History TheMovie / LiveActionTV

* Numerous British {{Sit Com}}s of the 1970s had movie spinoffs, featuring the original cast and (usually) writers, but filmed on different sets and locations. These films typically featured the cast [[VacationEpisode going on a bus trip, or a cheap foreign holiday]], and generally had poor reviews. Examples include:
** ''OnTheBuses'' - not one but ''three'' movie spinoffs.
** ''PleaseSir''
** ''TillDeathUsDoPart''
** ''LoveThyNeighbour''
** ''RisingDamp''
** ''ManAboutTheHouse''

** ''UpPompeii'' - which had two sequels relocating Lurcio to different time periods, ''Up The Chastity Belt'' (TheMiddleAges) and ''Up The Front'' (WorldWarI).
** ''SteptoeAndSon'' - two movies
** ''WhateverHappenedToTheLikelyLads'' (filmed as ''The Likely Lads'')
** ''{{Porridge}}''

** ''BlessThisHouse''

** ''LeaveItToBeaver'' had a reunion movie (''Still the Beaver'') which led to a new series (titled, creatively enough, ''The New Leave It To Beaver'') in the '80s. It also had a very forgettable theatrical version, with a whole new cast and set in more modern times, in 1997.
** ''TheBradyBunch'' had two reunion movies ''The Brady Girls Get Married'', ''A Very Brady Christmas''. Each of these spawned a short-lived series (''The Brady Brides'', ''The Bradys'').
** ''TheAndyGriffithShow'' (''Return to Mayberry'')

** ''IDreamOfJeannie: 15 Years Later''

* ''TheGongShow Movie''.

* ''Series/McHalesNavy'' spawned two movies during its run as a TV series in the early 1960s; then TheFilmOfTheSeries in 1997 attempted to tell an "after-the-series" story mainly by ignoring the show's UsefulNotes/WorldWarII roots and throwing in a ColdWar {{Retcon}}.

* BarneyAndFriends had Barney's Great Adventure, a movie where Barney and the kids have to find a rainbow egg that has a creature in it that can grant any wish.

* ''Series/TheXFiles'' used its first movie ''Film/TheXFilesFightTheFuture'' to further its storyline, although it mostly used the medium to reveal important secrets of the GovernmentConspiracy. By contrast, ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' has nothing to do with the MythArc, so it's more of a NonSerialMovie.

* ''OurMissBrooks'' had a theatrical movie at the end of its run. Miss Brooks finally marries LoveInterest Mr. Boynton. She also spends much of her time tutoring a LonelyRichKid

* ''Film/TheMuppetMovie'' and sequels.

* ''Franchise/PowerRangers'' got two movies during the height of their popularity. The first is a non-canon film based on ''Film/MightyMorphinPowerRangersTheMovie''. It introduced early the ninja powers they would be using for Season 3 (which later formed their own story arc on how they got those powers). The second was used to introduce the ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' series. This one was part of the TV show's continuity.
* On the Japanese end of things, every year (since the early [=2000s=]) there's a ''Franchise/SuperSentai''/''Franchise/KamenRider'' double-feature (aka Super Hero Time: The Movie (insert year here)), with the Sentai movie getting about half the screen time the Rider movies get. (In contrast to America, where {{toku}} shows can be divided into the categories of "Power Rangers" and "everyone else", ''Kamen Rider'' is much bigger than ''Super Sentai'' in Japan.)
** ''Super Sentai'' also has a team-up with the current team and its predecessor every January. ''Kamen Rider'' is getting in on the action with that lately. And now, Rider/Sentai teamups are also going to be an every year thing. So by now, you've got a Super Hero Time double-feature, a sentai 'versus' movie, a Kamen Rider 'Movie Wars' movie, and a KR/SS movie every year. Also, if a series is popular enough, it'll get a movie or two after its run finishes, though usually DVD only. Japan loves its {{Toku}}.

* Okay, so it's [[MadeForTVMovie not going to be in theaters]], but it's still called "''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': The Movie".

* TheSixties' ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series had a theatrical film (''Film/BatmanTheMovie'') between the first and second seasons, featuring SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, ThePenguin, TheRiddler, and {{Catwoman}} as a LegionOfDoom.
* ''Series/McHalesNavy'' spawned two movies during its run as a TV series in the early 1960s; then TheFilmOfTheSeries in 1997 attempted to tell an "after-the-series" story mainly by ignoring the show's UsefilNotes/WorldWarII roots and throwing in a ColdWar {{Retcon}}.

