# TV shows based off of movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 13, 2002, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878 "2002-05-13T20:10:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/41 "2002-05-14T23:26:05Z")
I hate to be the first one to mention it, but there was **The Highlander : The Series** that lasted for a while. Of course, it made absolutely no sense at all in the context of the movie (in which the Immortals were usually in different families, and in which the contest had conclusively ended in the '80s). **La Femme Nikita** also became a series. There was a **Planet of the Apes** animated series, too. I think the **Clueless** series is still in production on the WB or thereabouts. **Mr. Belvedere** was another one. Saying that the [comedy series **Mr. Smith**](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0085059) was based on the movie _Mr. Smith Goes to Washington_ might be unflattering to Jimmy Stewart. Though it’s entirely possible that the upcoming movie _Mr. Deeds_, starring Adam Sandler, is based on that television series. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/42 "2002-05-14T23:42:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Molly Coddle \* > \*\*Movies/Series they got from comics\> > > Spiderman > Batman > Superman > Wonder Woman > Josie and the Pussycats > The Justice League\*\* Adding to the list … X-Men (movie and animated versions) Hulk (movie and series) Witchblade (series) Generation X (made-for-TV movie) The Maxx (animated series) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (movie and animated series) ---
**Author:** ![audit1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@audit1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/audit1)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2002, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/43 "2002-05-14T23:52:26Z")
There were two Flipper films before it became a tv series. and the film Clarence the Cross Eyed lion begat Daktari. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/44 "2002-05-15T02:29:36Z")
I believe there was a short-lived tv show called _Uncle Buck_ based on…uh…wait, don’t tell me… stv ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/45 "2002-05-16T00:02:55Z")
Thank you, **astorian** , that was quite enlightening. Any chance you can find out for me where all the funny they left out of _Buffy The Vampire Slayer_ went? ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/46 "2002-05-16T00:15:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TV time \* > \ ***Bridget Loves Birney** was obviously based on Neil Simon’s \*_Barefoot in the Park_. > > \*\* Actually, I think the show based on _Barefoot in the Park_ was called _Barefoot in the Park_. A teacher of mine in high school told me that _Bridget Loves Bernie_ was based on an operetta-turned-movie called _Abie’s Irish Rose_, with the socioeconomic standings of the ethnic groups being reversed (scion of a wealthy Jewish family falls in love with and marries a poor Irish-Catholic girl, and how their families handle the blending). ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2002, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878/47 "2002-05-16T01:05:51Z")
The film _Private Benjamin_ (starring Goldie Hawn) spawned the TV series _Private Benjamin_ (starring Lorna Patterson). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-shows-based-off-of-movies/108878.md?page=2)