Shows Like Pretty Smart

If you liked Pretty Smart (2021), a comedy and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Ally McBeal (1997)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and comedy
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
2
Girls (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
3
Peep Show (2003)
★ 8/10Also comedy
Two dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...
4
The Young Ones (1982)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rick, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvyan the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the…
5
Two and a Half Men (2003)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
6
With Love (2021)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama
The Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge, are on a mission to find love and purpose. They cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year—the holidays.
7
Harlem (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a…
8
Drifters (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Comedy series about three young women living in Leeds who've graduated, had a year out, and are now struggling to find a job they're passionate about, a place to live that is half decent and a boyfriend they actually…
9
Undateable (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Danny Burton is a 30-ish carefree single guy who has watched most of his friends move on to serious relationships. When his last remaining friend Shannon moves out to get married, Danny searches for a new roommate. A…
10
Adults (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
11
Dream On (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or…
12
Togetherness (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
13
Harry's Law (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Harriet, Matthew and Malcolm couldn't be any more different, but when they cross paths, they realize they're all looking for a fresh start. The most unlikely of people are starting a law practice in the most unlikely…
14
The Four Seasons (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways.
15
Sex and the City (1998)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and comedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while…
16
Desperate Housewives (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedy
Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the…
17
Franklin & Bash (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest…
18
Fresh Meat (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to…
19
Claws (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
20
Elsbeth (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and comedy
After her successful career in Chicago, Elsbeth Tascioni, an astute but unconventional attorney, utilizes her singular point of view to make unique observations and corner brilliant criminals alongside the NYPD.