Shows Like Back in the Game
If you liked Back in the Game (2013), 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.
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One Day at a Time (1975)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyThe misadventures of a divorced mother, two teenage daughters, and their new building superintendent in Indianapolis.
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My Three Sons (1960)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and familyA 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…
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Reba (2001)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyAfter her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.
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Father Knows Best (1954)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and familyFamily man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
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American Housewife (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyA family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
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Up All Night (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedy and familyAn irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.
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The Jeffersons (1975)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and familySitcom 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.
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Duckman (1994)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyTogether with Cornfed, his portly, porcine partner in crime solving, this defective detective amazingly manages to solve crimes and be a single parent to his hilariously dysfunctional sons at the same time.
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Kenan (2021)
★ 7/10Also comedy and familyThe recently widowed host of Atlanta's No. 2 morning show struggles to balance his job and his young daughters despite all the “help” he gets from his grifter father-in-law and his brother/assistant/manager/house guest.
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Married... with Children (1987)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyAl Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is…
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Are We There Yet? (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyAre We There Yet? opens where the popular film of the same name left off, with Nick and Suzanne newly married. After six months, their family is beginning to show growing pains, from the complexities of life as…
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Suburgatory (2011)
★ 6.7/10Also comedySingle 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…
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Mama's Family (1983)
★ 7.5/10Also comedyThelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
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One Day at a Time (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also comedyIn a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
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All of Us (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and familyRobert James, an entertainment reporter for a local Los Angeles television station, is handsome, smart and thoroughly modern in his thinking. Recently divorced from the somewhat self-absorbed Neesee, the mother of…
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Everybody Loves Raymond (1996)
★ 6.8/10Also comedyRay Barone is a successful sportswriter living on Long Island with his wife Debra, daughter Ally, and twin sons, Geoffrey and Michael. Ray's meddling parents, Frank and Marie, and brother, Robert, live directly across…
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The Donna Reed Show (1958)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and familyRevolves 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.
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Yes, Dear (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyA comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although…
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Last Man Standing (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also comedyA married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.
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A Different World (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and familyA 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…