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.

Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists

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

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.

Private Eyes

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

Project Green Gables

Anne likes talking, so she should make a vlog!

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.

Puppy Place

Follows the adventures of dog-loving siblings and the pups they foster.

Queen Sugar

Estranged siblings with very different personalities, try to put aside their differences to save the family farm in Louisiana after their father’s death.

R-15

An erotic fiction genius attends a school for geniuses.

R.J. Decker

Ex-con photographer RJ Decker becomes a PI in South Florida, solving strange cases with help from his journalist ex, her cop wife, and an enigmatic woman from his past who may help or destroy him.

Ragdoll

Detectives look to untangle the case of someone who has killed six people and sewn their bodies into the shape of one grotesque body nicknamed the Ragdoll.

Raising Dion

A widowed single mom discovers that her son has super powers and tries to figure out how to raise him safely and responsibly.