Shows Like Gimme a Break!

If you liked Gimme a Break! (1981), 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 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…
2
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…
3
American Housewife (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
A 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.
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
Home Improvement (1991)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.
6
Raising Hope (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and family
James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but…
7
Family Matters (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and family
A long-running dramedy centering on the Winslow family, a middle-class African American family living in Chicago, and their pesky next-door neighbor, ultra-nerd Steve Urkel. A spin-off of Perfect Strangers.
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
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.
10
Up All Night (2011)
★ 6/10Also comedy and family
An irreverent look at parenthood through the point of view of an acerbic working mother, along with her stay-at-home husband and opinionated parents.
11
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.
12
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.
13
The Nanny (1993)
★ 8.1/10Also comedy and family
That flashy girl from Flushing with the heart of an angel (and the voice of a slighty more nasal angel). The comic misadventures of the sweet and sassy Fran Fine, her sophisticated employer, Broadway producer Mr…
14
Who's the Boss? (1984)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy
A former professional baseball player, along with his preteen daughter, moves into New York advertising executive Angela Bower's house to be both a housekeeper and a father figure to her young son. Tony 's laid-back…
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
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
17
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…
18
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.
19
Petticoat Junction (1963)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and family
The Bradley family are proud owners of the Shady Rest Hotel. Kate and her three young daughters do the job of running the hotel.
20
All of Us (2003)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and family
Robert 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…