List of television programs based on films

This is a list of television series that have been adapted from theatrical films, either as a straight adaptation (i.e. a "remake"), or as a sequel or prequel.

Follow-ups and prequels

These series follow the events of the original movie, so they can be considered sequels of it, or take place before the movie, and are set within the same universe.

Title	Precedes/Follows	Type	Notes
The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show	Abbott and Costello	Animated
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Ace Ventura: Pet Detective	Animated
The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	CGI animated
Aladdin	Aladdin	Animated	Set between The Return of Jafar and Aladdin and the King of Thieves.
Alien Nation	Alien Nation	Live-action
Ash vs. Evil Dead	Army of Darkness	Live-action	Set 30 years after Army of Darkness
Back at the Barnyard	Barnyard	CGI animated
Bates Motel	Psycho	Live-action	Takes place before the events of the movie, and is thus a prequel.
Back to the Future: The Animated Series	Back to the Future	Animated	Takes place after Back to the Future Part III, Christopher Lloyd reprises his role of Doc Brown in live-action wraparounds; while Tom Wilson and Mary Steenburgen reprise their characters in animated form.
Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince	Benji	Live-action
Beetlejuice	Beetlejuice	Animated
Beyond Westworld	Westworld	Live-action
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Animated/live-action	There were two separate series: an animated one in 1990 on CBS/FoxKids, and a live-action one in 1992 on Fox.
Blade: The Series	Blade	Live-action	Takes place after Blade: Trinity
Black Dynamite	Black Dynamite	Animated
Blue Thunder	Blue Thunder	Live-action	Series used footage from the film to cut costs.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer Angel	Buffy the Vampire Slayer	Live-action	Set one year after the film, though the film is not considered canon.
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command	Toy Story	Animated	A kind of prequel to the CG movies as it is the series on which the Buzz Lightyear toy that features in Toy Story is based. Andy Davis is seen watching an episode of this in the first film.
Casablanca	Casablanca	Live-action	There were two separate series in 1955 and 1983; both took place before the film.
Clerks: The Animated Series	Clerks	Animated	A live-action series pilot was also made, without any of the cast or crew involved.
The Crow: Stairway to Heaven	The Crow	Live-action
Damien	The Omen	Live-action	Set years afters The Omen.
Delta House	Animal House	Live-action	Two other sit-coms were also based loosely on Animal House, one called Brothers and Sisters in 1979 and another called Co-Ed Fever, also 1979.
Dominion	Legion	Live-action	set 25 years after the film
DreamWorks Dragons	How to Train Your Dragon	CGI animated	Set between the first film and the sequels.
Dumb & Dumber: Animated	Dumb and Dumber	Animated
Dumbo's Circus	Dumbo	Live-Action
The Emperor's New School	The Emperor's New Groove and Kronk's New Groove	Animated	Set possibly after of The Emperor's New Groove and before Kronk's New Groove.
Fargo	Fargo	Live-action	The 10-episode first season was based on the feature film. Future seasons will follow an anthology format with each season being set in a different era along with a different story, cast and set of characters, in the same universe as the movie.
Fievel's American Tails	An American Tail: Fievel Goes West	Animated
Flipper	Flipper	Live-action	The series was remade in 1995 and featured Jessica Alba.
Friday: The Animated Series	Friday, Next Friday and Friday After Next	Animated
From Dusk till Dawn: The Series	From Dusk till Dawn	Live-action	Takes place in the same world as the film.
Godzilla: The Series	Godzilla (1998 film)	Animated	Takes place after the film.
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex	Ghost in the Shell	Animated
Hannibal	Hannibal Rising	Live-action	Set between Hannibal Rising and Red Dragon.
Heartbreak High	The Heartbreak Kid	Live-action
Hercules: The Animated Series	Hercules	Animated	Series is a prequel to the 1997 movie.
Highlander: The Series Highlander: The Raven Highlander: The Animated Series	Highlander	Live-action/animated	The Series set few years after the first film.
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Honey, I Shrunk the Kids	Live-action	Takes place before Honey, I Blew Up The Kid.
Jumanji	Jumanji	Animated
The Karate Kid	The Karate Kid	Animated
Kirikou découvre les animaux d'Afrique	Kirikou and the Sorceress and Kirikou et les bêtes sauvages	Live-action/animated	Educational series using footage from both films along with original animated and live-action documentary footage.
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness	Kung Fu Panda	CGI animated	Series takes place between the first two films.
Kong: The Animated Series	King Kong	Animated	Set after the events from the 1933 film.
The Land Before Time	The Land Before Time	Animated	Takes place after The Land Before Time XIII: The Wisdom of Friends
The Laurel and Hardy Show	Laurel and Hardy	Animated
The Legend of Tarzan	Tarzan	Animated	Set between the film and Tarzan II.
The Librarians	The Librarian	Live-action	Spin-off of the film series.
Lilo & Stitch: The Series	Lilo & Stitch and Stitch! The Movie	Animated
Limitless	Limitless	Live-action	Set four years after the events the film.
The Little Mermaid	The Little Mermaid	Animated	Takes place one year before the movie.
The Little Rascals	Our Gang/The Little Rascals	Animated
Little Shop	Little Shop of Horrors	Animated	Follows many of the characters from the movie in junior high school.
