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* ''Series/TheDefenders'' ''Series/{{The Defenders|2017}}'' has nothing to do with [[Comicbook/TheDefenders the comic of the same name]], and is actually much closer in tone and premise to the short-lived ''Marvel Knights'' team book from the 90's.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Has strong elements of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [[AC:InSpace!]] WordOfGod says it's supposed to be ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' [[AC:InSpace!]]
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Has strong elements of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' [[AC:InSpace!]] WordOfGod says it's supposed to be ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' [[AC:InSpace!]]
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** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], was [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/26/how-silent-hill-dark-souls-and-the-last-of-us-influenced-stranger-things described]] by the Duffers as having been heavily inspired by the Otherworld from the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games. It makes for a damn good translation of the Otherworld to television (even if it was caused by science rather than the occult), the comparisons growing even more apparent with the trailers for season 2 portraying it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King).
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** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld filled with monsters, fog, and crackling radio transmissions that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], was [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/26/how-silent-hill-dark-souls-and-the-last-of-us-influenced-stranger-things described]] by the Duffers as having been heavily inspired by the Otherworld from the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games. It makes for a damn good translation of the Otherworld to television (even if it was caused by science rather than the occult), the comparisons growing even more apparent with the trailers for season 2 portraying it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King).
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** The show's creators were originally planning on doing a new adaptation of ''Literature/{{It}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. The influence of both that miniseries and Creator/StephenKing's work in general [[GenreThrowback shines through heavily]], such that one fan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCH8mIYqpNo mashed up]] the trailer for the [[Film/{{It 2017}} 2017 adaptation]] of ''It'' with the theme to ''Stranger Things'', the two going together almost perfectly.
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], also makes for a damn good translation of the setting of ''Franchise/SilentHill'' to television, even if it was caused by science rather than the occult. The trailers for season 2, which portray it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King), only further the comparisons.
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], also makes for a damn good translation of the setting of ''Franchise/SilentHill'' to television, even if it was caused by science rather than the occult. The trailers for season 2, which portray it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King), only further the comparisons.
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** The show's creators Matt and Ross Duffer were originally planning on doing a new adaptation of ''Literature/{{It}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. The influence of both that miniseries and Creator/StephenKing's work in general [[GenreThrowback shines through heavily]], such that one fan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCH8mIYqpNo mashed up]] the trailer for the [[Film/{{It 2017}} 2017 adaptation]] of ''It'' with the theme to ''Stranger Things'', the two going together almost perfectly.
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]],also makes for a damn good translation of was [[http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/08/26/how-silent-hill-dark-souls-and-the-last-of-us-influenced-stranger-things described]] by the setting of Duffers as having been heavily inspired by the Otherworld from the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' games. It makes for a damn good translation of the Otherworld to television, even television (even if it was caused by science rather than the occult. The occult), the comparisons growing even more apparent with the trailers for season 2, which portray 2 portraying it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King), only further the comparisons.King).
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]],
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* The creators of ''Series/StrangerThings'' were originally planning on doing a new adaptation of ''Literature/{{It}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. The influence of both that miniseries and Creator/StephenKing's work in general shines through heavily, such that one fan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCH8mIYqpNo mashed up]] the trailer for the 2017 adaptation of ''It'' with the theme to ''Stranger Things'', the two going together almost perfectly.
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* ''Series/StrangerThings'':
** The show's creatorsof ''Series/StrangerThings'' were originally planning on doing a new adaptation of ''Literature/{{It}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. The influence of both that miniseries and Creator/StephenKing's work in general [[GenreThrowback shines through heavily, heavily]], such that one fan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCH8mIYqpNo mashed up]] the trailer for the [[Film/{{It 2017}} 2017 adaptation adaptation]] of ''It'' with the theme to ''Stranger Things'', the two going together almost perfectly.perfectly.
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], also makes for a damn good translation of the setting of ''Franchise/SilentHill'' to television, even if it was caused by science rather than the occult. The trailers for season 2, which portray it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King), only further the comparisons.
** The show's creators
** The Upside Down, a monster-filled DarkWorld that has begun leaking into [[EverytownAmerica a small, ordinary American town]], also makes for a damn good translation of the setting of ''Franchise/SilentHill'' to television, even if it was caused by science rather than the occult. The trailers for season 2, which portray it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King), only further the comparisons.
