20 Ways Your Favourite TV Shows Were Almost Completely Different

8. Jessica Jones - It Was First Developed For ABC

Jessica Jones
Marvel

With sex, graphic violence, and themes surrounding sexual abuse and addiction, Jessica Jones is among the darkest superhero stories ever committed to the screen, but it would've been a lot lighter had the original idea gone ahead.

Before Netflix stepped in to build a whole universe, showrunner Melissa Rosenberg had developed the series for ABC, the network who've since produced Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

And while it still would've contained some of those themes to be true to the character, there's no way they could get away with as much on ABC as they have Netflix, meaning it would've been a completely watered-down version of the show.

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