It could be the mid-afternoon cocktails talking, but these two new shows debuting tonight on different cable networks sound weirdly similar …

Booze Traveler (Travel Channel) Series Debut: Says the Travel Channel, “While working in the bars of South Boston, Jack Maxwell learned one thing - sit down with a stranger and a couple of drinks, and the whole world opens up. In Travel Channel’s new original series, Maxwell sets out across the globe to find the world’s most interesting beverages and the people who drink them. Over the course of 15 one-hour episodes, viewers will follow Maxwell as he travels to various locations around the world including Armenia, Belize, Lithuania, Mongolia and Nepal. At each stop, he connects with locals, immerses himself in regional activities, learns about the country’s unique relationship with liquor and sometimes even participates in the alcohol-making process.”

Chug (National Geographic Channel) Series Debut: Says NGC, “Is authentic Malaysian alcohol worth climbing a 50-foot coconut tree for? Is it possible to outdrink an Australian beer-guzzling legend? Or to survive jumping off a bar roof in Fiji on a dare? What about going shot-for-shot in an Austrian schnapps drink off? Probably not, but it’s certainly fun to try! National Geographic Channel (NGC) is taking viewers on a bar crawl around the world with traveling ‘drinkaloguer’ and rum company owner Zane Lamprey in the new Kickstarter-funded series, Chug. In the series, Lamprey is motivated by his thirst to try local customs, food and, well, alcohol. He travels by train to an array of exotic and boozy locations and along the way interacts with the local culture and befriends new drinking buddies.”