Shows Like The Critic

If you liked The Critic (1994), a animation and 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
Braceface (2001)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and animation
The show, set in Elkford, British Columbia, is based around Sharon Spitz, who is a junior high school student with braces that get in her way of leading a normal teenage life. In the first season, she is enrolled at…
2
Close Enough (2020)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and animation
A surreal take on transitioning from 20-something to 30-something centering on a married couple juggling such everyday challenges as parenthood, friendship, ham theft, stripper clowns and choosing the right day care.
3
Bless the Harts (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and animation
The lives of a group of Southerners who are always broke as a joke and struggling for the American dream of status and wealth. What they don’t realize is that they’re already rich — in friends, family and laughter.
4
What a Cartoon! (1995)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and animation
Various original cartoons by some of today's top animators.
5
Central Park (2020)
★ 6.4/10Also animation and comedy
Owen Tillerman and his family live an unconventional life in New York's bustling Central Park, which Owen manages. Now, they'll have to fend off a wealthy hotel heiress who wants to turn the park into condos.
6
Animaniacs (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
Yakko, Wakko and Dot return for all-new big laughs and the occasional epic takedown of authority figures in serious need of an ego check. Joining the Warners are Starbox & Cindy on their latest play date while Pinky…
7
MAD (2010)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
Mad is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of…
8
Kiff (2023)
★ 8.4/10Also animation and comedy
This series follows Kiff, an optimistic squirrel whose best intentions often lead to complete chaos, and her best friend Barry, a sweet and mellow bunny. Set in the bustling mountains, where animals and magical…
9
Hey Arnold! (1996)
★ 8/10Also animation and comedy
The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.
10
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972)
★ 6.7/10Also animation and comedy
Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids is an animated series created, produced, and hosted by comedian Bill Cosby, who also lent his voice to a number of characters, including Fat Albert himself. Filmation was the production…
11
Stoked (2009)
★ 5.9/10Also animation and drama
At the famed Surfer's Paradise Resort, six teenage groms will spend their first summer away from home, work the hardest they've ever worked in their lives and, most importantly, have the opportunity to surf the epic…
12
The Patrick Star Show (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy and animation
Follow a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where he hosts his own variety show for the neighborhood from his television-turned-bedroom.
13
Dave the Barbarian (2004)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
This animated comedy series is set in the Middle Ages and follows the title character, Dave, in his comedic adventures with his family (his sisters, Candy and Fang) as they protect themselves and their family from a…
14
My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
My Gym Partner's a Monkey is an American animated television series created by Tim Cahill and Julie McNally-Cahill and produced by Cartoon Network Studios. The story revolves around Adam Lyon, a human who, after a…
15
Fish Hooks (2010)
★ 6.5/10Also animation and comedy
This inventive animated comedy series, set inside a giant fish tank in Bud's Pet Shop, presents high school life as seen through the eyes of three BFFs (best fish friends), Bea, Milo and Oscar. Together they experience…
16
Home Movies (1999)
★ 7.6/10Also animation and comedy
TV series about the life of Brendon Small, an eight-year-old visionary who, using his friends Jason and Melissa as actors, have managed to direct over a thousand homemade films. His parents are divorced, but it doesn't…
17
Duckman (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also animation and comedy
Together with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
18
Regular Show: The Lost Tapes (2026)
★ 9.6/10Also animation and comedy
Familiar duo Mordecai and Rigby navigate mundane park jobs that inevitably spiral into surreal, chaotic disasters.
19
George of the Jungle (2007)
★ 5.8/10Also animation and comedy
This series is a reboot of Jay Ward and Bill Scott’s 1967 American animated television series of the same name, which in turn is a spoof of the fictional character Tarzan, created by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
20
Rugrats (2021)
★ 6.9/10Also animation and comedy
A reinvention of the beloved 90s cartoon, Rugrats follows a group of adventurous babies as they discover the big world around them. Led by Tommy Pickles, this toddler crew explores the world from their pint-sized and…