List of international television show franchises

The following is a list of international television shows franchises. These are shows remade for foreign markets rather than adaptations.

Reality shows

 * 10 Years Younger
 * 30 Seconds to Fame
 * 1000 Heartbeats
 * The Amazing Race
 * All Together Now
 * American Inventor
 * BBQ Champ
 * The Apprentice
 * The Bachelor
 * The Bachelorette
 * The Bar
 * Beauty and the Geek
 * Big Brother
 * The Biggest Loser
 * The Block
 * The Bus
 * The Four: Battle for Stardom
 * But Can They Sing?
 * Chance of a Lifetime
 * Celebrity Duets
 * Chains of Love
 * Clash of the Choirs
 * Come Dine with Me
 * The Contender
 * The Dating Game
 * Dance Your Ass Off
 * Dancing on Ice
 * Dancing with the Stars
 * Dating in the Dark
 * Dragons' Den
 * The Doctors
 * Estate of Panic
 * Ex on the Beach
 * Expedition Robinson
 * Extreme Makeover
 * Entertainment Tonight
 * The Face
 * Face Off
 * The Farm
 * Fashion Star
 * Farmer Wants a Wife
 * Fear Factor
 * Flip or Flop
 * Football's Next Star
 * Get the F*ck Out of My House
 * Got Talent
 * Got to Dance
 * The Great British Bake Off
 * Hell's Kitchen
 * Hello Goodbye
 * Hotter Than My Daughter
 * Idols
 * I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
 * Iron Chef
 * I Get That a Lot
 * Just the Two of Us
 * The Insider
 * King of the Nerds
 * Little Big Shots
 * Lego Masters
 * MasterChef
 * The Marriage Ref
 * The Mole
 * Married at First Sight
 * Momma's Boys
 * More to Love
 * Murder in Small Town X
 * Must Love Kids
 * Overhaulin'
 * Pelotón
 * Pimp My Ride
 * Popstars
 * Project Runway
 * Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
 * Ready Steady Cook
 * The Real Housewives
 * Drag Race
 * Revenge Body with Khloé Kardashian
 * Reality Circus
 * The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best
 * Rising Star
 * RuPaul's Drag Race
 * Sasuke/Ninja Warrior
 * Secret Millionaire
 * Shark Tank
 * Shear Genius
 * The Simple Life
 * Sing If You Can
 * So You Think You Can Dance
 * Solitary
 * Splash!
 * Star Academy
 * Strictly Come Dancing
 * Survivor
 * Supernanny
 * Saturday Night Live
 * The Taste
 * Temptation Island
 * The Tester
 * Top Chef
 * Top Design
 * Top Model
 * Trading Spouses
 * Tycoon
 * The Ultimate Fighter
 * Unan1mous
 * Undercover Boss
 * Való Világ
 * The Voice
 * What Not to Wear
 * Wife Swap
 * Whose Line Is It Anyway?
 * The Winner Is
 * The X Factor
 * Your Face Sounds Familiar

Game shows

 * 1 vs. 100
 * 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow
 * 20Q
 * 50-50
 * 5 Gold Rings
 * 500 Questions
 * Amne$ia
 * Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
 * Anything Goes
 * Beat The Blondes
 * Beat the Star
 * Boom!
 * Bowling for Dollars
 * Brain Wall
 * Brainiest
 * Can't Cook, Won't Cook
 * Cash Cab
 * Catch 21
 * The Chair
 * The Chamber
 * The Chase
 * The Colour of Money
 * Countdown
 * Cresus
 * The Cube
 * Deal or No Deal
 * Dialing for Dollars
 * Distraction
 * Divided
 * Dog Eat Dog
 * Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
 * Don't Forget the Lyrics!
 * Don't Lose the Money
 * Eggheads
 * Ellen's Game of Games
 * Every Second Counts
 * Everybody's Equal
 * Family Feud
 * Five Minutes to a Fortune
 * Fort Boyard
 * Friend or Foe?
 * Gameshow Marathon
 * Going for Gold
 * Grand Slam
 * Greed
 * Guesstimation
 * Hollywood Squares
 * I Can See Your Voice
 * I Love My Country
 * I Survived a Japanese Game Show
 * Identity
 * In It to Win It
 * It's Not What You Know
 * It's Your Chance of a Lifetime
 * Jeopardy!
 * The Kids Are All Right
 * Knowitalls
 * Let's Make a Deal
 * Lingo
 * The Lyrics Board
 * Mastermind
 * Match Game / Blankety Blank
 * Mental Samurai
 * Million Dollar Minute
 * Million Dollar Password
 * The Million Pound Drop / Million Dollar Money Drop
 * Minute to Win It
 * My Dad Is Better than Your Dad
 * Name That Tune
 * Nothing But the Truth
 * Only Connect
 * Opportunity Knocks
 * Peking Express
 * Password
 * The People Versus
 * The People's Quiz
 * The Phone
 * Pointless
 * PokerFace
 * Power of 10
 * The Price Is Right
 * Pyramid
 * Queen for a Day
 * A Question of Genius
 * Quizmania
 * Raid the Cage
 * Rebound
 * Red or Black?
 * Reflex
 * Riot
 * Rolling In It
 * Russian Roulette
 * Sale of the Century
 * Scream! If You Know the Answer
 * Set for Life
 * Show Me the Money
 * The Singing Bee
 * Singled Out
 * Spin Star
 * Super Fan
 * Supermarket Sweep
 * Take It or Leave It
 * Taken Out
 * Takeshi's Castle
 * Test the Nation
 * That's the Question
 * Tic-Tac-Dough
 * Touch the Truck
 * Trust
 * Twenty One
 * The Vault
 * Vendredi tout est permis
 * The Wall
 * The Weakest Link
 * The Wheel
 * What? Where? When?
 * Wheel of Fortune
 * Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
 * Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Hot Seat
 * The Whole 19 Yards
 * Who's Still Standing?
 * Winning Lines
 * Wipeout
 * XXS
 * You Deserve It

American television series

 * Running Wild with Bear Grylls
 * Hollywood Squares
 * Everybody Loves Raymond
 * Pretty Little Liars
 * Baby Daddy
 * The Amazing Race
 * Grey's Anatomy
 * The Amazing Race
 * Minute to Win It
 * Designated Survivor
 * Designated Survivor: 60 Days
 * Entourage
 * Jane the Virgin
 * King of the Nerds
 * Fashion Star
 * Bet on Your Baby
 * Wipeout
 * Gossip Girl
 * Ultimate Tag
 * Desperate Housewives
 * Mental Samurai
 * Ellen's Game of Games
 * Repeat After Me
 * Little Big Shots
 * The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The King of Queens
The international rights are distributed by CBS Studios International and Sony Pictures Television.

Little Big Shots
The international rights are distributed by Warner Bros. International Television Production.

Celebrity Game Face
An Arabic version of Celebrity Game Face  titled تحدي النجوم Celebrity Face Games تحدي النجوم - Celebrity Game Face تحدي النجوم Celebrity Game Face  airs in the Arabic on Abu Dhabi TV Abu Dhabi TV, and the ADtv app, part of Abu Dhabi Media (ADM) and is hosted by Shaimaa Seif and is produced by InMedia Plus has aired on the network originally on February 17, 2021

Arabic game shows

 * الحصن
 * وين ما تكون

All in the Family / Till Death Us Do Part
Original name: Till Death Us Do Part

Origin: United Kingdom

Date started: 1965

Date ended: 1975

Creator: Johnny Speight (Norman Lear is credited as "creator" in U.S. adaptation and most U.S. spinoffs)

First network to broadcast: BBC One

First network to adapt: United States

Related series (UK): The Thoughts of Chairman Alf, Nobody's Perfect

Related series (US): Maude, The Jeffersons, Gloria, 704 Hauser

Second-generation related series (US): Good Times, Checking In

The Beverly Hillbillies
Original name: The Beverly Hillbillies

Origin: United States

Date started: 1962

Date ended: 1971

Creator: Paul Henning

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: Petticoat Junction, Green Acres

Bewitched
Original name: Bewitched

Origin: United States

Date started: 1964

Date ended: 1972

Creator: Sol Saks

First network to broadcast: ABC

First country to adapt: India (2002)


 * Note: The Japanese anime series Oku-sama wa Mahō Shōjo: Bewitched Agnes (My Wife is a Magical Girl: Bewitched Agnes) and Sally, the Witch were homages to Bewitched, not a remake or an updated reimagining of the US series.

