I've been thinking of Fred Saberhagen's novels.
You want another Multiple Year TV series for Cable, it would be relatively easy to have his books and short-stories of Berserkers to be nominated.
Each year a collection of his stories would used to bring the season to some sort of conclusion, setting up, more or less, the next season.
Eventually the final season wold have THE climatic battle between Living people and machines dedicated to the extermination of ALL life, including bacteria.
Each episode would have one or more short stories setting up the next episode, eventually leading to the Season ending.
The biggest headache I see there is each episode would need a narrator. But isn't that what the Carmpan's are?
With the bad taste of GoT in everybody mouths his Books of Swords ain't happening any time son.