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.

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.

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.

Scum’s Wish

A perfect couple are in love with other people.

Secret Bridesmaids’ Business

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

Self Made

The inspiring story of trailblazing African American entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker who built a haircare empire that made her America’s first female self-made millionaire.

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

The true story of a decorated officer’s legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.

Seven Mortal Sins

After Lucifer falls from Heaven and plans to become the Demon Lord, she must prove herself by defeating the Seven Deadly Sins.

Sex and the City

Based on Candace Bushnell’s 1997 book of the same name, the show follows the lives of four women in their mid-thirties forties whoremain inseparable and confide in each other.

Shadow and Bone

Dark forces conspire against orphan mapmaker Alina Starkov when she unleashes an extraordinary power that could change the fate of her war-torn world.

Shadowhunters

fter her mother disappears, Clary must venture into the dark world of demon hunting, and embrace her new role among the Shadowhunters.

Shangri-La

In the future, the carbon tax turns Tokyo into the world’s largest “jungle-polis” that absorbs carbon dioxide.