Erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey was almost adapted as a TV show. The CEO of US network Starz Chris Albrecht revealed that he had asked Universal for the rights to the E. L. James� novels, reported Digital Spy.

If successful, he would have adapted the novels into three seasons, one for each book. He is taking this approach with his upcoming series �Outlander�, which is based on a series of romantic fantasy novels by Diana Gabaldon.

�If you read the �Outlander� book, this could only be a series. I�m the guy who called up Universal and said, �I�ll get you three years on the air as a series – let�s just do a Fifty Shades of Grey series,� he said.

�You don�t have to worry about box office, you don�t have to worry about a rating, you can tell the story the right way.�

Fifty Shades of Grey movie will release on Valentine�s Day 2015.