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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^{[citation needed]}

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11] 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.^[12] The Brazilian version, Donas de Casa Desesperadas began being broadcast on RedeTV! in 2008.^[13] 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.^[14] 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.^[15]

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

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)

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)

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.

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

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)

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)

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)

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.^[17])

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

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

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)

• 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)

• 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

(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.

(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.

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.

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 BerlinorIn 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 (asLisa csak egy van) and France (asLe 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".

(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.

(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.

(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.

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.

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 (asChère 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.^[18] The hour-long program aired Fridays at 9:00 pm (Eastern time);^[19] 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.^[20]

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.

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'.

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.

(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.

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.

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.

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.^[21] 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.^[22] The show is sponsored by Unilever's Dove brand, which is woven into the plot as Wudi works on a Dove advertising campaign.^[22] 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.^[23]

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.

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.

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.

A story of Pet (Thai: 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.

• 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 StatesasDevious Maids (2013)

• 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)

• 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)

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

• Original name: Jane the Virgin
• Origin: United States
• Date started: 2014
• Date ended: 2019
• Creator: Perla Farias
  Jennie Snyder Urman
• Writer: Carolina Rivera
  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
• Executive producers: Ben Silverman
  Jennie Snyder Urman
  Max Richards
  Cyrus Farrokh
  Gary Pearl
  Jorge Granier
• Theme music composer: Gustavo Santaolalla
• Composer: Kevin Kiner
• Distributor: Propagate Content
  Aquarius Television
  Aquarius Pictures
  RCTV International
  Electus
  Electus International
  CBS Television Distribution
  Warner Bros. Television Distribution
  CBS Studios International
  Warner Bros. International Television Production
• 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 Creative Leaders Group Eight [ko] for Channel A.

International adaptations

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

• 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

• 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)

• 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)

• 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

• Original name: Sorelle
• Origin: Italy
• Date started: 2017
• Date ended: 2017
• Creator: Ivan Cotroneo, Monica Rametta
• Distributor: Endemol Shine Group
  Endemol Shine Middle East
  Endemol Shine Group
  Endemol Shine Italy
  Eagle Films
• 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)

• 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
  Endemol Shine Middle East
  Endemol Shine Group
  Endemol Shine Italy
  IProductions
• 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.

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

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

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

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

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

• 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)

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

• 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)

• 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 (Korean: 법정의 여신; RR: Beobjeong-ui Yeosin). 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.^[24]

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Original name: Bozo's Circus
Origin: United States
Date started: 1946 (character), 1949 (TV)
Date ended: early 1970s (most markets), 2001 (asWGN-TV's The Bozo Super Sunday Show)
Creator: Alan W. Livingston
First station to broadcast: KTTV/Los Angeles, California

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

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)

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