In Honor of Charlie Sheen's Anger Management, 9 Other Feature Comedies Adapted Into TV Series

It's official: Lionsgate TV is adapting the 2003 Jack Nicholson-Adam Sandler comedy Anger Management into a sitcom for Charlie Sheen. In celebration of this feat, Movieline is revisiting nine other television series adapted from films with varying degrees of success. Reminisce after the jump.

The Odd Couple (1970)

Adapted From: The Odd Couple (1968)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $44.5 million

Description: Based on the 1968 comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau as incompatible roommates, this ABC sitcom starred Tony Randall and Jack Klugman, both of whom went on to earn an Emmy for their roles (Klugman won two). Garry Marshall executive produced this long-running series, which welcomed celebrity guest stars like Hugh Hefner, Billie Jean King, Allen Ludden and Betty White.

Number of Episodes: 114

Success? Yes

Fast Times (1986)

Adapted From: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $27.1 million

Description: Four years after the Cameron Crowe/Amy Heckerling coming-of-age comedy hit theaters, Heckerling (as director) and Crowe (as creative consultant) backed a CBS adaptation starring Courtney Thorne-Smith (as Stacy Hamilton), Claudia Wells (as Linda Barrett) and Dean Cameron (as Jeff Spicoli). Ray Walston (Mr. Hand) and Vincent Schiavelli (Mr. Vargas) reprised their roles for the short-lived project which involved a lot of Spicoli/Mr. Hand plots -- like "Spicoli tries to get Mr. Hand to laugh" or "Spicoli starts a rumor that Mr. Hand lost an eye during World War II." The series, bereft of the drug and sexual references that made the film popular amongst its teen audience, received critically scathing reviews and was quickly yanked off the air.

Number of Episodes: 7

Success? No

Ferris Bueller (1990)

Adapted From: Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $70.1 million

Description: NBC adapted Ferris Bueller for the small screen four years after its release with Charlie Schlatter playing the title character as a much less likable version of Matthew Broderick's Ferris. A then-unknown Jennifer Aniston played Bueller's sister and Brandon Douglas assumed the role of Cameron. The series was met with negative reviews from critics and after ranking 57th in television rankings, was replaced by Blossom.

Number of Episodes: 13

Success? No

Uncle Buck (1990)

Adapted From: Uncle Buck (1989)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $66.7 million

Description: Remember that time CBS adapted your favorite John Hughes movie about a fiercely protective Chicago uncle into an abhorrent TV series? For your sake, I hope not. In case you don't, brace yourself and view the show's opening credits -- which play like a low-quality MADtv parody. So how did CBS prolong Buck's babysitting duties for an entire series after his brother and sister-in-law return at the end of the movie? BY KILLING THEM OFF. Yes, the show picks up after Bob and Cindy die in a nasty car accident and Buck assumes guardianship of Tia, Miles and Maizy. This is what nightmares are made of people.

Number of Episodes: 22

Success? No

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