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* The Creator/{{Syfy}} original series ''Series/BloodDrive'' was created as a GenreThrowback to '70s {{exploitation film}}s, but any gamers watching it are just as likely to be reminded of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. The BigBad Julian Slink, a RepulsiveRingmaster running a high-octane, cross-country road race in which the losers are all killed, bears a strong resemblance to Calypso from the ''Twisted Metal'' games, right down to him working for a MegaCorp (Calypso was the CEO of one in the 2013 reboot) and being implied to be demonic or otherwise supernatural. Likewise with the flamboyantly-characterized drivers and vehicles, even if there aren't any one-to-one comparisons with the competitors in ''Twisted Metal''.
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* The Creator/{{Syfy}} original series ''Series/BloodDrive'' was created as a GenreThrowback to '70s {{exploitation film}}s, but any gamers watching it are just as likely to be reminded of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. The BigBad Julian Slink, a RepulsiveRingmaster running a high-octane, cross-country road race in which the losers are all killed, bears a strong resemblance to Calypso from the ''Twisted Metal'' games, right down to him working for a MegaCorp (Calypso was the CEO of one in the 2013 reboot) and being implied to be demonic or otherwise supernatural. Likewise with the flamboyantly-characterized drivers and vehicles, even if there aren't any {{Weaponized Car}}s nor one-to-one comparisons with the competitors in ''Twisted Metal''.
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* The Creator/{{Syfy}} original series ''Series/BloodDrive'' was created as a GenreThrowback to '70s {{exploitation film}}s, but any gamers watching it are just as likely to be reminded of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. The BigBad Julian Slink, a RepulsiveRingmaster running a high-octane, cross-country road race in which the losers are all killed, bears a strong resemblance to Calypso from the ''Twisted Metal'' games, right down to him working for a MegaCorp (he (Calypso was the CEO of one in the 2013 reboot) and being implied to be demonic or otherwise supernatural. Likewise with the flamboyantly-characterized drivers and vehicles, even if there aren't any one-to-one comparisons with the competitors in ''Twisted Metal''.
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* The Creator/{{Syfy}} original series ''Series/BloodDrive'' was created as a GenreThrowback to '70s {{exploitation film}}s, but any gamers watching it are just as likely to be reminded of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. The BigBad Julian Slink, a RepulsiveRingmaster running a high-octane, cross-country road race in which the losers are all killed, bears a strong resemblance to Calypso from the ''Twisted Metal'' games, right down to him being implied to be demonic or otherwise supernatural. Likewise with the flamboyantly-characterized drivers and vehicles, even if there aren't any one-to-one comparisons with the competitors in ''Twisted Metal''.
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* The Creator/{{Syfy}} original series ''Series/BloodDrive'' was created as a GenreThrowback to '70s {{exploitation film}}s, but any gamers watching it are just as likely to be reminded of ''VideoGame/TwistedMetal''. The BigBad Julian Slink, a RepulsiveRingmaster running a high-octane, cross-country road race in which the losers are all killed, bears a strong resemblance to Calypso from the ''Twisted Metal'' games, right down to him working for a MegaCorp (he was the CEO of one in the 2013 reboot) and being implied to be demonic or otherwise supernatural. Likewise with the flamboyantly-characterized drivers and vehicles, even if there aren't any one-to-one comparisons with the competitors in ''Twisted Metal''.
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* Arya's story in Seasons 5 and 6 of ''Series/GameOfThrones'' actually makes for a pretty decent ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' miniseries. It's even set in Braavos (a {{fictional counterpart}} of Venice, Italy) in a time period based loosely on the 15th century, making it surprisingly close to the look and feel of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII''.
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* ''Series/XenaWarriorPrincess'' is the best live-action Franchise/WonderWoman TV show since the [[Series/WonderWoman Lynda Carter series]].
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* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}}'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show is essentially a live-action version of ''Franchise/ArchieComics''.
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed, clever and [[RefugeInAudacity audacious.]] (Although NOT to be confused with ''Saved By The Bell: The College Years.'')
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed, clever and [[RefugeInAudacity audacious.]] (Although NOT to be confused with ''Saved By The Bell: The College Years.'')
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show ''Series/{{Riverdale}}'', as a DarkerAndEdgier reimagining of ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', has been [[https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/before-you-watch-riverdale-read-the-best-non-archi.html compared]] by some people to a TV adaptation of Creator/EdBrubaker's ''ComicBook/{{Criminal}}: The Last of the Innocent'', though ''Riverdale'' doesn't get quite so {{deconstructi|on}}ve.
