three seasons and 14 episodes later - it hits me - Entourage - is really the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles repackaged for the exact same target audience - ppl born circa 1980-85's.
you think?
you've got the leader, the goof, the wise/experienced one, the beta male and you've also got the toys and dream jobs.
(then again, you can also say that TMNT was written based on other famous foursomes - maybe the musketeers (albeit very loosely connected)?) - maybe the blend of quad personalities is textbook stuff for screen writers?
anyway. do you want to write a hit tv series in 2015? base it on the pokemon series - just place it in a different set, different toys but similar character dynamics. (do pokemon characters have personalities? i've never seen a single episode - wtf). the kids who grew up on pokemon will subliminally identify and worship it.