Mega Box Office Hit Movies That Don't Do Well When Converted To TV

Have you ever noticed that there seems to be a weird trend in Hollywood in which movies that do extremely well in the Theater, and do even better when they make it to Blu-Ray or DVD, and I would go on to say make it in to American Pop Culture as icons... And in some cases I would go on to say have some element of being iconic of America... Yet these movies that for some reason seem to almost one for one always seem to tank when they are converted to TV shows?

The Terminator is one of the most famous science fiction movies of all time, yet died with out so much as a whimper as a, 'TV Show', Go figure...

Why is that? I mean there are some movies like, The Terminator (1984) that with that movie as well as it's numerous sequels have been entertaining audiences for decades! So why when this movie was turned in to a TV series with some actors and actresses that are and were big names when the TV show was still on the air, such talent as, Lena Headley (Game Of Thrones), Summer Glau (Firefly) & Garrett Dillahunt (Looper), and yet this show tanked?

Well I have to be honest with you guys and say that I actually have no idea as to why that show tanked... I haven't seen it, but that is just one example that I was trying to give to you guys...

Another one being: Freddy's Nightmares (1988 - 1990):

Freddy's Nightmares... Based an a historically significant horror movie series... Bombed as a TV series... Go Figure...

This show, which was a weekly anthology horror series, and which was based on the, 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' series, had a pool of amazingly talented horror movie stars to choose from (Not to mention the fact that Robert Englund brought his role of, 'Freddy Krueger' to the small screen as the host of the series.) It also had some fun special effects, that may not have been quite up to horror movie standards for the time, but it  truly was not bad... And lastly, the stories for each segment were truly top drawer!

And the last thing that I wanted to say was the fact that this franchise was at the height of it's fame in the 1980s... So why did it tank?

Well I can't say for certain, I have been kind of unsuccessful  in trying to find out why this show went off the air when it did... If I had to say though, I would say that it is the, 'Nielsen Ratings' that did... I mean after all they are pretty well known for killing off most of the TV shows that are good, and leaving us with the scraps!

Either way folks, if you haven't had chance to check these shows out, you might give them a try... I can't vouch for the, 'Terminator' TV series, but I can say that, 'Freddy's Nightmares' is an awesome show, and is one of those that ultimately was cut down in it's prime!