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.

Kuzu no Honkai

The translation is “Scum’s Wish” which is not heartening.

Network:
Airdates: 2017

La Venganza de Las Juanas

Five women with the same birthmark set out to unravel the truth about their pasts and discover a tragic web of lies spun by a powerful politician.

Network:
Airdates: 2021

Las viudas de los jueves

To everyone’s eyes, these five families are perfect and faultless. But behind closed doors, the darkest secrets are kept hidden. In the paradisiac estate of Los Altos de las Cascadas, looks can be deceiving.

Network:
Airdates: 2023

Le Comte de Monte-Cristo

Edmond Dantes, a sailor falsely accused of treason, is imprisoned in the Château d’If off Marseille. After escaping, and adopting the identity of the Count of Monte Cristo, he plans revenge against those who wrongly accused him.

Network: , ,
Airdates: 2024

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