Paralell TV Shows

The Jeffersons had their own TV show, and also made cameo appearances on All in the Family AS George & Wheezy. There are spin-off shows like Grey's Annatomy and that other one (Can you tell I don't watch TV too much?). Anyway, thinking of stuff like that, I thought this would be an interesting concept.

You have two TV shows that are together, but seperate. Hear me out. For example, you have to families, lets just say The Jeffersons and the Bunkers for arguments sake. Episode 1 of the Jeffersons, they're doing their thing, they go to some group picnic or party, meet up with the Bunkers. Something funny happens, it's this big to-do, and they go home and they resolve whatever it is happens. Then on Episode 1 of the Bunker's TV show, they're doing THEIR own thing, then when they go to the group picnic, it's the same scene, only from the other families perspective, and when they go home, see how THEY resolve the issue.

Now you have two different TV shows based on the same concept, so double the advertising and sponsorships, double the syndication money, double the DVD sales and royalties, etc etc. What'd be even more interesting is if you could run the two shows simultaneously on different channels and they intersect at exactly the right times. Not sure if you'd want that to be done and compete with yourself, but it's still an interesting concept. And who says you can't flip-flop them at another time so people can see both? What do you think?