Top 15 BAD TV Shows BASED on Your Favorite Movies | Worst Famous Films-to-TV Adaptations 1970s & 80s

[@GENXPERIENCE]

This is great fun. YOu're going to love it. But you may not love that I ACCIDENTALLY called John Belushi, Jim. That is tragic, but just a slip of the tongue. You know what I meant, lol. Thanks for watching. There are so many more, if you know any of these from GEN X, let us all know.

[@RobertKonigsberg]

Good catch!

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

I thought you meant to call John Jim because you were talking about Josh Mostel playing Bluto's brother and that Jim Belushi must not have been available at the time. Or did you make the "mistake" somewhere else in the video?

[@BigAL68xyz]

Also, the Fast Times movie came out in 1983, not 1986. I think the series was in 1986.

[@brianthomas2434]

As you said ,this is not a new phenomenon. When I was a kid (born 1954) I was aware of shows based on "The Thrd Man", "The Thin Man", "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington ", "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir ", "Please Don't Eat the Daisies ", "The Whackiest Ship in the Army" and doubtless hundreds of other one season wonders I can't remember. Of the few successes, there was "Peyton Place " done as a Prime Time soap, airing several nights a week. It introduced the world to Mia Farrow and Ryan O' Neal. Speaking of Mr. O'Neal he and his daughter Tatum starred in "Paper Moon". Came time for the inevitable doomed series neither was available. So a young Jody Foster played the Tatum role. (Which reminds me of the odd series version of cult movie "Baghdad Cafe". The film featured C.C.H. Pounder and German actress Marianne Sagebrecht. The series starred Whoopi Goldberg and Jean Stapleton. Probably the only time the TV actors were more famous than the film counterparts!) I was fascinated to learn some of these were successful. You didn't mention "Clueless "which lasted several seasons with a Canadian clone of Alicia Silverstone and the original Dionne. Thanks for an enjoyable and educational video.

[@Attmay]

Let’s face it: if John Belushi hadn’t died, he would’ve ended up a sitcom dad, too.

[@ThatJohnKillion1970]

G-rated TV adaptations of R-rated movies never work.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Exactly

[@bdbeatle1]

I like your video and the great commentary! I did like the entire Planet Of The Apes franchise and own the TV series on DVD.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I appreciate it. Trying to be relaxed documentarian with fun. Of course, I loved POA TV show, too.

[@matthewhood7844]

One of the weird things about the Fast Times tv show was that they got Ray Walston back as Mr. Hand but totally changed his character.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Probably another neutered for TV thing.

[@laustcawz2089]

He'd been so relentlessly associated with his TV martian role for so long that I'm not at all surprised that he wanted so much to be associated with a different character. He'd already proven many times over how versatile & talented he was, but the public just wanted to remember him for certain roles.

[@brianthomas2434]

Not unusual. If you think about it the characters in the TV "M.A.S.H." were for the most part different from their Altman counterparts.

[@Attmay]

He had to give up a recurring role as Erin Gray‘s uncle on *Silver Spoons* to do to this show when it was ultimately canceled, and when *Silver Spoons* came back for what turned out to be it’s last season, it was in syndication, so they couldn’t afford him anymore, apparently.

[@westzed23]

The "9 to 5" TV series had Jane Fonda on the production board which I think is why it was better made than other shows based on movies.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

YOu are correct. By by the end of the 2nd season, she was out. That may have been why so many changes. But still lasted 5 years.

[@Attmay]

It had to go to first-run syndication to do it, and by that time, there was a completely new cast, and it switched from being shot on film to being shot on tape. It wasn’t terrible, but it was never going to match the original film. It’s interesting as sort of a female-centric prototype of *The Office.* I’m sad Fox basically buried it after it went off the air and Disney has not changed that. One of the original movie cast members had already committed to another show: Marian Mercer was on *It’s a Living,* which already was a show about working women before this and even about a month before the movie premiered.

[@LUVBOTZ]

You know your Ferris Bueller show is bad when the Ferris Bueller rip off show is more successful.

