Off the top of my head:
*Buffy, the Vampire Slayer

*MASH

*In the Heat of the Night

*Clueless

*In a League of Their Own

*Delta House (a spin-off of Animal House)

*Fast Times (a spin-off of Fast Times at Ridgemont High)

*Working Girl

*Ferris Bueller

*Highlander

*Shaft

*The Bad News Bears

*Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

*Weird Science

*Fame

*Uncle Buck

*La Femme Nikta

*Down & Out In Beverly Hills-As a trivia note, this is supposedly the first ever show to be canceled by the Fox Network.

*Stargate: SG1

*9 to 5

*The Crow: Stairway to Heaven

*The Young Indiana Jones Chronicals

*The Odd Couple

*Dangerous Minds

*Harry & the Hendersons

*Blue Thunder

*FX

*Soul Food

*The Client

*James Bond Jr. (animated)

*Back to the Future (animated)

*Teen Wolf (animated)

*The Real Ghostbusters (animated)

*Men In Black, which technically, started out as a comic book (animated)

*Problem Child (animated)

*The Mummy (animated)

*Robocop (it spun-off a live action version as well as an animated version)

*Rambo (animated)

*Driods (an animated spin-off of Star Wars)

*Ewoks (see the description for Driods)

*Godzilla (an animated spin-off of the 1998 American remake)

*Police Academy (it spun-off animated and live action versions)

*The Wizard of Oz (animated)

*Dumb & Dumber (animated)

*Ace Ventura (animated)

*The Mask (even though, like MIB, it started out as a comic book before it became an animated series)

*Clerks (animated)

*Beethoven (animated)

*Free Willy (animated)

*Varsity Blues (on the way)

*Legally Blonde (on the way)

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"M*A*S*H*", "Fame" & "Odd Couple" would be at the top of the list.

There were many more failures than successes.

Personally, I loved "Clerks", but the ratings were absolutely horrid & ABC pulled the series after just the second episode. Kevin Smith was livid. People just didn't get it.

I think "Casablanca" (with David Soul) & "From Here To Eternity" were made into series also.

"Happy Days", although not spun-off from "American Grafitti", did make it to the airwaves due to the film's success.

others that come to mind:
Freebie & The Bean
Beastmaster (currently in syndication)
Operation Petticoat
No Time For Sergeants

They also made "Dirty Dancing" into a series, with the late McLean Stevenson as Baby's dad.

Wasn't there a stupid Scott Baio sitcom that was based on "Look Who's Talking?"?

(Of course, now we have "BabyBob")

And "Making It" (starring David Naughton) was sort of derived from "Saturday Night Fever"

The 1970s football movie Semi-Tough was made into a tv show that starred Bruce McGill ( Delta House-Animal House's D- Day ) did NOT last long.

I dont remember if it ever came to be but sometime around 1983 or so there was supposed to be a tv version of the movie "Porkys" that was to be in syndication starring many of the stars from the movie.

Considering the fact that it was nudity and dirty jokes that made Porkys successful at the box office- it wouldnt work on regular tv.

Now on cable today...it might.

Originally posted by karaokedude
Wasn't there a stupid Scott Baio sitcom that was based on "Look Who's Talking?"?


Yeah, it was called "Baby Talk" and it had Julia Duffy in it too.

In tribute to the late Robert Urich....

His first TV series was a sitcom spun off from the film "Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"

Yeah, it was called "Baby Talk" and it had Julia Duffy in it too.
George Clooney was in it, too. Then the entire program was revamped, and Julia Duffy was replaced by Mary Page Keller. Then Scott Baio was added as the love interest, and the ratings still tanked.

Personally, I think My Big Fat Greek Life was and is EONS worse than Baby Talk!! I never saw the Dirty Dancing show.

Wasn't there a stupid Scott Baio sitcom that was based on "Look Who's Talking?"?

(Of course, now we have "BabyBob")

And "Making It" (starring David Naughton) was sort of derived from "Saturday Night Fever"
I just heard the "Makin' It" single (sung by David Naughton) on the radio about a week ago - hadn't heard it in ages. I know that he went on to co-star with Pam Dawber in My Sister Sam...whatever happened to him after that???

The ABC cartoon series Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? used
characters from Jerry's movies. There were also animated versions of The Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, and The Three Stooges.
Not to mention The Gary Coleman Show (based on the NBC TV-movie
"The Kid with the Broken Halo") and Wish Kid, starring the voice of
"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin.

Didn't they make a TV show based on Turner and Hooch too? I don't think it lasted more then one episode, though. There were countless TV pilots made basaed on movies that never took off. Adventures in Babysitting, Fargo, LA Confidential...

And don't forget about
-Bill and Ted's Excellent adventure (live and animated versions)
-Blade
-Freddies Nighmares
-Little Shop of Horrors (animated)
-Planet of the Apes
-Mr Belvedere (Based on the movie Sitting PRetty from 1948)
-Private Benjamin
-Attack of the Killer Tomatos (animated)
-Beetlejuice (animated)
-Bustin' Loose
-Logan's Run
-The Net
-Parenthood
-Peyton's Place
-Working Girl

Oh, and I forgot about one: Gung Ho.
If anyone has any episodes of this show, let me know. Ran in 86-87, there were only like 8 episodes.

Another movie spin-off: Harper Valley PTA (1981-82). Barbara Eden and George Gobel!

Edit:

And I was just reading that the TV series Daktari was a spin-off of the movie Clarence the Cross-Eyed Lion (1965). Clarence is billed that way on the series.

by far, the all-time WORST series that was spun off from a movie, out of the ones I've seen, was "PLANET OF THE APES".

I also remember that series "BABY TALK". I remember, I only watched it for, like, 5 minutes once, then turned it off. GOD was that HORRIBLE!!!

The ABC cartoon series Will the Real Jerry Lewis Please Sit Down? used
characters from Jerry's movies. There were also animated versions of The Little Rascals, Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello, and The Three Stooges.
Not to mention The Gary Coleman Show (based on the NBC TV-movie
"The Kid with the Broken Halo") and Wish Kid, starring the voice of
"Home Alone" star Macaulay Culkin.
there were also animated versions of "THE ADDAMS FAMILY", "GILLIGANS ISLAND", and "STAR TREK", and a cartoon series loosely based on "ALL IN THE FAMILY" where the characters were dogs.
The "STAR TREK" series was supposed to be pretty good, though. Most of the shows actors did the voices of their animated counterparts, and sometimes they used film footage from the show and just traced over it. And a lot of the episodes were written by the same writers from the show, including David Gerrwald who wrote the classic episode "The trouble with tribbles" (his contribution to the animated series was a sequel to that, called "More tribbles, more trouble") and Harlan Ellison who wrote the award-winning episode "The city on the edge of forever".

