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.

The Glad Game

Based on the Pollyanna novels by Eleanor H Porter.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2017

The Grey Tarmac Road

A sleepy English town is much more than it appears.

Network:
Airdates: 2016

The Handmaid’s Tale

A dystopian drama web series created by Bruce Miller, based on Margaret Atwood’s 1985 seminal dystopian feminist novel of the same name.

Network:
Airdates: 2017 - 2025

The Hardy Boys (2020)

When the Hardy boys arrive in Bridgeport they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives, and in doing so, uncover something much more sinister.

Network: ,
Airdates: 2022 - 2023

The Haunting of Hill House

A story about a family who inhabited what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country.

Network:
Airdates: 2018

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior

Thanks to his parents’ job transfer, high school freshman Usa finally gets to enjoy living on his own in the Kawai Complex, a boarding house. Ritsu, the senpai he admires, also lives there, as do a few other “unique” individuals.

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

A young girl from a violent upbringing is orphaned and moves in with her grandmother on a flower farm.

Network:
Airdates: 2023

The Magicians

What if magic was real?

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2020

The Man in the High Castle

What if the Nazis won? Everything would suck.

Network:
Airdates: 2015 - 2019

The March Family Letters

Little Women in 2016 is a lot cooler than you might think.

Network:
Airdates: 2015