[@PrincessofPower84]

This! And they actually paid respect to the source material instead of trying to declare it as "superior".

[@TheHAM1980]

Discovered your channel today, excellent content, keep it coming sir! ❤

[@GENXPERIENCE]

This is what I need...such a positive comment. One that is kind and sincere. Thank you and I do hope you enjoy.

[@MADWORLD1427]

You forgot to mention Foul Play, the 80's version of the `1978 Goldie Hawn/Chevy Chase movie, that starred Barry Bostwick and Deborah Raffin, I think it lasted half a season, which was half a season too long!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

NO, NO, Noooooooooooooooooooo. That is one of my favorite films..Had NO IDEA they bastardized it with a TV show. Thanks. I am still going to look it up.

[@homelesshannah50]

LOL

[@ZavaXavier]

Foul Play one of my favorite comedy I also like Foul Play TV series with one of my favorite actors Barry Bostwick and one of my favorite the beautiful late great actress Deborah Raffin never missed an episode even it was short lived.

[@westzed23]

​@@GENXPERIENCEI'm like you, I had no idea they made a TV series out of Foul Play. I'm unsure about checking it out. Will I weep?

[@Attmay]

That was how Paramount made up to him for replacing him with John Travolta in *Grease:* by letting him replace Chevy Chase. But Deborah Raffin is no substitute for Goldie Hawn. Was Ruth Buzzi busy?

[@joeblevins1061]

I was a big fan of the Starman movie and loved the Starman TV show, too. So, yeah, I was crushed when it was canceled.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Thank you for sharing. I had high hopes for the series, and wish it had continued. Still today, Starman the film makes me feel good.

[@angel196989]

same

[@travislogerwell2675]

Me too! I wish they had continued with the series and had a better ending to it.

[@ZavaXavier]

I remember when Starman premiere I was very sick my Mom and other family members wanted me to go to the hospital I didn't want to until I see the shows premiering on ABC that night I love Starman Robert Hayes one of my favorite actors did a great job.

[@geraldboschert4205]

What about Breaking Away, didn't they make a a bad series out of that. It stared Shawn Cassidy if I'm remembering correctly. Great video.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I thoroughly enjoyed that movie, BUT had no idea it went to TV. Thanks for letting me know...and for the compliment.

[@ZavaXavier]

I like both the film and the TV series.

[@parodyerrorfilms7722]

I reviewed Benji Zaxx and the Alien Prince on my channel. I remember seeing in the syndicate version in 1985... but it is a half remembered fever dream until I found the DVDs.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

lol. Amazing. I love that you caught in 85, but yeah, I'd have to see the DVDs to job my memory.

[@parodyerrorfilms7722]

@@GENXPERIENCE I was maybe four or five at the time. If I remember correctly syndicated version was- as pretty common at the time- part of a repackage show. Each 25 minute episode was chopped up so you would get about 5 minutes a day plus a recap. I don't know if it was a Hanna Barbera or Mulberry Street repackaging. Though I do remember a bunch of kids would introduce segment usually from the most early 80s set imaginable, but sometimes from various locations, usually a science center, or a zoo, or something.

[@prc789]

Not only did I watch Planet of the Apes, I even had the dolls, I mean ACTION FIGURES, of Galen and Dr Zaius. I also had all the books of the films as well. A fun part of my childhood here in the UK.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

To be honest, Planet of the Apes TV show was a lot of fun. We had the toy figures, too. It is here because it only got 14 episodes in one season (short lived for the US).

[@dietrichess9997]

I had stayed up late with my Dad to watch all the movies, as they came on tv. I became obsessed with Planet of the Apes. I had most of the toys, and all the trading cards, which were based on the tv series, but I hadn't seen the tv series at that point. This made the trading cards confusing for me. I recall wondering why Cornelius was called Galen, and why Ursus was called Urko. @@GENXPERIENCE

[@BroadwayGuy]

Poor Kate Jackson-- in a TV dumpster fire after successes in "Charlie's Angles" and "Scarecrow & Mrs. King".

[@GENXPERIENCE]

And I loved her too.

