Shows Like The Bernie Mac Show
If you liked The Bernie Mac Show (2001), 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.
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Yes, Dear (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyA comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although…
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George Lopez (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyGeorge raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.
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Up All Night (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedyAn irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.
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Moesha (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyThe everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.
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Sanford and Son (1972)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyThe misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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American Housewife (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyA family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
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The Jeffersons (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also comedySitcom 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.
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Joey (2004)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyJoey has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. Joey says goodbye to a time when his friends were his family and welcomes the chance to turn his family into his friends…
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Married... with Children (1987)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyAl 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…
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All of Us (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyRobert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome, smart and thoroughly modern in his thinking. Recently divorced from the somewhat self-absorbed Neesee, the mother of…
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A Different World (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyA Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of…
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Motherland (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also comedySitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.
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Father Knows Best (1954)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyFamily man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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Gary Unmarried (2008)
★ 6/10Also comedyA recently divorced couple shares custody of their two children while starting new relationships.
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My Three Sons (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyA 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…
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Mama's Family (1983)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyThelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
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2Point4 Children (1991)
★ 7.4/10Also comedyThey're just your average family. Stressed mum Bill, daft dad Ben, and two troublesome teens. Plus just a few crazy ideas, escapades and mishaps. The classic 90s sitcom.
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black-ish (2014)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyA family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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What's Happening!! (1976)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyBuddies 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…
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Splitting Up Together (2018)
★ 6/10Also comedyLena and Martin were once madly in love. But, like many marriages, time and circumstance eventually took their toll, and they decide that everyone's lives would be better if they got a divorce. Facing a daunting real…