Shows Like Awkward.

If you liked Awkward. (2011), a comedy and drama 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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Faking It (2014)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
A romantic comedy about two best friends who love each other -- in slightly different ways. After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant…
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
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and comedy
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
4
Elle (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also comedy and drama
Before Elle Woods was a fish-out-of-water at Harvard, we meet her in 1995 in the tumultuous waters of high school where she encounters tricky friendships, forbidden romance, and questionable fashion choices. In this…
5
Degrassi (2001)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
6
The Facts of Life (1979)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
7
Cuckoo (2012)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
8
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…
9
XO, Kitty (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy and drama
Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realise that relationships…
10
Broad City (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
11
The O.C. (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach…
12
The Steve Harvey Show (1996)
★ 7/10Also comedy and drama
Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in charge with his unorthodox approach, Steve discovers a new groove at…
13
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…
14
Girlfriends (2000)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy
A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.
15
Gavin & Stacey (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Essex and Wales collide when Gavin and Stacey fall in love - bringing their friends, family and baggage with them.
16
Veronica Mars (2004)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and comedy
In the fictional town of Neptune, California, student Veronica Mars progresses from high school to college while moonlighting as a private investigator under the tutelage of her detective father.
17
One Day at a Time (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy
The misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and their new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
18
Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…
19
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…
20
Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.