18 TV Flops Based on Hit Movies

[icecream]

https://tvline.com/lists/worst-tv-sh...erris-bueller/

[opus]

Very TMC-like

[Alan Brady's Hair]

Maximum 17 episodes:

Shane (1966)
Hondo (1967)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1969)
Anna and the King (1972)
Adam's Rib (1973)
Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice (1973)
The Cowboys (1974)
Planet of the Apes (1974)
Born Free (1974)
Serpico (1976)

[Duster76]

Here's 18 plus a bonus 1 just from the 1960's, the golden era of series based on movies all but the bonus lasted one season or less:

Father of the Bride
Gidget
Going My Way
The Long, Hot Summer
Mister Roberts
No Time for Sergeants
Tammy
Hondo
The Greatest Show on Earth
Fantastic Voyage
Bus Stop
The Asphalt Jungle
Margie
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
My Sister Eileen
Shane
Mr. Lucky (1959-60 TV season)
The Wackiest Ship in the Army

Bonus
The Ghost & Mrs. Muir (this series lasted two seasons, one on NBC canceled, one on ABC canceled

[biffbronson]

Originally Posted by Alan Brady's Hair

Maximum 17 episodes:
Planet of the Apes (1974)

Despite the low number of episodes produced (14), Topps released a trading card set based on this CBS series. The show was a quality production, I can't recall the reasons it failed even though I read discussions on it. Never found its audience, sadly. Roddy McDowall as renegade chimp Galen.