Shows Like How to Make It in America

If you liked How to Make It in America (2010), a drama 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.

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The Bold Type (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and comedy
A glimpse into the outrageous lives of Jane, Kat and Sutton, who are working at the nation's top women's magazine, Scarlet, while navigating their careers, identities and individual voices.
2
Adults (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy
A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
3
Harlem (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy
Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a…
4
Girls (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
5
Master of None (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
6
And Just Like That… (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life…
7
Younger (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and comedy
Liza Miller, a suddenly single stay-at-home mother, tries to get back into the working world, only to find it’s nearly impossible to start at the bottom at 40-year old. When a chance encounter convinces her she looks…
8
grown-ish (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy
Zoey Johnson heads to college and begins her hilarious journey to adulthood but quickly discovers that not everything goes her way once she leaves the nest.
9
Sex and the City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while…
10
Claws (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama
Follow the life and crimes of five diverse and treacherous manicurists working at the Nail Artisan of Manatee County salon, where there is a lot more going on than silk wraps and pedicures.
11
Ally McBeal (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
12
Looking (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.
13
Tyler Perry's Zatima (2022)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and comedy
Zac and Fatima take a huge step to strengthen their bond, but new friends and past actions interfere with their blossoming relationship.
14
Never Have I Ever (2020)
★ 8/10Also comedy and drama
After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
15
Friends from College (2017)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy
Twenty years after graduation, a tight-knit group of college friends reconnects and discovers that love hasn't gotten easier with age.
16
Search Party (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.
17
Brassic (2019)
★ 8.3/10Also comedy and drama
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and…
18
Emily in Paris (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and comedy
New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.
19
Franklin & Bash (2011)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
When they're not hanging out at their favorite hot dog stand pontificating on what they'd go through to enjoy a night with their favorite female celebrities, Jared Franklin and Peter Bash are chasing down their latest…
20
Ballers (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the…