* And on that note, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' isessentially a live-action version probably closer to the original-brand ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' than ''Riverdale'' is, which draws most of ''Franchise/ArchieComics''.
its inspiration from [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 the 2015 reboot]].
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed,clever clever, and [[RefugeInAudacity audacious.]] audacious]]. (Although NOT ''not'' to be confused with ''Saved By The Bell: The College Years.'')
* And on that note, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' is
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed,
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* ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' has been compared to a fantasy version of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
* The creators of ''Series/StrangerThings'' were originally planning on doing a new adaptation of ''Literature/{{It}}'', but they couldn't get the rights. The influence of both that miniseries and Creator/StephenKing's work in general shines through heavily, such that one fan [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCH8mIYqpNo mashed up]] the trailer for the 2017 adaptation of ''It'' with the theme to ''Stranger Things'', the two going together almost perfectly.
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* The tv series ''Series/{{Merlin}}'' has been compared as a fantasy version of ''Series/{{Smallville}}''.
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* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'': This show is sometimes called "''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''[='s=] real adaptation".
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* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'': This show is sometimes called "''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''[='s=] real adaptation". An actual ''Ferris Bueller'' TV series fizzled out around the same time.
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* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze'' both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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* When the Netflix series ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' premiered, many noted that the show felt like an adaptation of a famous non-Marvel (and non-comic book) superhero property: ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}''. Both are {{Capepunk}} psychological thrillers with an emphasis on the characters rather than their superpowers, a super-strong hero pitted against a purple-clad MagnificentBastard, and even a NighInvulnerable hero who calls himself "unbreakable".
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an [[TransAtlanticEquivalent Americanadtapation adaptation]] (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze'' both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an [[TransAtlanticEquivalent American
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* When the Netflix series ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' premiered, many noted that the show served as a surprisingly fitting "spin-off" of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}''. They both share similarities of being a {{Capepunk}} psychological thriller with an emphasis on character rather than the superpowers, a super-strong hero pitted against a purple-clad MagnificentBastard, and even a NighInvulnerable hero who calls himself "unbreakable".
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
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* When the Netflix series ''Series/JessicaJones2015'' premiered, many noted that the show served as a surprisingly fitting "spin-off" of ''Film/{{Unbreakable}}''. They both share similarities of being a {{Capepunk}} psychological thriller with an emphasis on character rather than the superpowers, a super-strong hero pitted against a purple-clad MagnificentBastard, and even a NighInvulnerable hero who calls himself "unbreakable".
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]''''[[Series/{{McCloud}}'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]''
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* Ever wonder what ''Film/TheyLive'' would look like as a TV political dramedy, with virtually all of the satire intact? Look no further than ''Series/BrainDead2016''.
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* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) ''Series/MastersOfTheMaze'' both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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* Due to shared inspiration (specifically, the real life UsefulNotes/WarsOfTheRoses), fans have considered Television/GameOfThrones the closest thing to a DarkerAndEdgier (as if that was necessary) live action adaptation of VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics they're ever likely to see.
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show is essentially a live-action version of ''ArchieComics''.
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* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show is essentially a live-action version of ''ArchieComics''.''Franchise/ArchieComics''.
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* ''Series/PennyDreadful'', a sprawling Victorian fantasy saga starring [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]], [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]], and an aging GreatWhiteHunter, may as well be a TV spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. In a rather uncanny coincidence, it even stars a former Franchise/JamesBond actor (Creator/TimothyDalton) as Mina's father Malcolm Murray. [[note]] The original ''League'' graphic novel series involved James Bond's grandfather, Campion Bond, as a major supporting character; in something of a CastingGag, the [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen film adaptation]] cast Creator/SeanConnery in the lead role of Allan Quatermain, and it was rumored that the producers also wanted to cast Creator/RogerMoore as Campion before the character was cut from the movie.[[/note]]
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* ''Series/PennyDreadful'', a sprawling Victorian fantasy saga starring [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]], [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]], and an aging GreatWhiteHunter, may as well be a TV spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. In a rather uncanny coincidence, it even stars a former Franchise/JamesBond actor (Creator/TimothyDalton) as Mina's father Malcolm Murray. [[note]] The original ''League'' graphic novel series involved James Bond's grandfather, Campion Bond, as a major supporting character; in something of a CastingGag, the [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen film adaptation]] cast Creator/SeanConnery in the lead role of Allan Quatermain, and it was rumored that the producers also wanted to cast Creator/RogerMoore as Campion before the character was cut from the movie.[[/note]]
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** AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers fans sometimes joke that Joss Whedon must have been having a few beers with Robert Mandell and made a Galaxy Rangers series told from the criminals' point of view.