Jennifer Aniston and Charlie Schlatter (from Diagnosis Murder) were in a TV series called "Ferris Bueller". I think it only lasted about five episodes, but I actually liked it. But that's probably because I had a major crush on Charlie Schlatter at the time!:eyes:

Andrea

The worst for me was Stir Crazy. Ran a very short time during the mid-1980s on CBS. Hunk o' junk.

The Ed Grimley cartoon was pretty cool. Ran for 13 eps back in 1988, on NBC Saturday mornings. Of course, based on Martin Short's SCTV character.

Let's not forget the horrible 1988-89 series "Baby Boom" starring Kate Jackson, a spinoff from the 1987 hit comedy "Baby Boom" which starred Diane Keaton. The premise was Jackson as a successful lawyer with an unexpected baby in her life (dropped off on her doorstep by an 'English' relative). The TV series ran for a short while before being axed.

Let's not forget the horrible 1988-89 series "Baby Boom" starring Kate Jackson, a spinoff from the 1987 hit comedy "Baby Boom" which starred Diane Keaton. The premise was Jackson as a successful lawyer with an unexpected baby in her life (dropped off on her doorstep by an 'English' relative). The TV series ran for a short while before being axed.
I remember reading that Marilu Henner was the first choice for the role that Kate Jackson ended up playing. Marilu was filming a pilot (which ended up going nowhere) so was unavailable at the time.

I remember reading that Jackson was not the first choice either (then again, who thinks of Jackson when thinking of sitcom?), but I recall reading that they wanted the actress Alyce Beasley (from 'Moonlighting') to play the role, but she couldn't get out of her 'Moonlighting' contract. Never heard about Henner...though either one would be better than Jackson.

I remember reading that Jackson was not the first choice either (then again, who thinks of Jackson when thinking of sitcom?), but I recall reading that they wanted the actress Alyce Beasley (from 'Moonlighting') to play the role, but she couldn't get out of her 'Moonlighting' contract. Never heard about Henner...though either one would be better than Jackson.
I read about Marilu Henner up for the role in her autobiography, By All Means Keep On Moving. I didn't know Allyce Beasley was in the running myself. Like you, I can't picture Kate Jackson in a sitcom. I don't know how she ended up in this show, but it sure didn't last long. :eek:

Well it was technically based off of the video game but it served as a prequel to the motion picture; the Mortal Kombat television series.

That was one of the worst series ever. They had an animated series as well but I am talking about the live-action one.


I also am aware that a short-lived television show was made based off of the Michelle Pheiffer film Dangerous Minds. I haven't seen the show so I can't say anything about it.

Let's not forget that there were three TV shows about life college dorms that just happened to come out shortly after Animal House became a total movie blockbuster. None of them lasted the season and one of them even got cancelled after a single network showing!

The worst for me was Stir Crazy. Ran a very short time during the mid-1980s on CBS. Hunk o' junk.thats for sure one ep was enough for me

thats for sure one ep was enough for me
Never saw it. Glad I didn't. :lol:

Let's not forget that there were three TV shows about life college dorms that just happened to come out shortly after Animal House became a total movie blockbuster. None of them lasted the season and one of them even got cancelled after a single network showing!

The "official" spinoff was "Delta House", and lasted for a short while, even had some of the original actors, I think. I want to say Bruce McGill and Stephen Furst at least were in it.

The "one showing only" series was called "Brothers and Sisters" I think.

The "Nightmare on Elm Street" spinoff series is virtually unwatchable to me. The scripts are bad enough, but the acting... :(

The "official" spinoff was "Delta House", and lasted for a short while, even had some of the original actors, I think. I want to say Bruce McGill and Stephen Furst at least were in it.

The "one showing only" series was called "Brothers and Sisters" I think.
yes, it was called "DELTA HOUSE" and it was on ABC. You're right, it had some of the actors from the movie (it didn't have John Belushi though; as he was doing "SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE" at the time) and also some of the movies writers. I remember reading an article about it at the time, and some of the writers were saying that the problem with it was that, since the movie was rated R, they couldn't show a lot of the same kind of things that they did in the show.

Also, I remember that it wasn't the same watching it with a laugh-track, and a lot of the humor wasn't the same. Also, the abcence of John Belushi showed.


And the other one was on CBS.

The "Nightmare on Elm Street" spinoff series is virtually unwatchable to me. The scripts are bad enough, but the acting... :(

Freddy's Nightmares right?
If I'm not mistaken it's out on DVD.

I just rememberd about this one...

In 1987, there were plans to make a tv series based off of Psycho. The series never materialized and the pilot aired as a television movie called Bates Motel.


The premise of this was about Alex West (Bud Cort) who had befriended Norman Bates when they were both held in the same mental hospital. When it is time for Alex to be released it is revealed to him that Norman Bates (now deceased) left the Bates Motel to him in his will.

As Alex tries to operate the Bates Motel many strange things happen and Alex has to figure out if he is going crazy again, do people want the motel closed, or is Norman's mother still haunting the place?

The cast of Bates Motel included:

Bud Cort as Alex
Kurt Paul as Norman Bates
Khrystyne Haje of Head of the Class
Jason Bateman of Arrested Development
Robert Picardo of Star Trek Voyager

I liked The Bad News Bears tv show. It should have lasted longer.

Did anyone here see the short-lived sitcom Nine to Five that was based off of the Dolly Parton movie?

Did anyone here see the short-lived sitcom Nine to Five that was based off of the Dolly Parton movie?
I remember seeing it in reruns YEARS ago. Rita Moreno was in the cast, if I'm not mistaken. Now I have the "9 to 5" song ringing through my head. :lol: I do have it on my iPod. :lol:

Freddy's Nightmares right?
If I'm not mistaken it's out on DVD.
Yeah, I think it was just released in February.

Did anyone here see the short-lived sitcom Nine to Five that was based off of the Dolly Parton movie?
I used to watch it when it was on ABC. It used to come on after Three's Company.

I remember seeing it in reruns YEARS ago. Rita Moreno was in the cast, if I'm not mistaken. Now I have the "9 to 5" song ringing through my head. :lol: I do have it on my iPod. :lol:

Yes, Moreno was "Violet".

Yeah, I think it was just released in February.

According to what I just looked up this hasn't been released in the US.

