List of television programs based on films
This a list of films that were later adapted as television shows.
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Follow-ups and prequels
These series follow the events of the original movie, so they can be considered sequels of it, take place before the movie or are set within the same universe.
Remakes
These series are remakes of the original movie.
- 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)
- Alice (from Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore)
- Anna and the King (from The King and I)
- Baby Boom
- Back at the Barnyard (from The Barnyard)
- Beetlejuice (animated; from the film of the same name)
- Bustin' Loose
- The Client
- The Courtship of Eddie's Father
- The Crow: Stairway to Heaven (from The Crow)
- Dangerous Minds
- Dixon of Dock Green (from The Blue Lamp)
- Doctor in the House (from the film series of the same title)
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills
- F/X: The Series (from F/X
- Fame (from the film of the same title)
- The Farmer's Daughter
- Fast Times (from Fast Times at Ridgemont High)
- Ferris Bueller (from Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
- The Four Seasons
- The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
- Godzilla Island (from the Godzilla film series)
- The Godzilla Power Hour (animated, from the Godzilla film series)
- Harry and the Hendersons (from the film of the same title)
- In the Heat of the Night (from the film of the same title; the setting was changed to the present day)
- The Adventures Of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius (from Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius)
- Logan's Run (from the film of the same title)
- M*A*S*H (from the film of the same title)
- The Magnificent Seven (from the film of the same title)
- The Net (from the film of the same title)
- Nikita (from the film of the same title)
- Nine to Five (from the film of the same title)
- The Odd Couple (from the film of the same title)
- The Pink Panther Show (animated; based on The Pink Panther film series)
- The Paper Chase
- Parenthood
- Party Girl
- Peyton Place (from the film of the same title)
- Teen Wolf (animated; from the film of the same title)
- Timecop (from the film of the same title)
- Twelve O'Clock High (from the film of the same title)
- Uncle Buck
- 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)
- Working Girl
Upcoming
These series are still in production.
- Star Wars: Clone Wars (3D, animated, based on the Star Wars films)
- Star Wars live-action TV series
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