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Old 10-20-2017, 04:46 PM   #1
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? The Brady Bunch
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? I Dream of Jeannie
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? The Munsters
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Little House on the Prairie
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Family Ties
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Petticoat Junction
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? Father Knows Best
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? The Twilight Zone
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? Bonanza
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? Wagon Train
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? The Jetsons
13. Dallas or Dynasty? Dallas
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Adam-12

Answer and add more if you wish. I know I'm missing some!
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Old 10-20-2017, 05:32 PM   #2
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? The Partridge Family
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Bewitched with Dick York over Jeannie, Jeannie over Bewitched with Dick Sargent
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? The Munsters
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? I like The Waltons a lot better.
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Family Ties
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Petticoat Junction
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? The Donna Reed Show
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver, I wish this had stayed on Antenna instead of Dennis the Menace.
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? Alfred Hitchcock
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? neither, but Bonanza does have a good theme song.
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? neither, don't like westerns
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? neither
13. Dallas or Dynasty? both have good theme songs, don't like soap operas though
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes is miles better, I also wish this had stayed on Antenna instead of Webster.
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Dragnet in a close race

Answer and add more if you wish. I know I'm missing some!

other possible match-ups
Happy Days vs. Laverne and Shirley
Law and Order (original) vs. Blue Bloods
Columbo vs. The Rockford Files
Star Trek: the Next Generation vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Friends vs. Seinfeld
M*A*S*H vs. Hogan's Heroes
Bachelor Father vs. The Patty Duke Show
Newhart vs. Coach
Frasier vs. Wings
Barney Miller vs. Taxi
WKRP in Cincinnati vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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Old 10-20-2017, 09:48 PM   #3
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? The Brady Bunch
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Bewitched
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? The Addams Family
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Little House on the Prairie (unless it's a later episode, which usually involved mime rape or burning babies)
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Too close to call
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Petticoat Junction
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? Father Knows Best
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? The Twilight Zone
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? Neither
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? Neither
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? The Jetsons
13. Dallas or Dynasty? Neither
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Neither


Happy Days vs. Laverne and Shirley: Laverne and Shirley (unless it's the final season, which was awful)
Law and Order (original) vs. Blue Bloods: Neither
Columbo vs. The Rockford Files: Neither
Star Trek: the Next Generation vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: The Next Generation
Friends vs. Seinfeld: Friends
M*A*S*H vs. Hogan's Heroes: MASH (unless it's a later-season episode, with Hawkeye pulling a "Michael Landon")
Bachelor Father vs. The Patty Duke Show: The Patty Duke Show
Newhart vs. Coach: Newhart
Frasier vs. Wings: Wings
Barney Miller vs. Taxi: Neither
WKRP in Cincinnati vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: The Mary Tyler Moore Show
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I like this thread topic! Very clever.

1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? Partridge Family
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Jeannie
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? undecided
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Waltons
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? n/a
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Green Acres
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? Father Knows Best
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? The Twilight Zone
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? Bonanza
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? n/a
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? Flintstones
13. Dallas or Dynasty? n/a
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? n/a
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? n/a


Happy Days vs. Laverne and Shirley: Laverne and Shirley
Law and Order (original) vs. Blue Bloods: n/a
Columbo vs. The Rockford Files: n/a
Star Trek: the Next Generation vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: TNG
Friends vs. Seinfeld: Seinfeld
M*A*S*H vs. Hogan's Heroes: neither
Bachelor Father vs. The Patty Duke Show: probably Bachelor Father
Newhart vs. Coach: Newhart
Frasier vs. Wings: n/a
Barney Miller vs. Taxi: n/a
WKRP in Cincinnati vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Mary Tyler Moore
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? Partridge Familiy
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Bewitched
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? Really close, but The Munsters
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Waltons
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Family Ties
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Green Acres
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? n/a
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? The Twilight Zone
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? Bonanza
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? na/
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? Flintstones
13. Dallas or Dynasty? Dallas
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Dragnet

I think that that better "similar shows" would be WKRP In Cincinnati and Newsradio; and I would pick WKRP by a long shot.

