Curated category
Television shows adapted into films
- The SimpsonsMatt Groening sat in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office on a day in 1987, sketching a dysfunctional family that would become The Simpsons.
- Sesame StreetIn 1966, television producer Joan Ganz Cooney sat across from Carnegie Foundation vice president Lloyd Morrisett to discuss a radical idea.
- Star TrekIn early 1964, Gene Roddenberry presented a brief treatment for a television series to Desilu Productions. He called it "a Wagon Train to the stars" while…
- Twin PeaksIn 1988, Mark Frost and David Lynch met at Nibblers restaurant in Los Angeles to discuss a television project. Tony Krantz, their agent, suggested they…
- Doctor WhoThe BBC Television Service broadcast the first episode of Doctor Who at 17:16:20 GMT on the 23rd of November 1963. This transmission occurred just eighty…
- Breaking BadVince Gilligan stood in a writers room during the 2007, 2008 Writers Guild of America strike and realized his show needed to change.
- South ParkTrey Parker and Matt Stone met in a film class at the University of Colorado in 1992. They discovered a shared love for Monty Python, which became one of…
- Vicky the VikingThe year 1963 marked the publication of a children's book titled Vicke Viking by Swedish author Runer Jonsson. This novel won the Deutscher…