[@katemaloney4296]

I am so glad that I was either working or stationed overseas so I was blessed to have no memory of any of these dumpster fires.

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

Amazingly, one of the writers on Delta House was the late, great John Hughes. Having been a writer for National Lampoon, Hughes transitioned from writing for the magazine to writing for this TV show. He also wrote an unused draft for Jaws 3 when it was going to be a comedy directed by Joe Dante (The Howling, Gremlins) called Jaws 3, People 0. Having read it, I can tell you we dodged a bullet with that one. Hughes, of course, would go on to write Vacation, Mr. Mom and write, direct, produce a string of highly successful films ranging from Sixteen Candles to Home Alone.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It was a nice idea, and knowing John was on Delta House, he probably did his best with TV. But Hughes was so successful, AND ICONIC, with his stories in film. Thank you for filling me in.

[@ZavaXavier]

I remember John Hughes was one of the writers for National Lampoon Magazine. and did Delta House from a magazine I read or from the documentary I like that sitcom Delta House and the other ones. I'm glad Jaws 3 wasn't a comedy that sounds very disturbing.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

I remember some of these, at least as when they were advertised. The one that catches me off guard is GUNG HO. I remember the film, as I almost went to it first run, but it seemed like it only ran two weeks. I never deemed that one worthy of a TV spin off in the first place.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

And I saw Gung HO in theaters, YIKES. I agree, why is that a TV show?

[@homelesshannah50]

Yeah that movie came and went it was so pointless cause that movie was a low point for Michael Keaton

[@ZavaXavier]

I remember watching the pilot of Gung-Ho while I was very sick I like it.

[@Attmay]

They also did a TV version of the movie *Nothing in Common* with Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason. Who wanted that?

[@Attmay]

Because ABC canceled Lucille Ball’s show after 8 weeks and passed on a potential *Webster* spinoff called *Almost Home* with Mac Davis and Norman Fell. Bob Iger was at ABC at the time in a pretty high position, but the actual programmer was a guy named Brandon Stoddard. He was basically the anti-Tartikoff.

[@melissacooper8724]

Odd thing is that now we had movies that were based on TV shows instead of the other way around!

[@CrashPK77]

Ok, I'm gonna confess...i LOVED the Planet of the Apes show...and the cartoon. I'm not proud. Don't judge me.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

lol....well, I guess I can say they weren't up to par...but the live action show was MY CUP OF TEA, too

[@3DJapan]

Bill & Ted was the first thing I thought of.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Terrible, huh?

[@Attmay]

I wasn’t too crazy about the original movies, to tell you the truth.

[@DiarraHarris]

They tried "Uncle Buck" again in the 2010s(?). It had Mike Epps in the role. It got cancelled even faster.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I saw that in my research....guess it just isn't going to work, lol.

[@Attmay]

John Candy made that movie work, so any attempt to do it without him was doomed to failure.

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Napoleon Dynamite Rush Hour Friday Spaceballs (Never Saw It but It looks awful) School Of Rock (Terrible Nickelodeon Sitcom) RoboCop (Burn It To The Ground)

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Ha ha ha. BOy there were so many more, huh? Some of those are little more modern, but still never as good as the film. Thanks for sharing.

[@mikez.6309]

I remember Bad News Bears did one. Starred Jack Warden (grandpa from Problem Child(s), 7th Heaven's Catherine Hicks, and 5 yr old Corey Fieldman.......goes on....

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I remember that having so many, it got convoluted.

[@Attmay]

They did a *Problem Child* cartoon without him.

[@FreddyKurganNimmo]

In regards to tv series spinoffs that were surprisingly good, I'd say that The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, Highlander: The Series, and Buffy The Vampire Slayer are 3 of the BEST examples from the '90s👍 I actually rather enjoyed Planet Of The Apes: The Series and Delta House😉 I'm surprised you didn't mention A Nightmare On Elm Street: The Series - Freddy's Nightmares or RoboCop: The Series🤔

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I agree as YIJ and Buffy were done quite well, and liked. I think as the 90s went along there were some better ones for sure. I liked POA too, but it just got cancelled with one season, sadly. I didn't mention Nightmare because with 2 full seasons, it wasn't a bad anthology series, I liked it.