The Brady Bunch
Original name: The Brady Bunch

Origin: United States

Date started: 1969

Date ended: 1974

Creator(s): Sherwood Schwartz

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: The Brady Kids, The Brady Bunch Variety Hour, The Brady Brides, The Bradys, plus two TV movies and two feature films

Cheers
Original name: Cheers

Origin: United States

Date started: September 30, 1982

Date ended: May 20, 1993

Creator(s): James Burrows, Glen Charles, Les Charles

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related series: The Tortellis, Frasier

The Cosby Show
Original name: The Cosby Show

Origin: United States

Date started: September 20, 1984

Date ended: July 9, 1992

Creator(s): Ed. Weinberger, Michael Leeson, Bill Cosby

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related series: A Different World

Diff’rent Strokes
Original name: Diff'rent Strokes

Origin: United States

Date started: 1978

Date ended: 1986

Creator(s): Bud Yorkin

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related spin-off series: The Facts of Life

Related series: Hello, Larry, Silver Spoons, Double Trouble, It's Your Move

Easy Aces
Original name: Easy Aces

Origin: United States

Date started: 1930

Date ended: 1945

Creator: Goodman Ace

First network to broadcast: CBS Radio Network

First network to adapt: Canada

Free Agents
Original name: Free Agents

Origin: United Kingdom

Date started: 2007

Creator: Chris Niel

First network to broadcast: Channel 4

First country to adapt: United States (2011)

The Golden Girls
Original name: The Golden Girls

Origin: United States

Date started: 1985

Date ended: 1993

Creator: Susan Harris

First network to broadcast: NBC

First network to adapt: United Kingdom

Related series: Empty Nest, Nurses

Desperate Housewives
Original name: Desperate Housewives

Origin: United States

Date started: 2004

Date ended: 2012

Creator: Marc Cherry

General Manager: Giovanni Mastrangelo

Production companies: ABC Studios Disney–ABC International Television

Distributor: Disney–ABC Domestic Television

First network to broadcast: ABC

First network to adapt: Argentina (2006)

Related series: Devious Maids

Theme music composer
 * Danny Elfman

Composers
 * Steve Bartek
 * Stewart Copeland
 * Steve Jablonsky

Production companies
 * ABC Studios

Distributed By
 * ABC Studios

In association with
 * ABC Studios

Produced By
 * ABC Studios

Distributor
 * Disney–ABC Domestic Television

Related shows
 * Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives , also known as Desperate HW, is based on a version of the American television series, Desperate Housewives created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios It is an adaptation of the American series, Desperate Housewives, that aired from 2004 to 2012; the show has been minimally adapted; from character names to the main plot but the main characters play the same roles as the characters in the original version.

Desperate Housewives is a television series television format created by Marc Cherry, which originated with Desperate Housewives in October 2004. The format was revived and updated for the ABC.

Adaptations On February 26, 2007, The Walt Disney Company announced that four South American versions of the show were about to begin production: one for Argentina, one for Colombia, one for Ecuador and one for Brazil. Later on, the Colombian and Ecuadorean productions merged, leaving three Latin American shows. The Argentine version, titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, began being broadcast in 2006. The first year proved successful enough for a second season to begin production. The first season of the version for Colombia (RCN TV) and Ecuador (Teleamazonas), also titled Amas de Casa Desesperadas, began being broadcast in Ecuador in May 2007, and was broadcast five days a week. The Brazilian version, Donas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast on RedeTV! in 2008. The Turkish version titled Umutsuz Ev Kadınları aired on Kanal D in Turkey from 2011 until 2012 and on FOX Turkey from 2012 until 2014. In fall 2013, the Disney Media Distribution and the Nigerian television network EbonyLife TV announced that they were producing an African version of Desperate Housewives. The series, titled Desperate Housewives Africa, was scheduled to premiere in summer 2014 on EbonyLife TV. However, it aired its only season during 2015.

General Manager
 * Giovanni Mastrangelo

Created by
 * Marc Cherry

Created and written by
 * Marc Cherry

Written By
 * Marc Cherry
 * Jason Ganzel
 * Jenna Bans
 * Joshua Senter
 * Dahvi Waller
 * Kevin Etten
 * Brian Tanen
 * Alexandra Cunningham
 * Bob Daily
 * John Pardee
 * Joey Murphy
 * Wendy Mericle
 * Matt Berry
 * Kevin Murphy
 * Tom Spezialy
 * Jeff Greenstein
 * Joe Keenan
 * Jamie Gorenberg
 * David Flebotte
 * Marco Pennette
 * David Schladweiler
 * Chuck Ranberg
 * Anne Flett-Giordano
 * Susan Nirah Jaffee
 * Chris Black
 * Lori Kirkland Baker
 * John Paul Bullock III
 * Cindy Appel
 * Christian McLaughlin
 * Peter Lefcourt
 * Jeffrey Richman
 * Jim Lincoln
 * Scott Sanford Tobis
 * Valerie Ahern
 * Brian A. Alexander
 * Patty Lin
 * Tracey Stern
 * Adam Barr
 * Alan Cross
 * Katie Ford
 * Ellen Herman
 * David Schulner
 * Oliver Goldstick
 * Sheila R. Lawrence
 * Valerie Brotski
 * Bruce Zimmerman
 * Sara Parriott
 * Josann McGibbon
 * Annie Weisman

Doogie Howser, M.D.
Original name: Doogie Howser, M.D.

Origin: United States

Date started: 1985

Date ended: 1989

Creator: Steven Bochco & David E. Kelley

First network to broadcast: ABC

Rebooted version: Doogie Kameāloha, M.D. (2021; character is nicknamed after the original series character's nickname)

Rules of Engagement
Original name: Rules of Engagement

Origin: United States

Date started: 2007

Date ended: 2013

Creator: Tom Hertz

First network to broadcast: CBS

First country to adapt: Poland (2012)

The King of Queens
Original name: The King of Queens

Origin: United States

Date started: 1998

Date ended: 2007

Creator: Michael J. Weithorn David Litt

First network to broadcast: CBS

First country to adapt: Russia (2011)

See also
 * Молодожёны (2011–2012), Russian adaptation of the sitcom The King of Queens.
 * Newlyweds (2011–2012), Russian adaptation of the sitcom The King of Queens.

