TV Shows Based on Books
Which of these popular and most-rated TV shows based on books (be it fiction or non-fiction) is your favorite?
Note: Miniseries, TV movies and shows based on graphic novels and comics are not included
I know there's plenty of TV shows based on books that were not included, so be sure to tell what TV show is missing here
Note: Miniseries, TV movies and shows based on graphic novels and comics are not included
I know there's plenty of TV shows based on books that were not included, so be sure to tell what TV show is missing here
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- CreatorRobert LevineJonathan E. SteinbergStarsJessica Parker KennedyToby StephensHannah NewFollows Captain Flint and his pirates twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel "Treasure Island."Based on the 1883 Robert Louis Stevenson novel, Treasure Island
- CreatorTerence WinterStarsSteve BuscemiKelly MacdonaldMichael ShannonAn Atlantic City politician plays both sides of the law by conspiring with gangsters during the Prohibition era.Based on the 2002 Nelson Johnson book, Boardwalk Empire: The Birth, High Times, and Corruption of Atlantic City
- CreatorHart HansonStarsEmily DeschanelDavid BoreanazMichaela ConlinF.B.I. Special Agent Seeley Booth teams up with the Jeffersonian's top anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan, to investigate cases where all that's left of the victims are their bones.Based on the Kathy Reichs Temperance Brennan book series
- CreatorHeidi ThomasStarsVanessa RedgraveLaura MainJenny AgutterChronicles the lives of a group of midwives living in East London in the late 1950s to late 1960s.Based on Call the Midwife: A Memoir of Birth, Joy, and Hard Times by Jennifer Worth
- CreatorJames Manos Jr.StarsMichael C. HallJennifer CarpenterDavid ZayasHe's smart. He's lovable. He's Dexter Morgan, America's favorite serial killer, who spends his days solving crimes and nights committing them.Based on the 2004 Jeff Lindsay novel, Darkly Dreaming Dexter
- CreatorRobert DohertyStarsJonny Lee MillerLucy LiuAidan QuinnA crime-solving duo that cracks the NYPD's most impossible cases. Following his fall from grace in London, eccentric Sherlock escapes to New York where his father forces him to live with his worst nightmare - a sober companion, Dr. Watson.Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes book series
- CreatorNahnatchka KhanStarsRandall ParkConstance WuHudson YangA Taiwanese family makes their way in America during the 1990s.Based on the Fresh Off the Boat: A Memoir by Eddie Huang
- CreatorPeter BergStarsKyle ChandlerConnie BrittonZach GilfordA drama that follows the lives of the Dillon Panthers, one of the nation's best high school football teams, and their head coach Eric Taylor.Based on the 1990 Buzz Bissinger book, Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
- CreatorDavid BenioffD.B. WeissStarsEmilia ClarkePeter DinklageKit HaringtonNine noble families fight for control over the lands of Westeros, while an ancient enemy returns after being dormant for millennia.Based on the George R. R. Martin A Song of Ice and Fire book series
- CreatorStephanie SavageJosh SchwartzStarsBlake LivelyLeighton MeesterPenn BadgleyPrivileged teens living on the Upper East Side of New York can hide no secret from the ruthless blogger who is always watching.Based on the Cecily von Ziegesar book series of the same name
- CreatorBryan FullerStarsHugh DancyMads MikkelsenCaroline DhavernasExplores the early relationship between renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter and a young FBI criminal profiler who is haunted by his ability to empathize with serial killers.Based on the 1999 Thomas Harris novel of the same name
- CreatorBrian McGreevyLee ShipmanStarsFamke JanssenBill SkarsgårdLandon LiboironSecrets are just part of daily life in the small Pennsylvania town of Hemlock Grove, where the darkest evils hide in plain sight.Based on the 2012 Brian McGreevy novel of the same name
- CreatorPaul AttanasioStarsRichard BelzerClark JohnsonYaphet KottoAn American police procedural television series chronicling the work of a fictional version of the Baltimore Police Department's Homicide Unit.Based on the 1991 David Simon book, Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
- CreatorBeau WillimonStarsKevin SpaceyMichel GillRobin WrightA Congressman works with his equally conniving wife to exact revenge on the people who betrayed him.Based on the 1989 Michael Dobbs novel of the same name
- CreatorMatthew CarnahanStarsDon CheadleKristen BellBen SchwartzCharming, fast-talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants use every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.Based on the 2005 Martin Kihn book
- CreatorGraham YostStarsTimothy OlyphantNick SearcyJoelle CarterEnforcing his own brand of justice, U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, a strong-willed, quiet law-man haunted by his past, returns to his native town to see that justice is served to those in need.Based on the Elmore Leonard novels Pronto and Riding the Rap
- CreatorDamon LindelofTom PerrottaStarsJustin TherouxAmy BrennemanChristopher EcclestonThree years after the disappearance of 2% of the global human population, a group of people in a small New York community try to continue their lives while coping with the tragedy of the unexplained nature of the event.Based on the 2011 Tom Perrotta novel of the same name