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** AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers'' fans sometimes joke that Joss Whedon Creator/JossWhedon must have been having a few beers with Robert Mandell and made a Galaxy Rangers series told from the criminals' point of view.
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* ''Falling Water'', a show about people who can enter and manipulate other people's dreams, has been outright [[http://www.polygon.com/tv/2016/8/3/12369800/falling-water-usa-syfy described]] as "Creator/{{USA|Network}}'s take on ''Film/{{Inception}}'', but without the tricks."
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** Or a cynical and deconstructed version of ''Series/{{Friends}}''
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* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has been called ah Irish-American adaptation of the Jewish-American ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
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* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has been called ah an Irish-American adaptation of the Jewish-American ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* ''Rogue'', a fifth season episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'', works out to be the best ''Literature/RogueWarrior'' work never made in that the level of detail not just to the basic plot but characterization is incredible, to the point one can't help but think this would be what Creator/DonaldPBellisario would love to work on if given half a chance.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
* ''Rogue'', a fifth season episode of ''Series/{{JAG}}'', works out to be the best ''Literature/RogueWarrior'' work never made in that the level of detail not just to the basic plot but characterization is incredible, to the point one can't help but think this would be what Creator/DonaldPBellisario would love to work on if given half a chance.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions. ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame. ''Maze'', meanwhile, centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
* ''Series/RelicHunter'', a show about a sexy ActionGirl treasure hunter, wears the influence of the ''Franchise/TombRaider'' games on its sleeve, right down to its similar title.
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** Set in [[AfterTheEnd a world]] where all electricity has stopped working and humanity has gone back to the Dark Ages, is pretty much Creator/SMStirling's ''[[{{Literature/Emberverse}} Dies the Fire]]'' adapted to television.
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** Set in [[AfterTheEnd a world]] where all electricity has stopped working and humanity has gone back to the Dark Ages, this show is pretty much Creator/SMStirling's ''[[{{Literature/Emberverse}} Dies the Fire]]'' adapted to television.
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* ''Rogue,'' a fifth season episode of ''Series/{{JAG}},'' works out to be the best ''Literature/RogueWarrior'' work never made in that the level of detail not just to the basic plot but characterization is incredible, to the point one can't help but think this would be what Creator/DonaldPBellisario would love to work on if given half a chance.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions; ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame; ''Maze'' centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions; ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame; ''Maze'' centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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* ''Series/BlueMountainState'' is considered the closest we've ever got to an actual ''Film/AnimalHouse'' series. There was in fact a series based on ''Animal House'' back when it first premiered (technically ''three,'' as back in the day, each of the three major networks at the time did their own version, ''Delta House'' on ABC, ''Brothers and Sisters'' on NBC, and ''Co-ed Fever'' on CBS,) but it wasn't until ''BMS'' that TV standards relaxed enough to show an ''Animal House'' series in all its depraved glory.
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* ''Series/BlueMountainState'' is considered the closest we've ever got to an actual ''Film/AnimalHouse'' series. There was were in fact a series based on not one, but ''three'' Spiritual Adaptations of ''Animal House'' back when it the film first premiered (technically ''three,'' as back in the day, came out, one on each of the three major Big Three American networks at the time did their own version, ''Delta (''Delta House'' on ABC, ''Brothers and Sisters'' on NBC, and ''Co-ed Fever'' on CBS,) CBS, all of them short-lived), but it wasn't until ''BMS'' the rise of pay TV that TV there was a place on television with standards relaxed enough to show an ''Animal House'' series in all its depraved glory.
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* ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment'' is the world's first, best and ''only'' modern sitcom reimagining of Creator/{{Aeschylus}}' ''Theatre/TheOresteia''. Practically all of the tropes of Classical Greek tragedy are there: intergenerational conflict, random mutilation and disfiguration, a powerful BigScrewedUpFamily's fall from grace, a complex web of backstabbings and infidelity, an [[EvilMatriarch ambitious scheming matriarch]] manipulating a clueless patriarch behind his back, an OnlySaneMan son trying to right his parents' wrongs, boatloads of IncestSubtext, and a surreal courtroom trial at the climax--all set against the backdrop of a brutal war in Asia Minor (though one involving [[TheWarOnTerror battle tanks]] instead of [[UsefulNotes/TheTrojanWar a big wooden horse]]). Naturally, though, it's all PlayedForLaughs.
* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Has strong elements of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [[AC:InSpace!]] WordOfGod says it's supposed to be ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' [[AC:InSpace!]]
* ''Series/BlueMountainState'' is considered the closest we've ever got to an actual ''Film/AnimalHouse'' series. There was in fact a series based on ''Animal House'' back when it first premiered (technically ''three,'' as back in the day, each of the three major networks at the time did their own version, ''Delta House'' on ABC, ''Brothers and Sisters'' on NBC, and ''Co-ed Fever'' on CBS,) but it wasn't until ''BMS'' that TV standards relaxed enough to show an ''Animal House'' series in all its depraved glory.
* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': So close to being ''Yours, Mine and Ours: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'' that the filmmakers threatened to sue.
* ''Series/TheBorgias'': This show is just close enough to being an adaptation of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' that one half-expects [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Ezio and company]] to show up at any time.
* ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'': This show is what ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' would've been had it been remade into a live-action series.
* ''Series/DarkAngel'': This show was Creator/JamesCameron's attempt to make an unofficial live-action version of ''{{Manga/Gunnm}}'' (aka ''Battle Angel Alita'') after the official version he was scheduled to direct went into DevelopmentHell.
* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' is one to the now-forgotten film ''Moonrunners'' (and, to a lesser extent, ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'').
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
** More than a few have claimed that this show is what ''Series/BlakesSeven'' would have been if remade in the 21st Century. They're not far off.
** ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' could also be considered how Creator/TimBurton would make a SpaceOpera.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
** Some consider it to be a very well done live-action version of ''Manga/OutlawStar''.
** Paul Darrow (Avon in ''Series/BlakesSeven'') has explicitly said in a DVD extras interview that he considered ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' to have been the 21st century remake.
** AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers fans sometimes joke that Joss Whedon must have been having a few beers with Robert Mandell and made a Galaxy Rangers series told from the criminals' point of view.
* ''Series/FTroop'': This show is seen by some as a derivative of the Glenn Ford comedy film, ''Advance To The Rear''.
* Creator/TylerPerry's television drama ''Series/TheHavesAndTheHaveNots'' is pretty much the television series version of his film ''Film/TheFamilyThatPreys''.
* Some fans and critics view ''Series/HannahMontana'' as being a more faithful LiveActionAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'' than [[{{Film/JemAndTheHolograms}} the 2015 film]][[note]]Although, that's more of an indication of just how much liberty the film took with its [[{{InNameOnly}} nominal]] source material than anything.[[/note]]. Similarly to the ''Jurassic Park'' / ''Godzilla 98'' example, the 2015 film seems to owe more to ''Hannah Montana'' than its namesake show.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': There are those who consider this show a jazzier version of the ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. Others consider it the television version of ''ComicBook/DP7''.
* ''The Holy Pearl'': This Chinese Drama has been said to be an unofficial adaptation of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''.
* ''Series/HotInCleveland'' is [[SettingUpdate a modernized]] version of earlier SitCom ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' with younger women but a similar FourGirlEnsemble (including Creator/BettyWhite in both shows' casts), the same kind of humor, and similar plots.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has been called ah Irish-American adaptation of the Jewish-American ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was frequently compared to a modern-day remake of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' when it first premiered, only as a DarkerAndEdgier drama instead of a {{sitcom}}.
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is almost a TV adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''.
** Convoluted plots with plenty of memory tempering and world-hopping, a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with just about everything in the {{Disney}} catalog, and a naive kid caught in the center and trying to set things right. It's also the closest we get to a TV adaptation of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''
* ''Series/{{Outcasts}}'': This unsuccessful BBC SF series looked very much like a UK version of 21st-century ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''.
* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'': This show is sometimes called "''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''[='s=] real adaptation".