Happy Days
Name: Happy Days Original name: New Family in Town (original pilot)

Origin: United States

Date started: February 25, 1972

Date ended: September 24, 1984

Creator: Garry Marshall

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: Laverne & Shirley, Blansky's Beauties, Mork & Mindy, Out of the Blue, Joanie Loves Chachi

Second-generation related series: The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang, Laverne & Shirley in the Army, Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour

Other franchise ties: Love, American Style

Kath & Kim
Original name: Kath & Kim

Origin: Australia

Date started: 2002

Creator: Jane Turner and Gina Riley

First network to broadcast: ABC (Australia)

First country to adapt: United States (2008)

The Nanny
Original name: The Nanny

Origin: United States

Date started: 1993

Date ended: 1999

Creator: Fran Drescher

First network to broadcast: CBS

First country to adapt: Turkey (2001)

Married... with Children
Original name: Married... with Children

Origin: United States

Date started: 1987

Date ended: 1997

Creator: Michael G. Moye and Ron Leavitt

First network to broadcast: Fox

First country to adapt: Germany (1993)

Modern Family
Original name: Modern Family

Origin: United States

Date started: 2009

Date ended: 2020

Creator: Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan

First network to broadcast: ABC

First country to adapt: Iran, as Haft Sang (2014; 20th Century Fox did not authorize the production of this series, and it is a frame-by-frame remake of the American version. )

Man with a Plan
Original name: Man with a Plan

Origin: United States

Date started: 2016

Date ended: 2020

Creator: Jackie Filgo Jeff Filgo and Jackie and Jeff Filgo

First network to broadcast: CBS

First country to adapt: Ukraine, as Батько рулить / Папа рулит

International versions

International versions

Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
Original name: Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd

Origin: Singapore

Date started: 1997

Date ended: 2007

Creator(s): Andrea Teo, Kenneth Lang

First network to broadcast: MediaCorp TV Channel 5

First country to adapt: Malaysia, as Phua Chu Kang Sdn Bhd (2010)

Related series: Living with Lydia, Calefare

Sit Down, Shut Up
Original name: Sit Down, Shut Up

Origin: Australia

Date started: 2001

Date ended: 2001

Creator: Tim McLoughlan and Brendan Reed

First network to broadcast: Ten Network

First country to adapt: United States (2009)

Steptoe and Son / Sanford and Son

 * Original name: Steptoe and Son
 * Original name: Sanford and Son
 * Origin: United Kingdom
 * Date started: 1962
 * Date ended: 2016
 * Creator: Ray Galton and Alan Simpson
 * First network to broadcast: BBC 1
 * First country to adapt: United States
 * Related series: Sanford Arms, Grady, Sanford

White Van Man Original name: White Van Man

Origin: United Kingdom

Date started: 2010

Date ended: 2012

Creator: Adrian Poynton

First network to broadcast: BBC Three

First country to adapt: United States (2012)

Betty La Fea

 * Original name: Yo soy Betty, la fea / Betty La Fea
 * Origin: Colombia
 * Date started: 1999
 * Date ended: 2001
 * Creator: Fernando Gaitán
 * First network to broadcast: RCN TV
 * First country to adapt: Mexico(2000)
 * Related series: La Fea Más Bella, Ugly Betty
 * Spinoff series: Eco Moda, Betty Toons

El amor no es como lo pintan
(Love is not as it looks) (2000, Azteca 13, Mexico): Vanessa Acosta as Alicia "Licha" Ramírez Campos. El amor no es como lo pintan concluded in 2001.

Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin
(There's No One Like Jassi) (2003, SET, India): Mona Singh as Jasmeet Walia. The Indian version is not so much about beauty and ugliness, as about a simple middle-class girl with strong family values being catapulted into the amoral world of high fashion upper society, although Jassi was made to appear ugly by having on thick rimmed glasses, braces and an unsightly hairstyle. Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin concluded in 2006.

Sensiz Olmuyor
Turkey's "Sensiz Olmuyor" (Won't Work Without You) told the story of Gönül and Arda on two separate TV networks, with each channel showing thirteen episodes. When the weekly series debuted on Show TV in January 2005, Özlem Conker played Gönül (which means 'heart' in Turkish), the intelligent swan in ugly duckling clothing, and pop star Emre Altuğ appeared as her boss and love interest, Arda. The show did not go on hiatus when it was moved from Show TV to rival network Kanal D, but there was one big change: Yeliz Şar took over the role of Gönül, but the rest of the original cast remained intact.

Verliebt in Berlin
In February 2005, the German TV network, SAT 1, began airing a version called Verliebt in Berlin (The title is a word-play and can mean either In Love in Berlin or In Love with Berlin), starring local soap opera star Alexandra Neldel as Lisa Plenske and Swiss actor Mathis Künzler as David. The show had 5 million viewers daily and was extended beyond its initial 250-episode run in early 2006.

A few weeks later it was announced that the show would be renewed for a second season, but without Neldel and Künzler. The focus shifted onto a male lead character named Bruno Plenske (Lisa's half-brother, played by Tim Sander). Without Alexandra Neldel, however, the show lost much of its original appeal and dwindling ratings led to its cancellation in 2007. Verliebt in Berlin has also been broadcast in dubbed versions in Hungary (as Lisa csak egy van) and France (as Le destin de Lisa). Although Verliebt in Berlin continued with new featured characters and original storylines, it is still credited as "based on Yo Soy Betty La Fea".

Ne Rodis' Krasivoy
(Be Not Born Beautiful, from the Russian phrase, "be not born beautiful, but be born happy", "Ne Rodis' Krasivoy, Rodis' Shchastlivoy")

In 2005, STS broadcasting in Russia created a version of the show called Ne Rodis' Krasivoy starring Nelly Uvarova in the title role of Katya. This version was also broadcast throughout the former Soviet Union.

La Fea Más Bella
(The Most Beautiful Ugly Woman) (2006–2007, Televisa, Mexico): Angélica Vale as Leticia Padilla Solis.

The Mexican Televisa television network, produced its version La Fea Más Bella ("The Prettiest Ugly"), which debuted on 23 January 2006 and ended on 25 February 2007. In the United States, the series aired on Univision, and in the Philippines it was broadcast on ABC 5, where it debuted on 24 April 2006 and concluded on 25 June 2007. It was also aired in Lebanon on the Lebanese MTV network from 2009 to 2010. In both these versions, the protagonist's nickname is "Lety", which is also the name of the show in Lebanon.

Lotte
(2006, Talpa, Netherlands): Nyncke Beekhuyzen as Lotte Pronk. In 2006, the Dutch TV network Talpa began airing Lotte, starring Nyncke Beekhuyzen as the main character and Lars Oostveen as Vico Maesland.

Yo Soy Bea
Despite the original Colombian production already being in Spanish, Telecinco launched an adaptation in Spain called Yo soy Bea in July 2006. The Spanish version title (which translates to "I am Bea") is a pun, with "Bea" sounding like both fea ("ugly") and bella ("beautiful"), and being the short version of the protagonist name, Beatriz. Ruth Núñez played Beatriz Pérez Pinzón and Alejandro Tous was Álvaro Aguilar, the company boss.

The Spanish adaptation screens weekdays at 6:00 pm and pulls in an average of more than four million viewers (more than +35% share of the audience). The series' record is a 42,1% of share. It has become Spain's top-rated daytime programme. Ruth Núñez, known to Spanish viewers for her portrayal of a Yugoslav student in teen soap, Compañeros, plays the heroine.

In this version, Beatriz Pérez Pinzón (Núñez) is an unattractive 26-year-old economist whose looks aren't important to her. She's intelligent and kind, and one day, after having cared for her widower father for two years, she decides to look for a job. Although she's very well educated, she gets only a secretary job at the magazine "Bulevar 21". She becomes the secretary of Álvaro Aguilar (Alejandro Tous), the company boss. In the company, Bea will be against Cayetana (Mónica Estarreado), Álvaro's fiancée, and her friend Bárbara (Norma Ruiz), who is also Álvaro's secretary. The Spanish Version won a TP de Oro to "La mejor telenovela" in 2007.

Ugly Betty
The American production was broadcast on ABC in the United States from 28 September 2006 to 14 April 2010. This production also aired internationally on Citytv and Radio-Canada (as Chère Betty) in Canada, Channel 4 in the United Kingdom; 2007, RTÉ Two in Ireland, TV2 in New Zealand, Seven Network/7Two in Australia, TVB Pearl in Hong Kong, Nova Television in Bulgaria, 8TV in Malaysia, Studio 23 in the Philippines and STAR World in Asia (Southeast Asia, India, Philippines and Middle East feeds).

