Okay, so I don’t get out much. At least in the TV universe. Six seasons in, and I finally saw my first episode of Bones.
Book'em Bones
Noteworthy? In some ways. (One of them: how I could go six years without running across the show…)
The program is based (loosely) on author Kathy Reichs suspense book series featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. In her books, Brennan moonlights as an author writing about a forensic anthropologist named Kathy Reichs. Talk about art imitating life. Reichs, in fact, is a forensic anthropologist.
[Editor’s note: The previous paragraph may contain a record number of occurrances of the word ‘anthropologist.’]
It isn’t the first TV series to have a run based on a book series.
Once upon a time, there was an actor named Robert Ulrich who starred in a show called Spencer: For Hire. He was a detective created by the late Robert Parker, who had several successful crime books in series.
Showtime had a hit with Dexter, a criminal vengeance sort, based on the series written by Jeff Lindsay.
James Patterson hasThe Womens Murder Club, a group of crime solving socialites, which was adapted for a short-lived program in the 2007-2008 season. The books have lasted much longer, and continue to sell.
It’s surprising – given the number of series books out there – that more of them haven’t been adapted to television.
I’ve seen real-life author Michael Connelly making appearances on the ABC dramedy Castle. Why not a series based on Connelly’s character Harry Bosch? TV can always used another police detective show…
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