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User Submitted Daily POLL : Which current show most reminds you of a finished classic?

22 Nov 2012

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Today's poll was submitted by Linlighthouse who was picked randomly from our Poll Submissions (see below).

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71 comments:

  1. ShatteredOne22 November 2012 at 09:56

    Either Fringe/X-Files or HIMYM/Friends

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  2. Nicole Mallon22 November 2012 at 10:12

    Grimm > BUFFY xD

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  3. Julia Eason22 November 2012 at 10:25

    Fringe & X-Files... at least as far as the first couple of seasons are concerned anyway. After that Fringe has defintiely gone it's own way but initially it was very much and X-Files clone.

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  4. Sarah!22 November 2012 at 10:31

    Chicago Fire and Third Watch - Can't say Fringe and X-Files were similar in any sense other than being on FOX and dealing in matters of science with some FBI involvement. Though XF was always urban legends and aliens, Fringe is very plausible science (the fringe! the edge! of what we know...now, anyway) and alternate universes. Not really the same. And I'd say Go On feels more akin to Community. This oddball group that works when on paper looks like it wouldn't. The rest, eh. Walking Dead and Lost. What?

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  5. I♥ORel/DOllie-Arrow22 November 2012 at 10:44

    Fringe reminds me A LOT Farscape. People often refers Fringe to X-Files, it's normal, but there's a lot of things that reminds me Farscape in Fringe. And too : Farscape/Doctor Who, The Walking Dead/BSG 2003 and The Vampire Diaries/Twilight (truth, if you refer the becoming lack of real stories and huge amount of love triangles).

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  6. Marli M.T.22 November 2012 at 11:20

    How I Met Your Mother - Friends

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  7. Jimmy22 November 2012 at 11:29

    I've seen Castle but not Hart To Hart, and I've seen High School Musical but not Glee :-/ I actually can't vote in this poll because those two are all I've seen

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  8. Maria Ferreira22 November 2012 at 11:43

    I watch Castle, but didn´t see Hart to Hart, so can´t compare... I´ve seen Friends, but don´t watch Go On (but I could compare Friends with HIMYM)... nothing for me to vote in this poll...

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  9. nellymendezcolon22 November 2012 at 11:44

    ..castje and american horror

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  10. chris68422 November 2012 at 11:48

    Fringe and XFiles, definitely. And also Grimm/Buffy now that you mention it. I also agree with HIMYM and Friends, as has been mentioned in some comments. SPN also has a lot of XFiles and Buffy similarities. Others would be The Good Wife and Ally McBeal, Arrow and the Batman Begins movie trilogy, and Nikita and Le Femme Nikita (hehe).


    There has got to be a good match up for POI. Someone help me here. There have been so many shows with a tortured soul given a gift that allows him to save a PIP each week.


    The one that I don't see at all is TWD/Lost. Those two shows have a very different feel to them both in tone and plot.

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  11. casseydizzy22 November 2012 at 13:04

    This. I actually found the first season of Fringe difficult to watch when it first aired because almost every ep felt like a rip off.

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  12. LostGorillaz22 November 2012 at 13:05

    I'd put Castle with Murder She Wrote, and Lost with Revolution

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  13. Linlighthouse22 November 2012 at 13:17

    I know...my poll and I couldn't think of a match for POI. It's unique!

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  14. Jamie Coudeville22 November 2012 at 13:30

    not really any of the above but HIMYM with Friends

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  15. arun27922 November 2012 at 14:02

    I started watching X Files after I had started watching Fringe... But I do see the connection. X Files is definitely one of the best shows I have ever seen. The tone of the show, the balance they achieved with serialized and procedural aspects, it's just perfect and not something that has been replicated that well yet.

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  16. Stine Harbo22 November 2012 at 14:03

    Other: 90210 - Beverly Hills 90210

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  17. omabin22 November 2012 at 14:41

    Once Upon a Time and Lost, only sometimes and in some instances

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  18. laura334122 November 2012 at 15:01

    Really? I still watch Farscape, and i know the dialog to almost every episode but i don't think i was ever reminded of Fringe while watching Farscape...

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  19. Babar Suhail22 November 2012 at 15:05

    HIMYM/Friends

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  20. starg8fans22 November 2012 at 15:23

    I love a good brain teaser. The only show that comes to mind is 'Early Edition'. I only saw a couple of eps during a vacation in the States, so I may be far off, but the premise of getting the newspaper a day early and going out to try and prevent something from happening sounds similar to POI.

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  21. aleksander eide22 November 2012 at 15:29

    how did you come up with the idea for this poll

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  22. Julia Eason22 November 2012 at 16:15

    Agreed. I lost count of how many times I thought 'they've already done this story in X-Files'. However it is still a good show and once they went down the parallel universe story route it defintiely became it's own unique show, and was better for it.

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  23. MurderMondays22 November 2012 at 16:24

    Grimm doesn't even belong in the same conversation as 'Buffy'.