In 2004, actress Salma Hayek's production company, Ventanarosa, in a joint venture with Reveille Productions and ABC Television Studio bought the rights to Betty la fea, converting it to an English-language seriocomedy series. ABC would acquire the series under the title Ugly Betty, and initially slated the program for broadcasting in summer of 2006 as a daily series, but its success led to ABC slating it as a weekly series. The hour-long program aired Fridays at 9:00 pm (Eastern time); the first episode was broadcast 28 September 2006. Actress America Ferrera portrayed the title character Betty Suarez – an unattractive, but efficient editorial assistant at a fashion magazine.

Maria, i Aschimi
Mega Channel in Greece is airing its own version titled Maria, i Aschimi (Μαρία, Η Άσχημη – Maria, The Ugly One) starring Aggeliki Daliani and Anthimos Ananiadis. Maria exudes intelligence, humor, and kindness, but what she is missing is conventional beauty. She considers her appearance to be an obstacle in her search for employment, despite her collection of degrees, which are displayed proudly by her parents, Kaiti and Irakles. Having no luck in her job search, Maria decides to try for a job for which she is overqualified, secretary to Alexis Mantas, the director of a noted fashion house called Ecomoda. Alexis is the most coveted bachelor in Athens, but he has recently gotten engaged to Markella, who tries to get him to choose her best friend, Lilian, to be his secretary and to keep an eye on him. Lilian doesn't have Maria's natural intelligence or fine education, but she has a beautiful appearance, which makes her a better superficial fit at the fashion house.

This adaptation was originally supposed to start airing on 1 November 2006, but within two weeks of that date the show was removed from Mega Channel's schedule. Finally, it began on 1 January 2007 at 21:00 and although it was scheduled to move at 18:15 two weeks later, due to its high ratings (± 45% according to Agb Hellas and more than 2 million viewers) finally remained in the prime-time slot of the channel.

Sara
The Flemish adaptation is called Sara, starring Veerle Baetens as Sara De Roose. The show was first broadcast on 25 September 2007 by VTM, a Flemish commercial TV-station. Sara was broadcast daily (except weekends) at 6:25 pm. On Sunday, VTM aired 'the week of Sara' at 9:25 pm, containing all the episodes of that week. Sara had a weekly audience between 650,000 and 750,000 viewers. The show ended in June 2008.

Sara works for 'Presence', where she falls in love with her boss Simon Van Wyck (Gert Winckelmans). Actors such as like Veerle Baetens, Sandrine André, Kürt Rogiers, Gert Winckelmans and Bieke Ilegems appeared on the show.

On 13 February 2008, the nominees of the Flemish TV-stars were announced. 'Sara' was nominated for 3 awards. Veerle Baetens, who plays Sara, and Sandrine Andre, who plays Britt, were both nominated in the category Best Actor or Actress. The show was nominated in the category Best Fiction programme. Veerle Baetens won in her category and also won the award as 'Most popular TV personality'. The show won the award for 'Most Popular TV Programme'.

Ne daj se, Nina
A version of Betty la Fea made by Croatian RTL Televizija and Serbian Fox Televizija begins production in October 2007. The working title of the show is "Ne daj se, Nina" ( "Don't give up, Nina"). After a long audition, newcomer Lana Gojak has been cast in the role of Nina (Betty). Other reported cast members include established actors such as Robert Kurbaša, Edvin Livarić, Bojana Ordinačev, Petar Ćiritović, Andrija Milošević, Kristina Krepela and Sloboda Mićalović.

Ošklivka Katka
(Ugly Kate) (2008, TV Prima, Czech Republic): Kateřina Janečková as Kateřina Bertoldová. The series debuted on 3 March 2008 and it airs Mondays and Wednesdays at prime time.

Cô gái xấu xí
The Vietnamese version of Yo soy Betty, fea premiered on 11 February 2008. The series stars Ngọc Hiệp as Huyền Diệu and Chi Bảo as An Đông, the new president of SB Brands Trading J.S.C.. A number of real-life models co-starred in prominent roles, such as Nguyễn Bình Minh (who plays Tiến Mạnh), who competed in the 2002/03 Manhunt International competition and finished in the top ten; Phi Thanh Vân (as Phương Trinh), who worked as a top model and has freely admitted that she owes her beauty to the wonders of plastic surgery; Lý Anh Tuấn (Đăng Dương); and Trịnh Kim Chi (Huyền Thư). This adaptation is one of the most faithful remakes of the Colombian original so far, with episodes being recreated practically scene for scene, with only minor adjustments to account for cultural differences.

I Love Betty La Fea
Filipina actress Bea Alonzo was chosen to play the title role of Betty Pengson and actor John Lloyd Cruz to play Armando Solis in the Philippine adaptation of the famous Colombian telenovela. The series started airing on 8 September 2008 on ABS-CBN network in primetime. Former beauty queen and actress Ruffa Gutierrez, plays the role of Daniela, the female version of Daniel from the original series. In this version, they are working for an advertising agency. This is the only version where Betty refused to have a makeover. She accepted herself in the end.

Chou Nü Wu Di
This soap opera, Ugly Wudi (literally "The Ugly Without Rival" for the name Wudi means Non-Rival, unconquerable, unbeatable or matchless), is a co-production of Televisa México, China's Hunan Satellite TV, the independent producer Nesound, and the Colombian network RCN Television. The program began broadcasting on 28 September 2008 and will be divided into five seasons of 80 half-hour chapters. The show has received some criticism via 3,300 comments on Baidu and newspaper articles stating the actress who plays Wudi isn't ugly enough, despite gaining weight and exhibiting glasses, braces and tan skin which is considered unattractive in China. Some even suggested that the name of the show be changed to Pretty Wudi.

Despite criticisms, the debut episode was watched by 73 million viewers. The show is sponsored by Unilever's Dove brand, which is woven into the plot as Wudi works on a Dove advertising campaign. The show has also been used as a way to launch Dove's Campaign for Real Beauty in China.

Four seasons of Chounu Wudi have been aired in China. The 4th season started on 20 February 2010. It was named as the final season of Chounu Wudi.

BrzydUla
Poland's adaptation of the Betty story, BrzydUla (play on words: Brzydula means ugly girl but Ula is a reference to main character's name), premiered on 6 October 2008 on the TVN network. This version stars Julia Kamińska as Ula Cieplak and Marek Włodarczyk as her father, Józef. Ula works for Marek Dobrzański (played by Filip Bobek) at a prestigious Warsaw fashion house called Dom Mody Febo & Dobrzański.

Bela, a Feia
After months of speculation, the Brazilian TV network Record officially announced on 22 May 2009 that Mexican-Brazilian actress Giselle Itié would portray Bela, the protagonist of the Brazilian version of Yo soy Betty, la Fea. The extensive cast included Ana Roberta Gualda, André Mattos, André Segatti, Angela Leal, Aracy Cardoso, Bemvindo Sequeira, Bia Montez, Bruno Ferrari, Bárbara Borges, Carla Regina, Cláudio Gabriel, Daniel Erthal, Denise Del Vecchio, Esther Góes, Gabriela Moreira, Henri Pagnocelli, Ildi Silva, Iran Malfitano, Jonas Bloch, João Camargo, Laila Zaid, Luiza Thomé, Marcela Barrozo, Natália Guimarães, Pérola Faria, Raul Gazolla, Simone Spoladore, Sérgio Hondjakoff, Sérgio Menezes, Sílvia Pfeifer, and Thierry Figueira, with guest appearances by Babi Xavier, Gracyanne Barbosa, Rogério Fróes, Sérgio Mallandro, and Viviane Araújo. The series was produced by Record in partnership with Mexico's Televisa, which produced La Fea más bella. The story was adapted by scribe Gisele Joras and the series was directed by Edson Spinello. The novela premiered on 4 August 2009, and ended on 2 June 2010.