- CreatorHunt BaldwinJohn CovenyStarsRobert TaylorKatee SackhoffLou Diamond PhillipsWalt Longmire is the dedicated and unflappable sheriff of Absaroka County, Wyoming. Widowed only a year, he is a man in psychic repair but buries his pain behind his brave face, unassuming grin and dry wit.Based on Walt Longmire series by Craig Johnson
- CreatorLarry GelbartStarsAlan AldaWayne RogersLoretta SwitThe staff of an Army hospital in the Korean War find that laughter is the best way to deal with their situation.Based on the 1968 Richard Hooker & W. C. Heinz novel of the same name
- CreatorFrank SpotnitzStarsAlexa DavalosLuke KleintankRufus SewellIn a dystopian America dominated by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a young woman discovers a mysterious film that may hold the key to toppling the totalitarian regimes.Based on the Philip K. Dick novel of the same name
- CreatorMichelle AshfordStarsMichael SheenLizzy CaplanCaitlin FitzGeraldDrama about the pioneers of the science of human sexuality whose research touched off the sexual revolution.Based on the 2009 Thomas Maier book of the same name
- CreatorAlex TimbersRoman CoppolaJason SchwartzmanStarsGael García BernalLola KirkeSaffron BurrowsLove, money, ambition and music intertwine in Mozart in the Jungle, a half hour comedic drama that looks at finding yourself and finding love while conquering New York City. A brash new maestro Rodrigo stirs up the New York Symphony as young oboist Hailey hopes for her big chance.Based on the 2005 book, Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs, and Classical Music
- CreatorJason RothenbergStarsEliza TaylorBob MorleyMarie AvgeropoulosSet 97 years after a nuclear war destroyed civilization, when a spaceship housing humanity's lone survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth, hoping to repopulate the planet.Based on the Kass Morgan book series of the same name
- CreatorJenji KohanStarsTaylor SchillingDanielle BrooksTaryn ManningConvicted of a decade-old crime of transporting drug money, ordinarily law-abiding Piper Chapman is sentenced to 18 months behind bars and quickly discovers the realities of life-changing prison time.Based on the 2010 Piper Kerman book, Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison
- CreatorRonald D. MooreStarsCaitríona BalfeSam HeughanSophie SkeltonClaire Beauchamp Randall, a nurse in World War II, mysteriously goes back in time to Scotland in 1743. There, she meets a dashing Highland warrior and gets drawn into an epic rebellion.Based on the 1991 Diana Gabaldon novel of the same name
- CreatorI. Marlene KingStarsTroian BellisarioAshley BensonLucy HaleFour friends band together against an anonymous foe who threatens to reveal their darkest secrets, while also investigating the disappearance of their best friend.Based on the Sara Shepard book series of the same name
- CreatorJanet TamaroStarsAngie HarmonSasha AlexanderJordan BridgesDetective Jane Rizzoli and Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Maura Isles team up to solve crimes in Boston.Based on the Tess Gerritsen book series of the same nam
- CreatorJason KatimsStarsShiri ApplebyJason BehrKatherine HeiglThe lives of three young alien/human hybrids with extraordinary gifts in Roswell.Based on the Melinda Metz Roswell High book series
- CreatorDarren StarStarsSarah Jessica ParkerKim CattrallKristin DavisFour female New Yorkers gossip about their sex lives (or lack thereof) and find new ways to deal with being a woman in the late 1990s.Based on the 1997 Candace Bushnell book of the same name
- CreatorMark GatissSteven MoffatStarsBenedict CumberbatchMartin FreemanUna StubbsThe quirky spin on Conan Doyle's iconic sleuth pitches him as a "high-functioning sociopath" in modern-day London. Assisting him in his investigations: Afghanistan War vet John Watson, who's introduced to Holmes by a mutual acquaintance.Based on the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes book series
- CreatorEmily KapnekStarsJeremy SistoJane LevyCarly ChaikinTessa Altman is used to the big city, but when her dad moves her away, she has to adapt to her new suburban life in Chatswin.Based on the 2011 Linda erin Keenan book, Suburgatory: Twisted Tales from Darkest Suburbia
- CreatorAlan BallStarsAnna PaquinStephen MoyerSam TrammellTelepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse encounters a strange new supernatural world when she meets the mysterious Bill Compton, a southern Louisiana gentleman and vampire.Based on the Charlaine Harris Sookie Stackhouse book series
- CreatorBrian K. VaughanStarsMike VogelRachelle LefevreAlexander KochAn invisible and mysterious force field descends upon the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine, USA, trapping residents inside, cut off from the rest of civilization. The trapped townspeople must discover the secrets and purpose of the "dome" or "sphere" and its origins, while coming to learn more than they ever knew about each other and animals too.Based on the 2009 Stephen King novel of the same name
- CreatorJulie PlecKevin WilliamsonStarsNina DobrevPaul WesleyIan SomerhalderThe lives, loves, dangers and disasters in the town, Mystic Falls, Virginia. Creatures of unspeakable horror lurk beneath this town as a teenage girl is suddenly torn between two vampire brothers.Based on the L. J. Smith book series of the same name
- CreatorJosh AppelbaumAndré NemecJeff PinknerStarsJames WolkKristen ConnollyNonso AnozieA team comes together and searches to find out what's causing a rash of violent animal attacks.Based on the James Patterson book of the same name