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.

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.

Survivors

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

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.

Sweet Blue Flowers

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

Sweetbitter

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

Symphogear

Tsubasa Kazanari and Kanade Amou-the idol duo known as Zwei Wing, use their songs to power ancient weapons known as “Symphogears” to combat a deadly alien race called the “Noise.”

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…

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.

Tales from the Crypt

Tales of horror based on the gruesome E.C. comic books of the 1950s presented by the legendary Crypt Keeper, a sinister ghoul obsessed with gallows humor and horrific puns.

Tales of the City

Based on the novels of the same name, it’s airing on PBS resulted in Congressional investigation into U.S. public television

Tenshi na Konamaiki

A pretty schoolgirl hides a secret: she is actually a boy who got turned into a girl and is looking for a way to change herself back.

The 100

100 attractive teenagers are dropped onto an ‘uninhabited’ and ‘irradiated’ earth to see if it’s survivable.