Gogona Gareubnidan
Georgia's version of the Betty story began on 24 May 2010, about one month after the U.S.A.'s Ugly Betty ended. The first episode was a pretty faithful remake of the pilot episode for Ugly Betty, with only minor changes, making this the first series to be adapted directly from the American Ugly Betty and not the Colombian Yo soy Betty, la fea. The series stars Tina Makharadze as Tamuna and takes place in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital (Tamuna lives in the outskirts, hence the show's title, which translates as "Girl from the Suburbs"). The first season consisted of 10 episodes and concluded on 26 July 2010. The second ran from 8 October 2010 through 31 December 2010, and consisted of 13 episodes. The second season diverged even farther from the story lines of Ugly Betty than the first season had, but many details within various episodes were directly or loosely based on details from second, third, and fourth season episodes of Ugly Betty. The third season began on 11 February 2011 without the show's leading man, Tornike Gogrichiani, who played Tamuna's boss, Nika Kekelidze. Gogrichiani was absent from the season's first four episodes and it was rumored online that he may be leaving the series altogether.

ยัยเป็ดขี้เหร่ Ugly Betty Thailand
A story of Pet (เป็ด; meaning 'Duck') (Pratchayanan "Babymind" Suwanmani), a young girl who looks ugly but is very capable. She works as a secretary for Danai (Wasin "Ko" Atsawanaruenat), who is a young playboy and the son of CEO of POSH Inc., a high-end cosmetics company and Ngamkhae (Nicole Theriault). Danai is the new CEO but things are not as they seem, because Danai has competition from the managing director Alisa "Alice" Phalakon (Sonia Couling) and the Phalakon family who holds shares of his company, Pet also has problems resulting from Danai's previous secretary, a young and beautiful woman.

Ellas son...la Alegría del Hogar

 * Original name: Ellas son...la Alegría del Hogar
 * Origin: Mexico
 * Date started: 2009
 * Date ended: 2010
 * Creator(s): Gloria Calzada, Juan Meyer, and Salvador Rizo
 * Company(s): Televisa Internacional
 * First network to broadcast: Televisa
 * First country to adapt: United States as Devious Maids (2013)

La indomable

 * Original name: La indomable
 * Origin: Venezuela
 * Date started: 1974
 * Date ended: 1974
 * First network to broadcast: Radio Caracas Televisión
 * First country to adapt: Mexico, as La Venganza (1977)
 * Related series: Marimar (1994, remake by Televisa), MariMar (2007)

Juana la virgen

 * Original name: Juana la virgen
 * Origin: Venezuela
 * Date started: 2002
 * Date ended: 2003
 * Creator: Perla Farias
 * First network to broadcast: Radio Caracas Televisión
 * First country to adapt: India (2005) as co-production between United States and Mexico (2013)

Amar después de amar
Micaela Libson Esteban Garrido and Esteban Garrido Micaela Libson Esteban Garrido
 * Original name: Love after Loving / Amar después de amar
 * Origin: Argentina
 * Date started: 2017
 * Date ended: 2017
 * Writer: Erika Halvorsen
 * Format Under License Form: Telefe
 * Written By: Erika Halvorsen
 * Written By: Erika Halvorsen
 * First network to broadcast: Telefe
 * First country to adapt: Mexico (2017)

Jane the Virgin
Jennie Snyder Urman Jennie Snyder Urman Madeline Hendricks Rafael Agustin Chantelle Wells Merigan Mulhern Paul Sciarrotta Micah Schraft Jessica O'Toole and Amy Rardin Leah Longoria David S. Rosenthal Emmylou Diaz Valentina L. Garza Corinne Brinkerhoff Deirdre Shaw Josh Reims Meredith Averill Sarah Goldfinger Liz Sczudlo Joni Lefkowitz Katie Wech Gracie Glassmeyer Christopher Oscar Pena Dara Resnik Michael J. Cinquemani Joe Lawson Ben O'Hara Jennie Snyder Urman Max Richards Cyrus Farrokh Gary Pearl Jorge Granier Aquarius Television Aquarius Pictures RCTV International Electus Electus International CBS Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Distribution CBS Studios International Warner Bros. International Television Production
 * Original name: Jane the Virgin
 * Origin: United States
 * Date started: 2014
 * Date ended: 2019
 * Creator: Perla Farias
 * Writer: Carolina Rivera
 * Executive producers: Ben Silverman
 * Theme music composer: Gustavo Santaolalla
 * Composer: Kevin Kiner
 * Distributor: Propagate Content
 * First network to broadcast: The CW
 * First country to adapt: Turkey (2015)

Other versions
 * In 2014, Jane the Virgin in the United States for The CW.
 * In 2015 (Turkish version of jane the virgin) Turkish version of the Jane the Virgin Turkish version of the series "Jane the Virgin" Aşka Gebe Hayat Mucizelere Gebe (Life Is Full of Miracles, in Turkish Life Is Full of Miracles الحياة مليئة بالمعجزات) Aska Gebe [tr] Hayat Mucizelere Gebe النسخة التركية من مسلسل Jane the Virgin Turkish adaptation jane the virgin Turkish remake jane the virgin Turkish version of the series "Jane the Virgin". Jane the Virgin (TR) Jane the Virgin / Aska Gebe in Turkey produced by Med Yapım Kanal D Distributed by Sera Film Services Medyapim for Kanal D Jane the Virgin (TR) The Turkish version of the series "Jane the Virgin" Turk remake of Jane The Virgin, titled Hayat Mucizelere Gebe.
 * In 2015 Hayat Mucizelere Gebe in Turkey produced by Medyapim for Kanal D
 * In 2017, Parthena Zoi Παρθένα Ζωή in Greece for ANT1.
 * In 2019, "Bat-El Habetula" (Bat-El the Virgin, in Hebrew בתאל הבתולה) "he:בת אל הבתולה", in Israel for Hot (Israel).
 * In 2019, "Jane the Virgin", on Netflix.
 * In 2019 "Mariza la virigen"(Mariza the virigin, in Spanish Mariza la virigen), In Spain and Latin America for Know channel Espana y Latin America, telefe, pol-ka, RCN Televisión, RTI Producciones, TV Azteca and Televisa.
 * In 2020, Miss Mom Jane Miss Mom Jae-in (미쓰맘 제인) in South Korea, produced by for Channel A.

International adaptations

L'onore e il rispetto
Luigi Parisi Alessio Inturri
 * Original name: L'onore e il Rispetto
 * Origin: Italy
 * Date started: 2006
 * Date ended: 2017
 * Creator: Salvatore Samperi
 * First network to broadcast: Canale 5
 * First country to adapt: Turkey (2014)

Mi Gorda Bella

 * Original name: Mi Gorda Bella
 * Origin: Venezuela
 * Date started: 2002
 * Date ended: 2003
 * Creator: Carolina Espada
 * First network to broadcast: Radio Caracas Televisión
 * First country to adapt: India (2004)
 * Related series (loosely based on): Betty La Fea, La Fea Más Bella, Ugly Betty
 * Related series (adapted from the original): Dekho Magar Pyaar Se, Llena de amor

La ronca de oro

 * Original name: La ronca de oro
 * Origin: Colombia
 * Date started: 2014
 * Date ended: 2014
 * First network to broadcast: Caracol Televisión
 * First country to adapt: Egypt (2015)

My Lovely Sam Soon

 * Original name: My Lovely Sam Soon
 * Origin: South Korea
 * Date started: 2005
 * Date ended: 2005
 * Creator: Kim Do-Wo
 * First network to broadcast: MBC
 * First country to adapt: Philippines, as Ako si Kim Samsoon (2008)

Two Wives

 * Original name: Two Wives
 * Origin: South Korea
 * Date started: 2009
 * Date ended: 2009
 * Creator: Lee Yoo-seon
 * First network to broadcast: SBS
 * First country to adapt: Philippines

