History DeathByAdaptation / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/TheIncredibleHulk1977'' was finished in a TV movie called ''Death of the Incredible Hulk'', which as promised, ended with the Hulk's demise.

** At the end of the radio adaptation of "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E94FourOClock Four O'Clock]]", the shrunken Oliver Crangle is killed and eaten by his parrot Pete as he has mistaken him for a nut.
** In "[[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS4E119PassageOnTheLadyAnne Passage on the Lady Anne]]", Ian Burgess' wife Cynthia died several weeks before the ''Lady Anne'''s last voyage. In the short story "Song for a Lady" by Charles Beaumont, she is still alive and accompanies him on the cruise. This change is as a result of Burgess' character [[CompositeCharacter being merged]] with Colonel Van Vylman.

* In the 1993 TV miniseries adaptation of Literature/{{Heidi}}, this happens to Peter's blind grandmother, mainly due to RuleOfDrama[[note]]At least, when compared to other adaptations.[[/note]]

* Bishop Waleran and Walter in the miniseries of ''Series/ThePillarsOfTheEarth''.

* Professor Baehr in the ''Little Men'' TV series.

* ''[[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Spartacus Series]]'': Historically, Publius Varnius, Arrius, [[AdaptationNameChange Tiberius' real-life counterpart Marcus]] and Rufus all survived the Third Servile War.
* In the 1996 mini-series Titanic, 4th officer Joseph Boxhall is shown to be still on the ship after all the lifeboats have left and presumably dies in the sinking. In reality, he survived, having been ordered to take command of Lifeboat 2.

* ''Series/TwelveMonkeys'': Dr. Goines, who survives the original movie. Here he's killed in the very first episode.

** Stepin in the books does not die (he only appears in ''New Spring'', a prequel, though). Here [[spoiler:he kills himself over the loss of Kerene]].

* ''Series/{{Reacher}}'': Officer Stevenson and his wife are the only characters to survive ''Killing Floor'' but die in the show.

* ''Series/{{Stargirl 2020}}''
** Sandman is killed during the massacre of the [[Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica JSA]] seen in the prologue of the first episode. In the comics, Sandman survived the dissolution of the JSA and lived to a ripe old age before eventually committing suicide.

** In the [[Manga/OnePiece original story]], Kaya's loyal butler/[[AdaptationalJobChange lawyer]], Merry, was gravely injured by Kuro but managed to survive. In the show, he is ImpaledWithExtremed
Prejudice and dies, with the Going Merry being named in his honor rather than ''by'' him.

** In the [[Manga/OnePiece original story]], Kaya's loyal butler/[[AdaptationalJobChange lawyer]], Merry, was gravely injured by Kuro but managed to survive. In the show, he is ImpaledWithExtremedPrejudice and dies, with the Going Merry being named in his honor rather than ''by'' him.

* The Creator/{{Sky 1}} adaptation of ''{{Series/Treasure Island|2012}}'', having subjected Squire Trelawney to AdaptationalVillainy, also gives him a KarmicDeath, as his {{greed}} leads him to chase the treasure even when Jim throws it overboard.

* ''Series/TheLastOfUs'': In the [[VideoGame/TheLastOfUs original game]], Bill was last seen alive when Joel and Ellie leave in the car he helped them obtain. In the show, after [[MercyKill giving his terminally ill lover Frank wine laced with a lethal dose of painkillers at Frank's request]], Bill drinks the wine himself, content to die with Frank rather than live on alone. Unlike in the game, both of them have been dead for weeks by the time Joel and Ellie reach their compoun.

* In ''Series/{{Batwoman}}'', Lucius Fox is dead before the series starts. If what his son Luke implied was true, then so is the Joker.

** Batroc is shot by [[Comicbook/{{Agent 13}} Sharon Carter]] in the season finale to prevent him from revealing that she's the Power Broker.

* ''Series/TheGifted'':

* ''Series/InterviewWithTheVampire2022'': [[GenderFlip Antoinette]] Brown dies in the climax of the Season 1 finale, which is only halfway through the ''Interview with the Vampire'' story, whereas Antoine is still alive by the end of ''Literature/TheVampireChronicles''.

