I am a blend of the two. 

I had never heard of Jim Butcher before.  My father and a co-worker are both fans of the show.  They both tried to get me to watch, but I was totally against it:  "A dude with Wizard on his office door?  Are you kidding?  Good grief, scifi is going downhill".  Remember that I did not posses any knowledge of the books at all, just heard bits a pieces about the series.

I was rummaging around Amazon one day and I caught the cover to White Knight.  I thought the cover looked interesting so I decided to garner a closer look and, to my surprise, saw that it was a Dresden Files novel. Dresden Files, isn't that the show my dad and bud at work watch?  I read the reviews and decided that I would check it out.  I went to the local bookstore and found a singe copy of Storm Front. 

I decided that it would be best to read the book first and let it be the deciding factor as to whether or not I would invest time into the viewing of the series.

I enjoyed Storm Front so I gave the series a go. 

Series is OK at best. The books -- as is always -- are loads better. 

Lesson to myself, "Never judge a show before you look at the book's cover".

Nyte

Hey, in order to be creatively dead, you had to once be creatively alive -- which is more that A LOT of people can say. 

Don't beat yourself up.