History TheMovie / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/BlueMountainState'' ended after 3 seasons. While the final episode did have a finished story arc, fans really wanted there to be a 4th season (mainly because people spend at least 4 years in an American college and fans wanted to see Alex Moran's senior year) to the point where they signed a petition. The result was a movie released on February 2, 2016, known as ''The Rise of Thadland''.

** ''TheLoveBoat: A Valentine Voyage''

* ''TheLeagueOfGentlemen's Apocalypse'', in which all the characters became [[RefugeeFromTVLand Refugees From TV Land]], and enacted a terrible revenge on the writer-performers.

** ''Series/Ultraman Mebius and the Ultra Brothers'' continued the series theme of "[[MilestoneCelebration commemorating 40 years of Ultraman]]", as Mebius meets the first four Ultramen (the original, Seven, Jack, and Ace), battles a gang of aliens pulled from the early shows, and learns about what it means to be an Ultraman.

* ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/LittleHouseOnThePrairie Little House on the Prarie]]'' had quite a few TV-movies after the series' run which gave the show closure, the most notable movie being when the town of Walnut Grove is destroyed.

* TheSixties' ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series had a theatrical film (''Film/BatmanTheMovie'') between the first and second seasons, featuring SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, ThePenguin, The Riddler, and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} as a LegionOfDoom.

* ''{{Blossom}}'' also had ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Blossom In Paris]]'' (subsequently shown in syndication in four parts).

* BarneyAndFriends had Barney's Great Adventure, a movie where Barney and the kids have to chase after a rainbow-striped egg which contains a creature that can make people's dreams appear before them.

** ''Series/TheAndyGriffithShow'' (''Return to Mayberry'')

* ''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=] [[MadeForTVMovie 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.

** Reviews for The Motionless Picture were better than one might expect based on how commonly it's panned today (Ebert gave it 3/4 stars, and it's got a 45% on Rotten Tomatoes, which is ... well ... ''rotten'' by the stated standards, but significantly higher than a lot of arguably better movies). While it didn't meet its over-optimistic revenue expectations, it did at least make back its budget 2-3 times over, which was good enough for Paramount to green-light a (lower-budget) sequel after booting Roddenberry, who was perceived to be much of what went wrong with the first one.

** But then TOS had a ContinuityReboot and {{Revival}} in the 2009 film ''Film/StarTrek'', giving it what you might call ''[[UpToEleven another]]'' "the" The Movie.

** ''The GrowingPains Movie'' and ''Growing Pains: Return Of The Seavers''.
** ''Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis'' for ''TheManyLovesOfDobieGillis''.

** ''Series/UpPompeii'' - which had two sequels relocating Lurcio to different time periods, ''Up The Chastity Belt'' (TheMiddleAges) and ''Up The Front'' (WorldWarI).

* ''LizzieMcGuire'' and its SpiritualSuccessor ''HannahMontana'' both have one.

* ''SexAndTheCity'' took 4 years to get the movie out. Originally planned for the year after, but Kim Cattrall wanted more money for the work. (and who can blame her?) So it dragged on for a while until Kim got a deal.

* ''Series/{{Columbo}}'' started as an ABC Mystery Movie of the Week, ''then'' spawned a TV series, ''then'' spawned even more TV Movies!

* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' got a limited-release movie in 2014 after a successful Kickstarter campaign.

* ''{{Tracker}}'' had a movie of sorts that was really a couple of episodes edited together and released as ''Alien Tracker''. The poor quality and fan refusal to buy it is probably what made Lion's Gate think [=DVDs=] wouldn't sell, and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes no season set was ever released.]]

* Due to the popularity of Flemish series Series/KabouterPlop. A couple movies were released in Belgium starting in the mid 2000's.

* ''Series/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 (''Film/ThisIslandEarth'', considered by many to be a ''sci-fi classic'') due to ExecutiveMeddling. This is not to say the movie isn't still pretty funny.

* TheSixties' ''Series/{{Batman}}'' series had a theatrical film (''Film/BatmanTheMovie'') between the first and second seasons, featuring SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker, ThePenguin, SelfDemonstrating/TheRiddler, and ComicBook/{{Catwoman}} as a LegionOfDoom.

* ''Film/TheNakedGun'' series of films continue the adventures of the short-lived series ''PoliceSquad!''. The combined running-length of the three films is 253 minutes, over an hour and a half more screen-time than the six-episode series [[AdaptationDisplacement which you've probably never seen or heard of]].

* ''NoahsArc'': Jumping the Broom, the movie about Wade and Noah's wedding (and the craziness that precedes it).

** ''This Island Earth'' was itself edited down significantly for use in the MST3K movie which- even including the new footage- still ran almost 15 minutes shorter than the original film.

* ''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 (''Film/ThisIslandEarth'', considered by many to be a ''sci-fi classic'') due to ExecutiveMeddling. This is not to say the movie isn't still pretty funny.

** This was also the case for the original ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Classic}}'', at least in Canada and Europe.

* The new ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|Reimagined}}'' got two of these in [[DirectToVideo Direct To DVD]] form: ''Razor'' and ''The Plan''. ''Razor'' is a {{Midquel}} and ''The Plan'' is a POVSequel. Each focuses on a troubled villainous character, [[GeneralRipper Admiral Helena Cain]] and [[BigBad Brother John Cavil]], respectively.