Shows Like California Dreams

If you liked California Dreams (1992), 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
I'm in the Band (2009)
★ 8.6/10Also comedy
Tripp Campbell is the new lead guitarist for Iron Weasel, a band that once ruled the world of 80s pop metal. Can he push the washed-up rockers out of his parents' guest room and back in the limelight?
2
Moesha (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy
The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.
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
That's So Raven (2003)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
No ordinary teenager; Raven Baxter can see glimpses of the future! Watch her schemes and misadventures as she enlists the help of friends, including best friends Eddie and Chelsea, to change life's little outcomes…
5
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…
6
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…
7
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also comedy
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
8
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their…
9
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…
10
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.
11
Community (2009)
★ 8/10Also comedy
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
12
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…
13
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…
14
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…
15
Victorious (2010)
★ 8.2/10Also comedy
Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.
16
Sanford and Son (1972)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
17
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…
18
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…
19
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…
20
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.