Shows Like Playing House
If you liked Playing House (2014), a comedy 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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Workin' Moms (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also comedyFour women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression…
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Dream On (1990)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyThe family life, romantic life, and career of Martin Tupper, a divorced New York City book editor. The show distinctively interjected clips from older black and white television series to punctuate Tupper's feelings or…
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The Four Seasons (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyThe decades-long friendship between three married couples is tested when one divorces, complicating their tradition of quarterly weekend getaways.
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Harlem (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyFour stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a…
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Alone Together (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also comedyEsther and Benji are platonic best friends who want nothing more than to be accepted by the vain and status-obsessed culture of Los Angeles. Despite their sometimes contentious relationship, when push comes to shove…
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Dummy (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyAfter being discarded by her original owner, a spoiled, jealous, and manipulative sex doll named Barbara convinces aspiring writer Cody, the only one able to hear her speak, to take her home so she can help cure Cody's…
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Cougar Town (2009)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyJules Cobb is a mom in her forties facing the often humorous challenges, pitfalls and rewards of life's next chapter. Along for the journey is her son, her ex-husband, her husband/neighbor and her friends who together…
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Platonic (2023)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyA platonic pair of former best friends approaching midlife reconnect after a long rift. The duo’s friendship becomes more consuming—and destabilizes their lives in a hilarious way.
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Adults (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also comedyA group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
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Letterkenny (2016)
★ 7.9/10Also comedyLetterkenny follows Wayne, a good-ol’ country boy in Letterkenny, Ontario trying to protect his homegrown way of life on the farm, against a world that is constantly evolving around him. The residents of Letterkenny…
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Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyNora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.
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Undateable (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also comedyDanny Burton is a 30-ish carefree single guy who has watched most of his friends move on to serious relationships. When his last remaining friend Shannon moves out to get married, Danny searches for a new roommate. A…
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Peep Show (2003)
★ 8/10Also comedyTwo dysfunctional flatmates reveal all their inner thoughts - whether dark, stupid or embarrassing. Or, occasionally, all three...
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Great News (2017)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyA New Jersey mom puts her relationship with her daughter to the test when she lands an internship at the same TV station where her daughter works.
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The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
★ 7.6/10Also comedyThe Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having…
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Tuca & Bertie (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also comedyFree-spirited toucan Tuca and self-doubting song thrush Bertie are best friends – and birds – who guide each other through life's ups and downs.
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Bad Judge (2014)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyThe series chronicles the personal life (and the wild lifestyle) of Rebecca Wright, a tough-as-nails judge serving on the Los Angeles County Circuit Court, whose time off the bench is spent partying and displaying a…
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A Black Lady Sketch Show (2019)
★ 7/10Also comedyA narrative series set in a limitless magical reality full of dynamic, hilarious characters and celebrity guests presenting sketches performed by a core cast of black women.
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Three Busy Debras (2020)
★ 6.2/10Also comedyDebra, Debra, and Debra are three very busy women who are all named Debra. They live in the affluent suburb of Lemoncurd and do lots of interesting activities, which keep them very busy.
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Friends from College (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also comedyTwenty years after graduation, a tight-knit group of college friends reconnects and discovers that love hasn't gotten easier with age.