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  24. Sharon Seymour22 November 2012 at 16:26

    @MurderMondays:disqus You're right. Grimm is much better than fluffy Buffy

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  25. robin22 November 2012 at 16:27

    I would have gone with TVD/Buffy instead of Grimm/Buffy

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  26. robin22 November 2012 at 16:41

    Grimm lol really. you compare that to the amazing Buffy

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  27. MurderMondays22 November 2012 at 16:43

    Grimm is an okay show but if anything in the sci-fi/fantasy genre qualifies as fluff it is that show.


    It takes no risks and doesn't try anything that hasn't been done before. It's consistent but it is also safe.

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  28. Caz7422 November 2012 at 16:46

    I voted other for Hawaii 5 0 reminds me a lot of a finished show called Hawaii 5 O. It's weird how similar they seem, even down to the same names! LOL

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  29. gerald christie22 November 2012 at 17:47

    How is American Horror Story similar in any way to The Twilight Zone? I mean, TTZ has good writing and acting and actually makes sense....sigh.

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  30. I♥ORel/DOllie-Arrow22 November 2012 at 17:50

    Peter/Olivia = John/Aeryn . Peter+ the machine = John+vortex technology, weird stuff happening = Farscape and Fringe. Cartoon episodes : both shows. Alt universes : Farscape and Fringe. time travel : both shows

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  31. Sarah Elizabeth Ann22 November 2012 at 19:19

    Like many others have said, I'd put How I Met Your Mother with Friends. While I don't watch Go On, I think it's only paired with Friends because of Matthew Perry. Based on the one or two episodes I've seen.

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  32. Xindilini22 November 2012 at 19:31

    2 Broke Girls / Happy Days

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  33. magnutude22 November 2012 at 20:22

    For this poll, I think that for me the best comparison would be Fringe/X Files (mostly the first 2 seasons of Fringe anyway). I haven't seen some of the other classics so I can't really comment, but I do find that Happy Endings is closer to Friends than Go On is..

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  34. Aljosa Mudri22 November 2012 at 20:29

    HIMYM

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  35. Brenda22 November 2012 at 21:14

    me too!

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  36. facebook-65208524322 November 2012 at 22:52

    I really don't see how The Walking Dead goes with LOST.

    I've always felt a resemblance with Revolution and LOST but I guess that is going to happen when J.J Abrams is apart of it.


    Fringe/The X-Files. Yet Fringe is better.



    Grimm/Buffy? I don't think any show will ever come to a playing field with Buffy.

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  37. Leonie198822 November 2012 at 23:40

    Fringe / The X-Files
    (though X-Files was better rounded)

    and

    Parenthood / Brothers&Sisters

    and


    Hart of Dixie / Gilmore Girls
    (it's NOT the story of course, but I get the same feelings and the set is the same)

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  38. djojo9022 November 2012 at 23:54

    Happy Endings/Friends

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  39. Nicole Mallon23 November 2012 at 00:11

    totaly agree on that should be a poll choice

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  40. Hathor Sakhmet23 November 2012 at 00:27

    Roswell/TVD

    [Mainly for the Epic Love story between Max/Liz & Damon/Elena]. The Actors/Actresses never failed to touch the viewers hearts with the Love emitted on screen to us fans! The only difference is Roswell was based on Aliens whereas TVD is based on Vampires + other supernatural beings. My favorite 2 shows ever for the Goddess of Love [smiles]!

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  41. Cory Skelton23 November 2012 at 02:00

    666 Park Avenue reminds me of American Gothic. Modern Family reminds me of Sons and Daughters.

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  42. lostrocks4ever23 November 2012 at 02:34

    none of these really but i do miss lost soooo much!!!

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  43. V_s23 November 2012 at 02:34

    I don't see the Go On/Friends, TWD/LOST, or AHS/Twilight Zone parallels at all. Those feel like pretty big stretches to me. Actually, I take back the TWD/LOST parallel slightly, seeing as how I did feel like the Season 1 finale of TWD was basically all of LOST Season 2 abridged. But that's where the parallels end for me (though, granted, I stopped watching the show after Season 1 also).


    When I watched Grimm, I definitely noted some similarities with Buffy, but otherwise the Fringe/X-Files parallels seemed closest to me. The Booth at the End and The Twilight Zone might actually be closer though, but I wasn't sure if TBatE would count.

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  44. r_guy23 November 2012 at 05:06

    HIMYM - Friends... Of course!

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  45. DarqueMode23 November 2012 at 05:26

    Easy one for me, Dowton Abbey/ Upstairs Downstairs.

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  46. DarqueMode23 November 2012 at 05:46

    That may have taken my vote if it were available. I always felt HIMYM was an updated friends.

    Adding a few others that could be on the list easily:
    Body of Proof / Crossing Jordan / Quincy
    Covert Affairs / Alias
    Parenthood / Providence
    Republic of Doyle / Simon and Simon / Rockford Files
    Burn Notice / The A-Team
    Person of Interest in some ways reminds me of The Equalizer and The A-Team.
    The Mentalist / Sherlock Holmes

    Oddly enough Elementary does not remind me of Sherlock Holmes. XD

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  47. DarqueMode23 November 2012 at 05:51

    Hmmm, really?


    A chosen one from a bloodline that can vanquish the secret monsters that most people are unaware of being helped by a good-hearted monster and someone that runs a magic shop.....


    Which series am I describing again... Oh yeah, both. XD

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  48. DarqueMode23 November 2012 at 05:56

    Buffy and Grimm have the same basic story. It's hard to not compare them for me honestly. They have very different tone, but the rhythm of the show is very similar as well as the premise.


    I am in no way saying Grimm is as good as Buffy, but they are in essence VERY similar shows.

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  49. Lysh23 November 2012 at 06:31

    I was going to say the same thing only due to the style of it all with flashbacks and such.

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  50. Nicole Mallon23 November 2012 at 07:54

    agreed but I think that's b/c they same peps that did Buffy do Grimm now

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  51. Nicole Mallon23 November 2012 at 07:59

    nothing is better than BUFFY not even Grimm

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  52. Nicole Mallon23 November 2012 at 08:28

    I don't get why peopel vote 4 Fringe/X-Files in what universe are they similar????

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  53. Dor Fiderer23 November 2012 at 09:07

    I don't see why The Walking Dead is compared to Lost, there is absolutely no connection. I'll go with Fringe and X-files.

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  54. ShatteredOne23 November 2012 at 09:34

    The first season, when many of the episodes were more stand-alone, deal with some kind of weird monster/event thing, the comparisons between Fringe and X-Files were more abundant. But once they started introducing in the other universe and creating a pretty interesting and heavy mythology of its own, Fringe started to diverge away from X-Files in similarity.

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  55. Linlighthouse23 November 2012 at 13:21

    From reading Grimm posts. Several readers, including me, have been comparing it to Buffy. Then I thought of a few other possibilities. This was fun.

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  56. DarthLocke423 November 2012 at 13:45

    I don't know. On one hand I can totally see the comparisons, because they dance around similar subject matter or concept, but I think that some of the latter ones are better and will become more classic than the earlier one's. But I think a lot of shows set themselves apart because of things like approach, stylization, time period cultural acceptances, budgets, serialization, ect. I guess the two I find most alike is either Glee and Highschool musical, or Upstairs Downstairs and Downton Abbey.

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  57. Baff23 November 2012 at 19:34

    Similar to Person of Interest: Early Edition, Tru Calling, Human Target, Joan of Arcadia, Being Erica, Highway to Heaven, and many many others.

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  58. chris68423 November 2012 at 19:58

    When the Vampire Diaries first started I thought it was a Buffy ripoff (the good, tortured vampire in love with a teenage girl), but it's now evolved into something very different.

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  59. DarthLocke423 November 2012 at 21:01

    Well, Viruses were a concern on LOST too (Just not predominant concern). Additionally they're both about groups of people dealing with other groups of people where the philosophy of "othering" is highlighted and both are about facing existentialism. Dealing with Zombies might also be similar to dealing with a smoke monster...

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  60. Edward Hill24 November 2012 at 04:28

    burn notice - The pretender

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  61. MJFV124 November 2012 at 06:21

    I go with other. Once Upon A Time/LOST. The way the stories are setup, it follows multiple characters in each episode & also has centric characters. Tons of mysteries solved & unsolved. Many aspects match up. It's on the same network & have been tons of LOST references from Apollo bars to an actual Oceanic airplane. Then of course it's written by Edward Kitsis & Adam Horowitz who wrote for LOST.


    The other good one is X-Files/Fringe. But OUAT is VERY close to how LOST was. So I go with other.

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  62. C P24 November 2012 at 19:22

    Fringe and X-Files are probably the only ones that really seem similar.

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  63. aleksander eide25 November 2012 at 14:37

    im enjoying it as well

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  64. Folie-lex25 November 2012 at 20:00

    Hart of Dixie/Gilmore Girls

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  65. Dor Fiderer26 November 2012 at 05:27

    You made a pretty good comparison between those two shows, but still, I feel like the comparison is made on the tiny stuff. The Genre, for example, is totally different. The walking dead is a zombie post-apocalyptic horror series when Lost is sci-fi mysterious drama adventure. All the other options of the poll shows a direct connection between the shows, not just the genre but also the content, the writing style and the whole general environment.

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  66. Folie-lex26 November 2012 at 06:02

    I couldn't agree more about HoD/GG

    They are totally on the same wavelength. They have the same tone and similar quirky small town setting.

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  67. Leonie198826 November 2012 at 20:42

    Yeah, I feel back at home :)

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  68. kristen3827 November 2012 at 16:58

    That's stupid, Go On had nothing to do with Friends other than Matthew Perry. My answer is that How I Met Your Mother is most similar to Friends.

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  69. Next24 December 2012 at 01:54

    The Walking Dead/Lost

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  70. Next25 December 2012 at 18:36

    Grimm is about a Prince who wakes up the Sleeping Beauty (despite she's dating a Bludbad's best friend) and Buffy is about the ultimate single gal and her many love interest: the shows are practically antonyms.

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  71. Next25 December 2012 at 18:39

    The Walking Dead is a character study about a group of people that gathered together after a global disastert, Lost is a character study about a group of people that gathered together after a mayor accident. It's the same tale of human nature told from different settings (just replace the zombies for the Black Smoke Monster).

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