Lock, Stock...The Series	Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels	Live-action
London's Burning	London's Burning	Live-action	Intended as a one-off, two-hour TV movie, but proved popular enough to be made into a long-running series.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Carter Daredevil Jessica Jones	Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, The Avengers, Iron Man 3	Live-action	Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe of the films, though it does not feature many high-profile characters from the films. It intersects with Thor: The Dark World and deals with the aftereffects of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Agent Carter is set after the events of Captain America: The First Avenger, and decades before the events depicted in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Mask: The Animated Series	The Mask	Animated
Men in Black: The Series	Men in Black	Animated	Takes place after the original film but contains conflicts with the continuity (one notable one is the main character Agent K defected in the film but still works for MIB in the animated series).
Minority Report	Minority Report	Live-action	Set eleven years after the events from the film.
Mortal Kombat: Konquest Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm	Mortal Kombat	Live-action/animated	Konquest series is a prequel to the film. Defenders of the Realm is alternative sequel to the film.
Mr. Belvedere	Sitting Pretty	Live-action
The Mr. Peabody & Sherman Show	Mr. Peabody & Sherman	Animated	Has elements from the 2014 film.
The Mummy: The Animated Series	The Mummy series	Animated	Set between The Mummy Returns and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.
My Big Fat Greek Life	My Big Fat Greek Wedding	Live-action
Napoleon Dynamite	Napoleon Dynamite	Animated
The New 3 Stooges	The Three Stooges	Animated
Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles live-action film and its two sequels	Live-action	Set some time after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III and introduces a female turtle.
Ozzy & Drix	Osmosis Jones	Animated	Set a year after the events in the movie.
Patlabor: The TV Series	Patlabor: The Movie	Animated	Alternative canon
The Pink Panther	The Pink Panther	Animated	The 1963 film featured an animated opening sequence. The star of the sequence, the eponymous Pink Panther, was so popular that it was awarded its own animated series. The series also featured an animated version of the films' main character, Inspector Clouseau.
Planet of the Apes Return to the Planet of the Apes	Planet of the Apes	Live-action/animated	Set in the same universe but before the film.
Police Academy: Animated Police Academy: The Series	Police Academy	Live-action/animated	There were two separate series: the animated one in 1988 and a live-action one in 1997.
Power Rangers Turbo	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie	Live-action	A bridge between the shows Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo
Rambo and the Forces of Freedom	Rambo	Animated	Set some time after Rambo: First Blood Part II.
The Real Ghostbusters Extreme Ghostbusters	Ghostbusters	Animated	The series is non-canon, although it did mention some events from the films.
RoboCop: The Animated Series RoboCop: The Series RoboCop: Alpha Commando RoboCop: Prime Directives	RoboCop	Animated/live-action
The Robonic Stooges	The Three Stooges	Animated
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles	Starship Troopers	CGI animated
Serpico	Serpico	Live-action
Scarlett	Gone with the Wind	Live-action	Mini-series, set a decade after the events of the movie.
Shaft	Shaft	Live-action
Spaceballs: The Animated Series	Spaceballs	Animated
The Spooktacular New Adventures of Casper	Casper	Animated	Takes place after the events of the film.
Starman	Starman	Live-action	Takes place fifteen years after the film.
Stargate SG-1 Stargate Atlantis Stargate Universe Stargate Infinity	Stargate	Live-action/animated	Set one year after the film (SG-1).
Star Wars: Droids Star Wars: Ewoks Star Wars: Clone Wars Star Wars: The Clone Wars (CG series) Star Wars Rebels	The Star Wars films	Live-action/animated	Only The Clone Wars and Rebels series are considered to be canon as far as the story is concerned.
Street Fighter	Street Fighter	Animated
Stuart Little: The Animated Series	Stuart Little	Animated
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles	The Terminator films	Live-action	Set after Terminator 2: Judgment Day, ignoring the two other installments' continuity.
Timon & Pumbaa The Lion Guard	The Lion King	Animated	This series features supporting characters. Lion Guard is set in between The Lion King and The Lion King II: Simba's Pride.
Tremors	Tremors	Live-action	Takes place right after Tremors 3: Back to Perfection.
Tron: Uprising	Tron: Legacy	Live-action/animated	Set between Tron and Tron: Legacy
Uncle Buck	Uncle Buck	Live-action	Set sometime after the film; when his brother and sister-in-law die in a car accident, Buck is named as the guardian of Tia, Miles, and Maizy.
Venus et Apollon	Venus Beauté		French
War of the Worlds	The War of the Worlds	Live-action	Set 35 years later.
Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp	Wet Hot American Summer	Live-action	Prequel to the 2001 film.
Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down	films of Jerry Lewis	Animated
The Wizard of Oz The Oz Kids	The Wizard of Oz	Animated	Both are animated sequels to the 1939 film; however, they are independent of each other.
X: The Series	X: The Destiny War	Animated
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	The Indiana Jones films	Live-action	Series is a prequel to the films, depicting the life of the young Indiana Jones.

