Shows Like The Electric Company

If you liked The Electric Company (1971), 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
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.
2
The Carol Burnett Show (1967)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and family
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to…
3
The Muppets Mayhem (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and family
The Electric Mayhem Band goes on an epic musical journey to finally record their first studio album. With the help of a driven young music executive, Nora, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current…
4
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…
5
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…
6
The Muppet Show (1976)
★ 8/10Also comedy and family
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
7
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
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…
9
Zeke and Luther (2009)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and family
Zeke and Luther want nothing more in the world than to become world-famous skateboarders. Together with their friends, skating rivals, and family, Zeke & Luther find themselves always busy getting into mischief.
10
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
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.
12
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…
13
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
14
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.
15
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.
16
Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also family and comedy
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
17
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…
18
Sydney to the Max (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and family
Outgoing 13-year-old Sydney is on the fast track to growing up, despite the goodhearted efforts of her protective father, Max. As Sydney attempts to spread her wings and make more decisions for herself, Max does…
19
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.
20
Muppets Tonight (1996)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and family
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation…