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Shows Like Ideal

If you liked Ideal (2005), a comedy 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. 1The League of Gentlemen

    The League of Gentlemen (1999)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    The League of Gentlemen is a British sitcom broadcast on BBC Two over three series from 1999 to 2002. In the fictional Northern England town of Royston Vasey—based on Bacup, Lancashire—the lives are explored of dozens…

  2. 2Suburgatory

    Suburgatory (2011)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more…

  3. 3The Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons (1975)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.

  4. 4French & Saunders

    French & Saunders (1987)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television series written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they…

  5. 5Game On

    Game On (1995)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy

    Following the lives of three 20-somethings sharing a flat in Battersea. They're young, bright and sexy - so why aren't they having a good time ? Join Matthew (the agoraphobic, self-obsessed, macho man); Martin (the…

  6. 6Little Britain

    Little Britain (2003)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A zany comedy show with Matt Lucas and David Walliams, featuring characters from all over Little Britain.

  7. 7What's Happening!!

    What's Happening!! (1976)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Buddies Raj, Rerun and Dwayne come of age in 1970s Los Angeles. The trio have a penchant for mischief and trying to find ways of getting rich quick. Almost always the trio's schemes wind up getting them into trouble…

  8. 8Phoenix Nights

    Phoenix Nights (2001)

    ★ 8/10Also comedy

    The owner of The Phoenix Club is the wheelchair-bound Brian Potter, who has presided over two clubs in the past: the first (The Aquarius) flooded, the second (The Neptune) burned down. His ambition (with the help of…

  9. 9Married... with Children

    Married... with Children (1987)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is…

  10. 10Rising Damp

    Rising Damp (1974)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy

    Set in a seedy bedsit, the cowardly landlord Rigsby has his conceits debunked by his long suffering tenants.

  11. 11Seinfeld

    Seinfeld (1989)

    ★ 8.3/10Also comedy

    A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

  12. 12Second City Television

    Second City Television (1976)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy

    Second City Television is a Canadian television sketch comedy show offshoot from Toronto's Second City troupe that ran between 1976 and 1984.

  13. 13Sanford and Son

    Sanford and Son (1972)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

  14. 14A Bit of Fry & Laurie

    A Bit of Fry & Laurie (1989)

    ★ 7.9/10Also comedy

    A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

  15. 1515 Storeys High

    15 Storeys High (2002)

    ★ 8.1/10Also comedy

    15 Storeys High is a critically acclaimed British sitcom, set in a tower block. The main characters are Vince Clark, a misanthropic, cynical recluse played by Sean Lock, and Errol Spears, Vince's exact opposite and…

  16. 16Key & Peele

    Key & Peele (2012)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    Key & Peele is an American sketch comedy television show. It stars Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele, both former cast members of MADtv. Each episode of the show consists of several pre-taped sketches starring the…

  17. 17My Three Sons

    My Three Sons (1960)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join…

  18. 18One Day at a Time

    One Day at a Time (1975)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and their new building superintendent in Indianapolis.

  19. 19Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out

    Nick Cannon Presents: Wild 'N Out (2005)

    ★ 8/10Also comedy

    Nick Cannon and an A-list celebrity lead a team of improv comedians as they compete against each other.

  20. 20Mork & Mindy

    Mork & Mindy (1978)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy

    A wacky alien comes to Earth to study its residents and the life of the human woman he boards with is never the same.

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