10 TV Shows That Embarrassed Other Shows Released At The Same Time

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Some serious bad timing was involved here.

BY JACOB SIMMONS
JANUARY 27TH, 2023

Did you know that the US and UK version of the Dennis the Menace comic strip were both first published on the exact same day? Without either artist having knowledge of the other's existence?

Sometimes, this happens in TV-land too; two shows with similar premises will be in development and get released very close to one another. Nothing malicious, just a strange quirk of timing.

Don't get us wrong though, sometimes it very much is malicious. We'll get to that in good time.

When shows very similar to one another come out at similar times, it's natural to draw a comparison between the two. Sadly, this often leads to one show being seen as inferior to the other and fading away into obscurity.

These are the shows we'll be looking at today; the ones that just couldn't hack it against a familiar-looking foe.

Either they didn't last as long as their doppelgängers, or they were just received less favorably. Whatever the case, there are at least ten writers out there with their tails between their legs as someone else took all the glory for an idea they also had.

• 10. Farscape EMBARRASSED Lexx
  
• 9. Joan Of Arcadia EMBARRASSED Wonderfalls
  
• 8. The Dropout EMBARRASSED Inventing Anna
  
• 7. Married… With Children EMBARRASSED The Tortellis
  
• 6. Yellowjackets EMBARRASSED The Wilds
  
• 5. Bewitched EMBARRASSED I Dream Of Jeannie
  
• 4. Airwolf EMBARRASSED Blue Thunder
  
• 3. 30 Rock EMBARRASSED Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
  
• 2. ER EMBARRASSED Chicago Hope
  
• 1. Sherlock EMBARRASSED Elementary