[@ZavaXavier]

​@@GENXPERIENCE I like those series too but some episodes of Freddy's Nightmares was terrible.

[@BigAL68xyz]

Buffy is a prime example of a TV series that outshined its movie original. Perhaps also Stargate SG1 and all its spinoffs.

[@1trushadowclw642]

Agree on the Indiana Jones but maybe on Highlander I ❤ed those movies so much even 4 on 2nd no the show was better than 4. But at least they brought everyone together? in a way 😊

[@TheReverendH]

Did you use my video of the Fast Times opening?!

[@KrazyJoe1701]

“Who could forget Benji, Zax, and the Alien Prince? Absolutely everybody” False. I remember it. I loved that show. I used to watch it every Saturday morning back in the day. My best friend did too. We’ve talked about it. We didn’t know each other back in those days, we met in college, but he was a big fan of that show too. that was a great show.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Uh huh

[@SethLarry]

We never seen anything like those very very bad dome T .V . Show ,,,wast of are time ,,,,,

[@bartlester591]

I believe Logan’s run is on Tubi

[@angel196989]

it is

[@ZavaXavier]

Tubi shows alot if my favorite series/ shows/sitcoms of the past I watched like Logan's Run.

[@angel196989]

Starman and Logan's Run were the 2 I really liked the best

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Starman could have gone on longer, for sure.

[@angel196989]

@@GENXPERIENCE I agree 100%

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

Same, those were exactly the two I liked. I know I watched the Planet of the Apes show probably in reruns (was it on during the day?) but I was so young, I really have no memory of it besides that I liked it and loved Roddy McDowell the best. But Logan's Run had a big impact on making me a scifi fan.

[@Scotty-Z70]

i liked Benji, Zaxx, and the Alien Prince. Also, i'm currently watching STARMAN....great series. I watched it when it first aired. fond memories. I knew about the Planet of the apes cartoon, but not the tv show. i should get around to Logan's run and ....Westworld? never saw any of the shows. loved the movie as a kid, and thought it inspired FEMBOTS for Bionic woman.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Hmmm, I think Logan's Run and Bionic Woman came out same year, so hard to tell.

[@Scotty-Z70]

@@GENXPERIENCE oh I meant the west world influence on the Fembots. Wasn’t Wedt World many years before?

[@dstu322]

I remember watching the Weird Science series, it was actually fun to watch. Kind of like a modern day I Dream of Jeanie

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Surprisingly had some good production value, too.

[@Skaramine]

Both Starsky and Apes AND the cartoon were appointment TV for young me. The same for Logan's Run.

[@Skaramine]

Also, Planet of the Hutch was actually set 500 years before Taylor's landing - which was why the humans could still talk. Zaeus was the movie version's ancestor.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Although I called the POA humans Starsky & Hutch, I also was thrilled to catch ALL of those named on TVs. Sadly they only made the cut due to them getting canned, but they were the most fun.

[@Skaramine]

@@GENXPERIENCE I know, but I enjoyed making the puns, especially since the Mego figures were the same for both shows. 😆

[@erinbrown3744]

C.D. Barnes would also go on to play Spider-Man in the 90s animated series. You probably know, just…thought I’d mention.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

That's awesome. Thank you for watching and sharing that, too.

[@larryheitzman4684]

Out of all of these shows, I think Delta House was the only show that I watched.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

And I felt like it could have been good.

[@Attmay]

Every network tried to capitalize on the success of *Animal House.* Trouble is, I didn’t think the original was as good as the hype led people to believe. Without John Belushi, and with whoever replaced him being at the mercy of network censors, and with cable not being competitive with network TV yet like it be became by the end of the century, these shows were all doomed. If they tried again today, it would be canceled for offending somebody.

