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.

Summertime

A modern love story, set during a summer on the Adriatic coast. An undeniable attraction unites Ale and Summer, two people from very different worlds.

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Airdates: 2020 - 2022

Super HxEros

An alien species is plotting to gradually eradicate the human race by controlling and draining humanity’s sexual energy. Five of the sexiest high school students on Earth must band together to defeat the alien menace!

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Airdates: 2020

Super Lovers

Civilizing a young boy turns into something more.

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Airdates: 2016 - 2017

Superbuns

Some superheroes can leap tall buildings in a single bound, some can crawl up a wall, some grow wolf-sharp claws, and some have superhuman speed. And Superbuns? Her superpower is being kind. Super kind!

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Airdates: 2023

Supergirl

You may know Superman’s story. The story you don’t know is that Supergirl was sent to protect him. Her pod got knocked off course, and she landed to find him a young man. Oops.

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Airdates: 2015 - 2021

Survivors

When a deadly virus wipes out most of the world’s population, a handful of survivors struggle to stay alive.

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Airdates: 2008 - 2010

Swamp Thing

Abby Arcane returns home to Marais, Louisiana to investigate a deadly swamp-borne virus, only to discover the dark, terrifying mysteries of the swamp.

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Airdates: 2019

Sweet Blue Flowers

A lesbian high school girl and her close childhood friend try to keep their friends happy through difficult times.

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Airdates: 2009

Sweetbitter

A young woman learns how crazy it is to work in a restaurant.

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Airdates: 2018 - 2019

Symphogear

Mecha musical about saving the world from noise.

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Airdates: 2012 - 2019

Tachibanakan To Lie Angle

Also known as Love to Lie Angle, it’s about a high school student Hanabi Natsuno who moves into a dorm full of strange…

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Airdates: 2018

Taishō Baseball Girls

When a local player arrogantly states that girls should become housewives instead of going to school, teenage firebrands Koume and Akiko respond by forming their own baseball team. It’s shocking. It’s scandalous. And yet, in a nation in which almost anything seems suddenly possible, it may just be the start of something greater than any nine girls can imagine.

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Airdates: 2009