Die Hard TV show in 1989: A terrorist-heist team is going around the world taking over various buildings/bordered areas. Fake John McClane and his team are always on the scene to stop them. A stupid but well-intentioned interpol agent also chases them around and is made a fool of by both parties. 25 episode seasons, each about a different mission. Each season finale always has a big name guest star like ricardo montalban, plot is always resolved in next season premiere. Runs for 7-8 seasons. Most of the original cast not around in the final seasons.
Die Hard TV show in 2007: Each season is about one building/bordered area taken over by terrorist-heist guys, but each episode is exploring a different dimension of the events in/around the building. simple-but-broad format in the first two seasons that gets more experimental as it goes on (one episode in season 4 is a whole flashback set entirely before the heist). 25-15 episode seasons with strong continuity. runs 4-6 seasons. Has a multi-season conspiracy arc they pretty solidly resolve in the finale. "you can see how its sort of a meta-commentary about Die Hard" AV Club recap claims. "Totally!"
Die Hard TV Show in 2020: 8-10 episode seasons with a year and a half gap between them. "It's sort of a long movie" the showrunner seemingly brags in a publicity junket. Season 1 is about a building taken over by terrorists, but somehow doesn't completely explore that premise. The next season is about how everyone feels about season one, the bad guy holds fake john mcclane's family hostage in the season 2 finale and they try to make that sequence sort of die hard-y but its a stretch. Season 3 is about different characters split over 2 timelines, and they kind of take over an aquarium in one of the timelines. it seems to be leading towards something but the show gets cancelled. it looks like oatmeal.
