramanGinga'' and the heavier emphasis on MerchandiseDriven gimmicks it brought with it in the Spark Dolls (as well as a more serialized format) were an attempt to meet up to competition with ''Franchise/KamenRider'' and ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' (particularly ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' and ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger''). |
| 196 | ** The progenitor of the franchise ''Series/UltraQ'' is often considered a FollowTheLeader to ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'' and ''Series/TheOuterLimits1963'' outside of Japan. In Japan, it's considered the reverse as the two shows were not very successful there until ''Ultra Q'' proved to be a ratings colossus on Japanese airwaves. Additionally, the popularity of ''kaiju eiga'' such as Franchise/{{Godzilla}} led to the ''Ultra Series''' transition from SciFiHorror to the {{Behemoth Battle}}s it's known for today. |
| 197 | * The OWN series ''Greenleaf'' has been called ''Series/{{Empire}}'' in a megachurch. |
| 198 | * In 2002 Creator/AnimalPlanet began the ''Series/PuppyBowl'', a puppy-based show on Superbowl Sunday. In 2005 it added a kitten half-time show. Hallmark Channel however has an entire ''Kitten Bowl'' dedicated to kittens, which began in 2014. Creator/NationalGeographicChannel's nature-based spinoff channel, Creator/NatGeoWild, began the ''Fish Bowl'' in 2015, which is nothing but fish swimming in a bowl. In 2018 Animal Planet followed ''itself'' by also producing the Dog Bowl, which is the Puppy Bowl but for older dogs (and is presented by the Puppy Bowl). It should be noted in this case that [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools Tropes Are Not Bad]]: kittens, fish, and older dogs all have their fans, and given the whole point of all these shows is to promote adopting animals from shelters instead of buying from breeders or stores, it's not a ''bad'' thing that there are imitators. |
| 199 | * Netflix's ''Making a Murderer'' provoked an explosion of TrueCrime documentaries and biographies on television (which was already gaining traction through the podcast ''Serial'' and HBO's ''The Jinx''), reacquainting people with the most notorious of murder cases such as the O.J. Simpson trial and the killing of [=JonBenet=] Ramsay. The female-centric Oxygen Network even [[NetworkDecay revamped its original format]] to take advantage of this trend. |
| 200 | * The moderate success and critical acclaim of FX's ''Series/TheAmericans'' inspired NBC to order ''Allegiance,'' a short-lived series with an identical premise but set in the present-day (and without any of the sex or violence that cable will allow).[[note]]Although the show is in fact a remake of a 2012 Israeli series, its airing owes more to the success of ''The Americans.''[[/note]] |
| 201 | * ''Series/SuperTrain'' tried to follow the lead of ''Series/TheLoveBoat'' but fell completely off track afterward. And damn near took ''all'' of NBC with it. |
| 202 | * ''Lads' Army'' was a British reality series that featured troubled teens and twenty-somethings being forced to endure a 1950s style military lifestyle. The success of that inspired ''That'll Teach Em'' -- about children attending a 1950s boarding school -- and ''Never Did Me Any Harm'' -- a docu-series about a father making his children follow 1950s discipline. This may have also inspired ''Brat Camp'', which lacked the 1950s theme, but kept the 'punish modern teenagers' concept. There was a collective backlash against these types of shows -- pointing out that they were pretty much exploiting child abuse for entertainment ([[ThereAreNoTherapists rather than trying to actually help the teens deal with their issues]]). |
| 203 | * ''Series/TheGreatBritishSewingBee'', launched in 2013, is very obviously an imitator of ''Series/TheGreatBritishBakeOff''. Of course, it's made by the same company (who don't seem to make much else). |
| 204 | * Creator/{{Telemundo}} had a success in their Music/CeliaCruz bio-series. Afterwards they began making various biographical series based on famous Spanish singers such as Jose Jose, Luis Miguel, and Nicky Jam. |
| 205 | * Both Creator/NatGeoWild and Creator/AnimalPlanet have a large number of veterinary shows. While Animal Planet has had them in the past, there was a large boom in the 2010s. The popularity of Nat Geo's ''The Incredible Dr. Pol'' is a likely reason why. |
| 206 | * Creator/NatGeoWild's ''Animal PD'' is a tamer version of Creator/AnimalPlanet's ''Series/AnimalPlanetHeroes''. |
| 207 | * Documentary series themed around decades were always a thing, but several similar ones popped up during the mid-2010s. CNN has ''The Sixties'', ''The Seventies'', ''The Eighties'', ''The Nineties'', and ''The 2000s'', while National Geographic has ''The '80s Greatest'' and ''The '90s Greatest''. Even Investigation Discovery has ''The 1980s: The Deadliest Decade'', ''The 1990s: The Deadliest Decade'', and ''The 1990s: Totally Scandalous'', all about famous murders and disappearances from the 1980s and 1990s. Ironically, they are all likely based of off Creator/{{VH1}}'s decidedly less serious "I Love The 70's/80's/90's/00's" series |
