Can you name the TV shows that were based on or inspired by these books or stories?

Book or Story	TV Show	Date of Series
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets		1993-1999
The Passionate Witch		1964-1972
Spencer's Mountain		1972-1981
The Curse of Capistrano		1957-1959
Ed Takes the Pledge		1961-1966
The Southern Vampire Mysteries		2008-present
Cyborg		1974-1978
Book series including Déja Dead, Grave Secrets, and Bones to Ashes		2005-present
Lassie Come-Home		1954-1973
Darkly Dreaming Dexter		2006-present
The Railway Series books**		1984-present
Roswell High book series		1999-2002
Mary Poppins book series		1970-1971
The Taming of the Shrew		2009-2010
Sword of Truth series including Wizard's First Rule, Temple of the Winds, and The Pillars of Creation		2008-2010
Accidentally on Purpose: The True Tale of a Happy Single Mother (P.S.)		2009-2010
Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit		2006-2009

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TV Shows Inspired By Books Quiz

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	caramba:	May 9th, 2011 at 21:36 GMT		-2 points
	Authors would be a nice bonus. I got The Ed one because I just read up on Walter Brooks, who wrote the Freddy books that I ate up as a kid.

	springmom:	May 9th, 2011 at 21:57 GMT		-1 points
	Aw, no love for Little House on the Prairie? Fail.

	mewkam1:	May 9th, 2011 at 22:18 GMT		2 points
	I don't believe Nanny and the Professor was based on the Mary Poppins series. Just because it took the same basic ideas of a magical British nanny does not make it based on that series. It could just as easily have been based on The Magic Bed Knob, or something similar

	triviahappy:	May 9th, 2011 at 22:19 GMT		6 points
	springmom: I love Little House on the Prairie. I did think of it, along with a a ton of other shows that had the exact same titles as the books (other notables are Gossip Girl, Sex and the City, etc.). Even though I did use some books that are very close to the TV titles, I didn't want to use books that had the exact same title. :)

	triviahappy:	May 9th, 2011 at 22:21 GMT		3 points
	mewkam1: It wasn't so much based on it as inspired by it. When I researched it (I used multiple sources), that's what I had found. :)

	Swingo:	May 9th, 2011 at 22:33 GMT		-3 points
	For "Homicide," maybe accept The Wire? It wasn't as directly based on the book, but a lot of the characters are based on people David Simon knew during that time period.

	adhair:	May 9th, 2011 at 22:39 GMT		2 points
	Tough one—and man, I miss The Unit.

	Athena13:	May 10th, 2011 at 05:00 GMT		1 point
	The actual title of the show was "Mister Ed," not "Mr. Ed."

	triviahappy:	May 10th, 2011 at 11:51 GMT		4 points
	Athena 13: You're absolutely right. I do know that, but somehow I typed it the other way. Also, I usually accept both words for something like that. Unfortunately, I can't change it now. Sporcle Admins, please help. Could you Change "Mr." to "Mister"? Thanks so much. :)

	ViperKillian:	May 10th, 2011 at 15:32 GMT		3 points
	I knew there was a film 10 things I hate about you based on taming of the shrew but not a tv show.

	craigmeister:	May 13th, 2011 at 03:01 GMT		0 points
	As the stats show, too hard.

	novastar44:	May 17th, 2011 at 04:54 GMT		1 point
	Nice quiz :) Personal thumbs for including Sword of Truth X) Go LEGEND OF THE SEEKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can't believe they cancelled that show!!! :'( I hope the Save Our Seeker campaign can get a 3rd Season.~~I really think if there was more advertising Legend of the Seeker would be really popular. :D

	cheezebubble:	Jun 1st, 2011 at 00:48 GMT		0 points
	Oh, The Wire was also based on Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets.

	CraigBerger:	Sep 20th, 2011 at 05:05 GMT		4 points
	Now it doesn't accept Mr. Ed!

	triviahappy:	Sep 21st, 2011 at 13:45 GMT		1 point
	CraigBerger: I know. Sorry about that. That's not what I intended. What I meant to ask Sporcle Admins was that they change the answer that's showing, but to leave both to be accepted.

	ensiform:	Jul 22nd, 2012 at 17:27 GMT		1 point
	THREE of the answers have the titles in their hints? You couldn't find a few more to replace them?

	triviahappy:	Jul 23rd, 2012 at 14:11 GMT		1 point
	@ensiform: Finding book titles that were not exactly the same as the TV show was difficult. I didn't think it mattered if some were close. As the stats indicate, most people got very few and seemed to have a hard time guessing the titles even though some were very close. Even Lassie is only 80% guessed; that has the dog's name in the book title AND it was a very long running and popular show. And Roswell is only 47% guessed! The titles are what they are, and I saw nothing wrong with including them. :)