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.

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 - 2018

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

Puppy Place

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

Network:
Airdates: 2021 - 2022

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.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2022

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.

Network:
Airdates: 2026 - current

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.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2021

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.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - 2022

Ramen Daisuki Koizumi San

Koizumi, a cool, beautiful university student of few words, is in fact a ramen expert who seeks and tries out delicious ramen with gusto every day.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2016

Ratched

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a dark ulterior motive.

Network:
Airdates: 2020