Talk:List of television programs based on films

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I believe Logan's Run and Planet of the Apes each ran for one season. I seem to recall that The Ghost and Mrs Muir was quite a successful sitcom in the 1960s, running for at least 2 seasons, based on a movie from at least a decade earlier. Lee M 18:55, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Peyton Place was previously listed as "Unknown" rather than "Successful". You've gotta be kidding. It ran for 514 episodes! Lee M 19:00, 29 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Hey! Some of us youn'uns may NOT have been around for the whole run of the series, okay...How the heck are we supposed to know? :) jengod 19:09, Mar 29, 2004 (UTC)

Um, I dunno...look it up in an online encyclopedia? ;-) Lee M 01:13, 1 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Snerk. :) ~j

I dont like the arrangement of "successful" and "short lived" : it seems quite POV. "Successful", as applied to the list as it stands, seems rather arbitrary. If "Successful" refers to longevity, then I have a real problem with some of these: I recall, "Clueless" was a "blink and you missed it" series, as was "Honey I Shrunk[sic] the Kids", but if I moved them, I'd probably start the mother-of-all-edit-wars-that-don't-involve-German-names-of-towns-in-Poland. I think it should go back to a straightforward alphabetical listing, perhaps with years that the show ran. Dukeofomnium 15:47, 1 Sep 2004 (UTC)

That seems fine, although some entries may need further detail. We'll cross that bridge when we get to the appropriate German-named-town-in-Poland. :) jengod 19:04, Sep 1, 2004 (UTC)

Where's the line between short-lived and successful?

How long does a TV show have to run to be considered successful? Two years? Three? Would it be better to just have a single list, and add the years (as in "1998-2002") for each? Then people could decide for themself.

I'm all of that. I just added War of the Worlds, but wasn't sure as to whether it should be short-lived since it ran for two seasons, but I know that the series can't be placed under sucessful since it didn't reach a Buffy the Vampire Slayer level of success. It seems a bit too troubling to have to be specific with something that should be fairly clear and simple. I mean, look at Tremors - what does it mean "unknown"? What's unknown, the series' run? The level of success? Differentiating between the two subjects seems pointless. --Bacteria 15:27, 19 July 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I don't like it either. Myself, I would prefer to differentiate between the series what follow the events of the movie (like Stargate SG-1) and therefore are sequels of it, and the ones who are remakes of the movie. I have time to implement it, if nobody opposes. -- Andromeda 01:07, 6 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Unclassified shows

Under the new format, does anyone know where Barbershop: The Series and Party Girl would fit? I'm not familar enough with either series to know whether they are sequels or remakes. --Bacteria 07:53, 23 August 2005 (UTC)[reply]

I hope it's okay to move this to "inc-video", regular "Incomplete lists" is very crowded.--T. Anthony 07:18, 22 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Nick of Time & 24

Might the TV Series 24 count as a remake of the movie Nick of Time (John Badham, 1995)? Plot device of both (re 24 at least the first series): bad guys kidnap a man's daughter and tell him they will murder her if he does not assasinate some politician for them. Artistic device of both: the story unfolds in 'real time' (1.5 hours in the movie, 24 hours in the TV series). I don't know if there's any formal connection/agreement between the producers of the two.

It's interesting, but unless there's a clear and conscious connection, such as re-using a character, or a citation from the producers, it shouldn't be included here. --Bacteria 21:19, 1 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Godzilla

I am taking off Godzilla as that has a long history of it being released as movies themselves and the 1998 film is a remake of the 1954 original —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Willirennen (talk • contribs) 12:39, 1 May 2007 (UTC).[reply]

Sit Down, Shut Up

Why is Sit Down, Shut Up included on this list if this list is of TV shows that were based on movies? If Sit Down, Shut Up was a movie, it's article needs to state that, if not, it needs to be removed. I'll check back this weekend and delete it if no one objects unless the changes are made before then. Bhall87 (talk) 19:36, 30 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Okay, deleting Sit Down, Shut Up for not being a movie. Bhall87 (talk) 21:14, 3 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Star Trek

Star Trek should not be on this list in any form. The original property that was successful was a TV show, Star Trek, not the movie series. What's the point of this list if it's going to include things that are not TV shows based on films, but TV shows based on TV shows that were also separately adapted to films?