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Television shows adapted into video games
- The SimpsonsThe Simpsons premiered on the 17th of December 1989, and within months it had done something no animated show had managed since the 1970s: it cracked…
- Sesame StreetSesame Street premiered on the 10th of November 1969, and within a decade, nine million American children under the age of six were watching it every single…
- Star TrekStar Trek began with a starship called the USS Enterprise and a mission stated in plain words: "to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new…
- Doctor WhoDoctor Who first reached British television screens at 17:16:20 GMT on the 23rd of November 1963 - eighty seconds later than scheduled, because BBC…
- The Walking Dead (TV series)The Walking Dead premiered on the 31st of October 2010, on AMC, and within two years it had become something the American television industry had never seen…
- Breaking BadBreaking Bad is an American crime drama television series that asked a question most storytellers never dare to pose: what if we watched a good man choose…
- Jeopardy!Jeopardy! debuted on NBC on the 30th of March 1964, and it was born on an airplane. Merv Griffin was mulling over game show ideas during a flight back to New…
- Game of ThronesGame of Thrones premiered on HBO on the 17th of April 2011, and when it ended on the 19th of May 2019, it had run for 73 episodes across eight seasons.
- South ParkSouth Park debuted on Comedy Central on the 13th of August 1997, and within three months, the ratings for a single cable show had tripled.
- Avatar: The Last AirbenderAvatar: The Last Airbender premiered on Nickelodeon on the 21st of February 2005, and what greeted viewers that evening was unlike anything American…
- Monday Night FootballMonday Night Football kicked off its first broadcast on the 21st of September 1970, on ABC, and within a few years it had become one of the highest-rated…