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Beartown (TV series)
Beartown (Björnstad) is a five-episode Swedish-language HBO Europe limited drama from Filmlance, adapted from Fredrik Backman's novel, about a hockey town shattered by sexual assault; directed by Peter Grönlund, starring Ulf Stenberg.
Big Little Lies (TV series)
Big Little Lies, HBO drama series created by David E. Kelley from Liane Moriarty's novel, following the Monterey Five mothers in Monterey, California; two seven-episode seasons (2017, 2019), Emmy-winning limited series, with season 3 in development based on Big Little Truths.
Black Cake (TV series)
Black Cake is a 2023 Hulu drama series, eight episodes, adapted by Marissa Jo Cerar from Charmaine Wilkerson's 2022 novel, produced by Harpo Films and Kapital Entertainment, starring Mia Isaac, Chipo Chung, Adrienne Warren, and Ashley Thomas; cancelled in 2024.
Boots (TV series)
Boots is an eight-episode Netflix comedy-drama, premiered October 9, 2025, adapted from Greg Cope White's memoir The Pink Marine; created by Andy Parker, starring Miles Heizer, canceled December 2025 after one season.
Boy Swallows Universe (TV series)
Boy Swallows Universe is a seven-part Netflix limited series (premiered 11 January 2024) adapted from Trent Dalton's semi-autobiographical 2018 novel about Eli Bell growing up amid crime in 1980s Brisbane, Australia.
Cedar Cove (TV series)
Cedar Cove (Debbie Macomber's Cedar Cove) is Hallmark Channel's first original prime-time drama series, 2013–2015, 36 episodes, starring Andie MacDowell as Judge Olivia Lockhart, adapted from Macomber's Washington-set romance novels.
Chesapeake Shores
Chesapeake Shores is a Hallmark Channel family drama (2016–2022, six seasons, 55 episodes) based on Sherryl Woods's novels, following the O'Brien family in a Maryland Chesapeake Bay town; starring Meghan Ory, Treat Williams, and Robert Buckley.
Conversations with Friends (TV series)
Conversations with Friends is a 2022 BBC Three/Hulu limited series adapting Sally Rooney's debut novel, with Alison Oliver, Sasha Lane, Joe Alwyn, and Jemima Kirke as four Dubliners entangled in friendship and a secret affair.
Daisy Jones & the Six
Daisy Jones & the Six, also Daisy Jones & The Six, is a fictional 1970s rock band from Taylor Jenkins Reid's 2019 oral-history novel and the 2023 Prime Video limited series, inspired by Fleetwood Mac, with a real cast-recorded album, Aurora.
Dear Edward
Dear Edward: Apple TV+ drama (2023) by Jason Katims, adapted from Ann Napolitano's 2020 novel; 12-year-old Edward Adler is sole survivor of a plane crash. 10 episodes, premiered February 3, 2023, canceled April 19, 2023; Metascore 61, 57% Tomatometer.
Dirk Gently (TV series)
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency: 2016-2017 BBC America series created by Max Landis, starring Samuel Barnett and Elijah Wood, a loose adaptation of Douglas Adams's novels, cancelled after two seasons.
Every Year After
Every Year After is a 2026 Prime Video romantic drama series adapted from Carley Fortune's novel Every Summer After, starring Sadie Soverall and Matt Cornett as Percy and Sam, eight episodes, renewed for a second season adapting One Golden Summer.
Finding Her Edge
Finding Her Edge is a Canadian Netflix YA sports-romance series (January 22, 2026, 8 episodes) adapted from Jennifer Iacopelli's 2022 novel, following skater Adriana Russo's fake romance with Brayden to save her family's rink; renewed for season 2.
Fleishman Is in Trouble (miniseries)
Fleishman Is in Trouble is an eight-episode FX/Hulu limited series (2022) adapted by Taffy Brodesser-Akner from her 2019 novel, starring Jesse Eisenberg, Claire Danes, and Lizzy Caplan in a perspective-shifting Manhattan divorce drama.
Geek Girl
Geek Girl is a British-Canadian Netflix YA comedy-drama adapted from Holly Smale's six-book series, starring Emily Carey as neurodivergent teen model Harriet Manners; premiered May 30, 2024, hit top 10 in about 90 countries, and was renewed for a second season due in 2026.