Yes, Moreno was "Violet".
Also, in her last nationally known TV performing role, Dolly's sister Rachel Dennison played her character (a great deal more toned down, IIRC).
And Jean Marsh played the snitch! What's really sad about this is that she said that she was actually paid more for being a supporting character on this rather forgettable US sitcom than she'd been paid by BBfor developing, writing,producing and starring in 'Upstairs, Downstairs'!:eek:

The "STAR TREK" series was supposed to be pretty good, though. Most of the shows actors did the voices of their animated counterparts, and sometimes they used film footage from the show and just traced over it. And a lot of the episodes were written by the same writers from the show, including David Gerrwald who wrote the classic episode "The trouble with tribbles" (his contribution to the animated series was a sequel to that, called "More tribbles, more trouble") and Harlan Ellison who wrote the award-winning episode "The city on the edge of forever".

I remember watching it as a kid on Saturday mornings.

Whats Happening was a spin-off of Cooley High

Tremors(short-lived on the SciFi Channel)

Toxic Crusaders- from Toxic Avenger

Starman(Robert Hays in the Jeff Bridges role)

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What about Uncle Buck?

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off

I already did a whole article on this, so rather than repeat myself I will share the link if you're curious what I thought about this awful series.

http://nostalgiarush.blogspot.com/2013/02/sitcom-graveyard-ferris-bueller.html

The Courtship of Eddie's Father

I hated this show, and that's all I have to say about it. Oh, ok. It starred Bill Bixby as a single father and basically the premise was that the kid keeps trying to set his father up with women. Kind of like Sleepless in Seattle I guess. I just could not get into this show, but I respect Bill Bixby and the series did have a healthy run. The movie starred Glen Ford and Ron Howard.

The Bad News Bears

This may be one of the first. The Bad News Bears was a quirky baseball movie starring Walter Mathau. It's ok, I think I saw it once. The series is pretty much the same premise, coach of a bumbling group of junior high schoolers. It had potential and did manage two seasons but multiple time slot changed caused people to lose interest fast.

Working Girl

Yes, this happened. Working Girl was a little comedy movie in 1988 which I actually liked. Sure, it's cliche today but I can't hold that against the film. What I can hold against it is the pitiful excuse for TV series that was developed from it. Starring a young Sandra Bullock and Nana Visitor, it was a bland office comedy that looked like every other office comedy out there. At least they were smart enough to use "Let The River Run" as the theme song, since that is the only way this would even remotely feel like the movie. Sorry but Sandra Bullock is no Melanie Griffith

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

I direct you to the TV Trash episode all about the awful show. Long story short, Bill & Ted's was a silly and yet enjoyable movie. The TV series, wasn't. This came after the animated series which was decent. Let's just say this show was hated by all, even the people who starred in it! This is actually a good example of what is wrong with many of these examples, not understanding the original actors and/or source material!

Dirty Dancing

I don't believe it either. At least most of these sort of make sense, who thought this would work? Hey Fame was a hit, right? Well yeah but Fame had a premise that easily lent itself to a series. Dirty Dancing?? I don't remember this one at all, of course I didn't care about the movie in those days (I have seen it and liked it since). Not much else to say, the show didn't last very long at all. Why would it? It was the movie stretched over several episodes.

Look Who's Talking (Baby Talk)

Sometimes it seems like everything is trying to keep a show from being created. And then it does finally air...and sucks. Look Who's Talking was a surprise hit movie, with John Travolta and Bruce Willis as the voice of the baby. So why not do a series? First Connie Selleca quit. Then George Clooney quit (smart man). Then the show aired with Julia Duffy. And was awful, critics HATED it! A retooling brought in a whole new premise and Mary Page Keller and Scott Baio. It was better but by then everyone had lost interest. Oh, and the voice of the baby was provided by Tony Danza in the series which wasn't so bad. Thank goodness for TGIG because this show kind of fit in there, and yet it still only managed one full season.

9 to 5

I freaking adore this movie! It is absolutely one of my favorite comedies of all time! Dolly Parton, Lily Tomlin, and Jane Fonda were brilliant and you don't have to be a woman to appreciate a premise of hating your boss and wishing you could punish him. So why not make it a series! Yeah, it didn't work. The big problem with this show was the casting, they just couldn't find the right actors to play these characters and it fell apart. Also they watered down the boos so rather than be a callous jerk he was just a bumbling buffoon. This show did pull itself together and managed to have a decent syndicated run.

Parenthood

You may think I am referring to the hit NBC drama, but actually I am talking about the 1990 series which was short lived. Yeah, this was adapted twice. The 1990 version starred Ed Begley Jr and wasn't all bad. Truth is I am not sure why it didn't catch on, I watched it and liked. It did follow the basic premise of the film and the characters were all there. I am glad the new series worked though I have stopped watching it. NBC did a horrible marketing tactic that year, premiering shows before the official premiere. They showed the pilot episodes a few weeks early, and then again when they were supposed to air. This basically gave people a chance to watch the competitions show since they had already had a "sneak preview" of the first episode. They did it with five shows, all were cancelled fast. I think NBC learned a big lesson that season.

Uncle Buck

This silly little John Candy movie was a moderate hit, and introduced the world to Macaulay Culkin. The premise was simple, singe slob brother in law has to babysit. Then the series came along, and right from the start it sucked. Why? Because the premise was changed to uncle has to raise the kids because parents were killed off. Even worst? Kevin Meaney was in the lead, and he is no John Candy. It also had crude comedy, well crude for the time anyway. The final nail in the coffin was the tine slot, Friday nights opposite ABC's TGIF lineup. I never did see the series from what I've heard I didn't miss much. I watched the opening on YouTube and it looked more like a SNL parody sketched than a real TV show.

Baby Boom

I hated this movie. Turns out the TV series wasn't very good either. The series starred Kate Jackson and was about a working single mother trying to raise a little girl by herself. Yeah, sounds boring. It was, and it was gone after a few weeks. Why do people think that just setting a show in an office means gold? The reason shows like Mary Tyler Moore and The Office work is because the characters were very fleshed out, and funny. Shows like this and Working Girl apparently never got that.

My Big Fat Greek Wedding

This movie was a surprise hit and I enjoyed it. The TV series was just so, generic. There was nothing special about it, and they watered down the characters. This could have had potential seeing how many actors from the original film reprised their roles. The show was called My Big Fat Greek Life and was a short lived mid season replacement. It should be a study for what makes sitcoms different from movies.

Honey, I Shrunk The Kids

Could Disney have milked this franchise any more? I mean, I liked the first movie. It was fun. But more Movies, a theme park attraction, and yes a TV series. Wow. What's really amazing is that this show actually lasted for a few seasons. What was the premise? Well basically the family have a all sorts of wacky experiments aside from the shrinking machine. Basically anything that serves the plot, from a time machine to a device that swaps minds. Um, if this guy can build all these then how is he not a Nobel price winner? To be fair, this was aimed at kids and with that in mind I can almost forgive it. Not the worst on this list.

