Shows Like I'm in the Band

If you liked I'm in the Band (2009), 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
California Dreams (1992)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
A bunch of cool teenagers who are friends living in California form a rock band, The Dreams. Between gigs, they must deal with all kinds of big and small real-life issues such as school, family life, friends, romance…
2
Big Time Rush (2009)
★ 8.6/10Also comedy
Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this…
3
The Monkees (1966)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie…
4
Two Guys and a Girl (1998)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Welcome to Beacon Street Pizza, the perfect workplace and hangout for aimless wise-guy Berg, neurotic Pete and campus beauty Sharon. Pete and Berg are roommates and students at a local Boston university, while Sharon…
5
Kenan & Kel (1996)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy
Set in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich…
6
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…
7
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
8
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Parker Lewis is a teenager who apparently can't lose. He's cool, cute, popular, hip – and seems to get away with anything. That's not to say he's got no problems. His two primary nemeses are school principal Grace…
9
JONAS L.A. (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Brothers Kevin, Joe and Nick Lucas are global rock stars — the band JONAS! When the trio aren't on tour, the guys live in New Jersey on Jonas Street (the inspiration for the band's name) with their parents, Tom and…
10
The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy
The Hard Times of RJ Berger was an American television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional…
11
Who's the Boss? (1984)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back…
12
School of Rock (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy
A group of rule-abiding prep school students – Zack, Lawrence, Freddy, Summer and Tomika – learn to take risks and reach new heights thanks to substitute teacher Dewey Finn, a down-on-his-luck musician who uses the…
13
Saved by the Bell (1989)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
Lovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their…
14
The Big Bang Theory (2007)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.
15
Lizzie McGuire (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Lizzie McGuire is all about the ordinary and not-so-ordinary adventures of a junior high student and her two best friends as they try to deal with the ups and downs of school, popularity, boys, parents, a bratty little…
16
The Danny Thomas Show (1953)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Danny Thomas, an entertainer, tries to balance his home life with the needs of his career, with hilarious results.
17
Clarissa Explains It All (1991)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
Clarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother Ferguson.
18
A Different World (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
A 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…
19
Shifting Gears (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy
Matt is a stubborn, widowed owner of a classic car restoration shop. When Matt's estranged daughter Riley and her teenage kids move into his house, the real restoration begins.
20
New Girl (2011)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she…