Have your cake and watch it, too

TLC's new show "Cake Boss" is a total ripoff of Food Network's "Ace of Cakes":

Take one chef with plenty of personality who creates creative, unusual and/or amazing cakes. Add a dash of drama and a handful of interesting, funny and/or temperamental supporting characters. Mix together. Voila! You have a delicious bakery show.

While I think Buddy, the boss on "Cake Boss," creates gorgeous cakes and I love that his bakery is in New Jersey, I find Duff and his Charm City Cakes crew far more entertaining and engaging.

I like that Duff's team gets along and has fun; Buddy's crew, however, has a lot of infighting (it could be because much of his staff is family) and that makes for some uncomfortable viewing.

I also prefer "Ace of Cakes" because, well, it's the original. Duplicates are rarely as good as the original.

And I can't be mad at "Cake Boss": Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.