Harry and the Hendersons

This lasted three seasons? The movie starred John Lithgow and was about a family who runs into Bigfoot...with their car. They then bring him home, and hijinks ensue! It was totally ridiculous premise and yet somehow it worked. It was charming and funny, and I still remember it. The series was well liked. I guess it was sort of an Alf knock off, and somehow it worked although I never watched it. Thank goodness for syndication.

Yes I left off Weird Science. I really don't know much about either movie or series. Finally, before someone asks I did not mention The Odd Couple because that is really based on a Neil Simon play. I did see the Walter Mathau/Jack Lemmon movie and liked it. of course I am familiar with the TV series which made Jack Klugman and Tony Randall household names. It's a can't miss premise no matter what formate it's in.

http://rowdyc.com/Bill_And_Ted.html

An adaptation of one of 1989’s sleeper hit movies? It wasn’t excellent.

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From “Friday Night Lights” to “Buffy” to “Casablanca.”
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My favorites are Buffy, Alien Nation and Stargate.

TV shows based on movies that I think are cool....... (which doesn't necessarily mean I like or have seen the movies in question- some TV series I think are better than the movies they're based on- some not, of course.)

Ferris Bueller (particularly love this show- saw it before I ever saw the movie)
Fast Times
Uncle Buck
Baby Talk
Back to the Future (cartoon) (a particular favorite for me)
Beethoven (cartoon)
Free Willy (cartoon)
The Mask (cartoon)
Ace Ventura, Pet Detective (cartoon)
Dumb and Dumber (cartoon)
Napoleon Dynamite (cartoon)
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series (cartoon)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (cartoon)
Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (live action)
Delta House
Parenthood (1990 series; 2010 series is based on it too)
Blue Thunder
Weird Science
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (definitely one of my favorites)
Godzilla Island (cartoon)
Godzilla ('70s cartoon)
Godzilla: The Series ('90s cartoon)
Friday Night Lights
Star Wars: Droids (cartoon)
Star Wars: Ewoks (cartoon)
Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003 cartoon)
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 cartoon)
Star Wars: Rebels (2014 cartoon)
Spaceballs (cartoon)
Highlander
Highlander: The Raven
Highlander: The Animated Series (cartoon)
The Real Ghostbusters (cartoon)
Robocop: The Series
Robocop: Prime Directives (miniseries)
Robocop (cartoon)
Robocop: Alpha Commando (cartoon)
Fantastic Voyage (cartoon)
Father of the Bride
9 to 5
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The New Adventures of Winnie The Pooh (cartoon)
My Big Fat Greek Life
The Mummy: The Animated Series (cartoon)
Stargate SG-1
Stargate: Atlantis
Stargate: Universe
Stargate Infinity (cartoon)
The Net
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Spider-Man (2003 MTV cartoon- based on 2000s Spider-Man movies)
Shaft
Soul Food
Serpico
Rambo: The Force of Freedom (cartoon)
Planet of the Apes
Return to the Planet of the Apes (cartoon)
Problem Child (cartoon)
Private Benjamin
Police Academy: The Series
Police Academy (cartoon) (LOVE this show!)
Please Don't Eat the Daisies
The Little Mermaid (cartoon)
Aladdin (cartoon)
Timon & Pumbaa (cartoon)
Jungle Cubs (cartoon)
101 Dalmatians (cartoon)
Hercules (cartoon)
The Paper Chase
Herbie, The Love Bug
Honey, I Shrunk The Kids: The TV Show (this was a good adaptation of the movies- I like it pretty well)
Harry and the Hendersons
Harper Valley PTA
Gung Ho
The Gary Coleman Show (cartoon)
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir
Fievel's American Tails (cartoon) (LOVE the Don Bluth movies.)
La Femme Nikita
Nikita
Going My Way
In The Heat of the Night
Itsy Bitsy Spider (cartoon) (LOVE this series!)
The Land Before Time (cartoon) (LOVE these movies and cartoon series.)
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (cartoon)
Beastmaster
Beetlejuice (cartoon)
Breaking Away (The TV series starred Shaun Cassidy, who of course also starred as Joe Hardy on "The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries"- and being a big fan of that series and the books they're based on- and because I like cycling anyway- the series is interesting to me. I've seen some of it- nice show.)
Blade: The Series (technically based on a comic book, but the show is directly based on the Blade movies' interpretation of the character.)
James Bond, Jr. (cartoon)
Journey to the Center of the Earth (cartoon) (which is obviously originally from the Jules Verne novel, but this cartoon is based more on the 1959 movie version rather than the book.)
The Karate Kid (cartoon) (LOVE the movies and series.)
The King Kong Show (cartoon)
Cars Toons (cartoon)
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (LOVE this series)
Toy Story Toons (cartoon)
Clueless
Curious George (cartoon)
The Bad News Bears
Back at the Barnyard (cartoon) (LOVE the movie it's based on and the series is fun too.)
Baby Boom
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (one of my favorites)
Are We There Yet?
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (again- technically based on Marvel comics, but using characters directly from recent Marvel movies and tied in with that universe)
Alien Nation
Alice
Alienators: Evolution Continues (aka Evolution: The Series) (cartoon)
Anger Management
Anna and The King
Operation Petticoat
Daktari
Doctor Dolittle (cartoon)
Laurel & Hardy (cartoon)
Abbott & Costello (cartoon)
The Three Robonic Stooges (cartoon)
Dirty Dancing
The Emperor's New School (cartoon)
Extreme Ghostbusters (cartoon)
F/X The Series
Fame (loved watching this when I was younger)
Mighty Ducks (cartoon)
The Magnificent Seven
M*A*S*H
AfterM*A*S*H
Logan's Run
Little Shop (cartoon)
Men in Black: The Series (cartoon)
Monsters vs. Aliens (cartoon)
Lilo & Stitch: The Series (cartoon)
Stitch! (cartoon)
A League of Their Own
Nothing in Common
The Odd Couple
The Outsiders
Street Fighter (cartoon) (originally based on the video games of course, but this cartoon is specifically based on the 1994 live action movie)
Stuart Little: The Animated Series (cartoon)
Sugarfoot
Teen Wolf (1986 cartoon)
Teen Wolf (2011 live action)
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
Timecop
Topper
Toxic Crusaders (cartoon)
Trapper John, M.D.
Tremors
Tron: Uprising (cartoon)
Twelve O'Clock High
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
The Untouchables
Turbo FAST (cartoon)
War of the Worlds
What's Happening!!
What's Happening Now!!
The Wackiest Ship in the Army
Wagon Train


BY FAR- one of the best in my opinion- one of my all time favorites which I think in some ways is even better than the movie (though I love the movie too)- Starman.:) :cool:

(And if I liked horror movies, I would list "Friday The 13th.: The Series" and "Freddy's Nightmares: A Nightmare on Elm Street: The Series"- but I'm not really a fan of the movies or TV series. I am familiar enough with the characters though since they are iconic characters from the '80s. The "Jumanji" cartoon series would kind of go in this category too- not that it's really horror- but though I don't really care for it, I thought it was worth mentioning.)

