Editing Little Women (section)

===Television===
''Little Women'' was adapted into a television musical, in 1958, by composer [[Richard Adler]] for [[CBS]].<ref>{{cite news|last= Mercer|first= Charles|date=September 21, 1958| title= Beth Lives in TV musical of "Little Women"| url= http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1958/09/21/page/64/article/beth-lives-in-tv-musical-of-little-women|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|access-date=February 23, 2017}}</ref>

''Little Women'' has been made into a [[Serial (radio and television)|serial]] four times by the [[BBC]]: in [[Little Women (1950 TV series)|1950]] (when it was shown live), in [[Little Women (1958 TV series)|1958]], in [[Little Women (1970 TV series)|1970]], and in [[Little Women (2017 TV series)|2017]]. The 3-episode 2017 series development was supported by PBS, and was aired as part of the PBS ''[[Masterpiece (TV series)|Masterpiece]]'' anthology in 2018.

In 1950, the American [[anthology]] series [[Studio One (American TV series)|''Studio One'']] aired a [[Little Women (Studio One adaptation)|two-part adaptation consisting of two hour-long episodes]] on [[CBS]]. The first was ''Little Women: Meg's Story'' on December 18, followed by ''Little Women: Jo's Story'' on Christmas day. ''Meg's Story'' was directed by [[Paul Nickell]] and ''Jo's Story'' by [[Lela Swift]]. It featured a teleplay by [[Sumner Locke Elliott]] and starred [[Nancy Marchand]] as Jo, [[June Dayton]] as Beth, [[Peg Hillias]] as Mrs. March, [[Lois Hall]] as Amy, [[Mary Sinclair]] as Meg, [[Elizabeth Patterson (actress)|Elizabeth Patterson]] as Aunt March, [[Kent Smith]] as Bhaer, [[John Baragrey]] as Mr. Brooks, [[Berry Kroeger]] as Mr. Laurence, [[Una O'Connor (actress)|Una O'Connor]] as Hannah, and [[Conrad Bain]] Dr. Bangs.<ref>{{Citation |last=Swift |first=Lela |title=Little Women: Jo's Story |date=1950-12-25 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0712320/?ref_=ttfc_fc_tt |access-date=2023-07-31 |series=Studio One |others=Kent Smith, Mary Sinclair, John Baragrey}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Nickell |first=Paul |title=Little Women: Meg's Story |date=1950-12-18 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0712319/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |access-date=2023-07-31 |series=Studio One |others=John Baragrey, Henry Bernard, June Dayton}}</ref> In 1958, CBS aired a musical version starring [[Florence Henderson]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gibson |first1=Caitlin |last2=Hesse |first2=Monica |title=We watched 15 straight hours of 'Little Women,' and things got weird |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/we-watched-15-straight-hours-of-little-women-and-things-got-weird/2019/12/20/a0f35a66-1dec-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=27 October 2023 |date=23 December 2019}}</ref>

[[Universal Television]] produced [[Little Women (1978 miniseries)|a two-part miniseries]] based on the novel, which aired on [[NBC]] in 1978. It was followed by a 1979 series.

In the 1980s, multiple anime adaptations were made. In 1980, an anime special was made as a predecessor to the 26-part 1981 anime series [[Little Women (1981 TV series)|''Little Women'']]. Then, in 1987, another adaptation titled ''[[Tales of Little Women]]'' was released. All anime specials and series were dubbed in English and shown on American television. ''Ai no Wakakusa Monogatari'' can be streamed on Amazon Prime.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All the Little Women: A List of Little Women Adaptations |url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/little-women-adaptations/ |access-date=2023-12-08 |website=Masterpiece |language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2012, [[Lifetime (TV network)|Lifetime]] aired ''The March Sisters at Christmas'' (directed by John Simpson), a contemporary television film focusing on the title characters' efforts to save their family home from being sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/the-march-sisters-at-christmas/cast/504803|title=The March Sisters at Christmas TV Show|access-date=April 16, 2016}}</ref>

In 2017, BBC television aired a miniseries [[Little Women (2017 TV series)|adaptation]] developed by [[Heidi Thomas]], directed by [[Vanessa Caswill]]. The three one-hour episodes were first broadcast on BBC One on [[Boxing Day]] 2017 and the following two days. The cast included [[Maya Hawke]], [[Emily Watson]], [[Michael Gambon]] and [[Angela Lansbury]]. Production was supported by PBS and the miniseries was shown as part of its Masterpiece anthology.

A 2018 adaption is that of Manor Rama Pictures LLP of Karan Raj Kohli & Viraj Kapur which streams on the ALTBalaji app in India. The web series is called ''[[Haq Se]]''. Set in Kashmir, the series is a modern-day Indian adaptation of the book.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

A [[Little Women (2022 TV series)|South Korean adaptation]] was developed and produced by [[Studio Dragon]] for local cable network [[TVN (South Korean TV channel)|tvN]] and [[Netflix]]. Written by Chung Seo-kyung<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/culture/entertainment/korean-screenwriter-chung-seo-kyung-interview|title=South Korean Screenwriter Chung Seo-Kyung Talks Park Chan-Wook, Hong Kong and What's Next|author=Soriano, Jianne|date=November 25, 2021|website=[[Tatler]] Asia|publisher=Tatler Asia Limited ([[Edipresse]])|accessdate=December 28, 2021}}</ref> and directed by Kim Hee-won, it aired in September 2022.