[@taker68]

I watched Logan's Run and was surprised later on when I read it lasted only like 14 episodes, when you're a kid it feels like it's on forever. Seeing it later on, boy is it lame. I was excited for Delta House but didn't realize it would be toned down for TV. All I remember was a young lady (was it Pfeiffer?) acting like she was going to take her top off and the guys yelling "take it off!" Did that happen? I saw the Planet of the Apes TV show edited into Tv movies that played in the afternoons on my local station. At first, I thought I'd missed a bunch of Apes films but then realized what it was. Odd how the plot changes to something else at the hour mark.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I have noticed that shows I loved seemed to go on much longer than 1 season. Sad, but there must be something to that.

[@kbramlett6877]

I do not know if NBC owned the USA Network in 1994, but they do now.

[@Attmay]

They did not at the time. They did not get it until they merged with Universal in the 2000s.

[@guybeleeve]

Star man was really good, but I remember being confused because there was a different guy playing him in the tv show. I was a kid at that time and didn’t understand how Hollywood worked. I also had the same thought of “why wait four years later to make a show about Ferris Bueller?” The intro was second hand embarrassment, it was just screaming “hey kids I’m a cool guy.” You did not want to get caught watching that😂. Had no clue that there was a live action Bill and Ted show, but I definitely watched the cartoon. Although it’s not based on a movie, the worst tv show ever has got to be Club Mario. That show was so bad that the producers had the sets incinerated.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I didn't hate it, for sure. But I had similar "Hollywood' Confusion, lol. Plus they had the reusable space sphere too. I think it could have gotten better if they tried harder in a second season.

[@tjh12473]

@Genxxperiennce. Did you realize that TVLINE just posted an article about same topic as of today March 1, 2024? It was release about an hour ago which would be 3:00 pm EST.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I promise I did not have any inside knowledge, NO. Cool

[@tjh12473]

@@GENXPERIENCE I never thought you did. I actually thought they took it from your post or it could just be coincidence.

[@Garch-the-Great]

Sadly, I've seen at least an episode of everything on this list (even the Steel Magnolias pilot, which was dreadful). Both Apes and Logan had some merit, but the problem was that TV wasn't serialized back then.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I don't blame you, I try them all...or most of them. I think I did. Did not see Steel, but I did like POA.

[@Attmay]

Sony is releasing *Steel Magnolias* on UHD and they are actually including that pilot with it!

[@BroadwayGuy]

Censoring/neutering successful R-Rated comedies into G-rated TV Series makes them pointless.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

YOu got that right.

[@josephcooter5763]

Believe me. Fast Times at Ridgemont high DID NOT come out in '86. It came out in '82.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Yup, aware...just said the TV show date by mistake. Oh well.

[@howtube61]

Delta House aired on Saturday nights on ABC. It never aired on Sundays.

[@Skaramine]

Joy Behar was employed, but she ain't never worked. Okay, I'll see myself off. 😂

[@GENXPERIENCE]

LOL, I'll go with that.

[@dhenderson1810]

I thought that she was a singer, singing "The Rose" and "Wind Beneath My Wings".

[@Skaramine]

@dhenderson1810 Comparing her to Bette Midler is like comparing a turd to Devil's food cake. Ech...

[@michaelmitchell5098]

@@dhenderson1810😅😅😅You know who THAT was for real!!!!

[@dhenderson1810]

@@michaelmitchell5098 Yeah, Bette Midler, who this women looks like.

[@jpgcne]

Oops Fast Times was based on the 1982 film. Just a minor hiccup. I'm sure you had the show date in mind.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Probably right about thinking of the show date. Thank you, I missed that date after all the times I review it. DOH!

[@Digital_Ninja279]

You mentioned the second Parenthood series but not the second Uncle Buck series.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Right! Didn't even know about it until after.

[@oxxnarrdflame8865]

I did not watch any of them. I could tell from the trailers they would be crap.

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

Remember Excellent Adventure, did notice one or two of the Live action episodes were copies of the animated version.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

When you got something good...why not share, right?

[@TheBlindDyslexic]

1967-Gotta love being a Gen X'er.@@GENXPERIENCE

[@DebbieFlowers-bo5fo]

I loved Logan's Run when I was a young girl.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Still a guilty pleasure of mine.