(And if I liked horror movies, I would list "Friday The 13th.: The Series...

The Friday the 13th tv series has nothing to do with the film franchise.

Still a spinoff in name at least.
However, if you're interested in seeing a Friday The 13th. series that is more connected with the films- check this out (http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/04/24/friday-the-13th-tv-series-in-the-works)!:)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2014/04/25/bad-teacher-can-look-back-at-some-movie-to-tv-shows-for-inspiration-or-a-warning/

From “Clueless” to “Ferris Bueller.”

Good Movies That Became Bad TV Shows (http://www.radiodiscussions.com/showthread.php?482040-Good-Movies-That-Became-Bad-TV-Shows)

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As far as television adaptations of movies go, Delta House, the small-screen version of National Lampoon’s Animal House, had a lot going for it. It was executive-produced by Ivan Reitman and Matty Simmons, who also produced Animal House, its writers included a prolific young National Lampoon wisenheimer named John Hughes, as well as The Player screenwriter/author Michael Tolkin, and the cast was full of Animal House alumni, including Stephen Furst as hapless pledge Flounder, Bruce McGill as D-Day, James Widdoes as Hoover, and most impressively, the great character actor John Vernon as the villainous Dean Wormer.

What Delta House did not have, however, was John Belushi, whose contributions to the film cannot be overstated. Animal House may have been an ensemble film, but Belushi was its heart and soul, its center and core. As if to acknowledge that no one could fill Belushi’s “college” sweatshirt (not even James Belushi), the television show cast Josh Mostel not as John “Bluto” Blutarsky, the role Belushi played in the film, but rather as his lookalike, act-alike brother Jim “Blotto” Blutarsky. In that respect, the overmatched Mostel was a poor substitute for two comedy legends, Belushi and his own father Zero, star of The Producers.

The returning cast members and producers should make Delta House seem more authentic. Instead, it instills a weird sort of cognitive dissonance as familiar faces from the film itself interact with ersatz pretenders occupying the roles of Otter (Tim Matheson in the film, Peter Fox in the show), Pinto (Tom Hulce in the film, Richard Seer in the show), and others.

The John Hughes-written second episode of Delta House (currently the only one currently available on YouTube) begins with a retro theme song from Meat Loaf collaborator Jim Steinman, one of pop culture’s finest purveyors of vaguely Camelot-era schlock, and National Lampoon veteran Tony Hendra, before introducing the episode’s premise. The Deltas are playing a casual game of football when they discover that despite his blimp-like physique and apathy toward anything but consuming mass quantities of food, Blotto is an instinctive football-playing prodigy who punts the ball an impossibly long distance without even trying, though he also kicks it so hard it causes the ball to deflate and land in front of a clearly impressed Michelle Pfeiffer, credited only as “The Bombshell.” We all know that there are no rules preventing donkeys from playing football, but what do the rule books say about kicking balls so hard they bust? We may never know.

Dean Wormer conveniently happens to be staring out his window as the football soars past, and hatches a scheme to force Blotto to play on the varsity team by threatening to send him to military school for his various misdeeds. Vernon is, not surprisingly, the best thing about the show. He takes exquisite, infectious pleasure in language, pouring oily menace and sinister superiority into wonderfully wordy dialogue in which he simultaneously decries and extols Blotto (everyone’s second favorite Blutarsky!) as “That anthropoid down there, that distant cousin of man (who) will save this team from their usual disgrace.”

Blotto is swayed by the dean’s blackmail, but he performs all too well, literally running roughshod over the other team (he’s not only the world’s greatest kicker, he’s also an offensive and defensive dynamo) and sending nearly the entire opposing team to the hospital with injuries of various severity. A conscience-stricken Blotto refuses to play any further, so the fraternity (which is really into winning football games all of a sudden) invokes a surrogate-brother clause and convinces Flounder to pretend to be Blotto and take his place on the field. This leads to a surplus of wacky, football-themed slapstick involving the zany pranksters of Delta House sabotaging the other team, through methods that include convincing Pfeiffer’s “The Bombshell” to distract the other team by taking off her clothes.

In the end, the “surrogate brother” plot ends up feeling like a metaphor for Delta House itself, a cynical and pandering attempt to pass off a shabby imitation as the real thing. Oh sure, Delta House and Animal House may look alike, and have much of the same cast and crew, but there’s a world of difference, quality-wise, between the two, and I write that as someone who finds Animal House kind of racist, sexist, and thoroughly overrated, albeit filled with inspired moments.

I can't stand to see Animal House now. It hasn't aged well.

Of the ones I can remember watching and thought were good:

Weird Science
War Of The Worlds (syndicated, Sci-Fi channel)
The Real Ghostbusters

...and the bad ones which were a lot:
Uncle Buck
Baby Talk
Harry & The Henderson
Police Academy (cartoon and live action series)
Teen Wolf (cartoon)
RoboCop (live action series)

A short-lived 11-episode Blue Thunder on ABC came from the 1983 Blue Thunder film from Columbia/Rastar.

Yeah I remember Uncle Buck the TVs series, I've seen and like Uncle Buck the movie. I wanted to like the sitcom but the actor (Kevin Meaney if I remember) who played Uncle Buck on the TV show (played by John Candy in the movie) just wasn't that good. Although he did have a bit of a resemblance to John Candy.

Ed.

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Parenthood, Fargo and The Odd Couple are among the films to get multiple TV remakes.

How about;

Operation Petticoat

Mister Roberts

Bewitched (a TV version of Bell Book and Candle)

Of the ones I can remember watching and thought were good:

Weird Science
War Of The Worlds (syndicated, Sci-Fi channel)
The Real Ghostbusters

...and the bad ones which were a lot:
Uncle Buck
Baby Talk
Harry & The Henderson
Police Academy (cartoon and live action series)
Teen Wolf (cartoon)
RoboCop (live action series)
The RoboCop series wasn't bad. I agree with you on Police Academy. The cartoon was garbage.

