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.

Runaways

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

Network:
Airdates: 2017 - 2020

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.

Network: , , ,
Airdates: 2014

Sacred Lies

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

Network: ,
Airdates: 2018 - 2020

Sailor Moon

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

Network:
Airdates: 1992 - 1997

Saki

A girl who hates mahjong joins the school team.

Network:
Airdates: 2016

Saki (Anime)

A girl who hates mahjong ends up joining the club.

Network:
Airdates: 2009 - 2014

Sakura Trick

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

Salón de té La Moderna

Set in 1930 in Madrid, the series follows young Matilde, who enters to work at the tearoom “La Moderna” in Puerta del Sol.

Network:
Airdates: 2023 - 2025

School Spirit: An Unlikely Webseries

An LGBT webseries adaptation of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit.

Network:
Airdates: 2017

Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

A 20-something Toronto indie rocker’s adventures in getting and keeping jobs, avoiding being kicked out of his apartment, and surviving encounters with the seven evil exes of the new girl in town on whom he has a crush.

Network:
Airdates: 2023

Scum’s Wish

A perfect couple are in love with other people.

Network:
Airdates: 2017

Secret Bridesmaids’ Business

The power of friendship comes to hand as three friends find this out through life and death situations.

Network:
Airdates: 2019