History SpiritualAdaptation / LiveActionTV

* ''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."

* ''Series/{{Glee}}'' frequently invites comparisons to ''Franchise/ArchieComics'', to the point that there was even an ''[[http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Meets_Glee Archie Meets Glee]]'' comic-book crossover between the two, with Dilton explicitly naming several characters from ''Glee'' as analogues to his own friends in Riverdale and noting that music plays a major role in both works. Archie is Finn, Dilton is Artie, Kevin is Kurt, Reggie is Puck, Veronica is Rachel, and Betty is a nicer version of Quinn, and while Archie Comics isn't built around a musical group the way that ''Glee'' is, it does have the students performing in the [[FakeBand bands]] ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats and The Archies. Perhaps not coincidentally, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the current chief creative officer at ''Archie Comics'' and the ShowRunner for its LiveActionAdaptation ''Riverdale'', had previously been a writer on ''Glee''.

* A persistent rumor claims that Creator/AaronSpelling tried to license ''Series/DegrassiJuniorHigh'' for an [[ForeignRemake American remake]], and wound up creating ''Series/BeverlyHills90210'' after he was rebuffed by the Canadian show's producers.

* ''Series/StrangerThings'':

** The Upside Down, a 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 second season portraying it as downright [[CosmicHorrorStory Lovecraftian]] ([[Creator/HPLovecraft that author]] having been a major influence on the games, along with King).

* ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia'' has been called an Irish-American adaptation of the Jewish-American ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
** Or a cynical and deconstructed version of ''Series/{{Friends}}''

* ''Series/AdamRuinsEverything'' is essentially ''Website/{{Snopes}}'' as a TV show.

* 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.

* ''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.

* ''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 Creator/{{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/PennyDreadful'', a sprawling Victorian fantasy saga starring [[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]]

** The series is also considered UsefulNotes/TheNewTens' equivalent of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', as both are epic-scale adaptations of {{doorstopper}} fantasy literature that are considered genre-definers in their respective media (TV and film). Both films also broke the FantasyGhetto in their respective media, and while the ''LOTR'' films were groundbreaking for being highly successful adult-oriented HighFantasy adaptations, ''[=GoT=]'' takes this even further by catering ''exclusively'' to mature audiences with its graphic content and intricate plot and characters. Many jokes were made about Creator/SeanBean featuring in both franchises and getting killed off both times.

* 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.

** The series is also considered UsefulNotes/TheNewTens' equivalent of ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'', as both are epic-scale adaptations of {{doorstopper}} fantasy literature that are considered genre-definers in their respective media (TV and film). Both films also broke the FantasyGhetto in their respective media, and while the ''LOTR'' films were groundbreaking for being highly successful adult-oriented HighFantasy adaptations, ''[=GoT=]'' takes this even further by catering ''exclusively'' to mature audiences with its graphic content and intricate plot and characters.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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''.

* ''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''.

* ''Series/TheOrville'': Creator/SethMacFarlane pitched a Franchise/StarTrek series idea and was turned down. So the [[StartMyOwn started his own]] [[Series/{{Futurama}} with blackjack and hookers]]. Well, maybe not those, but it's very much a Franchise/StarTrek series, just one with a rude sense of humor and a lot of [[AffectionateParody loving]] [[DeconReconSwitch deconstruction and reconstruction]] of Trek tropes.

* And on that note, ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' is probably closer to the original-brand ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' than ''Riverdale'' is, which draws most of its inspiration from [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 the 2015 reboot]].
** The same thing has been said of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', to the point where there was even an ''[[http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Meets_Glee Archie Meets Glee]]'' comic-book crossover between the two, with Dilton explicitly naming several characters from ''Glee'' as analogues to his own friends in Riverdale and noting that music plays a major role in both works. Archie is Finn, Dilton is Artie, Kevin is Kurt, Reggie is Puck, Veronica is Rachel, and Betty is a nicer version of Quinn, and while Archie Comics isn't built around a musical group the way that ''Glee'' is, it does have the students performing in the [[FakeBand bands]] ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats and The Archies. Perhaps not coincidentally, Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, the current chief creative officer at ''Archie Comics'' and the ShowRunner for ''Riverdale'', had previously been a writer on ''Glee''.
** 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/{{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'' is probably closer to the original-brand Franchise/ArchieComics than ''Riverdale'' is, which draws most of its inspiration from [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 the 2015 reboot]].
** The same thing has been said of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', to the point where there was even an ''[[http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Meets_Glee Archie Meets Glee]]'' comic-book crossover between the two, with Dilton explicitly naming several characters from ''Glee'' as analogues to his own friends in Riverdale and noting that music plays a major role in both works. (Archie is Finn, Dilton is Artie, Kevin is Kurt, Reggie is Puck, Veronica is Rachel, and Betty is a nicer version of Quinn, and while Archie Comics isn't built around a musical group the way that ''Glee'' is, it does have the students performing in the {{fake band}}s ComicBook/JosieAndThePussycats and The Archies.)

* ''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'' is probably closer to the original-brand ''Franchise/ArchieComics'' than ''Riverdale'' is, which draws most of its inspiration from [[ComicBook/ArchieComics2015 the 2015 reboot]].
** The same thing has been said of ''Series/{{Glee}}'', to the point where there was even an ''[[http://glee.wikia.com/wiki/Archie_Meets_Glee Archie Meets Glee]]'' comic-book crossover between the two, with Dilton explicitly naming several characters from ''Glee'' as analogues to his own friends in Riverdale and noting that music plays a major role in both works. (Archie is Finn, Dilton is Artie, Kevin is Kurt, Reggie is Puck, Veronica is Rachel, and Betty is Quinn.)

** 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 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).

** 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''