[@ChrisOnStage2]

FYI: For the TV series/movie "Gung Ho", the actor's name is NOT Gary Watanabe, it's Gedde Watanabe (pronounced "Geed").

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I know, but I saw that he went by Gary (and it is documented) for people like me who couldn't find how to say it, and did not want to butcher it.

[@jpthompson]

There are so many clunkers and I remember a ton of them!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

So many.

[@nickhill8612]

This isn't gen x but there was 2 failed sitcoms based on the uncle Buck movie. There was the Odd Couple movie and the sitcom lasted years unlike the other 2 failed attempts to remake the odd couple sitcom.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I Have heard of the other Uncle Buck TV show...and yeah, another fail, lol.

[@Attmay]

How long before they remake *The Odd Couple* in Spanish?

[@Rob_1776]

No one could ever recreate stuff like Animal House and Fast Times! In any way shape or form! Especially not today! Much less back then! Thank God They never tried to turn Caddyshack into a tv series as well!

[@GENXPERIENCE]

No kidding about Caddyshack. I'm thinking of doing an entire show on MOVIE and TV Shows that SHOULD BE MADE TODAY. And i am including this classic crap that was funny.

[@fromthehaven94]

There were shows inspired by Saturday Night Fever that failed spectacularly in the late 1970's.

[@Attmay]

Makin’ it! Whoo hoo hoo

[@Attmay]

If they had done it right after the movie came out, they still would not have been able to get to Ted Knight as he already committed to *Too Close For Comfort.* All the SNL contingent left it and TV behind by that point. It would have been disastrous. The foul language would have been removed, and the race and class politics would have been either diluted or turned into a bad rip-off of a Norman Lear show. On the other hand, *Caddyshack II.*

[@SUK2293]

Clockwork Orange

[@GENXPERIENCE]

A TV show? OMG, you are kidding.

[@bostonrailfan2427]

you botched the damn Parker Lewis segment! Jennifer Aniston wasn’t on that show: she was on the actual Ferris Bueller show that came out before Parker Lewis. And you didn’t even talk about Parker Lewis: your whole segment was about the Ferris Bueller show not Parker Lewis

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Are you even paying attention?

[@bostonrailfan2427]

@@GENXPERIENCE yes. the show was called FERRIS BUELLER not PARKER LEWIS. One aired on Fox, the other didn’t. one lasted three seasons, the other flopped hard and was quickly cancelled. one aired for years on USA, the other hasn’t aired since the original airing. you clearly slapped it together and thought that nobody would notice or botched it with bad information. but given uow badly you missed multiple other shows it’s your laziness

[@alaskau9175]

Didn't the amazingly filmed (Francis Ford Coppola) movie The Black Stallion have a tv show? I think I saw one episode but don't remember how long it was on. P.S. And War of the Worlds

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You are correct. I had forgotten until you said it, and it was vaguely familiar. IT was 1990 with Mickey Rooney, and now, I remember. Thank you

[@ronprewoznik3566]

John Belushi not Jim.

[@jason34119]

I had these shows in my traumatic repressed memories. Now they are all back and upgraded to nightmare fuel. Especially the Bill and Ted show.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I guess I did my job, lol. Sorry

[@adamf1980]

Is that Billy Madison's principal in the Animal House TV series?

[@DW3010]

Starman was actually really good. I watched it again a couple years ago and still thought it was a good series.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It wasn't horrible. It was only 1 season. It could have been better, but another season would have helped.

[@DW3010]

@@GENXPERIENCE I liked Michael Cavanaugh as George Fox. I agree it needed at least one more season.

[@lmoore3567]

Parker Lewis was definitely the superior Ferris series. (Yes, I'm aware it's not actually based on the film, but it's a very well-done spiritual successor.)

[@Attmay]

It’s what the TV version of the OG should’ve been. Shame about the third season, though. They dumped it into reruns on USA Network almost as quickly as it was over.

