I know this is something I should probably know but have their been any t.v. series created based on a book? I assume their is but I can't think of any off the top of my head.

Off the top of my head

Goosebumps (Canada)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (UK)
Dexter
Little House on the Prairie
MASH (I think it's based on a book, not sure)

Eight is Enough
Eight Simple Rules For Dating My Teenage Daughter

Sex and the City and my new fav Army Wives. ;)

the Odd Couple ( well, it was a play first but.... )/ Adam's Rib/ M*A*S*H

Peyton Place is an old one. A new one is Lipstick Jungle.

Christy by Catherine Marshall is a great novel (written in 1967), and was adapted into a short-lived 1994-95 series on CBS. The show starred Kellie Martin, Tyne Daly and Tess Harper. PAX briefly revived Christy with 3 TV movies in 2001.

Peyton Place

the Odd Couple ( well, it was a play first but.... )/ Adam's Rib/ M*A*S*H
THE ODD COUPLE wasn't a book.

Off the top of my head

Goosebumps (Canada)
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (UK)
Dexter
Little House on the Prairie
MASH (I think it's based on a book, not sure)
you're right; MASH was a book first. And the author-Richard Hooker-HATED the TV show.

Please Don't Eat The Daisys

Cyborg aka Six Million Dollar Man

THE ODD COUPLE wasn't a book.
As I said, it was a play first, but, it DID come out in book form also

Logan's Run was based on a book. After the movie became a hit, CBS (?) aired a short-lived series.

Logan's Run was based on a book. After the movie became a hit, CBS (?) aired a short-lived series.

If you are going that route--Planet Of The Apes

I might be wrong, but I believe "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was based off of a book, or book series. I have one of the books, I believe it came before the show.

Not to mention the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew series.

I might be wrong, but I believe "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" was based off of a book, or book series. I have one of the books, I believe it came before the show.
that's right; I think that WAS a book. I know that it was also a movie, I think in the 50s sometime.

GIDGET was based on a book.

Sabrina the Teenage Witch is based on a comic book.

The Lucy Show, based on a book called "Life Without George." I think that was the title.

actually; MASH, GIDGET, THE MANY LOVES OF DOBIE GILLIS and some others; were based on movies that were based on books.

The Lucy Show, based on a book called "Life Without George." I think that was the title.
I could be wrong; but I think you're a little confused. I LOVE LUCY was based on a radio show called LIFE WITH GEORGE.
If I'm wrong; I'm sure that someone on here will straighten me out.

I could be wrong; but I think you're a little confused. I LOVE LUCY was based on a radio show called LIFE WITH GEORGE.
If I'm wrong; I'm sure that someone on here will straighten me out.
ILL was based on My Favorite Husband. Irene Kampen wrote the book "Life Without George." It says here. (http://honoraryunsubscribe.com/irene_kampen.html)

Roswell was based on the book series "Roswell High."

And the upcoming CW show "Gossip Girl" is based on a book too.

Road To Avonlea was based on Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables books.

I didn't know "Sex in the City" was based on a book. Interesting. Actually the only ones I knew were based on books were Hardy Boys, Gossip Girl and Little House on the Prairie.

Andrea

Star trek was based on a series of books written by Gene Roddenberry.

Star trek was based on a series of books written by Gene Roddenberry.

Dude, you're making that up. The books came AFTER the series. If you know anything about this series, you know that Gene pitched it to the network as "Wagon Train in space." There were no books, and he created the series from nothing but his own brain.



On the other hand:

Spenser: For Hire and by extrapolation A Man Called Hawk are based on the Spenser mystery novels by Robert Parker.
The Ellery Queen Mysteries are based on the book series of the same name.
Dave's World is based on the writings of humorist Dave Barry.
The Dresden Files is based on a supernatural mystery book series.

The Baby-Sitters Club was a popular series of books for young girls in the 1980's and 1990's and gave life to a tv show of the same name that aired the Disney Channel and was released direct to video in the 1990's as well.

I know it isn't a book, but 227 was based off of the screenplay "227," which was later adapted into the TV show. Just a bit of trivia for you guys :D

"Hotel" (book, then movie, then TV show)

"Flamingo Road" (book, then movie, then TV show)

"The Flying Nun" - closing credits say that it's based on the book "The Fifteenth Pelican," by Tere Rios.

I'm not sure if these count
the incdabile hulkwith billy BIXIXY
Super man tv show
Batman WITH ADAM WEST

ALL WERE BASED ON cOMIC BOOKS

Always thought that he first wrote the books then pitched it as a series my bad.

BONES
MIKE HAMMER
THE SAINT
BORN FREE
SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
LITTLE WOMEN
LITTLE MEN
THE OUTSIDERS
THE CLIENT
CRUSOE

Always thought that he first wrote the books then pitched it as a series my bad.

Not a big deal, Jim. I get a bit 'overenthusiastic' about things sometimes. :D