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 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

The Misselthwaite Archives

Mary hates her new home, where it rains constantly and strange noises echo from the basement, but she soon takes an interest in finding the hidden forest glade where her aunt passed away several years ago.

Network:
Airdates: 2015

The Morning Show

The cutthroat world of morning news and the lives of the people who help America wake up in the morning.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - current

The Mrs Bradley Mysteries

Paired with her reliable and devoted chauffeur, Mrs Bradley’s finely honed skills of investigation seek out the truth behind the mysteries surrounding a death at the opera, crimes of passion at a circus, poisoning and family secrets.

Network:
Airdates: 1998 - 2000

The One

One quick DNA test is all it takes to find your perfect partner, the one you’re genetically made for.

Network:
Airdates: 2021 - 2022

The Originals

Vampire/Werewolf hybrids, vampires, werewolves, witches, immortals, and a big war down in the Big Easy.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2018