* TheSixties' ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series had a theatrical film (''Film/BatmanTheMovie'') between the first and second seasons, featuring the Joker, Penguin, Riddler, and Catwoman as a LegionOfDoom.
* ''McHalesNavy'' spawned two movies during its run as a TV series in the early 1960s; then TheFilmOfTheSeries in 1997 attempted to tell an "after-the-series" story mainly by ignoring the show's [=WWII=] roots and throwing in a ColdWar {{Retcon}}.

* ''Series/DarkShadows'' got two: ''House of Dark Shadows'' (1970) and ''Night of Dark Shadows'' (1971).

* ThomasTheTankEngine, TheRailwaySeries and ShiningTimeStation had ThomasAndTheMagicRailroad, and here's a brief summary. Sir Topham Hat has vacation and leaving Mr. Conductor in charge. They have to find a lost engine named Lady while this is going on.

* ''MysteryScienceTheater3000'' 's movie was actually ''shorter'' than any episode of the TV series - having apparently had a few of the 'host segments' cut right out just prior to release - and featured [[ViewersAreMorons slightly dumbed-down riffing]] (i.e. fewer obscure references, more crude language) as well as an actually tolerable movie (''ThisIslandEarth'', considered by many to be a ''sci-fi classic'') at the behest of [[ExecutiveMeddling guess who.]] This is not to say the movie isn't still pretty funny.

* ''TheXFiles'' used its first movie to further its storyline, although it mostly used the medium to reveal important secrets of the GovernmentConspiracy. By contrast, ''The X-Files: I Want to Believe'' has nothing to do with the MythArc, so it's more of a NonSerialMovie.

* Numerous British {{Sit Com}}s of the 1970s had movie spinoffs, featuring the original cast and (usually) writers, but filmed on different sets and locations. These films typically featured the cast going on a bus trip, or a cheap foreign holiday, and generally had poor reviews. Examples include:

** ''FamilyTies Vacation'' sends the cast to Merrie Olde England after Alex wins a summer scholarship to Oxford.
** ''TheFactsOfLife'' had more than one of these: ''The Facts of Life Goes to Paris'' sends Mrs. Garrett and the girls to France, while ''The Facts of Life Down Under'' sends them to Australia. There was also a [[ReunionShow reunion movie]] about a decade after the show ended.

** The unusual thing about Stargate fandom is that the film referred to as "The Movie" is actually ''not'' TheMovie in the sense of this trope; it was the first film that everything else is based off of (essentially the opposite of TheMovie). The reason for this is simply that it's the only part of the entire franchise that doesn't have a subtitle, so there's pretty much nothing ''else'' to call it.
*** So while other shows might have The Series followed by the BigDamnMovie, Stargate has The Movie followed by the Big Damn Series. (This is considering that in the first movie they only saved one planet, whereas afterwards they go on to save multiple galaxies several times over and uncover the Secrets of the Universe.)

* There was going to be a {{Teletubbies}} movie, but there was a dispute between the American distributor of the Teletubbies and the original creator of the Teletubbies, Anne Wood. This resulted in the Oogieloves.

* British political satire ''TheThickOfIt'' spawned ''InTheLoop'', in which the action transferred to the US and most of the actors played different characters.

* Okay, so it's not going to be in theaters, but it's still called "''Series/WizardsOfWaverlyPlace'': The Movie".

** ''Super Sentai'' also has a team-up with the current team and its predecessor every fall. ''Kamen Rider'' is getting in on the action with that lately. And now, Rider/Sentai teamups are also going to be an every year thing. So by now, you've got a Super Hero Time double-feature, a sentai 'versus' movie, a Kamen Rider 'Movie Wars' movie, and a KR/SS movie every year. Also, if a series is popular enough, it'll get a movie or two after its run finishes, though usually DVD only. Japan loves its {{Toku}}.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' had two films starring Peter Cushing as 'Dr. Who' (his real name) which took place outside the series' continuity. "The Five Doctors", a 90-minute special to celebrate the 20th anniversary, was basically a Movie. A canon film was the 1996 Paul [=McGann=] TV movie, which was an attempt to get the show back on track after its original 1989 cancelling. The [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th anniversary special]] is being billed as a movie, and showing in theaters along with the global simulcast.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'' had two films starring Peter Cushing as 'Dr. Who' (his real name) which took place outside the series' continuity. A canon film was the 1996 Paul [=McGann=] TV movie, which was an attempt to get the show back on track after its original 1989 cancelling. The [[Recap/DoctorWho50thASTheDayOfTheDoctor 50th anniversary special]] is being billed as a movie, and showing in theaters along with the global simulcast.