Shane
Hondo
The Cowboys
The Magnicient Seven
Zorro

Forgotten Sitcom Spinoffs Based On Hit Comedy Movies (https://www.looper.com/965874/forgotten-sitcom-spinoffs-based-on-hit-comedy-movies/)

BY ADAM LEVINE/AUG. 15, 2022 5:19 PM EDT

When a movie unexpectedly becomes a big hit, you can bet that Hollywood will try to find more ways to capitalize on it. Sometimes that means merchandising, sometimes it means a sequel, and other times it means a move to television. When adapted to the small screen, these spin-offs can sometimes become big hits themselves, with the likes of "Highlander," "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," and "Stargate" all receiving long-running series that have gone on to become iconic in their own right.

But it's not just genre fare about immortal warriors, vampires, and aliens that get the TV treatment. Sometimes it's something as ordinary as a down-to-Earth comedy. Over the years, plenty of lively laughers have made the leap from the silver screen to the tube. But unlike their high-concept fantasy counterparts, few have ever become classics of their own. Many have been outright failures in fact, with some so awful that they came and went before anyone even noticed. But if you thought we'd let history forget these massive misfires, think again.

From workplace comedies to family sitcoms, we've found more than a dozen comedy spinoffs that you've probably never even heard of. Some probably deserve to stay dead, while others have been resurrected again years later via recent reboots. So let's put the spotlight on our favorite forgotten sitcom spinoffs based on hit comedy movies.

Forgotten Sitcom Spinoffs Based On Hit Comedy Movies (https://www.looper.com/965874/forgotten-sitcom-spinoffs-based-on-hit-comedy-movies/)

Robocop also.

I've never seen any of these.

No one mentioned any of the SNL characters that were made into movies -

the Coneheads
It's Pat
Night at the Roxbury
The Ladies Man
Jack and Jill
Superstar

I'm sure there were others.

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Starman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/starman.htm)

Ferris Bueller (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm)

Blue Thunder (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/bluethunder.htm)

Weird Science (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/weirdscience.htm)

Fast Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fasttimes.htm)

Not really a spin off per se, but there were a lot of similarities between the movie The American President and the t.v. show The West Wing.

Of course, both were written by Aaron Sorkin and had Martin Sheen in them.

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I recently stumbled upon an unaired TV sitcom pilot from the 90s that was based on one of my all-time favorite movies…and somehow I had no idea it was even a thing that happened until 30 years after the fact…and now I am questioning everything about my pop culture knowledge and expertise.

After discovering the said pilot in question…I went down a rabbit hole of awful TV shows attempted by the various networks that were based upon some of the most awesome movies of my childhood and adolescence throughout the late 70s, 80s and 90s.

This video is part one of my list of Awesome Movies that Became Awful TV Shows.

Shows discussed in this video:

The Bad News Bears (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/badnewsbears.htm)

Foul Play (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foul_Play_(TV_series))

Logan's Run (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125326/http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/logansrun.htm)

Serpico (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpico_(TV_series))

Delta House (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/deltahouse.htm)

Stir Crazy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(TV_series))

Private Benjamin (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/privatebenjamin.htm)

Fast Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fasttimes.htm)

Gung Ho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(TV_series))

9 to 5 (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125344/http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/9to5.htm)

Starman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/starman.htm)

RoboCop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(live_action_TV_series))

Uncle Buck (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125227/http://www.jumptheshark.com/u/unclebuck.htm)

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Shows discussed in this video:

The Bad News Bears (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/badnewsbears.htm)

Foul Play (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foul_Play_(TV_series))

Logan's Run (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125326/http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/logansrun.htm)

Serpico (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpico_(TV_series))

Delta House (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/deltahouse.htm)

Stir Crazy (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stir_Crazy_(TV_series))

Private Benjamin (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/privatebenjamin.htm)

Fast Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fasttimes.htm)

Gung Ho (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gung_Ho_(TV_series))

9 to 5 (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125344/http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/9to5.htm)

Starman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/starman.htm)

RoboCop (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RoboCop_(live_action_TV_series))

Uncle Buck (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125227/http://www.jumptheshark.com/u/unclebuck.htm)


LANGUAGE WARNING

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Shows discussed in part two:

Breaking Away (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/breakingaway.htm)

Coming to America (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming_to_America_(TV_pilot))

Down and Out in Beverly Hills (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_and_Out_in_Beverly_Hills_(TV_series))

Dirty Dancing (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/dirtydancing.htm)

Adventures in Babysitting (http://saturdaysleepovers.podwits.com/2017/01/20/adventures-in-babysitting-1987/)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Series/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventures)

Revenge of the Nerds (https://yanrecapsstuff.wordpress.com/2014/11/21/revenge-of-the-nerds-tv-pilot/)

The Outsiders (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125340/http://www.jumptheshark.com/o/outsiders.htm)

Working Girl (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Working_Girl_(TV_series))

Weird Science (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125256/http://www.jumptheshark.com/w/weirdscience.htm)

Honey, I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/honeyishrunkthekids.htm)

Ferris Bueller (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm)

Clueless (https://web.archive.org/web/20140402222324/http://forums.televisionwithoutpity.com/topic/3128204-clueless-the-tv-show/?view=getnewpost)

The Net (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Net_(American_TV_series))

Clerks (https://collider.com/clerks-unaired-live-action-tv-pilot-kevin-smith/)

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Hollywood loves turning hit movies into TV shows, but sometimes the magic just doesn’t translate. In this video, we’re taking a nostalgic deep dive into 15 good movies that inspired bad TV spinoffs. From Dirty Dancing and Ferris Bueller to RoboCop and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, we’ll cover the bizarre, the unnecessary, and the downright cringe-worthy adaptations that fell flat on the small screen.

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I just made a massive two-part video about Awesome Movies from the 70s/80s/90s that were turned into awful TV shows. And while stumbling through my memories -- and doing research -- I came across three TV shows that came from movies…but they didn't fit the Awesome to Awful narrative.

But, I still wanted to talk about them. Two of these titles were ok movies…but awesome TV shows. And one just had such a crazy story behind it that I had to share.

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Get ready to cringe (again) as we dig up ten legendary movies that turned into disastrous failed TV show adaptations that should’ve stayed on the cutting room floor. From deciding to remove all the John Belushi antics of Animal House to bring it to network TV to allowing Baby to stay in the corner on TVs version of Dirty Dancing, these shows prove that lightning rarely strikes twice, especially when you're chasing ratings instead of logic.

