Shows Like Takeshi's Castle

If you liked Takeshi's Castle (2002), a comedy and reality 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
MXC (2003)
★ 7/10Also comedy and family
Footage from the popular game show, Takeshi's Castle has been re-edited, re-written and re-voiced into a hilarious, intentionally over-produced, modern "action/X-treme" sports show.
2
Deal or No Deal (2005)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
A contestant must choose from 26 sealed briefcases containing a marker for various amounts of cash from one penny to $1 million. The player then eliminates the remaining 25 cases one by one. The chosen ones are opened…
3
Ant & Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway (2002)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and family
A gameshow hosted by Ant and Dec filled with stunts, sketches, and special guest appearances.
4
Family Feud (1999)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and reality
Two families compete against each other in a contest to name the most popular responses to a survey question posed to 100 people.
5
Wheel of Fortune (1983)
★ 6.9/10Also family and reality
This game show sees contestants solve word puzzles, similar to those used in Hangman, to win cash and prizes determined by spinning a giant carnival wheel.
6
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…
7
7 Little Johnstons (2015)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
The Johnstons, a family of little people, juggle family and health issues on top of a home renovation.
8
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (1998)
★ 7.9/10Also reality and comedy
The show where everything's made up and the points don't matter. Not a talk show, not a sitcom, not a game show, Whose Line Is It Anyway? is a completely unique concept to network television. Four talented actors…
9
The Mighty B! (2008)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girl scout who believes…
10
Jeopardy! (1984)
★ 6.9/10Also reality and family
America's favorite quiz show where contestants are presented with general knowledge clues in the form of answers, and must phrase their responses in question form.
11
Blaze and the Monster Machines (2014)
★ 7.4/10Also family and comedy
AJ is an 8-year-old techie who drives monster-truck Blaze, the top racer in Axle City. The two go on adventures that have them taking on problems involving science and math. Many predicaments they face are caused by…
12
What's My Line? (1950)
★ 7.1/10Also family and comedy
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
13
The Tom and Jerry Show (1975)
★ 7.7/10Also family and comedy
The New Tom & Jerry Show is an animated television series produced for Saturday mornings by Hanna-Barbera Productions in association with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television in 1975 for ABC based on the theatrical shorts…
14
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.
15
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.
16
Life with Louie (1995)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and family
The 8-year-old Louie is doing his best to grow up and cope with a large family, a doting mother, a pesky little brother, and a by-the-book, military veteran dad. Add to that a slew of holiday family squabbles, a flood…
17
Quack Pack (1996)
★ 7/10Also family and comedy
This cartoon follows on from the 1980’s cartoon “Ducktales”, continuing the adventures of Huey, Dewey and Louie. Now 12 year olds and living with their uncle Donald Duck, the three spend their time playing practical…
18
The Electric Company (1971)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and family
The Electric Company is an educational American children's television series that was produced by the Children's Television Workshop for PBS in the United States. PBS broadcast 780 episodes over the course of its six…
19
Trolls: The Beat Goes On! (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and family
Queen Poppy tries to keep Troll Village's peace with the Bergens by inviting them to parties, playing their sports and preventing crime.
20
Bobby's World (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also family and comedy
Bobby Generic lives in a typical suburban neighborhood and uses his overactive imagination to discover a world of daring adventure, incredible wonder and lots of laughs — all in pint-sized perspective.