A Wolf at the Door: and Other Retold Fairy Tales by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling (the title story is based on Beauty and the Beast)

George C. Scott turned in a made-for-TV rendition in 1976, which aired as part of the "Hallmark Hall of Fame". Scott was nominated for an Emmy for his performance.

In 1984, Shelley Duvall's Faerie Tale Theatre aired "Beauty and the Beast" starring Klaus Kinski and Susan Sarandon. The sets, makeup and costumes were based on the 1946 film.

Beauty and the Beast, which owed as much to detective shows and fantasy fiction as to the fairy tale, originally broadcast from 1987 to 1989. This was centered around the relationship between Catherine, an attorney who lived in New York City, played by Linda Hamilton, and Vincent, a gentle but lion-faced "beast", played by Ron Perlman, who dwells in the tunnels beneath the city. Wendy Pini created two issues of a comic-book adaptation of the TV series. The series was cancelled when ratings fell after Hamilton decided to leave the show at the end of the second season.

HBO's Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child did a version of the story set in Equatorial Africa.