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:44.72 - Uncle Buck (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125227/http://www.jumptheshark.com/u/unclebuck.htm)
02:15.76 - Down and Out in Beverly Hills
03:11.42 - Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
04:23.65 - Delta House (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/deltahouse.htm)
05:56.17 - 9 to 5 (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125344/http://www.jumptheshark.com/n/9to5.htm)
07:41.46 - Timecop
08:42.88 - Fast Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fasttimes.htm)
09:38.21 - Dirty Dancing (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/dirtydancing.htm)
10:47.36 - Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/billandted.htm)
11:52.00 - RoboCop


Whether you remember these flops or blocked them out, we’ve got the cringe clips, behind-the-scenes chaos, and sarcastic commentary you’ve come to expect from our deep dives into retro TV.

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From Ferris Bueller without Broderick to the Outsiders with no Rob Lowe, Tom Cruise, or Ralph Macchio, and we could definitely tell. These are 10 of the worst TV shows spawned from great movies. We’re talking botched reboots of Clueless, Working Girl, Dangerous Minds, and even Starman. You’ll see a young Sandra Bullock pre-Speed, George Clooney bailing before things got worse, and Leo DiCaprio doing his best Joaquin Phoenix impression. Also, yes—Tony Danza voices a baby.

Which of these movie adaptations did you watch?


00:00 – Intro
01:01 – Ferris Bueller (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm)
03:55 – Working Girl
06:15 – Parenthood (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125348/http://www.jumptheshark.com/p/parenthood.htm)
08:50 – Clueless (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125247/http://www.jumptheshark.com/c/clueless.htm)
11:04 – The Outsiders (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125340/http://www.jumptheshark.com/o/outsiders.htm)
13:13 – Baby Talk (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/babytalk.htm)
15:46 – Harry and the Hendersons (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125301/http://www.jumptheshark.com/h/harryandthehendersons.htm)
17:59 – Police Academy: The Series
20:14 – Dangerous Minds
21:51 – Starman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/starman.htm)

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Ever seen a bad movie magically transform into a TV show that actually ruled? From the Robert Downey Jr in a teen fantasy sci-fi of Weird Science to the gothic thrills of Poltergeist: The Legacy, we’re counting down seven bizarre film adaptations that somehow worked. This is part three in our Movie-to-TV Adaptations series, and yes—Buffy fans, your girl’s here.

Which of these shows did you binge? Drop a comment on your favorite adaptation.


00:00 - Intro
00:59 - Weird Science — Kelly LeBrock, Robert Downey Jr.
05:07 - Poltergeist: The Legacy — Derek de Lint
08:06 - Alien Nation — James Caan
11:35 - Highlander: The Series — Adrian Paul
15:11 - Tales from the Crypt — John Kassir
19:39 - Stargate SG-1 — Richard Dean Anderson
23:29 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer — Sarah Michelle Gellar, Luke Perry, Kristy Swanson

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Good Bad Flicks looks at more movies that became TV shows.

8 TV Show Adaptations That Were Better Than Their Movie Counterparts (#1 Is A Masterpiece) (https://screenrant.com/tv-show-adaptations-better-than-movies/)

With compelling characters and captivating storylines, these television shows eventually surpassed the feature films that inspired them.

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Remember when Hollywood tried to turn every hit movie into a TV show? This video explores the trend of movie adaptations for television. We'll look at film history and the box office hit. We'll even explore how Hollywood movies, like those based on Stephen King stories, attempted this transition, and what happened to the movie breakdown of success.

10 of the Worst TV Shows That Came From Great Movies

Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
01:38 - The Bad News Bears — Jack Warden / Walter Matthau, Tatum O’Neal
04:15 - The Client — JoBeth Williams / Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones
06:37 - My Big Fat Greek Life — Nia Vardalos, John Corbett
09:16 - Adventures in Babysitting — Sabrina Carpenter / Elisabeth Shue
12:01 - 10 Things I Hate About You — Lindsay Shaw / Heath Ledger, Julia Stiles
14:32 - Blade: The Series — Sticky Fingaz / Wesley Snipes
17:14 - Minority Report — Stark Sands / Tom Cruise
19:58 - Rush Hour — Jon Foo / Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker
22:25 - True Lies — Steve Howey / Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis
24:58 - Private Benjamin — Lorna Patterson / Goldie Hawn, Eileen Brennan

9 Franchise TV Shows Way Better Than The Movies They’re Based On

(https://screenrant.com/franchise-tv-shows-better-movies-based-on/)Some movie TV show spinoffs may be shameless cash-ins, but these series surpass their source material to become the best project in their franchise.

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From Casablanca to Ferris Bueller to My Big Fat Greek Wedding—Hollywood has a long history of taking beloved movies and turning them into forgettable (and sometimes embarrassing) TV shows. In this video, we count down 12 of the worst TV adaptations of great movies, spanning from the 1970s to 2003.

Discover how networks sanitized R-rated comedies for family audiences, replaced iconic stars with forgettable substitutes, and rushed shows to air before audiences were ready. Plus, learn which future A-list stars got their start in these failed productions—including Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, and Patrick Dempsey!

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Introduction
0:53 - #12: Starman (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125314/http://www.jumptheshark.com/s/starman.htm) (1986)
2:27 - #11: Baby Boom (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/babyboom.htm) (1988)
4:02 - #10: Logan's Run (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125326/http://www.jumptheshark.com/l/logansrun.htm) (1977)
5:37 - #9: RoboCop: The Series (1994)
7:06 - #8: The Bad News Bears (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125231/http://www.jumptheshark.com/b/badnewsbears.htm) (1979)
8:31 - #7: Working Girl (1990)
9:55 - #6: Dirty Dancing (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125223/http://www.jumptheshark.com/d/dirtydancing.htm) (1988)
11:42 - #5: Uncle Buck (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125227/http://www.jumptheshark.com/u/unclebuck.htm) (1990)
13:15 - #4: Fast Times (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/fasttimes.htm) (1986)
14:45 - #3: Casablanca (1983)
16:25 - #2: Ferris Bueller (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125219/http://www.jumptheshark.com/f/ferrisbueller.htm) (1990)
18:04 - #1: My Big Fat Greek Life (https://web.archive.org/web/20061031125239/http://www.jumptheshark.com/m/mybigfatgreeklife.htm) (2003)
20:28 - What These Failures Teach Us


📺 TV SHOWS COVERED:

Starman (ABC, 1986-1987)
Baby Boom (NBC, 1988-1989)
Logan's Run (CBS, 1977-1978)
RoboCop: The Series (Syndication, 1994)
The Bad News Bears (CBS, 1979-1980)
Working Girl (NBC, 1990)
Dirty Dancing (CBS, 1988-1989)
Uncle Buck (CBS, 1990)
Fast Times (CBS, 1986)
Casablanca (NBC, 1983)
Ferris Bueller (NBC, 1990)
My Big Fat Greek Life (CBS, 2003)


🎬 MOVIES REFERENCED:
Starman (1984), Baby Boom (1987), Logan's Run (1976), RoboCop (1987), The Bad News Bears (1976), Working Girl (1988), Dirty Dancing (1987), Uncle Buck (1989), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Casablanca (1942), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002)

💬 Question of the Day: Which of these TV adaptations do you remember watching? Let us know in the comments!