Sorelle
Endemol Shine Middle East Endemol Shine Group Endemol Shine Italy Eagle Films
 * Original name: Sorelle
 * Origin: Italy
 * Date started: 2017
 * Date ended: 2017
 * Creator: Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta
 * Distributor: Endemol Shine Group
 * زي الشمس النسخة العربية عن مسلسل "Sorelle" 2017 اينديمول شاين - أيطاليا مقتبسة من مسلسل إيطالي بعنوان (الأخوات)
 * First network to broadcast: Rai 1
 * First country to adapt: Egypt (2019)

Mentre ero via
Endemol Shine Middle East Endemol Shine Group Endemol Shine Italy IProductions
 * Original name: Mentre ero via (While I Was Away)
 * Origin: Italy
 * Date started: 2019
 * Date ended: 2019
 * Creator: Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta
 * Distributor: Endemol Shine Group
 * First network to broadcast: Rai 1
 * First country to adapt: Egypt (2020)
 * Format based on a Rai Fiction and Endemol Shine Italy Coproduction © 2018 Endemol Shine Italy S.p.A. / 2019 RAI Radiotelevisione italiana S.p.a Subject by Ivan Cotroneo and Monica Rametta Format Distributed by Endemol Shine IP B.V.

Terminales
Miguel Ángel Fox Muller María del Socorro González Ocampo Pedro Armando Rodríguez Montes Marco Antonio Lagarde Bedolla Patricio Saiz Valenzuela'''
 * Original name: Terminales
 * Origin: Mexico
 * Date started: 2008
 * Date ended: 2008
 * Creator: '''Ricardo Tadeo Álvarez Canales
 * First network to broadcast: Televisa
 * First country to adapt: Spain (2010)

Resistire
Mario Segade'''
 * Original name: Resistiré
 * Origin: Argentina
 * Date started: 2003
 * Date ended: 2003
 * Creator: '''Gustavo Belatti
 * First network to broadcast: Telefe
 * First country to adapt: Mexican (2006)

El regreso de Lucas
Martín Méndez''' América Televisión'''
 * Original name: El regreso de Lucas The Return of Lucas
 * Origin: Argentina
 * Date started: 2016
 * Date ended: 2016
 * Creator and Writer: '''Bruno Luciani
 * First network to broadcast: '''Telefe
 * First country to adapt: Egypt (2018)

Acacias 38
Susana López Rubio Aurora Guerra Miquel Peidró'''
 * Original name: Acacias 38
 * Origin: Spain
 * Date started: 2015
 * Date ended: 2021
 * Creator: '''Josep Cister Rubio
 * First network to broadcast: La 1
 * First country to adapt: Egypt (2018)

Gran Hotel
Gema R. Neira'''
 * Original name: Gran Hotel
 * Origin: Spain
 * Date started: 2011
 * Date ended: 2013
 * Creator: '''Ramón Campos
 * First network to broadcast: Antena 3
 * First country to adapt: Italy (2015)

Карамель

 * Original name: Карамель Karamel Caramel
 * Origin: Russia
 * Date started: 2011
 * Date ended: 2011
 * First network to broadcast: TV-3
 * First country to adapt: Lebanon (2017)

Polseres vermelles
Pau Freixas
 * Original name: Polseres vermelles The Red Band Society
 * Origin: Spain
 * Date started: 2011
 * Date ended: 2013
 * Creator: Albert Espinosa
 * Executive producers: Albert Espinosa
 * Distributor: Filmax International
 * First network to broadcast: TV3
 * First country to adapt: Italy (2014)

Primera dama

 * Original name: Primera dama The First Lady	
 * Origin: Chile
 * Date started: 2010
 * Date ended: 2011
 * Creator: Sebastián Arrau
 * Distributor: Latin Media Corporation
 * First network to broadcast: Canal 13
 * First country to adapt: Colombia (2011)

Drop Dead Diva

 * Original name: Drop Dead Diva
 * Origin: United States
 * Date started: 2009
 * Date ended: 2014
 * Creator: Josh Berman
 * First network to broadcast: Lifetime
 * First country to adapt: Russia (2013)

Remakes In 2017, South Korean TV network MBC announced that it will broadcast a local remake of the series, titled Goddess of the Court. Jointly produced by Sony Pictures Television and local production company Redwoods (the company behind the hit 2015-2016 TV series Six Flying Dragons), it is planned for broadcast on the network's Wednesday-Thursday primetime slot in early 2018. SPT also plans to broadcast the series on its owned-and-operated channels across 160 countries, including Sony One.

Arabic version In 2018, An Arabic version was produced under Arabic announced that it will broadcast a TV network OSN announced that it will broadcast a local remake of the series, the name titled طلعت روحي (Teleat Rohi (Drop Dead Diva) . Jointly produced by Sony Pictures Television and local production company Beelink Productions

24
Original name 24

Origin: United States

Date started: November 5, 2001

Creator: Joel Surnow, Robert Cochran

First network to broadcast: FOX

First country to adapt: India (24, 2013)

Related series: 24: Conspiracy, 24: Redemption, The Rookie, 24: Live Another Day, 24: Legacy

9-1-1
Original name: 9-1-1

Origin: United States

Date started: January 3, 2018

Date ended: Present

Creator: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk & Tim Minear

First network to broadcast: FOX

Related series: 9-1-1 and 9-1-1: Lone Star

Arrowverse
Original name: Arrow Arrowverse

Origin: United States

Date started: October 10, 2012

Creator: Greg Berlanti, Andrew Kreisberg, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Klemmer & Geoff Johns

First network to broadcast: The CW

Related series: The Flash, Constantine, Vixen, Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl, Black Lightning, Batwoman and Superman & Lois

Babylon 5
Original name: Babylon 5

Origin: United States

Date started: February 22, 1993

Date ended: November 25, 1998

Creator: J. Michael Straczynski

First network to broadcast: PTEN

Related series: Crusade, plus six TV films

Battlestar Galactica
Original name: Battlestar Galactica

Origin: United States

Date started: September 17, 1978

Date ended: April 29, 1979

Creator: Glen A. Larson

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: Galactica 1980, Battlestar Galactica (2004), Caprica, three TV films

Breaking Bad
Original name: Breaking Bad

Origin: United States

Date started: January 20, 2008

Date ended: September 29, 2013

Creator: Vince Gilligan

First network to broadcast: AMC

Related series: Talking Bad, Better Call Saul, Talking Saul, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, The Broken and the Bad, Slippin' Jimmy

First country to adapt: Colombia (Metástasis, 2014)

Other franchise ties: The X-Files, The Walking Dead

Chicago Fire
Original name: Chicago Fire

Origin: United States

Date started: October 10, 2012

Date ended: Present

Creator: Dick Wolf, Matt Olmstead, Michael Brandt, and Derek Haas

First network to broadcast: NBC

Other franchise ties: Law & Order

Related series: Chicago P.D., Chicago Med, and Chicago Justice

Criminal Minds
Original name: Criminal Minds

Origin: United States

Date started: September 22, 2005

Creator(s): Jeff Davis

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: Criminal Minds: Suspect Behavior, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders

CSI
Original name: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Origin: United States

Date started: October 6, 2000

Date ended: Ongoing

Creator: Anthony Zuiker

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, Without A Trace, Cold Case, CSI: Cyber and CSI: Vegas

Dallas
Original name: Dallas

Origin: United States

Date started: April 2, 1978

Date ended: May 3, 1991

Creator: David Jacobs

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: Knots Landing, Dallas (2012), two TV films

Doctor Who
Original name: Doctor Who

Origin: United Kingdom

Date started: 23 November 1963

Date ended: ongoing

Creator: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber (and others)

First network to broadcast: BBC

First country to adapt: United States (1996; considered part of continuing series because Sylvester McCoy passed the role to Paul McGann in the TV pilot)

