List of TV shows made into films

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This is a list of television shows made into films:

Contents 1 Unsorted 2 TV shows that have a movie as a sequel/continuation of the series 3 TV shows that have a movie as a prequel/origin story of the series 4 TV Episode or Pilot released as movie 5 TV shows remade into movies 6 See also

[edit] Unsorted

• Are You Being Served?
• Bottom (movie was Guest House Paradiso)
• Bless This House
• Dad's Army
• Family Guy (Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story is set in the television show’s fictional universe. The television series is referenced as being fictional and having it be portrayed by the actors as themselves. The film is a continuation of that television series.)
• George and Mildred
• The Grove Family (filmed as It's a Great Day)
• Highlander: The Series (exists separate from the television show, until Highlander: Endgame)
• The Likely Lads
• The Little Rascals (technically not a TV show, but a repackaging of Our Gang comedies from the 1930s)
• The Lovers
• Man About The House
• Mr. Bean (film : Bean)
• On the Buses
• Police Squad! (basis for The Naked Gun series)
• Porridge
• Rising Damp
• Steptoe and Son
• Whoops Apocalypse (same writers, mostly different cast and plot)
• Dark Shadows (two movies)

[edit] TV shows that have a movie as a sequel/continuation of the series

• Batman
• Beavis and Butt-head
• Degrassi High
• Doomwatch
• Doug
• DuckTales
• The Fairly OddParents
• Firefly
• The Flintstones
• Goof Troop; A Goofy Movie
• Hey Arnold!
• H.R. Pufnstuf
• Jackass
• The Jetsons
• Kim Possible
• Lizzie McGuire
• McHale's Navy
• The Monkees
• The Munsters
• Monty Python's Flying Circus
• Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (This movie was in an alternate reality from the series. The next season started with a slightly different story.)
• The Muppet Show
• MacGyver
• Mystery Science Theater 3000
• The Pretender
• Rugrats
• The Simpsons
• Sesame Street
• Serenity
• South Park
• SpongeBob SquarePants
• Star Trek: The Original Series
• Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Transformers
• Twin Peaks
• The Wild Thornberrys
• The X-Files
• Yogi Bear

[edit] TV shows that have a movie as a prequel/origin story of the series

• Aqua Teen Hunger Force
• The Powerpuff Girls

[edit] TV Episode or Pilot released as movie

• Battlestar Galactica (TV pilot edited into a big screen release)
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV pilot released as a movie when no networks picked it up)
• Cruel Intentions 2 (straight-to-video, failed TV pilot)
• Mulholland Dr. (failed TV pilot)
• Star Trek: The Motion Picture (planned as pilot for Star Trek: Phase Two, but reconfigured as a film before production began)
• Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie (took place between Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo)
• Twin Peaks (TV pilot released as a movie in Europe)

Many other series have released pilots or edited multi-part episodes as films overseas, including The Greatest American Hero and The X-Files.

[edit] TV shows remade into movies

• 24 (announced)
• The A-Team (scheduled for 2008 release)
• The Addams Family
• Æon Flux
• The Alvin Show (the original 1960's version was remade as Alvin and the Chipmunks)
• The Avengers
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• Bewitched
• The Brady Bunch
• Brimstone and Treacle
• Car 54, Where Are You?
• Charlie's Angels
• Dallas (announced)
• Dragnet
• Dudley Do-Right
• Dukes of Hazzard (see The Dukes of Hazzard (film))
• Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids(See Fat Albert (film))
• Father Knows Best
• Flight into Danger (filmed as Zero Hour!)
• The Flintstones
• The Fugitive
• George of the Jungle
• The Honeymooners
• Inspector Gadget
• I Spy
• Josie and the Pussycats
• The Jetsons Movie(Liveaction)(Possible 2009 release]]).
• Leave it to Beaver
• Lost in Space
• Maverick
• McHale's Navy
• Miami Vice
• Mission: Impossible
• The Mod Squad
• Mr. & Mrs. Smith
• Mr. Bean
• Mr. Magoo
• My Favorite Martian
• Pennies From Heaven
• Police Squad (remade as The Naked Gun)
• Popeye - live action movie based on the cartoon and comics.
• The Quatermass Experiment (remade as The Quatermass Xperiment)
• Quatermass II (remade as Quatermass 2)
• Quatermass and the Pit (remade under the same title)
• Ri¢hie Ri¢h - Live-Action 1995 film based on the comic book and cartoons.
• Rocky and Bullwinkle
• Scooby-Doo
• Scum
• Sergeant Bilko
• The Singing Detective
• Starsky & Hutch
• S.W.A.T.
• The Twilight Zone
• The Untouchables
• The Wild Wild West (remade as Wild Wild West)

[edit] See also

• List of films made into television programs
• List of British sitcoms turned into films
• Movies based on SNL skits