Literary Inspired TV Shows (
)

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.

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Three Australian boarding school girls who inexplicably vanish on a field trip to a remote and historic landmark, the Hanging Rock.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2018

Pinecone & Pony

The series follows the adventures of Pinecone and her pony as they face trolls, giants, dragons and a dangerous rope bridge atop a valley.

Network:
Airdates: 2022 - current

Play for Today

A British television anthology drama series.

Network:
Airdates: 1970 - 1984

Poirot

The cases of eccentric, but sharp, Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

Network:
Airdates: 1989 - 2014

Portrait of Marriage

A British television miniseries detailing the real-life love affair between Vita Sackville-West and Violet Keppel

Network:
Airdates: 1990

Postcards From Buster

Join Buster Baxter as he travels around the world with his family.

Network:
Airdates: 2004 - 2012

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists

More pretty, more lies, more perfect. It’s time for lies in college!

Network:
Airdates: 2019

Princess Connect! Re: Dive

A man wakes up with no memories in an unfamiliar location. He then meets girls and comes closer to uncovering a hidden mystery.

Princess Knight

The adventures of Princess Sapphire, a girl who pretends to be a male prince to prevent the evil Duke Duralumin from inheriting the throne of Silverland.

Network:
Airdates: 1967 - 1968

Private Eyes

Former professional hockey player Matt Shade partners with private eye Angie Everett to solve crimes around Toronto.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2021

Project Green Gables

Anne likes talking, so she should make a vlog!

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2017

Psycho-Pass

Believing in humanity and order, policewoman Akane Tsunemori obeys the ruling, computerized, precognitive Sibyl System. But when she faces a criminal mastermind who can elude this “perfect” system, she questions both Sibyl and herself.

Network:
Airdates: 2012 - 2014