Related series: K-9 & Company, Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, Class, two films produced in the 1960s, Big Finish audio dramas

The Equalizer
Original name: The Equalizer

Origin: United States

Date started: September 23, 1985

Date ended: May 2, 1989

Creator: Michael Sloan and Richard Lindheim

First network to broadcast: CBS

Second generation related series: The Equalizer (2021 reboot), plus two films (2014 and 2018)

ER
Original name: ER

Origin: United States

Date started: September 19, 1994

Date ended: April 2, 2009

Creator: Michael Crichton

First network to broadcast: NBC

Other franchise ties: Third Watch and Medical Investigation

Grey's Anatomy
Original name: Grey's Anatomy

Origin: United States

Date started: March 27, 2005

Creator: Shonda Rhimes

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: Private Practice and Station 19

Hawaii Five-O
Original name: Hawaii Five-O

Origin: United States

Date started: September 20, 1968

Date ended: April 5, 1980

Creator: Leonard Freeman

First network to broadcast: CBS

Second generation related series: Hawaii Five-0 (2010 reboot; acknowledges ties to the original)

Second generation other franchise ties: NCIS: Los Angeles, MacGyver, Magnum P.I.

Kung Fu
Original name: Kung Fu

Origin: United States

Date started: February 22, 1972

Date ended: April 26, 1975

Creator: Ed Spielman, Jerry Thorpe and Herman Miller

First network to broadcast: ABC

Spin-off series: Kung Fu: The Legend Continues (1993-1997)

Second generation related series: Kung Fu (2021 reboot)

L.A. Law
Original name: L.A. Law

Origin: United States

Date started: September 15, 1986

Date started: May 19, 1994

Creator:

First network to broadcast: NBC

Other franchise ties: Civil Wars and L.A. Law: The Movie

Law & Order
Original name: Law & Order

Origin: United States

Date started: September 13, 1990

Date ended: Ongoing

Creator: Dick Wolf

First network to broadcast: NBC

Other franchise ties: The X-Files, Chicago

First country to adapt: France (Paris enquêtes criminelles, 2007)

Related series: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Law & Order: LA, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: UK, Law & Order: Trial by Jury, Law & Order, Crime & Punishment, Conviction, Homicide: Life on the Street and Law & Order: Organized Crime

Magnum, P.I.
Original name: Magnum, P.I.

Origin: United States

Date started: December 11, 1980

Date ended: May 8, 1988

Creator: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

First network to broadcast: CBS

Second generation related series: Magnum P.I. (2018 reboot; acknowledges ties to the original)

Second generation other franchise ties: Hawaii Five-0

Matlock
Original name: Matlock

Origin: United States

Date started: September 23, 1986

Date ended: May 7, 1995

Creator(s): Dean Hargrove, Joel Steiger, Joyce Burditt

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related series: Jake and the Fatman and Diagnosis: Murder

Medical Investigation
Original name: Medical Investigation

Origin: United States

Date started: September 9, 2004

Date ended: March 25, 2005

Creator: Jason Horwitch

First network to broadcast: NBC

Other franchise ties: Third Watch

NCIS
Original name: JAG

Origin: United States

Date started: September 23, 1995

Date ended: Ongoing

Creator(s): Donald P. Bellisario

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related series: First Monday, NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, Hawaii Five-0, MacGyver, NCIS: New Orleans, NCIS: Hawaiʻi, Scorpion and NCIS: Sydney

NYPD Blue
Original name: NYPD Blue

Origin: United States

Date started: September 21, 1993

Date ended: March 1, 2005

Creator(s): Steven Bochco, David Milch

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: Public Morals

Once Upon a Time
Original name: Once Upon a Time

Origin: United States

Date started: October 23, 2011

Date ended: May 18, 2018

Creator: Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz

First network to broadcast: ABC (United States, as they are the co-producers), although CTV in Canada aired it an hour before the US telecast during its first three seasons, which would make them the first international network to air the series

Related series: Once Upon a Time in Wonderland

Other franchise ties: Lost and Disney-related franchises

The Practice
Original name: The Practice

Origin: United States

Date started: March 4, 1997

Date ended: December 8, 2008

Creator: David E. Kelley

First network to broadcast: ABC

Related series: Boston Legal and Boston Public

Other franchise ties: Ally McBeal

Sons of Anarchy
Original name: Sons of Anarchy

Origin: United States

Date started: September 3, 2008

Date ended: December 9, 2014

Creator: Kurt Sutter

First network to broadcast: FX

Related series: Mayans M.C.

Star Trek
Original name: Star Trek

Origin: United States

Date started: 1966 (TV series); 1979 (film series)

Date ended: ongoing (TV); ongoing (film)

Creator: Gene Roddenberry

First network to broadcast: NBC

Related series: Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Short Treks, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds plus a film series (13 films as of 2016)

Stargate: SG-1
Original name: Stargate SG-1

Origin: United States

Date started: July 27, 1997

Date ended: March 13, 2007

Creator: Brad Wright & Jonathan Glassner

First network to broadcast: Showtime

Related series: Stargate Infinity, Stargate Atlantis and Stargate Universe

Walker, Texas Ranger
Original name: Walker, Texas Ranger

Origin: United States

Date started: April 21, 1993

Creator(s): Christopher Canaan, Albert S. Ruddy, Leslie Greif, Paul Haggis, Aaron Norris, Chuck Norris

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: Sons of Thunder, Martial Law, Early Edition, Walker

The Walking Dead
Original name: The Walking Dead

Origin: United States

Date started: October 31, 2010

Date ended: November 20, 2022

Creator: Frank Darabont

First network to broadcast: AMC

Related series: Talking Dead, Fear the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: World Beyond, Tales of the Walking Dead, The Walking Dead: Dead City, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon, The Walking Dead: The Ones Who Live

The X-Files
Original name: The X-Files

Origin: United States

Date started: September 10, 1993

Creator: Chris Carter

First network to broadcast: Fox

Related series: The Lone Gunmen, Millennium

Other franchise ties: Law & Order

Yellowstone
Original name: Yellowstone

Origin: United States

Date started: June 20, 2018

Creator: Taylor Sheridan

First network to broadcast: Paramount Network

Related series: 1883, 1923, 6666, 1944, 2024

Other franchise ties: Mayor of Kingstown, Tulsa King, Special Ops: Lioness, Lawmen: Bass Reeves, Land Man

Anime
A number of Anime TV shows have been both long running, and produced various individual titles existing in the same universe, as part of the franchise

Gundam
Original name: Mobile Suit Gundam

Origin: Japan

Date started: April 7, 1979

Creator: Hajime Yatate

Related series: Mobile Suit Gundam, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ, Mobile Suit SD Gundam, Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Mobile Fighter G Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, After War Gundam X, Turn A Gundam, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Superior Defender Gundam Force, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn, SD Gundam Sangokuden Brave Battle Warriors, Mobile Suit Gundam AGE, Gundam Reconguista in G, Gundam Build Fighters Try, Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, Gundam Build Divers, (Plus numerous Cinema Movies and other media)

Astro Boy (1980 TV series)

Original Name: Tetsuwan atomu,

Origin: Japan

Date Started: Oct 1, 1980

Creator: Osamu Tezuka

Related Series: Astro Boy (2003 TV series) Astro Boy (1963 TV series) Astro Boy (film)

Barney
Original name: Barney & Friends

Origin: United States

Date started: 1988 (character and video series Barney and the Backyard Gang), 1992 (TV)

Creators: Sheryl Leach and Kathy Parker

First network to broadcast: Public Broadcasting Service

First country to adapt: Israel

Bozo the Clown
Original name: Bozo's Circus

Origin: United States

Date started: 1946 (character), 1949 (TV)

Date ended: early 1970s (most markets), 2001 (as WGN-TV's The Bozo Super Sunday Show)

