Literary Inspired TV Shows (
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Predominantly found in web series, TV shows with this trope are based on a pre-existing work. Like every single bloody Sherlock Holmes series ever made by network TV.

Legacies

It’s time for the next generation of vampires, witches and werewolves.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2022

Legend of the Seeker

Is “Wizard’s First Rule” anything like the first rule of fight club?

Network:
Airdates: 2008 - 2010

Legends of Tomorrow

A superhero team-up show and spin-off of of Arrow and The Flash starring everyone’s favorite time-traveling bisexual assassin, Sara Lance.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2022

Light as a Feather

When the girls start dying off in the exact way that was predicted, the survivors must figure out why they’re being targeted — and whether the evil force hunting them down is one of their own

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2019

Like, As It Is

A modern adaptation of the Shakespeare play “As You Like It”.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2016

Limetown

A journalist unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee.

Network:
Airdates: 2019

Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere is based on the 2017 novel on the same name (written by Celeste Ng).

Network:
Airdates: 2020

Locke & Key

After their father is murdered under mysterious circumstances, the three Locke siblings and their mother move into their ancestral home, Keyhouse, which they discover is full of magical keys that may be connected to their father’s death.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2022

Log Horizon

An online role-playing game traps everyone inside.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2015

Loki

The mercurial villain Loki resumes his role as the God of Mischief.

Network:
Airdates: 2021 - 2023

Lost in Austen

A modern day Londoner and ardent Jane Austen fan somehow swaps places with Austen’s fictional creation, Elizabeth Bennett.

Network:
Airdates: 2008

Lost in Space

After crash-landing on an alien planet, the Robinson family fight against all odds to survive and escape, but they’re surrounded by hidden dangers.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2021