''Series/{{Titans|2018}}'':

* ''Series/TheGoldbergs'' depicts the early life of producer Adam Goldberg in UsefulNotes/TheEighties with Creator/GeorgeSegal playing his grandfather, Albert Solomon. After Segal died in 2021, the following season premiere revealed that [[TheCharacterDiedWithHim Solomon had died as well]]. The show still took place in the Eighties while the real Albert Solomon died in 1995.

* ''Series/SweetHome'': Sang-wook, Yu-ri and Byeong-il don't survive to face the military, unlike in [[Webcomic/SweetHome the webtoon.]]
* ''Series/{{The 100}}''

* ''Series/TheWitcher'':

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** The midseason cliffhanger of season 2 reveals that Sophia, who survives the comics, had been turned into a [[NotUsingTheZedWord Walker]] sometime during the season.
** The midseason cliffhanger of season 3 have Michonne killing off The Governor's UndeadChild, who remains undead in the comics.
** The second half of the fourth season revealed that Lilly Chambler was devoured by walkers right after killing the Governor in the mid-season finale. In the source material, her [[CompositeCharacter two counterparts]] are either left alive and well (April Chalmers) or had her fate left ambiguous as she takes shelter in the prison after killing the Governor to avoid the incoming herd of Walkers (Lily Caul).
** Harlan Carson died on season 8 when trying to help Gabriel escape; he still lives in the comics.
** Carl Grimes was killed on season 8, but survives to the end of the comics.
** Arat was killed on season 9, but her comics' counterpart, Tara (not to be confused with the TV show's Tara Chambler), is still alive.
** Jesus is one of the first casualties in the war with the Whisperers in the show, while he survives to the end of the comics.

* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'':
** Dale dies much earlier in the TV series than in the comics, though that was for RealLifeWritesThePlot reasons. His role as Rick's moral adviser is [[CompositeCharacter taken over]] by Hershel after his death.
** Lori dies giving birth midway through season 3, while in the comic she survived giving birth to her daughter for a little while longer.
** Allen and his family are an odd example. Allen and his wife Donna didn't stay that long, but they died much later in the timeline. Their son Ben played this straight though, as he was killed off during a CanonForeigner's DyingMomentOfAwesome while his comic counterpart was killed by Carl long after the prison arc.
** Olivia was shot by Negan's high ranking soldier, Arat. In the comics, she was [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] by Alpha.
** Emmett Carson (only called Carson in the comics), another of Alpha's victims in the comics, also died sooner at the hands of Negan when he threw him into a furnace.
** The third season finale, aired in 2013, kills off Andrea, four years before her death in the comics in 2017. In the TV show she dies during the Woodbury storyline, while in the comics she dies after the Whisperer War. In both mediums, she is bitten by a walker on the neck and given the opportunity to say her goodbyes.

* In the opening of Season 5 of ''Series/OnceUponATime'', [[Myth/KingArthur Arthurian myth]]'s Sir Kay gets vapourised when he tries to take the sword from the stone. [[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida's father King Fergus]] also dies, at the hands of King Arthur himself no less.

* Martin Riggs survived all four ''Film/LethalWeapon'' movie--but was McLeaned in the [[Series/LethalWeapon2016 TV series]] due to Clayne Crawford's behavior, the shooting of Riggs being the season 2 cliffhanger and season 3 opening with the reveal that Riggs died of the gunshot.

* ''Series/{{MASH}}'' famously [[BusCrash killed]] [[McLeaned off]] Col. Henry Blake in the Season 3 finale, "Abyssinia, Henry." Col. Blake not only survived the [[Film/{{MASH}} movie]] and [[Literature/{{MASH}} original novel]], but the sequel novels as well.

* ''Series/{{The Sandman|2022}}'', "[[Recap/TheSandman2022S01E07TheDollsHouse The Doll's House]]": Rose's mother appears in a flashback to Rose's childhood, then dies before the story begins in the present. In the comic, Rose's mother is still alive and accompanies her on the trip to England (which [[CompositeCharacter Lyta does instead in the TV version]]).

* In the ''Manga/{{Life}}'' drama Ayumu's middle school friend Shii-chan [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]] after Ayumu got into the high school of her choice and not her. In the manga, she simply ostracized Ayumu and broke their friendship up.

* ''Series/AlexRider'': Dulpicate Alex is shot by Yassen. Presumably no one's planning to adapt as far as ''Scorpia Rising'', as he's an instrumental part of that book's plot.]