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 Other Black Girl

Nella, an editorial assistant, is tired of being the only Black girl at her company, so she’s excited when Hazel is hired; but as Hazel’s star begins to rise, Nella spirals out and discovers something sinister is going on at the company.

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Airdates: 2023

The Power

When girls and women everywhere develop the ability to produce electricity, the world as we know it is changed as woman fight the imbalance they were born into.

Network:
Airdates: 2023

The Qwaser of Stigmata

At St. Mihailov Academy, a series of serial murders have taken place with all the victims being young women. Who is this rampant culprit? And which beautiful maiden will fall prey to his evil next?

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Airdates: 2010 - 2011

The Rook

A young woman is pursued by shadowy paranormal adversaries while grappling with extraordinary abilities of her own.

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Airdates: 2019

The Rose of Versailles

What if the captain of the Musketeers was a woman named Oscar?

Network:
Airdates: 1979 - 1980

The Sandman

Upon escaping after decades of imprisonment by a mortal wizard, Dream, the personification of dreams, sets about to reclaim his lost equipment.

Network:
Airdates: 2022 - current

The Secret Diaries of Miss Anne Lister

A drama telling the story of Anne Lister, 1791-1840, a Yorkshire landowner, industrialist, traveller and diarist who kept her orientation secret from society at large but in private defied convention by living with her female lover.

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Airdates: 2010

The Soliloquies of Santiago

Jacob Santiago knows that he is destined for stardom.

Network:
Airdates: 2015

The Stand (2020)

After the world is in ruins, due to a man-made plague, a battle of Biblical proportions ensues between the survivors.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2021

The Summer I Turned Pretty

A love triangle between one girl and two brothers. A story about first love, first heartbreak, and the magic of that one perfect summer.

Network:
Airdates: 2022 - 2025

The Supernatural Academy

Mischa Jackson, who has been living in the human world and unaware she has supernatural powers, as she is taken to a magic school against her will.

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Airdates: 2022

The Third

Honoka, a desert-wandering jack-of-all-trades, must deal with the technology-oppressing group known as The Third, as well as her own inner feelings and struggles.

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Airdates: 2006