When Movies Become TV Shows

I know only a a few movies off the top of my head that have become television shows. Apparently, though, there are a lot more that I didn't even know about or that failed so badly that I forgot about them. I researched a little bit online and found a couple lists of movies turned television shows. Here's one of the sites:
http://www.listology.com/list/movies-became-television-shows
People would be surprised by movies that were recycled and put on the small screen. It makes me wonder of the creators thought the TV show would be successful just because the movie was. There are only a few of the listed shows that did not get cancelled after a short-time, like M*A*S*H. Out of this particular list, I have only seen two of these shows. I am guilty of watching the "Clueless" television series, simply because I loved the movie. However, it just didn't live up to the movie for me. My favorite show from the last, though, has to be Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I recently started watching it because I love the spin-off Angel, which I also highly recommend.

If you are in to the whole vampire craze at the moment, I would recommend Buffy. It's not really recent, but the story is great and the episodes are thoroughly entertaining. Buffy the Vampire Slayer was first a movie that came out in 1992 and starred Kristy Swanson and Luke Perry. It was created by Joss Whedon who also created the TV series as well as other TV series. The movie was only mildly successful. Whedon said that the TV series was more of what he wanted the story to be. It starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as the title character. It follows Buffy Summers, who is chosen to be the vampire slayer of her generation. She fights vampires with her friends and Watcher and deals with her vampire boyfriend, Angel. The show had great ratings and was very successful despite being on the smaller WB network.

More recently, ABC family developed a series based on the movie "10 Things I Hate About You". Being a big fan, I have not watched the series. I could not think of anyone else in Heath Ledger or Julia Stiles roles'. A reviewer, Kelly West, on cinemablend.com say that ""the show" shows a lot of promise". If you like the movie, maybe you'll want to give the TV series a chance. The following link has more information about the series: 10 Things I Hate About You.