TV adaptations
Shows from books
TV adaptations are television series or films based on source material from another medium—typically novels, comics, video games, or films.
The term usually implies transformation rather than simple reproduction: a book becomes a miniseries, a movie franchise spawns a streaming show.
The TV adaptation took liberties with the original story.
Success often hinges on how faithfully the adaptation honors its source while exploiting television's episodic format.
- comic booksIllustrated periodical narratives
- novelsExtended prose fiction
- playsStaged dramatic works
- pilotOne who steers aircraft
- pilot episodeFirst episode testing viability
book to screen · screenwriting · casting · fan casting · short stories · twist · season finale · films · drama · localization · ratings · video games · miniseries · limited series · showrunner · directing · binge · binge watching
- Shakespeare productionsGlobe Theatre, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, screen adaptations, touring productions
- story adaptationsmodern retellings, children's versions, abridged editions, graphic novels, audiobooks
- teen mediateen dramas, teen magazines, streaming series, BookTok, Wattpad
- adaptationsfilm adaptations, stage adaptations, novel adaptations, dramatization, live action remake
- television drama topicsplot twists, cliffhangers, character arcs, showrunners, screenwriting
- children's booksfairy tales, nursery rhymes, picture books, bedtime stories, Harry Potter
TV adaptationsoriginal works
Uncopied creative productions
source material · source texts · primary sources · primary texts · first editions
TV adaptationsfilm adaptations
Movies based on books
theatrical adaptations · stage adaptations · radio adaptations