History DuelingWorks / LiveActionTV

** '''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, Natasha Rothwell, 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, 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.

** '''Implementation:''' ''[=Girls5Eva=]'' is a comedy set in New York City focusing on a pop girl group, while ''Queens'' is a drama set in Los Angeles focusing on a hip-hop girl group.

** '''Implementation:''' ''The White Lotus'' is a dramedy satire set in a five-star beach resort in Hawaii (Sicily for season 2), whereas ''Nine Perfect Strangers'' is a drama set in a California wellness retreat. The former has Creator/SteveZahn, Creator/ConnieBritton, Creator/JenniferCoolidge, Creator/AlexandraDaddario, Creator/JakeLacy, Natasha Rothwell, Creator/MollyShannon, and Creator/SydneySweeney as part of its first season cast, with Coolidge coming back for the second season, while the latter stars names like Creator/NicoleKidman, Creator/MelissaMcCarthy, Creator/MichaelShannon, Creator/LukeEvans, Creator/SamaraWeaving, Creator/ReginaHall, and Creator/BobbyCannavale.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Television adaptations of UsefulNotes/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.

** '''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 UsefulNotes/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.

** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' KidCom that revolves around two teenage girls (one a Latina[[note]]Not exactly; Olivia Rodrigo of ''Bizaardvark'' is actually Filipino[[/note]] and the other whom wears glasses) whose creative online ideas get them involved in a multimedia startup company.

* ''Series/{{The Last of Us|2023}}'' (2023) / ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}''

* ''Series/{{The Last of Us|2023}}'' (2023) / ''Series/{{Twisted Metal|2023}}''
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' Television adaptations of UsefulNotes/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.
** '''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.
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* ''Series/BlueThunder'' (1984) / ''Series/{{Airwolf}}'' (1984)

** '''Implementation:''' Both debuting in 1984, ''Series/BlueThunder'' 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''.

** '''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/ChannelFive) 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.

** '''Implementation:''' ''Candy'' is a Creator/{{Hulu}} miniseries starring Creator/JessicalBiel that premiered under a year before the Creator/HBOMax production ''Love & Death'' starring Creator/ElizabethOlsen.

** '''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 weeks of each other. ''Special'' had more 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 UsefulNotes/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.

** '''Implementation:''' While ''Bewitched'' was a {{Sitcom}} (and had a sitcom duel with ''Series/IDreamOfJeannie'' as mentioned below), ''Dark Shadows'' was the TropeMaker for the SupernaturalSoapOpera

** '''Implementation:''' Each episode of Morton's show would focus on the same issue throughout, while Wally tended to talk about a variety of topics. Wally also leaned heavily into current events, taping each episode just three days before the airdate.

* ''Series/{{Top Gear|UK}}'' (1977) / ''Driven'' (1998) / ''Motor Week'' (1998)

** '''Implementation:''' The first season ''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.

** '''Implementation:''' The first season ''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.

* ''[[Series/SuperPumped Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber'' (2022) / ''Series/TheDropout'' (2022), ''WeCrashed'' (2022)
** '''Capsule Pitch Description:''' 2022 biopic series about start-ups and their controversial founders. Each of them has big name actors playing the main characters.
** '''Implementation:''' The first season ''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, while ''TheDropout'' is about, Elizabeth Holmes, played by Creator/AmandaSeyfried, a supposedly breakthrough founder of a medical startup whose success turns out to be total fraud, as for ''WeCrashed'', it chronicles around Adam Neumann and Rebekah Neumann, the couple behind co-working space company WeWork, played by Creator/JaredLeto and Creator/AnneHathaway, respectively.

** '''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 founder of a medical device, Elizabeth Holmes, whose miraculous claims for her device turn out to be not only false, but also dangerous.