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In this video, I look back at '90s films that were turned into animated series... for better or for worse.

▬ Video Chapters ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬


0:00 Intro
1:03 Problem Child
2:58 Beethoven
5:20 Free Willy
8:02 Ace Ventura
10:46 Dumb and Dumber
13:01 The Mask
15:14 Jumanji
16:57 Men In Black
18:48 Godzilla
21:11 Clerks
23:32 The Mummy
25:24 Friday
27:10 Ranking & Conclusion


Remember When is a channel dedicated to obscure nostalgia. If you like it and want me to continue making more videos, please like and subscribe.

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12 TV Shows That RUINED Perfect Movies (What Were They Thinking?)

Did Hollywood really think audiences wouldn't notice? In this video, we are counting down 12 of the most shocking and spectacular TV adaptations that completely ruined beloved classic movies. These are the shows that took iconic, perfectly crafted films, stripped away everything that made them special, handed everything to the wrong people, and somehow expected audiences to simply accept the result.

We cover everything from the catastrophic collapse of My Big Fat Greek Life on CBS, which lost 57% of its audience in just five weeks despite having the original star, original cast, and Oscar-winning producers — to the infamous Ferris Bueller TV show where the new lead actor took a chainsaw to a cardboard cutout of Matthew Broderick in the very first episode. We also look at how RoboCop went from a 92% Rotten Tomatoes R-rated masterpiece to a children's show with anti-drug action figures, how Casablanca — one of the greatest films ever made — became a TV disaster that NBC pulled after just three episodes, and how Dirty Dancing, Bad News Bears, Working Girl, Logan's Run, Starman, Baby Boom, Fast Times, and Uncle Buck all suffered the exact same fate.

What went wrong every single time? Missing star power. Network sanitization. Rushing to capitalize on success. And episodic formats that destroyed the very stories they were trying to tell. But here is the surprising silver lining — Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Patrick Dempsey, and Ray Liotta all appeared in these failed shows before becoming major stars.

If you love movie history, TV history, and Hollywood's most spectacular mistakes, this video is made for you. Watch till the very end to find out which adaptation holds the record for the most dramatic ratings freefall in the entire history of American television.

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9 movies that bombed at the box office or were savaged by critics... only to be reborn as beloved television series. From Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Stargate SG-1, these are the ultimate redemption stories in entertainment history.

Some of Hollywood's biggest flops contained brilliant ideas that just needed the right format. Television gave these failed films a second chance — and the results changed pop culture forever.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 - Introduction
1:51 - #9: The Paper Chase (1973 → 1978-1986)
3:44 - #8: Beastmaster (1982 → 1999-2002)
5:42 - #7: Swamp Thing (1982 → 1990-1993)
8:05 - #6: Friday the 13th: The Series (1980s → 1987-1990)
10:34 - #5: Godzilla: The Series (1998 → 1998-2000)
13:36 - #4: Alien Nation (1988 → 1989-1997)
16:21 - #3: Stargate SG-1 (1994 → 1997-2007)
19:02 - #2: Highlander: The Series (1986 → 1992-1998)
22:10 - #1: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992 → 1997-2003)
25:34 - Conclusion: What These Transformations Teach Us


📺 SHOWS FEATURED:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (WB/UPN, 1997-2003)
Highlander: The Series (Syndication, 1992-1998)
Stargate SG-1 (Showtime/Sci Fi, 1997-2007)
Alien Nation (Fox, 1989-1990)
Godzilla: The Series (Fox Kids, 1998-2000)
Friday the 13th: The Series (Syndication, 1987-1990)
Swamp Thing (USA Network, 1990-1993)
BeastMaster (Syndication, 1999-2002)
The Paper Chase (CBS/Showtime, 1978-1986)


🎬 MOVIES COVERED:

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992) - $16.6M box office, 36% RT
Highlander (1986) - $12.9M worldwide on $19M budget
Stargate (1994) - Critics gave it 1 star despite profits
Alien Nation (1988) - "Miami Vice with Coneheads"
Godzilla (1998) - 20% Rotten Tomatoes, Razzie winner
Friday the 13th (1980) - 22/100 Metacritic
Swamp Thing (1982) - Box office disappointment
The Beastmaster (1982) - Barely broke even
The Paper Chase (1973) - Oscar winner, box office flop

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Just because a movie was a hit doesn't mean it will translate well to a television series. And these awful TV adaptations are all the proof you need.

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Explore how certain TV adaptations of popular films didn’t always live up to fan expectations, even when based on beloved movies featuring actors like Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger. Turning a hit film into a series can be challenging, as it requires expanding the story while staying true to what made the original special.

In this video, we break down 12 TV shows inspired by successful movies that struggled to capture the same magic, why they fell short, and what factors contributed to their reception. A closer look at the risks and challenges of adapting films into long-form television.

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Forgotten sitcoms based on classic movies — from Animal House to Casablanca, Hollywood spent 60 years trying to turn beloved films into weekly TV comedies. Almost every attempt failed spectacularly.

In this video, we count down 11 classic movies that became forgotten sitcoms — including the shows that gave Jennifer Aniston, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Ray Liotta their earliest screen roles. From Delta House (the Animal House TV show that had Michelle Pfeiffer’s credited debut) to the 1983 Casablanca series starring David Soul as Rick Blaine, these are the strangest, shortest-lived, and most doomed adaptations in television history.

Movies covered in this video:


00:00 — Intro: Why M*A*S*H Worked and Everything Else Didn’t
01:43 — #11 Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventures (1992)
02:47 — #10 Baby Boom (1988)
04:07 — #9 10 Things I Hate About You (2009)
05:29 — #8 Fast Times (1986)
06:54 — #7 Uncle Buck (1990)
08:24 — #6 My Big Fat Greek Life (2003)
10:07 — #5 Working Girl (1990)
11:27 — #4 Ferris Bueller (1990)
13:03 — #3 Clerks: The Animated Series (2000)
14:55 — #2 Casablanca (1983)
16:31 — #1 Delta House (1979)
19:14 — Conclusion: The Real Legacy of Failed Sitcoms