Shows Like Jamie's 20 Minute Meals

If you liked Jamie's 20 Minute Meals (2026), a documentary and talk series, here are 19 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Buzzfeed Unsolved: Supernatural (2016)
★ 8.5/10Also documentary and talk
Ryan Bergara (a believer in the supernatural) and Shane Madej (a skeptic) travel to alleged haunted locations to investigate paranormal activity.
2
Buzzfeed Unsolved: True Crime (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also documentary and talk
Hosts Ryan & Shane discuss mysteries surrounding notorious unsolved crimes.
3
Beyond Stranger Things (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also talk and documentary
Secrets from the "Stranger Things 2" universe are revealed as cast and guests discuss the latest episodes with host Jim Rash. Caution: spoilers ahead!
4
Spirit Plate (2025)
Also documentary
An immersive culinary adventure that takes viewers deep into the heart of Native America, guided by award-winning celebrity Chef Pyet DeSpain (Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation). Each episode drops audiences into a new…
5
Jimmy's Global Harvest (2010)
Also documentary
Jimmy Doherty sets out to discover if the world's farmers will be able to feed us in the future
6
Hairy Bikers: Route 66 (2019)
★ 8/10Also documentary
The Hairy Bikers traverse the infamous Route 66, serving up plenty of delicious food along the way.
7
American Dragon: Jake Long (2005)
★ 7.8/10Also family
American Dragon is a coming of age comedy-action series about Jake Long, a 13-year-old Asian-American boy who strives to find balance in his life as a skateboard-grinding, New York 'tween while learning to master his…
8
Academy Reincarnation (2023)
Also talk
Academy Reincarnation is a web variety content based on the concept of a male protagonist from a web novel who was reborn from an idol to a student. With its host, TXT's Kang Tae-hyun, the show provides laughter and…
9
It's Alive! With Brad (2016)
★ 10/10Also documentary
Join Bon Appétit test kitchen manager, Brad Leone, on a wild, roundabout and marginally scientific adventure exploring fermented foods and more. From cultured butter and kombucha, to kimchi and miso, to beer and…
10
Food Forward (2012)
Also documentary
How did something so fundamental as food, go so fundamentally wrong? Instead of nourishing us, what we eat and the way we produce it threaten the air we breathe, the water we drink and the dirt under our feet. And yet…
11
Christopher Kimball's Milk Street Television (2017)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary
Let’s stop doing things in the kitchen that made sense in the 19th century but not in the 21st. Milk Street travels the world to bring you the very best ideas and techniques with no lists of hard-to-find ingredients…
12
Superhot: The Spicy World of Pepper People (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary
A deep dive into a subculture fueled by spice: from the elite growers who strive to create new superhots to the chili eaters who chase the endorphin rush of consuming them; one chili headsets out on a quest to answer…
13
Budget Battle (2021)
Also family
Host Casey Webb presides as gourmet chefs go head-to-head creating 5-star meals. The catch -- they must shop strategically and out-cook their opponents on a shoestring budget.
14
Prehistoric Park (2006)
★ 7.7/10Also family
Using his knowledge of today’s animal kingdom and the latest research, wildlife adventurer Nigel Marven uses a time portal to take him into the past, on a quest to rescue long lost prehistoric creatures.
15
Sabrina: The Animated Series (1999)
★ 6.8/10Also family
An animated prequel to the live-action show "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," the series features 12-year-old Sabrina Spellman, who's half mortal and half witch. Though few people know of her powers, and her mortal uncle…
16
Bizarre Foods America (2012)
★ 9.7/10Also documentary
Bizarre Foods America is an American television series, and a spin-off of Bizarre Foods, this time focusing on the United States rather than international travel. Andrew Zimmern travels to various cities throughout the…
17
Zuzubalândia (1998)
★ 6/10Also family
Zuzubalândia is a kingdom of goodies. The mountains are of ice cream, the rivers of chocolate, the sun is of candy and the moon is of honey. In this world of hotness, the bee Zuzu and his friends have fun adventures.
18
A Different World (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also 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…
19
Curious George (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also family
With the help of his friend “The Man in the Yellow Hat,” a curious little monkey named George sets out on adventures to learn about the world around him.