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Must-See TV: Locked Up Abroad

Unless you’re a fan of Dog Whisperer (we see you, Cesar!), you probably don’t even know that the National Geographic Channel exists. It’s time to get familiar. Our latest idiot-box obsession is NGC’s awesome original show, Locked Up Abroad, which airs Monday nights at 9 p.m…

Is Seth MacFarlane’s New Online Show A Rip-Off?

Family Guy’s Seth MacFarlane has been Fox’s golden boy ever since execs realized that drunk college kids love lowest-common-denominator humor. Now, he’s taking on the internet in a huge deal to develop “Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy,” a web series that will deliver his core audience (read: mouth-breathing young men) to online advertisers via Google. Which is all well and good, except there’s something familiar about the show’s title and concept.

See, back in 2003, cartoonists Kelly Shane and Woody Compton released a New Yorker-style comic strip titled…wait for it…“Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy.” Coincidence? Perhaps. But in an interview, MacFarlane describes “Cavalcade” as “animated versions of the one-frame cartoons you might see in The New Yorker, only edgier.” You’d think a guy who created two identical television shows just by changing a dog into an alien would be a little more sensitive to the idea of originality. Read the 2003 comic strips below and judge for yourself.

The New Ladies Of 90210 Vs. The Originals

From L-R Annalynne Mccord, Shenae Grimes, Jessica Stroup

We’d be fronting if we said there wasn’t a span growing up when we didn’t tune into Beverley Hills 90210. Before Kelly was getting trapped in fires and Brenda re-located, the show served as a solid eye-candy fest for adolescent males.

Now, the CW is prepping a spin-off series as part of their fall 2008 line-up, with a fresh-faced new cast. After seeing the first preview of the show, we got to wondering if the new batch of ladies would be able to compete with the O.G trifecta of Kelly Taylor, Brenda Walsh and Donna Martin. Check out the matchups (including a bonus mom vs. mom showdown) after the jump and vote.