History PragmaticAdaptation / LiveActionTV

* The BBC series ''Series/MissMarple1984'' includes adaptations of two Creator/AgathaChristie novels, ''Literature/SleepingMurder'' and ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'', in which victims suffer DeathByRecognition, exchanging dialogue with the murderer before being killed. The screen adaptation omits the murderer's lines from the book in both cases, because the medium of the screen does not share the novel's ability to have an unidentified person speaking without their voice giving them away.

* The BBC series "Series/MissMarple1984" includes adaptations of two Creator/AgathaChristie novels, ''Literature/SleepingMurder'' and ''Literature/AMurderIsAnnounced'', in which victims suffer DeathByRecognition, exchanging dialogue with the murderer before being killed. The screen adaptation omits the murderer's lines from the book in both cases, because the medium of the screen does not share the novel's ability to have an unidentified person speaking without their voice giving them away.

* ''Series/TheTwilightZone1959'': Its adaptation of ''Literature/ItsAGoodLife'' tweaks some elements of the story that would be difficult to do on TV. It pushes up Anthony's age from three to six, since a three-year-old would be ''much'' harder to direct. The short story has some vague hints that Anthony might be physically inhuman as well as supernaturally powerful, but since doing too much in that vein would be tricky with a very young child actor, the show instead draws horror from how ''normal'' Anthony looks. Additionally, Dan Hollis in the story is transformed into "something like nothing anyone would have thought possible"; as this is obviously hard to do in a visual medium, especially given budgetary limitations and the technology available in 1961, the show has Anthony turn him into a jack-in-the-box instead.
* ''Series/TheUmbrellaAcademy'': The series tones down more outlandish elements from the comics that would be difficult to translate to live-action, such as Klaus's levitation, Luther's gorilla body, and Five's boss being a talking goldfish in a human suit (instead she's a human woman). The Special Effects are much prominent in the second season, however, with all three characters presented much more like their comic counterparts.
* ''Series/TheWalkingDead'': In the comics, the events portrayed in late Season 1 to early Season 3 occur during the winter. To save on the cost and campiness of having to fill scenes with fake snow, the show used a TimeSkip. This was eventually subverted when later seasons depicted winter.

* In live-action ''Franchise/StarWars'' appearances of Ahsoka, such as ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}'', her lekku (head-tails) reach to her shoulders, about the length they were when she was a teenager, which is shorter than they should be, as they grow throughout a Togruta's life. (For reference, in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels, Ahsoka's lekku reach to just above her waist.) However, the last time an adult Togruta was portrayed in live action (Jedi Master Shaak Ti, played by Orli Shoshan), the prosthetics made it difficult for the actress to move, especially during fight scenes. It was likely just not feasible to have full-size lekku, given the amount of time Rosario Dawson is on screen and all the complicated fight choreography she has to do.

* It was inevitable that ''Series/OnePiece2023'' would end up being this. Besides the obvious case of budget constraints, the inherently cartoonish nature of [[Manga/OnePiece it's source material]] means that a lot of the more over the top ideas of the manga wouldn't be able to be adapted into live action, even with the use of CGI. The manga's large cast of character is also cut down on and minor sections of the manga are cut to streamline the story. Of some particularly notable changes:
** Zoro's trademark [[CutlassBetweenTheTeeth Three Sword Style]] is used a lot less than in the manga, since holding a sword in one's mouth make it harder for the actor to breath and speak. The series also ends up justifying this in-universe, as it's noted that the fighting style is rather [[AwesomeButImpractical unconventional]].

* In live-action ''Franchise/StarWars'' appearances of Ahsoka, such as ''Series/TheMandalorian'' and ''Series/{{Ahsoka}}, her lekku (head-tails) reach to her shoulders, about the length they were when she was a teenager, which is shorter than they should be, as they grow throughout a togruta's life. (For reference, in ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels, Ahsoka's lekku reach to just above her waist.) However, the last time an adult togruta was portrayed in live action (Jedi Master Shaak Ti, played by Orli Shoshan), the prosthetics made it difficult for the actress to move, especially during fight scenes. It was likely just not feasible to have full-size lekku, given the amount of time Rosario Dawson is on screen and all the complicated fight choreography she has to do.