# TV Binge Watch (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [August 21, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004 "2019-08-21T15:27:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 411
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004/8209 "2022-02-09T16:19:27Z")
**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ Starring Shaun Cassidy as Dave Stoller, it was a prequel set one year before the events in the movie. Debuting as a mid-season replacement for ABC in November 1980, it lasted less than one season. Only seven episodes ever aired. _ **-“BB”-** _ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ 6. Delta House - _National Lampoon’s Animal House_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ 6. Delta House - _National Lampoon’s Animal House_ 7. Casablanca (twice: 1955 & 1983) - _Casablanca_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ 6. Delta House - _National Lampoon’s Animal House_ 7. Casablanca (twice: 1955 & 1983) - _Casablanca_ 8. Bewitched - _I Married A Witch_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ 6. Delta House - _National Lampoon’s Animal House_ 7. Casablanca (twice: 1955 & 1983) - _Casablanca_ 8. Bewitched - _I Married A Witch_ 9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ ---
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**TV Shows Based on Films** 1. MASH - _MASH_ 2. The Paper Chase - _The Paper Chase_ 3. Breaking Away – _Breaking Away_ 4. The Odd Couple - _The Odd Couple_ 5. Alice - _Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore_ 6. Delta House - _National Lampoon’s Animal House_ 7. Casablanca (twice: 1955 & 1983) - _Casablanca_ 8. Bewitched - _I Married A Witch_ 9. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - _Buffy the Vampire Slayer_ 10. Alien Nation Next: **Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. Starsky & Hutch ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise 7. Get Smart ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise 7. Get Smart 8. The Beverly Hillbillies ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise 7. Get Smart 8. The Beverly Hillbillies 9. Dragnet ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise 7. Get Smart 8. The Beverly Hillbillies 9. The Brady Bunch - _The Brady Bunch Movie_ and _A Very Brady Sequel_ ---
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**Shows that became movies** 1. Da Ali G Show - Ali G Indahouse 2. The Addams Family - _The Addams Family_ (1991) 3. The Dukes of Hazzard 4. The Flintstones 5. The Simpsons - _The Simpsons Movie_ 6. Mission: Impossible - The _Mission: Impossible_ movie franchise 7. Get Smart 8. The Beverly Hillbillies 9. The Brady Bunch - _The Brady Bunch Movie_ and _A Very Brady Sequel_ 10. Star Trek - _Star Trek: The Motion Picture_ and many more since Next up: **TV shows or sketches that never, ever should have become movies (and aren’t mentioned in the previous category)** 1. SNL Pat sketches - _It’s Pat_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=410) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-binge-watch-part-1/839004.md?page=412)