Adaptations

These series are adaptations of the original movie, and are neither prequels nor sequels:

• 10 Things I Hate About You (based on the film of the same title)
• 101 Dalmatians: The Series (based on both the 1961 animated movie and the 1996 live-action adaptation)
• 12 Monkeys (based on the film of the same title)
• 9 to 5 (from the film of the same title)
• The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
• The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin (based on the silent film franchise starring the dog of the same name)
• Alice (from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
• Alienators: Evolution Continues (animated; based on the film Evolution)
• Anna and the King (from The King and I)
• Attack of the Killer Tomatoes: The Animated Series (animated; actually based on Return of the Killer Tomatoes, the sequel to Attack of the Killer Tomatoes)
• Baby Boom (based on the film of the same title)
• Baby Talk (loosely based on the film Look Who's Talking)
• Back at the Barnyard (from Barnyard)
• The Bad News Bears (based on the 1976 film of the same title)
• Bad Teacher (based on the film of the same title)
• Bagdad Cafe (based on the 1987 film of the same title)
• BeastMaster (syndicated television series loosely based on the film The Beastmaster)
• Beetlejuice (animated; from the film of the same title)
• Blood+ (animated; loosely based upon the anime film Blood: The Last Vampire)
• Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (based on the film of the same title)
• Bustin' Loose (based on the film of the same title)
• The Client (based on the film of the same title)
• The Client List (based on the film of the same title)
• Clueless (loose remake of the film of the same name, especially the TV series' first season)
• Conan the Adventurer (syndicated television series that is a loose adaptation of the Conan the Barbarian movie)
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father (based on the film of the same title)
• The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (from The Crow)
• Damien (based on the movie The Omen)
• Dangerous Minds (based on the film of the same title)
• Dawn of the Croods (based on the movie of the same name)
• The Dead Zone (adaptation of the 1983 film of the same title)
• Dirty Dancing (based on the film of the same title)
• Dixon of Dock Green (from The Blue Lamp)
• Doctor in the House (from the film series of the same title)
• Dominion (loose adaptation of the film Legion)
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills
• The Dukes of Hazzard (based on the movie Moonrunners)
• F/X: The Series (from F/X)
• Fame (from the film of the same title)
• The Farmer's Daughter (based on the film of the same title)
• Fast Times (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
• La Femme Nikita (1997; from the film Nikita, also called La Femme Nikita; see also Nikita TV series)
• Ferris Bueller (loose adaptation of the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
• Foul Play (from the film of the same title)
• The Four Seasons (1984 TV series based on the 1981 film of the same title)
• Freddy's Nightmares (based on the character from the A Nightmare on Elm Street movie series, this was anthology series in the style of Tales from the Crypt – Freddie's involvement was often limited to introducing the story)
• Freebie and the Bean (from the film of the same title)
• Friday Night Lights (loose adaptation of the film of the same name)
• The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (from the film of the same title)
• Gidget (sometimes seen as a sequel to the 1959 film of the same name, despite numerous discontinuities in plot, time frame, and other details – so perhaps best viewed as an adaptation of the film and its source novel, Gidget, the Little Girl with Big Ideas)
• The Girlfriend Experience (loose adaptation of the film of the same title)
• Godzilla Island (from the Godzilla film series)