[@daniellewillis2767]

I LOVED Delta House! Werewolf too.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Werewolf was such fun.

[@EqualOpportunityDestoroya]

Some of the inconsistent episodes made me think that Fox wasn't on board with the original X-Men '97 series...I miss Rogue's booty. Fun fact about Bill and Ted the animated series on CBS, everyone from the first movie reprised their roles.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

There was some shapely superheroes for sure. I did enjoy X Men cartoons. And yeah, love that about B&T cartoon.

[@ZavaXavier]

I like X-Men animated series and Bill & Ted cartoon was ok but it wasn't like Teen Wolf cartoon and Back To The Future cartoon.

[@o.c.kiddkidd5163]

The Starman TV show was actually quite good.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I would agree it wasn't bad. It could have even been better...they should have let it go to Season 2

[@xscorpio1976]

I didn't like that you brought up Millennials in regard to shows after 1993. I was still in high school at the time. Just because they were 8 year olds at the time do not mean the 90s didn't belong to Gen X. I was born in 76. I don't claim the 70s or really know how it was like. I was barely 4 in 1980. So please, don't dismiss our 90s. Those were my formative years.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I said OVERLAP, geez

[@curiousgemini]

I'm old enough to remember the "Starman" series. I found it dissapointing.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It did not have the same heart as the movie.

[@Attmay]

Maybe it would have been more successful on another network. ABC seems to be responsible for watering it down. Maybe CBS would have been a better choice for it since they tried to bring back *The Twilight Zone* and let *Beauty and the Beast* (the Vincent and Catherine version) run three seasons.

[@TheReverendH]

I have most of the Fast Time episodes on my channel

[@GENXPERIENCE]

You do. Wow, I didn't know anyone full episodes anywhere. No, I did get it from another site, not yours...but now I know where to watch an episode or two.

[@johnswackyworld]

why do they keep cancelling futuramaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

[@Attmay]

Because Katey Sagal wants to do live-action TV and music on the side.

[@davidpumpkinsjr.5108]

I wouldn't say it overshadowed its movie counterpart, but In the Heat of the Night ran like seven seasons despite coming to tv twenty years after the movie.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

That is actually a success story, right! It had incredible source material, came to TV and people LOVED it. One that worked. THank you

[@laustcawz2089]

You might try being more careful with titling your videos. There's actually a cult TV show called "You Can't Do That On Television".

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Why do you think I used the Title of the Show? As a mash up, YOU CAN"T BRING THESE MOVIES TO TV (that was the whole joke). Oh boy

[@daniellewillis2767]

I loved Delta House back in the day. Also a really stupid sci fi show called Quark, which was about an interstellar sanitation company. I was 12 and utterly blown away by space garbage men.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I remember quark by image only....and now I am just laughing at the premise, Sanitation? LOL

[@PrincessofPower84]

Ferris! Bueller! Oww! 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

[@teresalatiolais8477]

Fast times at Ridgemont high is from 1982

[@manuelpuente7336]

Dirty dancing was Jan from the Office 😮😮😮😮

[@GENXPERIENCE]

OMG, you are right. did not recognize the name (or her face). Thanks for that.

[@1trushadowclw642]

❤Starman I loved starman watched it every week ❤the theme song too I also watched down & out in Beverlyhills, I was a early Fox kid which means I watched everything 87 fox ch had to offer plus my house was a nelson family so...

[@GENXPERIENCE]

FOX rocked that first year. Thanks for watching. Starman could have been great.

[@bazzer124]

It always amused me the way old school writers back in the day seemed out of touch with the culture of the times. Cheers....

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Maybe it was a tough time to get right...but you are correct.

[@bazzer124]

@@GENXPERIENCE I'm always reminded of Dragnet, especially when they featured made-for-TV hippies and such. Cheers....

[@Attmay]

They were at the mercy of advertisers. If they showed what the 60s were really like, they would be giving free advertising time to a stealth competitor they have been afraid of for decades.

