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

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures (1992)

Adapted From: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $40.5 million

Description: After CBS found some success adapting the Keanu Reeves/Alex Winter buddy comedy into an animated kids series (with both leads reprising their roles the first season), Fox tried to recreate the Bill & Ted magic with this 1992 live action series. With Christopher Kennedy as Bill S. Preston and Evan Richards as Ted "Theodore" Logan," the series boasted episodes called "As the Dude Turns" and "Hunka Hunka Bill and Ted."

Number of Episodes: 7

Success? Unsurprisingly, no.

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1995)

Adapted From: Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (1994)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $72.2 million

Description: Just a year after the success of Ace Ventura, Morgan Creek Productions rolled out an animated series for CBS to follow The Mask, another cartoon based on a Jim Carrey vehicle. Although the series didn't feature any talent from the film -- Canadian actor Michael Dangerfield voiced Ace -- Seth MacFarlane was a writer on the slapstick cartoon series.

Number of Episodes: 39 (3 seasons)

Success? Yes

Clueless (1996)

Adapted From: Clueless (1995)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $56.6 million

Description: Following the release of Amy Heckerling's iconic 90's film, ABC picked up Heckerling's TV adaptation for its TGIF line-up (before the series moved to UPN). Rachel Blanchard starred in the Alicia Silverstone role and David Lascher assumed Paul Rudd's part while Stacey Dash, Elisa Donovan, Donald Faison and Twink Caplan reprised their roles for the small screen version.

Number of Episodes: 62 (3 seasons)

Success? Yes

10 Things I Hate About You (2009)

Adapted From: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $38.1 million

Description: ABC Family picked up this series based on the 1999 teen comedy which was based on Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. In this "reimagined adaptation," Lindsey Shaw and Meaghan Jette Martin starred as Kat and Bianca Stratford while Larry Miller reprised his role as the girls' overprotective father. Although the series was first welcomed by critics who called it solid, clever and having "genuine appeal," it was canceled within a year.

Number of Episodes: 20

Success? No

My Big Fat Greek Life (2002)

Adapted From: My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2003)

Domestic Box Office Gross: $241.4 million

Description: Even with My Big Fat Greek Wedding writer and star Nia Vardalos writing and starring in this CBS series -- not to mention the film's producers Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson attached as executive producers -- this adaptation tanked on TV. The series followed life after the big Greek Wedding as a Greek woman tries to deal with her very Greek family and her WASP-y husband. The only film cast member who didn't appear in this series was John Corbett.

Number of Episodes: 7

Success? No

*All box office grosses taken from Box Office Mojo and have not been adjusted for inflation.

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