* ''Series/PennyDreadful'', a sprawling Victorian fantasy saga starring [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]], [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]], and an aging GreatWhiteHunter, may as well be a TV spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. In a rather uncanny coincidence, it even stars a former Franchise/JamesBond actor (Creator/TimothyDalton) as Mina's father Malcolm Murray. [[note]] The original ''League'' graphic novel series involved James Bond's grandfather, Campion Bond, as a major supporting character; in something of a CastingGag, the [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen film adaptation]] cast Creator/SeanConnery in the lead role of Allan Quatermain, and it was rumored that the producers also wanted to cast Creator/RogerMoore as Campion before the character was cut from the movie.[[/note]]
* ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': There's a reason why this show was dubbed [[FanNickname Terminator: The Power Rangers Chronicles]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADK3wggGYk Taken to its logical conclusion.]]
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': Could be called the TV series Creator/TimBurton never made.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** Set in [[AfterTheEnd a world]] where all electricity has stopped working and humanity has gone back to the Dark Ages, is pretty much Creator/SMStirling's ''[[{{Literature/Emberverse}} Dies the Fire]]'' adapted to television.
** The series is ''loaded'' with references to the work of Creator/StephenKing, especially ''Literature/TheStand'' and ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''. Particularly with with a man named Randall Flynn (Randall Flagg) and the Tower (Dark Tower). In case you're wondering, Stephen King is not involved with the show, but Creator/JJAbrams is a big fan of King's work.
* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show is essentially a live-action version of ''ArchieComics''.
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed, clever and [[RefugeInAudacity audacious.]] (Although NOT to be confused with ''Saved By The Bell: The College Years.'')
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The earliest episodes owe a ''hell'' of a lot to ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.
* ''Series/SuperRobotRedBaron'':
** (And, by extension, its follow-up successor series ''Super Robot Mach Baron'') can be pretty much considered a live-action version of ''Anime/MazingerZ''.
** To the point that, in Spain, footage from ''Mach Baron'' was made into a theatrical movie and retitled "Mazinger Z, el Robot de las estrellas" (''Mazinger Z, The Robot from the Stars'') to benefit from ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Mazinger]]'' popularity. There was even a comic-book adaptation made by an Spanish artist that lasted some forty issues, and was known to a generation of spanish children as "El Mazinger Rojo" (''Red Mazinger'').
* [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Three]] drama ''[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-three-tatau Tatau]]'' (first broadcast April 2015) has elements in common with ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': Young Western travellers in trouble in the South Pacific, tattoos, hallucinatory visions ...
* ''Series/{{Threshold}}'' is quite possibly the closest television has ever gotten to an adaptation of ''VideoGame/XCom''. This licensing appears to be recursive, with ''VideoGame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' taking quite a few cues from the series: fighting a covert war with aliens, alien substances infecting people, actively suppressing information from the public, reverse-engineering alien tech and using it against them all crop in the show.
* ''Series/TotalRecall2070'': Despite its name has more to do with ''Film/BladeRunner'' than ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. The WordOfGod says the show is based on the original Philip K. Dick stories which were the source material for the aforementioned films.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' has been referred to by many as ''Wiki/SCPFoundation: The Series''.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': To the film ''FM''.
* ''Rogue,'' a fifth season episode of ''Series/{{JAG}},'' works out to be the best ''Literature/RogueWarrior'' work never made in that the level of detail not just to the basic plot but characterization is incredible, to the point one can't help but think this would be what Creator/DonaldPBellisario would love to work on if given half a chance.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions; ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame; ''Maze'' centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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* ''Series/BabylonFive'': Has strong elements of ''TheLordOfTheRings'' [[AC:InSpace!]] WordOfGod says it's supposed to be ''Literature/TheSilmarillion'' [[AC:InSpace!]]
* ''Series/BlueMountainState'' is considered the closest we've ever got to an actual ''Film/AnimalHouse'' series. There was in fact a series based on ''Animal House'' back when it first premiered (technically ''three,'' as back in the day, each of the three major networks at the time did their own version, ''Delta House'' on ABC, ''Brothers and Sisters'' on NBC, and ''Co-ed Fever'' on CBS,) but it wasn't until ''BMS'' that TV standards relaxed enough to show an ''Animal House'' series in all its depraved glory.
* ''Series/TheBradyBunch'': So close to being ''Yours, Mine and Ours: [[RecycledTheSeries The Series]]'' that the filmmakers threatened to sue.
* ''Series/TheBorgias'': This show is just close enough to being an adaptation of ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreedII'' that one half-expects [[VideoGame/AssassinsCreedBrotherhood Ezio and company]] to show up at any time.
