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.

Revue Starlight

TV Show
2018
BS-TBS, CBC (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting), MBS, RKB, TBS (Japan)

Starlight is a song and dance revue troupe loved throughout the world.

Riddle Story of Devil

TV Show
2014
AT-X, BS-TBS, CBC (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting), MBS, TBS (Japan)

Tokaku Azuma is a heartless teenage assassin on a mission of death. She’s been sent to a prestigious, all-girls boarding school to compete in an assassination game against eleven other beautiful killers. The heinous mission: send the innocent and cheerful Haru Ichinose to an early grave.

Riverdale

TV Show
2017 - 2023
The CW

A subversive take on Archie and his friends, exploring small town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

Rome & Juliet

Girl meets Girl, and it all goes downhill from there. Like it does.

Rosario + Vampire

A boy inadvertently enrolls in a boarding school for monsters.

Runaways

TV Show
2017 - 2020
Hulu

Six teenagers from different backgrounds unite against a common enemy — their criminal parents.

Sabagebu!

Taking place at Aogiri Academy, the series follows a group of female high school students and their daily lives in a survival game club.

Sacred Lies

TV Show
2018 - 2020
Facebook, Peacock

A teenager with no hands is suspected of knowing who killed her cult’s leader and lands in juvenile detention.

Sailor Moon

TV Show
1992 - 1997
TV Asahi

Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon SuperS. If you didn’t understand that, it’s okay.

Saki

A girl who hates mahjong joins the school team.

Saki (Anime)

TV Show
2009 - 2014
TV Tokyo

A girl who hates mahjong ends up joining the club.

Sakura Trick

TV Show
2014
BS-TBS, CBC (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting), MBS, TBS (Japan)

A secret love in high school? What could go wrong!