• The Godzilla Power Hour (animated, from the Godzilla film series)
• Going My Way (from the film of the same title)
• Gung Ho (from the film of the same title)
• Harry and the Hendersons (from the film of the same title)
• House Calls (from the film of the same title)
• How to Marry a Millionaire (from the film of the same title)
• In the Heat of the Night (very loose adaptation of the film of the same title – the setting was changed from the 1960s to the 1980s)
• Lassie (based on the film Lassie Come Home)
• Little Shop (animated, from The Little Shop of Horrors and its musical remake Little Shop of Horrors)
• Logan's Run (from the film of the same title)
• M*A*S*H (from the film of the same title)
• Madigan (loosely based on the film of the same title – aired as part of The NBC Wednesday Mystery Movie programs)
• The Magnificent Seven (from the film of the same title)
• Manchester Prep (loose adaptation of the movie Cruel Intentions – three episodes were produced for the planned TV series Manchester Prep, but the series was cancelled and the episodes never aired on TV; instead the episodes were edited together and released as the movie Cruel Intentions 2, though it was not a sequel to the original movie)
• Margie (from the film of the same title)
• Max Headroom (based upon Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future)
• McCloud (based upon the movie Coogan's Bluff)
• Naked City (from the 1948 film The Naked City)
• The Net (from the film of the same title)
• The Neverending Story (animated series based on the film of the same title)
• Nikita (2010; from the film Nikita, also called La Femme Nikita; see also La Femme Nikita TV series)
• The Odd Couple (1970; from the film of the same title)
• The Odd Couple (2015; from the film of the same title)
• The Paper Chase (from the film of the same title)
• Paper Moon (from the film of the same title)
• Parenthood (1990; based on the 1989 film of the same title)
• Parenthood (2010; based on the 1989 film of the same title)
• Party Girl (from the film of the same title)
• The Penguins of Madagascar (from Madagascar)
• Peyton Place (from the film of the same title)
• The Pink Panther Show (animated; based on The Pink Panther film series)
• Planet of the Apes (from the film of the same title)
• Please Don't Eat the Daisies (from the film of the same title)
• Private Benjamin (from the film of the same title)
• Rush Hour (from film franchise of the same title)
• School of Rock (from the film of the same title)
• Scream (from the film of the same title)
• Serpico (based on the film of the same title)
• Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (based on the film of the same title)
• Stargate SG-1 (based on the Stargate film)
• Stir Crazy (based on the film of the same title)
• Sugarfoot (faithfully based on the The Boy from Oklahoma)
• Tales from the Neverending Story (based on the film of the same title)
• Teen Wolf (1986; animated series based on the film of the same title)
• Teen Wolf (2011; live-action series based on the film of the same title)
• The Thin Man (from the film of the same title)
• Timecop (from the film of the same title)
• Topper (from the film of the same title)
• Toxic Crusaders (based on The Toxic Avenger)
• Transporter: The Series (based on the The Transporter movie series)
• Twelve O'Clock High (from the film of the same title)
• Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (based on the film of the same title – the plot of the film was used as the basis of an episode of the series called "The Sky's On Fire".)
• Wangan Midnight (anime adapted from the live-action series of the same name, in turn adapted from the manga)
• Weird Science (from the film of the same title)
• What's Happening!! (from Cooley High; the setting was moved from 1960s Chicago to 1970s Los Angeles)
• Wolf Creek
• Working Girl (from the film of the same title)

See also

• List of films based on television programs

References

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