Television-Originated Franchises

Media franchises whose fictional universe first appeared as a television series, placed by strict origin: Transformers is grouped here because its fictional universe began with the 1984 animated television series concurrent with its toy line, despite its film series' later prominence, a call stated rather than treated as beyond dispute. Belongs here: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Doctor Who, Game of Thrones, Law and Order, Mission: Impossible, Power Rangers, Star Trek, The Simpsons and Transformers. Does not belong here: a franchise that began as a theatrical film and was later adapted for television, grouped under film-originated franchises.