10 Movies That Would Have Been Much Better As TV Shows

A lot of movies have premises that are easily adapted for TV shows, but some of these stories would have been better just formatted for the small screen in the first place. Plenty of films have inspired hit TV series in the past, like M*A*S*H, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and What We Do in the Shadows, with many shows turning out even better than the movies they’re based on. What if they had simply skipped the movie stage and been ideas for a series all along? Especially now in the era of prestige television, creators should be considering whether their movie project would be better suited to the longer format.