Another film to become a TV series was ANIMAL HOUSE (short-lived).
 
Although you could cite the book as the original source, an even earlier
show is I REMEMBER MAMA.  I suspect there are a number of shows from the 1950s
that originate in a book as well as a popular movie.
 
Don Larsson, Mankato State U (MN)
 
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