I'll add Monty Python Vs. The Goodies, and take Monty Python.
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? The Partridge Family
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? I Dream of Jeannie
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? N/A
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Little House on the Prairie
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Family Ties
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Both
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? The Donna Reed Show
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave it to Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? Both
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? The Big Valley
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? Rawhide
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? The Flintstones
13. Dallas or Dynasty? Dynasty
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Adam-12

I’ll add the basic matchups by the following:
Wheel of Fortune vs The Price is Right
Falcon Crest vs Knots Landing
Full House vs Home Improvement
The Jeffersons vs All in the Family
Magnum PI vs Knight Rider
Police Woman vs Charlie’s Angels
Family Feud vs Match Game
Fresh Prince of Bel Air vs A Different World
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson vs Late Night with David Letterman
Three’s Company vs Mork & Mindy
ALF vs Who’s the Boss
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1. The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family? The Brady Bunch
2. I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched? Bewitched
3. The Addams Family or The Munsters? The Munsters
4. The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie? Little House On The Prairie
5. Growing Pains or Family Ties? Family Ties
6. Green Acres or Petticoat Junction? Green Acres
7. Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show? Donna Reed Show
8. Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace? Leave It To Beaver
9. The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock? Neither
10. Bonanza or The Big Valley? Neither
11. Wagon Train or Rawhide? Neither
12. The Flintstones or The Jetsons? The Flintstones
13. Dallas or Dynasty? Neither
14. Webster or Diff'rent Strokes? Diff'rent Strokes
15. Adam-12 or Dragnet? Dragnet


Happy Days vs. Laverne and Shirley: Happy Days
Law and Order (original) vs. Blue Bloods: Law And Order
Columbo vs. The Rockford Files: Neither
Star Trek: the Next Generation vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Neither
Friends vs. Seinfeld: Friends
M*A*S*H vs. Hogan's Heroes: Hogan's Heroes
Bachelor Father vs. The Patty Duke Show: The Patty Duke Show
Newhart vs. Coach: Newhart
Frasier vs. Wings: Frasier
Barney Miller vs. Taxi: Barney Miller
WKRP in Cincinnati vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Mary Tyler Moore

Law and Order SVU vs. NCIS: Law and Order: SVU
Sanford and Son vs. Good Times: Good Times
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The Brady Bunch or the Partridge Family
I Dream of Jeannie or Bewitched
The Addams Family or The Munsters
The Waltons or Little House on the Prairie
Growing Pains or Family Ties
Green Acres or Petticoat Junction
Father Knows Best or The Donna Reed Show
Leave it to Beaver or Dennis the Menace
The Twilight Zone or Alfred Hitchcock
Bonanza or The Big Valley haven't seen either
Wagon Train or Rawhide haven't seen either
The Flintstones or The Jetsons
Dallas or Dynasty
Webster or Diff'rent Strokes
Adam-12 or Dragnet
Happy Days vs. Laverne and Shirley
Law and Order (original) vs. Blue Bloods
Columbo vs. The Rockford Files
Star Trek: the Next Generation vs. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Friends vs. Seinfeld
M*A*S*H vs. Hogan's Heroes
Bachelor Father vs. The Patty Duke Show
Newhart vs. Coach
Frasier vs. Wings
Barney Miller vs. Taxi
WKRP in Cincinnati vs. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Wheel of Fortune vs The Price is Right
Falcon Crest vs Knots Landing
Full House vs Home Improvement
The Jeffersons vs All in the Family
Magnum PI vs Knight Rider
Police Woman vs Charlie’s Angels
Family Feud vs Match Game
Fresh Prince of Bel Air vs A Different World
Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson vs Late Night with David Letterman
Three’s Company vs Mork & Mindy
ALF vs Who’s the Boss
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ALF vs Who's the Boss
Aren't these stretching the definition of 'similar shows' just a tad? Mork and Mindy is more similar to ALF than it is to Three's Company.
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Designing Women or Golden Girls? Golden Girls
This is a good match-up. And Golden Girls wins.
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