Here are 20 TV series that made it to the big screen
Everyone loves to binge a TV show, especially over the last year and a half. A dramatic series finale simply won’t do for some long-running series, with movies an increasingly popular way to say goodbye. Some have so many fans that taking the story to the big screen is the only way to keep a fan-base engaged. Whatever the reason, here are 20 TV series that made it to the big screen. Beloved by women worldwide, the long-running Sex and the City series was aired from 1998 to 2004, and followed the life of a New York writer, Carrie Bradshaw, and her three friends, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte as they navigate the world of love, sex, and work in the big city. The franchise returned in 2008 for a feature film of the same name, which followed Carrie as she prepares for her wedding to long-term love-interest, Big. Later this year, the franchise will return to the small screen again, with Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte navigating life in their fifties in the new HBO series, And Just Like That… Cult classic TV series Breaking Bad followed a chemistry teacher turned drug dealer as he struggles to secure a future for his family. The series ran from 2008 until 2014, and stars Aaron Paul and Bryan Cranston. The movie, El Camino, focuses on Paul Aaron’s character, Jesse Pinkman, as he runs from his thorny past. It was released in 2019. The Addams Family was a classic 1960’s TV series, which follows a macabre family on all their adventures. In the 90s, the story of this family continued in the film The Addams Family which sees the family victim to the efforts of a loan shark and account to fleece them of their fortunes. The movie was a hit, leading to other feature films such as The Addams Family Values, The Addams Family 2, and a remake of the original film which was released in 2019. Scooby Doo follows the adventures of a group of crime-solving teens and their Great Dane, Scooby Doo. The animated TV series originally aired in 1969 and has been aired in many remakes and iterations ever since. There have been more Scooby Doo movies than we can count, with the first live action version, released in 2002, following the gang’s reunion after a two-year split. These iconic puppets made their debut in 1976 with a TV series and since then, the franchise has gone from strength to strength. The first movie to feature Kermit’s gang was the 1979 The Muppet Movie, which follows the friends as they trek across America to find fame in Hollywood. The franchise then went on to release classic films such as The Muppets Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island. The Star Trek original series, set in the 23rd century, has a cult of dedicated followers worldwide. The original series ran from 1966 until 1969 and follows a space crew from the United Federation of Planets on their mission to explore new worlds.