Good Omens (TV series)
Good Omens, Prime Video fantasy comedy series (2019–2026) adapted by Neil Gaiman from his and Terry Pratchett's 1990 novel; angel Aziraphale (Michael Sheen) and demon Crowley (David Tennant) avert Armageddon; three seasons, ending with a 90-minute finale.
Heated Rivalry
Heated Rivalry is a Canadian Crave original drama created by Jacob Tierney, adapted from Rachel Reid's Game Changers hockey romance novel, starring Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie as secret lovers Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov; it premiered November 28, 2025, became Crave's most-watched original, and returns for a second season in Spring 2027.
High Fidelity (TV series)
High Fidelity (2020 Hulu series): American comedy-drama adapted from Nick Hornby's 1995 novel, gender-flipping the 2000 John Cusack film. Zoë Kravitz stars as Rob Brooks, a Brooklyn record store owner; canceled after one 10-episode season.
High School
High School is a 2022 Amazon Freevee comedy-drama based on Tegan and Sara Quin's 2019 memoir, created by Clea DuVall, starring TikTok twins Railey and Seazynn Gilliland; cancelled after one season in 2024.
I Love Dick (TV series)
I Love Dick: Amazon Prime Video comedy-drama (2016-2017) created by Jill Soloway and Sarah Gubbins, adapted from Chris Kraus's 1997 autofiction novel; Kathryn Hahn, Kevin Bacon, Griffin Dunne star in Marfa, Texas; canceled after one eight-episode season.
Invisible Boys
Invisible Boys (Stan Originals series, 2025) is Nicholas Verso's 10-part adaptation of Holden Sheppard's award-winning 2019 YA novel, following gay teens in Geraldton, Western Australia, set during the 2017 same-sex marriage plebiscite.
Ladies in Black (TV series)
Ladies in Black is a 2024 Australian drama set in Sydney in 1961. It follows women working in a department store during a time of social change.
Lucky Hank
Lucky Hank (formerly Straight Man) is a 2023 AMC comedy-drama starring Bob Odenkirk as English department chair Hank Devereaux Jr. at Railton College, adapted from Richard Russo's 1997 novel Straight Man; cancelled after one eight-episode season in December 2023.
Maxton Hall—The World Between Us
Maxton Hall – Die Welt zwischen uns (Maxton Hall – The World Between Us) is a German Prime Video romantic drama by UFA Fiction adapted from Mona Kasten's Save Me trilogy, starring Harriet Herbig-Matten and Damian Hardung; season 1 premiered May 9, 2024 and topped charts in over 120 countries.
Mr Loverman (TV series)
Mr Loverman: BBC One eight-part 2024 drama adapted by Nathaniel Price from Bernardine Evaristo's 2013 novel, starring Lennie James, Ariyon Bakare and Sharon D Clarke; two 2025 BAFTA TV Awards, 100% Rotten Tomatoes.
Mrs. Fletcher
Mrs. Fletcher: seven-episode HBO limited series (2019) based on Tom Perrotta's 2017 novel, starring Kathryn Hahn as Eve Fletcher, an empty-nest divorcée, opposite her college-son Brendan (Jackson White).
Normal People (miniseries)
Normal People (miniseries): 2020 BBC Three/Hulu drama, 12 x 30-minute episodes, adapted by Sally Rooney and Alice Birch from Rooney's 2018 novel; directed by Lenny Abrahamson and Hettie MacDonald; stars Daisy Edgar-Jones and Paul Mescal as Marianne and Connell; 62.7 million iPlayer views, Emmy-nominated.
Off Campus
Off Campus is a Prime Video romantic drama (2026) adapted from Elle Kennedy's Off-Campus hockey romance novels, created by Louisa Levy; season 1 adapts The Deal, starring Ella Bright and Belmont Cameli, renewed before premiere.
Olive Kitteridge (miniseries)
Olive Kitteridge is HBO's 2014 four-part miniseries adapted from Elizabeth Strout's Pulitzer-winning 2008 novel, directed by Lisa Cholodenko, written by Jane Anderson, starring Frances McDormand and Richard Jenkins; it won eight Emmys including Outstanding Limited Series.
One Day (TV series)
One Day (TV series) is a 2024 Netflix British limited series, also called the One Day Netflix adaptation, adapting David Nicholls' 2009 novel in 14 episodes each set on July 15, starring Ambika Mod and Leo Woodall, praised far above the 2011 film.