Talk:List of films made into television programs

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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)

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)

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)

[edit] 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)