1. Ferris Bueller (1990)Hit movies, if they hit big enough, are rarely allowed just to be hit movies. They live on through sequels, spin-offs, ancillary products, and other means that generate income from familiar names. One option: Turn a movie into a TV show. That’s a tricky business, though. For every M*A*S*H and Buffy The Vampire Slayer, there are many more film-to-TV adaptations that crash and burn, even some that sort of make sense, like the 1990 series Ferris Bueller. Why not turn the wily protagonist of the hit John Hughes movie into the hero of a weekly series? Those pranks and authority-flouting shenanigans might be just as entertaining on the small screen. And in fact, one show that debuted in the fall of 1990 did make a minor hit series from a bunch of Ferris Bueller-esque antics. Unfortunately for NBC, which put Ferris ...
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