TV Binge Watch (Part 2)

Older shows that hold up surprisingly well

  1. 3rd Rock from the Sun
  2. Gilmore Girls
  3. The Golden Girls
  4. The Mary Tyler Moore Show
  5. Barney Miller
  6. Decoy
  7. Xena: Warrior Princess
  8. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  9. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  10. The Prisoner (1967)

TV shows based on Books

  1. The Magicians

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel

Sometimes styled “Arthur Hailey’s Hotel.”

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire
  6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire
  6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  7. Game of Thrones

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire
  6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  7. Game of Thrones
  8. Dexter

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire
  6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  7. Game of Thrones
  8. Dexter
  9. Animorphs

TV Shows Based on Books

  1. The Magicians
  2. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
  3. The Lincoln Lawyer
  4. Hotel
  5. Spenser: For Hire
  6. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries
  7. Game of Thrones
  8. Dexter
  9. Animorphs
  10. Hannibal

Next up:

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin

A great sf/environmental satire. One of his best early books IMHO, and would lend itself very well to an HBO or Netflix miniseries.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaneda

An in-depth analysis of mysticism or a fictional account of a wannabe sorcerer? Either the published books or the author himself is ripe for disseminating.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny

Family intrigues over an inheritance seem to be in vogue, and I’d love to see a CGI shadow walk.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake

There have been several film adaptations of individual books so there’s definitely interest in the material.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi

Sardonic, engaging military sf with a bittersweet romance at its core. Very good stuff.

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  6. The Tattooed Potato (& other clues) by Ellen Raskin
    officially a YA book, but lots of appeal to adults, and great structure for TV, because there is an over-arching mystery, and character growth the brings tears to your eyes, plus smaller mysteries, so one can be resolved per episode, with mini-cliffhangers at the end of each one, and intriguing medium-sized mysteries the resolve every 3 episodes or so, and that the audience can play along with, and involve word-play and Encyclopedia Brown moments. Plus, the main characters have enormous appeal.

It could be a season-long mini-series.

Adolescence one take per episode. Astonishing work by young actor and the rest of the crew.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  6. The Tattooed Potato (& other clues) by Ellen Raskin
  7. Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky

10+ book epic fantasy series where all the people are different species of insectoids, with plenty of wars fought with steampunk technology.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  6. The Tattooed Potato (& other clues) by Ellen Raskin
  7. Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  8. Star of the Guardians by Margaret Weiss

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  6. The Tattooed Potato (& other clues) by Ellen Raskin
  7. Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  8. Star of the Guardians by Margaret Weiss
  9. Aztec by Gary Jennings

Sprawling historical epic of the Aztecs at their height and their conquest by the Spanish, focusing on a single Aztec man who rises from peasant to soldier to knight, then from merchant prince to courtier and diplomat.

Books that really should have been adapted for a TV show or miniseries by now

  1. Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin
  2. The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge by Carlos Castaned
  3. The Chronicles of Amber by Roger Zelazny
  4. The Dortmunder series by Donald E. Westlake
  5. Old Man’s War by John Scalzi
  6. The Tattooed Potato (& other clues) by Ellen Raskin
  7. Shadows of the Apt by Adrian Tchaikovsky
  8. Star of the Guardians by Margaret Weiss
  9. Aztec by Gary Jennings
  10. The Family D’Alembert by E. E. “Doc” Smith

From the author of The Lensman series, this series follows a brother and sister team of circus aerialists who are also agents of SOTE, the Imperial Intelligence Agency.

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