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StumbleAs seen on TV: Movies made into TV shows
Wednesday, July 16, 2003 | 8:34 a.m.
Given the recent wave of TV shows-turned big-screen features, it's easy to forget the role has more often been reversed with wildly mixed results.
For every "M*A*S*H" and "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," films more closely idendtified with television, there is a "My Big Fat Greek Life" and "Dangerous Minds," box-office hits-turned small-screen disasters. A partial list of some TV shows based on movies:
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