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.

Under the Dome

The dating pool under the dome has to be worse than any other small town in history.

Network:
Airdates: 2013 - 2015

Unorthodox

A young Jewish woman flees an arranged marriage in Brooklyn for the chance to have more independence in Berlin, Germany.

Network:
Airdates: 2020

V-Wars

Dr. Luther Swann enters a world of horror when a virus is released from ice melting due to climate change.

Network:
Airdates: 2019

Vagrant Queen

The last of a royal bloodline may not be the last after all. But will she survive to find out?

Network:
Airdates: 2020

Valeria

Valeria is a writer who’s hit a dead end with both her writing and her husband. She finds solace in her three friends Carmen, Lola and Nerea.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2023

Valkyrie Drive: Mermaid

A virgin gets special powers when she has sex with other girls, and needs that to fight them.

Vampire Academy

n a world of privilege and glamour, two young women’s friendship transcends their strikingly different classes as they prepare to complete their education and enter royal vampire society.

Network:
Airdates: 2022

Van der Valk

A Dutch detective takes on criminal cases in Amsterdam using insightful human observation and his natural street smarts.

Network:
Airdates: 2020 - 2021

Van Helsing

Vampires, lady leads, girl kissing, and it’s still kinda boring.

Network:
Airdates: 2016 - 2021

Vernon Subutex

After a night with rock star Alex Bleach, Vernon becomes a wanted man when Bleach winds up dead of an overdose, leaving behind three mysterious video tapes.

Network:
Airdates: 2019

Vida

A series about two Mexican-American sisters written entirely by a group of Latina writers, half of whom are queer.

Network:
Airdates: 2018 - 2020

W.I.T.C.H.

Five teenage girls learn that they have been chosen to guard the walls between parallel universes. For this purpose, they have been given the powers of the elements.

Network:
Airdates: 2004 - 2006