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TMC · 02-25-2016, 04:07 AM

For example:
Bewitched - Bell Book and Candle

Hogan's Heroes - Stalag 17

I Dream of Jeannie - The Brass Bottle

Star Trek - Forbidden Planet

Space 1999 - 2001: A Space Odyssey

The Dukes of Hazzard - Moonrunners

Full House - Three Men and a Baby

The Brady Bunch - Yours, Mine and Ours and With Six You Get Eggroll

Makin' It - Saturday Night Fever

Bosom Buddies - Some Like It Hot

Heroes - Unbreakable

Happy Days - American Grafitti and Fonzie being somewhat inspired by The Lords Of Flatbush

Battlestar Galactica (1978) - Star Wars

The Flash (1990) - Batman (1989)

Daredevil - Batman Begins

McCloud - Coogan's Bluff

Hunter - Dirty Harry

W.E.B. (a very short run show in 1978) - Network

Parker Lewis Can't Lose - Ferris Bueller's Day Off

Brothers and Sisters and Co-ed Fever - Animal House

Lou Grant and The X-Files - All The President's Men (with Kolchak: The Night Stalker thrown in for The X-Files)

Person of Interest - Minority Report

Airwolf - Blue Thunder

Game of Thrones - Lord of the Rings

Sopranos - Goodfellas

Northern Exposure - Local Hero

The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - Back to the Future Part III

Quantum Leap - Heaven Can Wait and Back to the Future

Automan - Tron

Baby Talk - Look Who's Talking

Torgo · 02-25-2016, 08:29 AM

Brisco County came from Carlton Cuse' love of 50s and 60s westerns, and scifi, so he combined the two.
One of its made inspirations was the series The Wild Wild West.

Sal · 02-25-2016, 10:53 PM

The Monkees - A Hard Days Night and Help

Welcome Back Kotter - Cooley High

The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle - No Time For Sergeants

The Real McCoys and The Beverly Hillbillies - The Ma and Pa Kettle series

Get Smart - The James Bond series

Mr Ed - Francis The Talking Mule

If you wish, I could also make a strong case that Gilligans Island is really The Wizard Of Oz in a tropical setting.

TMC · 02-26-2016, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Sal

The Monkees - A Hard Days Night and Help

Welcome Back Kotter - Cooley High

The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle - No Time For Sergeants

The Real McCoys and The Beverly Hillbillies - The Ma and Pa Kettle series

Get Smart - The James Bond series

Mr Ed - Francis The Talking Mule

If you wish, I could also make a strong case that Gilligans Island is really The Wizard Of Oz in a tropical setting.

What's Happening!! was originally going to be a direct TV adaptation of Cooley High. But from what I've gathered, the network felt that the setting was too grim (and I guess that there was already Good Times as the resident "Chicago ghetto sitcom" of the day). So instead of a one camera sitcom set in '60s era Chicago, What's Happening! as it ultimately became, was turned into a three camera sitcom set in modern day Los Angeles.

The White Shadow was also apparently, inspired bu Cooley High.

Torgo · 02-26-2016, 09:42 AM

Automan - TRON

Tales Of The Gold Monkey - Only Angels Have Wings (1939), the series was greenlighted after the success of Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

myowndrownedworld · 02-26-2016, 10:13 AM

Bewitched was actually inspired by I Married a Witch, not Bell Book and Candle.

Torgo · 02-26-2016, 01:21 PM

The creators of the British scifi themed sitcom Red Dwarf said the John Carpenter scifi comedy Dark Star was one of their main inspirations.

Tubehead · 02-26-2016, 03:37 PM

limitless tv show was inspired by the movie limitless!!

Torgo · 02-26-2016, 03:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Tubehead

limitless tv show was inspired by the movie limitless!!

That's an official spin-off. The OP is talking about show unofficially inspired by movies.

Torgo · 02-26-2016, 04:23 PM

The Dukes Of Hazzard - Moonrunners (1975)

Though Dukes might be considered a remake considering:

There's an Uncle Jesse, there's a Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane, and Wayland Jennings does on Moonrunners what he later did on the Dukes Of Hazzard.

robyrob · 02-27-2016, 12:35 PM

although the success of American Graffiti led to it getting picked-up as a series, the Happy Days pilot was actually produced before the movie was made, and aired (February 25, 1972) as an episode of Love, American Style before the movie was released (August 2, 1973).

02-25-2016, 04:07 AM	#1
TMC Member Forum Idol Join Date: Jan 09, 2001 Posts: 124,545	Television shows that were unofficially inspired by films For example: Bewitched - Bell Book and Candle Hogan's Heroes - Stalag 17 I Dream of Jeannie - The Brass Bottle Star Trek - Forbidden Planet Space 1999 - 2001: A Space Odyssey The Dukes of Hazzard - Moonrunners Full House - Three Men and a Baby The Brady Bunch - Yours, Mine and Ours and With Six You Get Eggroll Makin' It - Saturday Night Fever Bosom Buddies - Some Like It Hot Heroes - Unbreakable Happy Days - American Grafitti and Fonzie being somewhat inspired by The Lords Of Flatbush Battlestar Galactica (1978) - Star Wars The Flash (1990) - Batman (1989) Daredevil - Batman Begins McCloud - Coogan's Bluff Hunter - Dirty Harry W.E.B. (a very short run show in 1978) - Network Parker Lewis Can't Lose - Ferris Bueller's Day Off Brothers and Sisters and Co-ed Fever - Animal House Lou Grant and The X-Files - All The President's Men (with Kolchak: The Night Stalker thrown in for The X-Files) Person of Interest - Minority Report Airwolf - Blue Thunder Game of Thrones - Lord of the Rings Sopranos - Goodfellas Northern Exposure - Local Hero The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. - Back to the Future Part III Quantum Leap - Heaven Can Wait and Back to the Future Automan - Tron Baby Talk - Look Who's Talking

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Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,017	Brisco County came from Carlton Cuse' love of 50s and 60s westerns, and scifi, so he combined the two. One of its made inspirations was the series The Wild Wild West.
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Sal Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Jul 20, 2001 Location: Oakville, Ont. Canada Posts: 6,152	The Monkees - A Hard Days Night and Help Welcome Back Kotter - Cooley High The Andy Griffith Show and Gomer Pyle - No Time For Sergeants The Real McCoys and The Beverly Hillbillies - The Ma and Pa Kettle series Get Smart - The James Bond series Mr Ed - Francis The Talking Mule If you wish, I could also make a strong case that Gilligans Island is really The Wizard Of Oz in a tropical setting.
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02-26-2016, 09:42 AM	#5
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,017	Automan - TRON Tales Of The Gold Monkey - Only Angels Have Wings (1939), the series was greenlighted after the success of Raiders Of The Lost Ark.

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myowndrownedworld Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jul 27, 2014 Posts: 102	Bewitched was actually inspired by I Married a Witch, not Bell Book and Candle.

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Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,017	The creators of the British scifi themed sitcom Red Dwarf said the John Carpenter scifi comedy Dark Star was one of their main inspirations.

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Tubehead Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Feb 12, 2007 Location: chattanooga.tn Posts: 5,139	limitless tv show was inspired by the movie limitless!!

02-26-2016, 04:23 PM	#10
Torgo Omaha & Fritz Forum Star Join Date: Mar 06, 2004 Location: Oregon Posts: 19,017	The Dukes Of Hazzard - Moonrunners (1975) Though Dukes might be considered a remake considering: There's an Uncle Jesse, there's a Sheriff Rosco P Coltrane, and Wayland Jennings does on Moonrunners what he later did on the Dukes Of Hazzard.