TV Trivia #2 - Ripoffs

[kkelso]

The excellent thread started by thick1 on spinoffs got me thinking, how many blatant ripoffs (or knockoffs) can you name? Examples:

E.R. -> Chicago Hope
King of Queens -> According to Jim

 

[a 1 player]

The excellent thread started by thick1 on spinoffs got me thinking, how many blatant ripoffs (or knockoffs) can you name? Examples:

E.R. -> Chicago Hope
King of Queens -> According to Jim

If I am not mistaken ER and Chicago Hope aired for the first time on the same day and at the same time.

 

[Cycleguy007]

Csi---- Ncis

 

[Twinklegirl]

Scrubs -medicine ball (lasted less than one season)

 

[stang]

Survivor -> Every other "reality" elimination show.

 

[LancsLad]

Man About the House> Three's Company


Steptoe and Son> Sanford and Son


The Office> The Office




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[lenharper]

not really rip offs LL as fees were paid to the british creators of steptoe, man and the office. so they're not ripoffs but NA remakes

 

[LancsLad]

not really rip offs LL as fees were paid to the british creators of steptoe, man and the office. so they're not ripoffs but NA remakes

I didn't mean theft was involved, I took the phrase 'rip off" to mean the creative process used by the later production company was easier as they simply followed the model of the former.


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[Ben Hogan]

Time Tunnel --> Stargate SG1

 

[Gyaos]

There's MTV -> VH-1

Much Music rules.

 

[pencilneckgeek2]

The Honeymooners ........The Flintstones

 

[papasmerf]

Star Trek---------------Star Wars

 

[Gyaos]

Star Trek---------------Star Wars

TV Trivia!! Star Wars isn't TV and is not a rip-off of Star Trek. Maybe, Star Wars -> (original) Battlestar Galactica, but Star Wars isn't TV from the 70's, so it doesn't apply.
I knew JAJA wouldn't get Star Wars right.

Gyaos Baltar.

 

[rafterman]

Good tv trivia query by KKelso.
Everyone considers Quincy as the first forensic show to my knowledge, however, there was a canadian series about police forensics that was shot several yrs before Quincy. Can anyone name the show and its canadian star?

Wojack - John Vernon.

 

[guelph]

The excellent thread started by thick1 on spinoffs got me thinking, how many blatant ripoffs (or knockoffs) can you name? Examples:

King of Queens -> According to Jim

I think it should read

King of Kensington -> King of Queens -> According to Jim

How about CTV Cold Case -> CBS Cold Case

 

[guelph]

Is this to far a stretch

Night Cap -> SNL & other Sketch comedy

 

[red]

gilligans island --- Lost

 

[kkelso]

The Honeymooners ........The Flintstones

Nice...

 

[jost]

The Honeymooners ........The Flintstones

you forgot Dinosaurs

 

[Ref]

I'm tired and have had a couple of shots........All I can think of are TV show titles that could have been porns:

* All in the Family
* Different Strokes
* Cannon
* Harry-O
* Mary Tyler Moore
* The Dick Van Dyke Show
* Full House
* BJ and the Bear
* Flipper
* Gentle Ben
* Leave it to Beaver
* Wait Till Your Father Get's Home
* Flash Gordon
* Laverne & Shirley