* ''Series/ChoujinSentaiJetman'': This show is what ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' would've been had it been remade into a live-action series.
* ''Series/DarkAngel'': This show was Creator/JamesCameron's attempt to make an unofficial live-action version of ''{{Manga/Gunnm}}'' (aka ''Battle Angel Alita'') after the official version he was scheduled to direct went into DevelopmentHell.
* ''Series/TheDukesOfHazzard'' is one to the now-forgotten film ''Moonrunners'' (and, to a lesser extent, ''Film/SmokeyAndTheBandit'').
* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'':
** More than a few have claimed that this show is what ''Series/BlakesSeven'' would have been if remade in the 21st Century. They're not far off.
** ''Series/{{Farscape}}'' could also be considered how Creator/TimBurton would make a SpaceOpera.
* ''Series/{{Firefly}}'':
** Some consider it to be a very well done live-action version of ''Manga/OutlawStar''.
** Paul Darrow (Avon in ''Series/BlakesSeven'') has explicitly said in a DVD extras interview that he considered ''Series/{{Firefly}}'' to have been the 21st century remake.
** AdventuresOfTheGalaxyRangers fans sometimes joke that Joss Whedon must have been having a few beers with Robert Mandell and made a Galaxy Rangers series told from the criminals' point of view.
* ''Series/FTroop'': This show is seen by some as a derivative of the Glenn Ford comedy film, ''Advance To The Rear''.
* Creator/TylerPerry's television drama ''Series/TheHavesAndTheHaveNots'' is pretty much the television series version of his film ''Film/TheFamilyThatPreys''.
* Some fans and critics view ''Series/HannahMontana'' as being a more faithful LiveActionAdaptation of ''WesternAnimation/JemAndTheHolograms'' than [[{{Film/JemAndTheHolograms}} the 2015 film]][[note]]Although, that's more of an indication of just how much liberty the film took with its [[{{InNameOnly}} nominal]] source material than anything.[[/note]]. Similarly to the ''Jurassic Park'' / ''Godzilla 98'' example, the 2015 film seems to owe more to ''Hannah Montana'' than its namesake show.
* ''Series/{{Heroes}}'': There are those who consider this show a jazzier version of the ''Comicbook/{{X-Men}}''. Others consider it the television version of ''ComicBook/DP7''.
* ''The Holy Pearl'': This Chinese Drama has been said to be an unofficial adaptation of ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}''.
* ''Series/HotInCleveland'' is [[SettingUpdate a modernized]] version of earlier SitCom ''Series/TheGoldenGirls'' with younger women but a similar FourGirlEnsemble (including Creator/BettyWhite in both shows' casts), the same kind of humor, and similar plots.
* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has been called ah Irish-American adaptation of the Jewish-American ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
* ''Series/{{Lost}}'' was frequently compared to a modern-day remake of ''Series/GilligansIsland'' when it first premiered, only as a DarkerAndEdgier drama instead of a {{sitcom}}.
* ''[[Series/{{McCloud}} [=McCloud=]]]'' is one of these to the film ''Coogan's Bluff''.
* ''Series/OnceUponATime'' is almost a TV adaptation of ''ComicBook/{{Fables}}''.
** Convoluted plots with plenty of memory tempering and world-hopping, a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover with just about everything in the {{Disney}} catalog, and a naive kid caught in the center and trying to set things right. It's also the closest we get to a TV adaptation of ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''
* ''Series/{{Outcasts}}'': This unsuccessful BBC SF series looked very much like a UK version of 21st-century ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|2003}}''.
* ''Series/ParkerLewisCantLose'': This show is sometimes called "''Film/FerrisBuellersDayOff''[='s=] real adaptation".
* ''Series/PennyDreadful'', a sprawling Victorian fantasy saga starring [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Mina Harker]], [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein]] and [[Literature/ThePictureOfDorianGray Dorian Gray]], and an aging GreatWhiteHunter, may as well be a TV spinoff of ''ComicBook/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen''. In a rather uncanny coincidence, it even stars a former Franchise/JamesBond actor (Creator/TimothyDalton) as Mina's father Malcolm Murray. [[note]] The original ''League'' graphic novel series involved James Bond's grandfather, Campion Bond, as a major supporting character; in something of a CastingGag, the [[Film/TheLeagueOfExtraordinaryGentlemen film adaptation]] cast Creator/SeanConnery in the lead role of Allan Quatermain, and it was rumored that the producers also wanted to cast Creator/RogerMoore as Campion before the character was cut from the movie.[[/note]]
* ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'': There's a reason why this show was dubbed [[FanNickname Terminator: The Power Rangers Chronicles]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EADK3wggGYk Taken to its logical conclusion.]]
