Shows Like Catfish: The TV Show

If you liked Catfish: The TV Show (2012), a reality 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.

1
The Young and the Restless (1973)
★ 7/10Also drama
The rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman…
2
Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
3
Days of Our Lives (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
4
The Rainmaker (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two…
5
Caso Cerrado (2002)
★ 8.1/10Also reality and drama
Caso Cerrado, formerly Sala de Parejas, is a Spanish-language court show broadcast by Telemundo in which Cuban-born lawyer Ana María Polo arbitrates cases for volunteer participants.
6
Dangerous Liaisons (2022)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
A pair of scheming ex-lovers attempt to exploit others by using the power of seduction. TV adaptation of Pierre Choderlos de Laclos' classic 18th Century novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses".
7
Chicken Girls (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama
Rhyme and her friends - known by their 'ship name, "The Chicken Girls" - have been dancing together forever. But this year, everything's changing.
8
90 Day Fiancé: The Other Way (2019)
★ 7.8/10Also reality
Americans move to a foreign country all in the name of love. Will uprooting their lives in the United States pay off, or will they be packing up and moving back to America brokenhearted?
9
Hill Street Blues (1981)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
A realistic glimpse into the daily lives of the officers and detectives at an urban police station.
10
90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also reality
Follow couples who have an existing relationship online, but haven't met in person. We'll experience their journey as they travel to the other's foreign country for the first time in an attempt to establish an…
11
Sister Wives (2010)
★ 6/10Also reality and drama
Husband Kody Brown, along with his four wives (only one of which is legally married to Kody) and their combined 18 children, attempts to navigate life as a "normal" family in a society that shuns their lifestyle.
12
WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
★ 7.4/10Also reality
The superstars of World Wrestling Entertainment's "SmackDown" brand collide each and every Friday on WWE Friday Night SmackDown.
13
Siesta Key (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also reality and drama
Docuseries following a group of young adults confronting issues of love, heartbreak, betrayal, class, and looming adulthood as they spend the summer together in their beautiful hometown.
14
Offspring (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
15
The Real Housewives of Atlanta (2008)
★ 5.8/10Also reality
Bravo's cameras turn to the Southern states as the network presents this inside look at the Real Housewives of Atlanta. These women handle the personal dramas that affect their affluent lifestyles with a signature…
16
Vanderpump Rules (2013)
★ 6.2/10Also reality
Follow the passionate, volatile and hot-and-bothered-staff at Lisa Vanderpump’s West Hollywood mainstay SUR. Lisa balances her motherly instincts and shrewd business sense to keep control over this wild group of…
17
The Couple Next Door (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also drama
Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife…
18
Return to Eden (1983)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Rich but insecure heiress Stephanie Harper believes she's found true love with tennis pro Greg Marsden, but after the nuptials, Greg promptly begins an affair with Stephanie’s best friend, Jilly Stewart. Whilst on…
19
Chesapeake Shores (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
20
All Elite Wrestling: Rampage (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
AEW: Rampage, also known as Friday Night Rampage or simply Rampage, is a professional wrestling television program. It is produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW) and airs every Friday at 10pm ET on…