TV Shows That Were Spun Off From Popular Movies
These are some of the TV shows that I remember watching that were the series versions of popular movies. Sometimes the transition worked and other times, it was a huge miss. :(
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- CreatorLarry GelbartStarsAlan AldaWayne RogersLoretta SwitThe staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.
- CreatorsIvan RaimiSam RaimiTom SpezialyStarsBruce CampbellRay SantiagoDana DeLorenzoAsh has spent the last thirty years avoiding responsibility, maturity, and the terrors of the Evil Dead until a Deadite plague threatens to destroy all of mankind and Ash becomes mankind's only hope.
- CreatorDon ManciniStarsZackary ArthurBjorgvin ArnarsonAlyvia Alyn LindAfter a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town's hypocrisies and secrets.
- CreatorBryce ZabelStarsMark DacascosMarc GomesSabine KarsentiA deceased street musician returns to life, and must restore the balance between good and evil to be reunited with his dead girlfriend.
- CreatorsDouglas KenneyChris MillerHarold RamisStarsJohn VernonStephen FurstBruce McGillThe raucous exploits of Faber College's Delta House Fraternity in 1962.
- CreatorsJosh HealdJon HurwitzHayden SchlossbergStarsRalph MacchioWilliam ZabkaCourtney HenggelerDecades after their 1984 All Valley Karate Tournament bout, a middle-aged Daniel LaRusso and Johnny Lawrence find themselves martial-arts rivals again.
- StarsAdrian PaulStan KirschJim ByrnesDuncan MacLeod is Immortal, and must live in modern society, concealing his true nature while fighting other Immortals.
- CreatorsWill GrahamAbbi JacobsonStarsAbbi JacobsonChanté AdamsD'Arcy CardenComedy series about the WWII All-American professional women's baseball league.
- CreatorsWes CravenJeff FreilichStarsRobert EnglundMary CrosbyTodd Allen"Freddy's Nightmares" was a 1988 horror anthology series with "Freddy", the dream serial killer, hosting stories set in Springwood, USA.
- CreatorMatthew MillerStarsDamon WayansKeesha SharpKevin RahmA slightly unhinged ex-Navy SEAL Martin Riggs moves to California and starts working at the LAPD. He is paired with a veteran Detective Roger Murtaugh and together, they fight some of the most dangerous criminals in the city.
- CreatorsLisa JoyJonathan NolanStarsEvan Rachel WoodJeffrey WrightEd HarrisAt the intersection of the near future and the reimagined past, waits a world in which every human appetite can be indulged without consequence.
- CreatorsBill LawrenceBlake McCormickStarsJustin HiresJon FooAimee GarciaTV show based on the action-comedy 'Rush Hour' films about an L.A. cop who teams up with a detective from Hong Kong.
- CreatorChristopher GoreStarsCarlo ImperatoGene Anthony RayDebbie AllenThe stories of the students and faculty of the New York City High School for the Performing Arts.
- CreatorJohn MasiusStarsCharlie SchlatterBrandon DouglasAmi DolenzBased on the popular feature film "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," this half-hour situation comedy followed the high-school adventures of Ferris Bueller and his friends.
- CreatorsBarra GrantRobert RabinowitzStarsMelora HardinPatrick CassidyPaul FeigA continuation of the movie of the same name where Frances "Baby" Houseman falls in love with camp dance instructor Johnny Castle.
- CreatorsJoe ByrneS.E. HintonJeb RosebrookStarsJay R. FergusonRodney HarveyBoyd KestnerA follow-up to the novel and film of the same name, focusing on a group of troubled teens in 1960s Oklahoma.
- CreatorMaggie FriedmanStarsJaime Ray NewmanLindsay PriceRebecca RomijnA mysterious man bestows unique powers to three women.
- CreatorsMichael PillerShawn PillerStarsAnthony Michael HallNicole de BoerChris BrunoJohnny had the perfect life until he was in coma for six years. When he awoke, he found his fiancee married to another man. His son doesn't know him. Everything's changed, including Johnny. With one touch, he can see things.
- CreatorsMarsh McCallNia VardalosStarsNia VardalosLainie KazanSteven EckholdtThe continued adventures of the Portokalos family from the film "My Big Fat Greek Wedding", starting when Nia and her husband return from their honeymoon.
- CreatorPeter BergStarsKyle ChandlerConnie BrittonZach GilfordA drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.
- CreatorsFrank DunganJeff SteinStarsChristopher HewettBob UeckerIlene GraffThe humourous adventures of an English housekeeper working for an American family.
- StarsPaolo MontalbanDaniel BernhardtKristanna LokenKung Lao has triumphed in the Mortal Kombat tournament, defeating Shang Tsung and saving Earth Realm. Now, he must train a new generation of warriors for the next tournament.
- CreatorsMike GrayJohn MasonStarsRobert HaysChristopher Daniel BarnesMichael CavanaughAn alien returns to Earth years after an earlier visit to reunite with his Earth son and together, they search for the alien's human wife.
- CreatorJon FavreauStarsPedro PascalChris BartlettKatee SackhoffThe travels of a lone bounty hunter in the outer reaches of the galaxy, far from the authority of the New Republic.
- CreatorJon FavreauStarsTemuera MorrisonMing-Na WenFrank TriggBounty hunter Boba Fett and mercenary Fennec Shand navigate the underworld when they return to Tatooine to claim Jabba the Hutt's old turf.