| 208 | * In June 1996, ''Series/GuidingLight'' began a storyline that was clearly a rip-off of the show ''Series/TouchedByAnAngel'', which had become a smash hit at the time. A mysterious man named Zachary Smith appeared out of nowhere to rescue honeymooning SuperCouple Alan-Michael and Lucy, who were caught in a storm and trapped on their sinking yacht. For the next several months, he drifted through town, aiding various people with their troubles, finally vanishing after restoring the lighthouse which had been in disrepair for years. At this point, it was revealed that Zachary was in fact an angel. Unfortunately, unlike its inspiration, the storyline was poorly received, contrary to expectations, hence its abrupt end. |
| 209 | * TLC has the medical GrossoutShow ''Dr. Pimple Popper'', which is about a dermatologist who cuts open and squeezes out pimples and other assorted skin issues (she first became popular on [=YouTube=]). A few months later, A&E began airing ''The Toe Bro'', which is a similar show about a foot specialist. |
| 210 | * The wild success of the family drama ''Series/ThisIsUs'' on NBC likely inspired the ABC series ''Series/AMillionLittleThings''. NBC managed to follow ''themselves'' a few years later with ''Series/CouncilOfDads''. |
| 211 | * The popularity of ''Series/ShiningTimeStation'', the show where ''WesternAnimation/ThomasAndFriends'' was first introduced to the USA, spawned a boatload of shows made for the sole intent of introducing an overseas series to American audiences, including ''Series/FoxClubhouse'', ''WesternAnimation/SaltysLighthouse'', ''Series/BigBag'', ''Series/TheNoddyShop'', ''[[Series/CaptainKangaroo Mister Moose's Fun Time]]'', the 1997 version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMrMenShow'', ''Series/HolaSproutitos'', and the 30-minute version of ''WesternAnimation/{{Caillou}}''. |
| 212 | * In the United Kingdom, preschool channels utilize presenters doing things such as showcasing viewer-submitted content and introducing shows, amongst others. Examples include Creator/{{CBeebies}}, Creator/Channel5's Milkshake! block, and the British version of [[Creator/DisneyJunior Playhouse Disney]]. These presentations' popularities led to hosted programming blocks on other preschool channels around the world, including [[Creator/{{CBC}} Kids' CBC]] (formerly ''Playgrounds'' and ''Series/GetSetForLife''), the ''Series/PBSKidsPreschoolBlock'', ''Series/TheGoodNightShow'', ''Series/TheLetsGoShow'', and ''Series/TheSunnySideUpShow''. |
| 213 | * While ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub'' creator Iginio Straffi has had interest in making a more serious Live-Action adaptation of the Winx since 2011, ''Series/FateTheWinxSaga'' takes a lot of notes from the modern [[DarkerAndEdgier darker, edgier]] and [[HotterAndSexier risque]] re-imaginings of children and teen-oriented properties such as ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', ''Series/ChillingAdventuresOfSabrina'', Series/{{Titans|2018}} and ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' with a dysfunctional cast of protagonists, a lot of violence, swearing, sex and drugs alongside some good'ol modern slang. |
| 214 | * The now-cancelled ''Series/JupitersLegacy'' was Creator/{{Netflix}}'s response to the adult-oriented Superhero media boom that started with ''Film/Deadpool2016'' and exploded in popularity with Amazon Prime's ''Series/{{The Boys|2019}}'' with the show being a [[DarkerAndEdgier dark]] and [[BloodierAndGorier gory]] look to superheroes and superheroics in a modern, selfish and cynical world. |
| 215 | * The success of ''WesternAnimation/DanielTigersNeighborhood'' inspired the creation of another TV show based around the works of Fred Rogers: ''Series/DonkeyHodie''. |
| 216 | * The creators of the ''Film/PitchPerfect'' spin-off series ''Series/PitchPerfectBumperInBerlin'' admitted that the series was inspired by the Marvel series ''Series/{{Loki|2021}}'' taking a movie villain and giving him a RedemptionQuest. At least in this case, the extent of Bumper's villainy was simply being an unsporting competitor, rather than actually killing people. |
| 217 | * After ''Series/{{Password}}'' saved the game show genre from the scandals, copycats of the celebrity/contestant clue-association format sprang up. These include ''The Object Is...'', ''Series/YouDontSay'', ''Snap Judgment'' and ''Series/{{Pyramid}}''. |
| 218 | * ''Series/NameThatTune'' spawned a slew of music-themed game show clones, such as ''Musical Chairs''[[note]]as two unrelated short-lived runs in 1955 and 1975[[/note]], ''Dough Re Mi'', ''Yours for a Song'', ''What's This Song?'', ''Series/FaceTheMusic'', ''Fandango'', ''The Singing Bee'', ''Series/DontForgetTheLyrics'' and ''That's My Jam''. Across the pond, ITV had ''Spot the Tune'' before importing ''Name That Tune'' a couple of decades later. |
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