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Television shows adapted into video games
- 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…
- 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…
- The Walking Dead (TV series)On the 20th of January 2010, AMC officially announced that it had ordered a pilot for a possible series adapted from The Walking Dead comic book series.
- Breaking BadVince Gilligan stood in a writers room during the 2007, 2008 Writers Guild of America strike and realized his show needed to change.
- Jeopardy!Merv Griffin created Jeopardy! in 1963, pitching a quiz show that reversed the traditional question-and-answer format. The original daytime version debuted…
- Game of ThronesIn the frozen north beyond a massive stone wall, a young boy named Benjen Stark stands guard with his brothers of the Night's Watch.
- 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…
- Avatar: The Last AirbenderIn the world of Avatar, human civilization divides into four distinct nations named after the classical elements. The Water Tribe, Earth Kingdom, Fire…
- Monday Night FootballIn 1960, NFL Commissioner Pete Rozelle envisioned a weekly prime-time game that could reach a wider television audience.