Two (or more) different shows with the same title

[Marckd]

There were two sitcoms called Brothers & Sisters. NBC had an overhaul of programming in the fall of 1978 responsible for Diff'rent Strokes and Hello larry and Facts Of Life. They also attempted to add other sitcoms that did not fare well. One was called Brothers and Sisters which they began on January 21 of 1979. The show failed miserably and was canceled that April last airing April 21 of that year.

Another show with that title aired on ABC from 2006 to 2011. That series called Brothers and Sisters was a drama show and also a prime time serial (a soap in that the stories were cliffhangers but more of a drama due to the style of the show itself and the fact this show had more action than a traditional studio daytime soap). That was far more successful than the NBC series

 

[Marckd]

Also there were 3 TV series called Parenthood. One was spelled Parent'Hood. The first series with the title Parenthood aired first run on NBC from August to December of 1990 and in reruns in 1991 with the last episode airing in August of 1991. There were only 12 epsiodes. This was a hybrid sitcom/drama series based on a 1989 movie with the same title.

The second series was spelled "Parent'Hood" and aired on the former WB Newtork (now CW) from January of 1995 to July of 1999 and was a sitcom.

The third series was also from NBC. It was also based on the 1989 movie and original comedy/drama series. This show began running on NBC in March of 2010. Its an hour long show (43 minutes to be exact excluding commercial time). This show still runs today and has been renewed through 2013.

 

[rnigma1]

Actually, the WB sitcom was titled "The Parent 'Hood."
NBC's first "Parenthood" series had Ed Begley Jr. and a young Leonardo DiCaprio.

There were two sitcoms called Brothers & Sisters. NBC had an overhaul of programming in the fall of 1978 responsible for Diff'rent Strokes and Hello larry and Facts Of Life. They also attempted to add other sitcoms that did not fare well. One was called Brothers and Sisters which they began on January 21 of 1979. The show failed miserably and was canceled that April last airing April 21 of that year. ...

That first "Brothers & Sisters" came about in the wake of "National Lampoon's Animal House," and centered on the misadventures of college fraternity members. CBS had the even shorter-lived "Co-ed Fever," about the first male students in a former women's college. ABC had "Delta House," the only one of the three based on "Animal House" and used several actors from the movie.

 

[Tim from Springfield IL]

Can we count "The New Price is Right" as two "different" shows with the same title?

Of course, TnPIR was used in the early days of Bob Barker's reign as host (starting on Sept. 4, 1972). When was the "new" dropped?

And we all remember the other "New Price is Right"--Doug Davidson's ill-fated 1994 nighttime version and its radical format change, IMO (e.g., "The Price Was Right" for the showcase showdown, no Contestant's Row, etc.).

Bob and Rod talked about the "new" TPIR at the time of the Davidson version and all the confusion it caused some fans (even some people thinking that Bob had either retired or even went to the big Showcase in the sky). See the YouTube links below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4R8m0p2XMA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04QsiNucyPs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNRpciFJiDI (after a Showcase Showdown)

Bob said in the first clip that CBS had taped TPIR promos to counter the Davidson version and the confusion it caused--did they actually air?

 

[Ultimajock]

There were two series titled "That's Life": a '60s NBC sitcom with Robert Morse, and the 2000 CBS series.

...the Robert Morse That's Life was actually on ABC, not NBC...

 

[visaman]

...of course, the all-time record for series run *simultaneously* would have to be All-Star Wrestling....there were several promotions to use that TV title in prior years. There are three -- Minneapolis' AWA, New York's WWWF and San Antonio's Southwest Championship Wrestling -- that I can think of immediately...

Vancouver's National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) 1962-1985 and Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA) 1985-1989, on BCTV (CHAN Eight)

 

[rnigma1]

There were two series titled "That's Life": a '60s NBC sitcom with Robert Morse, and the 2000 CBS series.

...the Robert Morse That's Life was actually on ABC, not NBC...

OK, I stand corrected... for some reason I thought that it was part of the "90 Bristol Court" trilogy.

 

[ShawnHill1]

Brothers: the '80s Showtime sitcom, and the 2008-09 Fox sitcom starring retired New York Giant (and Fox football studio analyst) Michael Strahan, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell, and Carl Weathers. I believe there were a third "Brothers" series in between.

 

[Ultimajock]

There were two series titled "That's Life": a '60s NBC sitcom with Robert Morse, and the 2000 CBS series.

...the Robert Morse That's Life was actually on ABC, not NBC...

OK, I stand corrected... for some reason I thought that it was part of the "90 Bristol Court" trilogy.

...the 90 Bristol Court segments were Tom, Dick & Mary, with Don Galloway, Steve Franken and Joyce Bulifant; Harris Against the World, with Jack Klugman; and Karen, with Debbie Watson. They all premiered in October of 1964, with only Karen lasting past the first 13 weeks (90 Bristol Court was scheduled against To Tell The Truth, I've Got a Secret and The Andy Griffith Show on CBS and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea on ABC, and the NBC shows never really had a ratings chance). The Robert Morse That's Life was actually a musical sitcom that ran on ABC in 1968-69; Morse's co-stars were E.J. Peaker, Shelley Berman and Kay Medford. Someone at ABC obviously was impressed with the ratings boost CBS' The Jackie Gleason Show got with the musical sitcom revival of its Honeymooners sketches in 1966-68, and decided to give the concept a try on their network; it didn't work long...

 

[rnigma1]

Thanks for that elaboration... the last show I saw Robert Morse in was the short-lived (early-mid-2000s) CBS hospital drama "City of Angels" - which brings us back on topic, as there was also the mid '70s private eye drama of that name with Wayne Rogers. (There may have been a third show with that title... can't access IMDb at the moment)

 

[Ultimajock]

...kinda surprised that, in all this time, I hadn't recalled this title until now: The Bob Newhart Show, Emmy- and Peabody-winning NBC variety half-hour in 1961-62 and CBS sitcom staple in 1972-78...

 

[hubcity]

Thanks for that elaboration... the last show I saw Robert Morse in was the short-lived (early-mid-2000s) CBS hospital drama "City of Angels" - which brings us back on topic, as there was also the mid '70s private eye drama of that name with Wayne Rogers. (There may have been a third show with that title... can't access IMDb at the moment)

Robert Morse remains active in Mad Men (though, to date, that's the only show with that title, unless DC Comics decides to reboot the supervillain team they acquired from Charlton Comics, called "Madmen".)

 

[EricStein]

There were three shows called "Prime Suspect"

1991 - British drama, and most famous show of all of them
1992 - Syndicated "America's Most Wanted" knockoff that lasted two seasons on American TV
2011 - Short lived NBC series based on the British show

 

[FreddyE1977]

Has anyone mentioned The Good Guys?

(1968 CBS sitcom with Bob Denver and Herb Edelman, and
the cop show a couple of years ago on Fox staring Tom Hanks' kid)

 

[EricStein]

How about the "who has the rights to the show produced at the Apollo Theater" controversy of 2002? The original producers of "It's Showtime at the Apollo" (Inner City Broadcasting) lost the rights to produce the long-running variety program, but still had obligations to fill to the distributor, who had already sold the program to stations for the 2002-03 season. Inner City found another venue to produce the show from, and renamed their version "Showtime in Harlem" (by mid-season, it was just called "Showtime"). A new "Showtime at the Apollo" was produced and distributed to stations at the same time. The re-tooled Inner City "Showtime" lasted only one season, before they sold the format to the distributor, who moved production to Los Angeles as "Live in Hollywood."