* ''Series/PushingDaisies'': Could be called the TV series Creator/TimBurton never made.
* ''Series/{{Revolution}}'':
** Set in [[AfterTheEnd a world]] where all electricity has stopped working and humanity has gone back to the Dark Ages, is pretty much Creator/SMStirling's ''[[{{Literature/Emberverse}} Dies the Fire]]'' adapted to television.
** The series is ''loaded'' with references to the work of Creator/StephenKing, especially ''Literature/TheStand'' and ''Franchise/TheDarkTower''. Particularly with with a man named Randall Flynn (Randall Flagg) and the Tower (Dark Tower). In case you're wondering, Stephen King is not involved with the show, but Creator/JJAbrams is a big fan of King's work.
* ''Series/SavedByTheBell'': This show is essentially a live-action version of ''ArchieComics''.
** On a similar note, ''Series/{{Community}}'' is ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' if it they were in college and were more meta-obsessed, clever and [[RefugeInAudacity audacious.]] (Although NOT to be confused with ''Saved By The Bell: The College Years.'')
* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'': The earliest episodes owe a ''hell'' of a lot to ''Film/ForbiddenPlanet''.
* ''Series/SuperRobotRedBaron'':
** (And, by extension, its follow-up successor series ''Super Robot Mach Baron'') can be pretty much considered a live-action version of ''Anime/MazingerZ''.
** To the point that, in Spain, footage from ''Mach Baron'' was made into a theatrical movie and retitled "Mazinger Z, el Robot de las estrellas" (''Mazinger Z, The Robot from the Stars'') to benefit from ''[[Anime/MazingerZ Mazinger]]'' popularity. There was even a comic-book adaptation made by an Spanish artist that lasted some forty issues, and was known to a generation of spanish children as "El Mazinger Rojo" (''Red Mazinger'').
* [[Creator/TheBBC BBC Three]] drama ''[[http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2014/bbc-three-tatau Tatau]]'' (first broadcast April 2015) has elements in common with ''VideoGame/FarCry3'': Young Western travellers in trouble in the South Pacific, tattoos, hallucinatory visions ...
* ''Series/{{Threshold}}'' is quite possibly the closest television has ever gotten to an adaptation of ''VideoGame/XCom''. This licensing appears to be recursive, with ''VideoGame/TheBureauXCOMDeclassified'' taking quite a few cues from the series: fighting a covert war with aliens, alien substances infecting people, actively suppressing information from the public, reverse-engineering alien tech and using it against them all crop in the show.
* ''Series/TotalRecall2070'': Despite its name has more to do with ''Film/BladeRunner'' than ''Film/TotalRecall1990''. The WordOfGod says the show is based on the original Philip K. Dick stories which were the source material for the aforementioned films.
* ''Series/{{Warehouse 13}}'' has been referred to by many as ''Wiki/SCPFoundation: The Series''.
* ''Series/WKRPInCincinnati'': To the film ''FM''.
* ''Rogue,'' a fifth season episode of ''Series/{{JAG}},'' works out to be the best ''Literature/RogueWarrior'' work never made in that the level of detail not just to the basic plot but characterization is incredible, to the point one can't help but think this would be what Creator/DonaldPBellisario would love to work on if given half a chance.
* Though ''Series/{{Knightmare}}'' never got an American adtapation (they tried, but it was apparently "too costly"), ''Series/NickArcade'' and ''Masters of the Maze'' (which aired on [[Creator/ABCFamily The Family Channel]] and was produced by [[Series/BreakTheBank1985 Richard]] [[Series/StrikeItLucky S]] [[Series/WinLoseOrDraw Kline]]) both served as unofficial American versions; ''Arcade'' mainly took after ''Series/{{Starcade}}'' in the main game, but took a ''Knightmare''-esque approach in the endgame; ''Maze'' centered more around mental challenges and the titular maze, which had contestants wearing ''Series/VRTroopers''-style armor, making it a bit more like ''Series/LegendsOfTheHiddenTemple'' with video game-style elements and a dash of ''Knightmare''.
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