[@75aces97]

Wow, this list reaches deep into the pile to bring up Down and Out in Beverly Hills. It wasn't good, but no worse than most of Fox's early material. More: Nothing in Common, Stir Crazy, and Bustin Loose. Some of these source movies weren't great to begin with, but worked well enough because of the screen presence of their stars. So try the same premise with replacement level actors, overworked writers, FCC rules and broadcast standards? Not so good. In the 1970s MASH, Odd Couple, and Alice were all hit sitcoms, so tv execs must have thought the next one was in there somewhere, but i don't remember any of them being any good for the next 20 years.

[@Attmay]

They were also able to get *What’s Happening!!,* which would be a TV-PG at most by today’s standards, out of the R-rated *Cooley High.* Ratings killed TV and *Family Guy* is its ghost.

[@75aces97]

@@Attmay I considered mentioning What’s Happening, but balked for 2 reasons. 1) while its own credits do cite Cooley High, it veered so far from the source movie that I wasn’t sure it could be rightly called a sitcom version. To me Happy Days was closer to being a sitcom spinoff of American Graffiti. And 2) I wasn’t sure whether WH was considered a success. It was before my time but the reruns 😆 were in regular rotation. It didn’t last long on prime time, and the last season or so shifted the focus away from Ray and friends and toward Little Earl.

[@chrisstory563]

benji. Zox, and the alien prince was kind of decent. you forgot to mention Bad News Bears tv series LOL. anyway, many of the shows that based off of movies were a giant hit & miss. same with animated series based on movies as well. some did work while some just plan didn't even if it feature at least one or two original cast members from the movie. there have been a couple the did pretty well and lasted more then a season but most of them fell into the one season wonder trap.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

I thought about it. Actually there are about a dozen more. So other things to discover. There were even other winners (I mention a few in the show).

[@chrisstory563]

@@GENXPERIENCE Bad news bears did manage to survive a season but get a bit retooled in the second season that sort of got the show cancelled. speaking of movies to tv shows. I find it funny is both bell and ted got both a live action and animated series. same with Robocop and Police Acadamy.

[@carmelosgro6413]

Some of the movies had tppless women which was watered down for TV

[@GENXPERIENCE]

100%, nudity was common...for MOVIES, lol.

[@ThePinkDragon]

l loved Starman the series

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It wasn't bad, too bad they cut it short. I loved the movie.

[@crystalshaw8744]

He did NOT do an admirable job.

[@geeskin5750]

Coming 2 America series

[@GENXPERIENCE]

Oh my. I must have missed that one.

[@geeskin5750]

@@GENXPERIENCE u didn't miss much, it was horrible

[@nomanejane5766]

❤

[@NikkiDeJonge]

I liked Baby Talk, it was kinda cute for Friday night TGF..i liked Scott Baio..& Paul and Ryan J. Were cute..& for it time Tony Danza was cool..

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It sounds like it had the talent, just a lot of drama with changes to actors and lawsuits. Too much change for the little show, I guess.

[@NikkiDeJonge]

@@GENXPERIENCE True, I kinda remember that..I remember hearing about it in little biographies..back then, thanks for the reply :) 👋

[@paulforder591]

I will not be watching this channel again because of its hyped-up embellishments and semi-sensationalism. 😾

[@anthonymartinez2659]

Words of advice if the media tells you to go left go right 😂 TRUMP24

[@chamilton4577]

I don't take advice from un-American traitors, thanks.

[@acholl980]

You missed Harry and the Hendersons (with Oscar nominee Bruce Davidson), Stir Crazy, Serpico and The French Connection.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

It is not an extensive list for sure, but I remember Harry & The Henderson's show.

[@homelesshannah50]

Dirty Dancing was NOT all that so stop talking about it like it was so "beloved" I thought the film sucked donkey balls. But it did give Patrick a chance to show off his dancing.

[@GENXPERIENCE]

No

[@grannyweatherwax8005]

Just because you personally didn't like it, doesn't negate the millions who do like it. It can legit be called beloved even though not every single person on the planet over over 8 billion felt that way.

[@homelesshannah50]

Fair enough@@grannyweatherwax8005

[@crystalshaw8744]

Agreed