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 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.

Network:
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.

Network:
Airdates: 2006

The Time Traveller’s Wife

The intricate love story of Clare and Henry has a unique problem… time travel.

Network:
Airdates: 2022

The Umbrella Academy

A family of former child heroes, now grown apart, must reunite to continue to protect the world.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - 2024

The Vampire Diaries

There are vampires, werewolves and witches .. Oh my!

Network:
Airdates: 2009 - 2017

The Watch

A gritty, cyberpunk CSI story set in Terry Pratchett’s beloved Discworld.

Network:
Airdates: 2021

The Wheel of Time

Moiraine crosses paths with five young men and women. This sparks a dangerous, world-spanning journey.

Network:
Airdates: 2021 - 2025

The Witcher

Geralt of Rivia, a solitary monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts.

Network:
Airdates: 2019 - current

The Women of Brewster Place

A multigenerational story of the lives of several black women who call an inner-city tenement home.

Network:
Airdates: 1989