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Shows Like Family Matters

If you liked Family Matters (1989), a comedy and family 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 Jeffersons

    The Jeffersons (1975)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy and family

    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.

  2. 2Still Standing

    Still Standing (2002)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a…

  3. 3Stuck in the Middle

    Stuck in the Middle (2016)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and family

    Harley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.

  4. 4The Hogan Family

    The Hogan Family (1986)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and family

    The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions…

  5. 5Step by Step

    Step by Step (1991)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy and family

    Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family

  6. 6Leave It to Beaver

    Leave It to Beaver (1957)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and family

    An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's…

  7. 7Father Knows Best

    Father Knows Best (1954)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and family

    Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.

  8. 8Roseanne

    Roseanne (1988)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

  9. 9The Cosby Show

    The Cosby Show (1984)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and family

    The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper…

  10. 10My Three Sons

    My Three Sons (1960)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and family

    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…

  11. 11Major Dad

    Major Dad (1989)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family

    Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna…

  12. 12Married... 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…

  13. 13A Different World

    A Different World (1987)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and family

    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…

  14. 14American Housewife

    American Housewife (2016)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    A 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.

  15. 15Life with Derek

    Life with Derek (2005)

    ★ 7/10Also family and comedy

    Before their parents got married to one another, 15-year-old Derek and 14-year-old Casey ruled their respective houses as the oldest sibling. Now they're in constant rivalry for top dog status of the five kids all…

  16. 16Gimme a Break!

    Gimme a Break! (1981)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and family

    Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.

  17. 17The Honeymooners

    The Honeymooners (1955)

    ★ 7.4/10Also comedy and family

    A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.

  18. 18Cosby

    Cosby (1996)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and family

    Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia…

  19. 19The Villains of Valley View

    The Villains of Valley View (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and family

    A family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town.

  20. 20The Donna Reed Show

    The Donna Reed Show (1958)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and family

    Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.

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