Creator: Alan W. Livingston

First station to broadcast: KTTV/Los Angeles, California

Hi-5
Original name: Hi-5

Origin: Australia

Date started: June–August 1998 (music group), 12 April 1999 (original TV series), 15 May 2017 (TV series revival)

Date ended: 16 December 2011 (original TV series), 16 June 2017 (TV series revival), November 2019 (music group)

Creators: Helena Harris and Posie Graeme-Evans

First network to broadcast: Nine Network

First country to adapt: United States

Romper Room
Original name: Romper Room

Origin: United States

Date started: 1953

Date ended: 1981 (US Franchised/local versions); 1994 (US syndicated version)

Creator: Nancy Claster

First station to broadcast: WBAL-TV/Baltimore, Maryland

First country to adapt: Canada (local version at CKLW-TV/Windsor, Ontario, 1954)

Sesame Street
Original name: Sesame Street

Origin: United States

Date started: 1969

Creators: Joan Ganz Cooney and Lloyd Morrisett

First network to broadcast: National Educational Television

First country to adapt: Brazil

Blue's Clues
Original name: Blue's Clues

Origin: United States

Date started: 1996

Creators: Traci Paige Johnson Todd Kessler and Angela C. Santomero

First network to broadcast: Nick Jr. Channel

First country to adapt: United Kingdom

AM
Original name: Ralph Story's AM

Origin: United States

Date started: 1971

Creator: Ralph Story

First network to broadcast: KABC-TV

Related series: AM America, AM Los Angeles/Live with Regis and Kathie Lee/Live! with Kelly, AM Chicago/The Oprah Winfrey Show, AM Buffalo, Morning Exchange

Second-generation related series: Dr. Oz, Dr. Phil, The Gayle King Show, The Nate Berkus Show, Good Morning America

Third-generation related series: The Doctors

Note: Canada AM is unrelated to this franchise and predates it.

The Jerry Springer Show
Original name: The Jerry Springer Show

Origin: United States

Date started: 1991

Creator: Jerry Springer

First station to broadcast: WLWT/Cincinnati, Ohio

First country to adapt: United Kingdom (as The Springer Show)

Related series (UK): The Jeremy Kyle Show

Related series (US): The Steve Wilkos Show, Judge Jerry

Second-generation related series (US): The Jeremy Kyle Show

The Maury Povich Show
Original name: The Maury Povich Show

Origin: United States

Date started: 1990

Date ended: 1998

Creator: Maury Povich

First station to broadcast: US syndication

Related series: The Montel Williams Show, Maury

Second-generation related series: Trisha

Franchise ties: Sally Jessy Raphaël / Sally, The Jerry Springer Show, The Steve Wilkos Show

Ricki Lake
Original name: Ricki Lake

Origin: United States

Date started: 1993

Date ended: 2004

Creator: Garth Ancier, Gail Steinberg, Ricki Lake

First station to broadcast: US syndication

Related series: Jane (1992), Tempestt, Carnie!, Life & Style

Second-generation related series: The Ricki Lake Show

The Rosie O'Donnell Show
Original name: The Rosie O'Donnell Show

Origin: United States

Date started: 1996

Date ended: 2002

Creator: Rosie O'Donnell

First station to broadcast: US syndication

Related series: The Caroline Rhea Show, The Bonnie Hunt Show

Second-generation related series: The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Second-generation spin-off related series: Bethenny (also tied to the Real Housewives reality franchise)

Third-generation related series: The Rosie Show

Other franchise ties: The Oprah Winfrey Show, Real Housewives, Carnie!

60 Minutes
Original name: 60 Minutes

Origin: United States

Date started: 1968

Creator: Don Hewitt

First network to broadcast: CBS

First country to adapt: Australia 60 Minutes

Adaptations include 60 Minutes (New Zealand) and versions in Germany, Mexico, Peru and Portugal. The series has also been franchised in re-versioned cable episodes in the U.S. and even on CBS itself (see 60 Minutes II).

Action News
Original name: Rock 'n' Roll Radio News / Action News

Origin: United States

Date started: under current name: 1972; original format: 1958

Creators: Irv Weinstein (original format), Mel Kampmann (franchise)

First station to broadcast: WFIL-TV

First country to adapt: Australia

Eyewitness News
Original name: Eyewitness News

Origin: United States

Date started: 1970

Creator: Al Primo

First station to broadcast: WABC-TV

First country to adapt: Australia

Meet the Press
Original name: American Mercury Presents Meet the Press

Origin: United States

Date started: 1945

Creators: Martha Rountree and Lawrence E. Spivak

First network to broadcast: Mutual

First country to adapt: Australia (Meet the Press)

News Central
Original name: News Central Origin: United States

Date started: 2003

Date ended: 2006

Creator: Sinclair Broadcast Group

First station to broadcast (flagship station): WBFF

Related series: The Point, Washington Newsroom, Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson

NewsCenter / NotiCentro
Original name: NotiCentro (Latin America), The Sixth/Eleventh Hour (United States)

Origin: Puerto Rico

Date started: 1967 (original usage), 1974 (NBC franchise)

First station to broadcast: WAPA-TV

First country to adapt: United States

Related series: NewsChannel, News 4 New York, Channel # News (with local variants)

The name was also used in Canada, Brazil, Australia, Italy and Japan.

SportsCenter
Original name: SportsCenter

Origin: United States

Date started: 1979

Creator: John A. Walsh

First station to broadcast: ESPN

Adaptations include SportsCenter Asia and Canada's SportsCentre.

All That
Original name: All That

Origin: United States

Date started: 1994

Creator: Dan Schneider, Mike Tollin, and Brian Robbins

First network to broadcast: Nickelodeon

Spin-off series: Action League Now, The Amanda Show, Keenan and Kel, The Nick Cannon Show

Related series: Sonny With a Chance, So Random

Eat Bulaga!
Original name: Eat Bulaga!

Origin: Philippines

Date started: July 30, 1979

Creator: TAPE Inc. (now known as TVJ Productions)

First network to broadcast: RPN (now airs in TV5 Network)

First country to adapt: Indonesia as The New Eat Bulaga! Indonesia (2014–present) (formerly known as Eat Bulaga! Indonesia; 2012–2014)

Related series: The Ryzza Mae Show (2013-2015)

Hee Haw
Original name: Hee Haw

Origin: United States

Date started: June 15, 1969

Creators: Frank Peppiatt and John Aylesworth

First network to broadcast: CBS

Related series: Hee Haw Honeys, Hee Haw Silver

Other franchise ties: The Jimmy Dean Show, The Sonny & Cher Show

It's Showtime
Original name: It's Showtime

Origin: Philippines

Date started: October 24, 2009

Creator: ABS-CBN

First network to broadcast: ABS-CBN

First country to adapt: Indonesia as It's Showtime Indonesia (2019–present) on MNCTV

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
Original name: Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In

Origin: United States

Date started: January 22, 1968

Date ended: March 12, 1973

Creator: Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, and George Schlatter

First network to broadcast: NBC

First country to adapt: Philippines as Super Laff-In (1969)

Related series: Turn-On

Spin-off series: Letters to Laugh-In, Baggy Pants and the Nitwits

2 Days & 1 Night!
Original name: 1박 2일 (1 Night 2 Days) 2 Days & 1 Night! Origin: South Korea

Date started: August 5, 2007

Creator: Korean Broadcasting System

First network to broadcast: KBS2

First country to adapt: China as 2天1夜

You Can't Do That On Television
Original name: You Can't Do That On Television

Origin: Canada

Date started: 1979

Date ended: 1990

Creators: Roger Price and Geoffrey Darby

First network to broadcast: CTV

First country to adapt: United States, as Don't Look Now (1983)

Spin-off series: Turkey Television, UFO Kidnapped, Whatever Turns You On

Related series: All That, The Amanda Show