Shows Like Bella and the Bulldogs
If you liked Bella and the Bulldogs (2015), a family and 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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Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
★ 5.8/10Also family and comedySix friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
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Saved by the Bell (1989)
★ 7.8/10Also family and comedyLovable schemer Zack Morris leads his pals on adventures at California's Bayside High School. The friends navigate relationships, final exams, school dances, breakups and more while frequently frustrating their…
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Kenan & Kel (1996)
★ 8.1/10Also family and comedySet in Chicago, the show follows the kid-friendly misadventures of two high-school friends who are always scheming and dreaming. Kenan, who works at a grocery store, constantly devises crazy plans to strike it rich…
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Lizzie McGuire (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and familyLizzie McGuire is all about the ordinary and not-so-ordinary adventures of a junior high student and her two best friends as they try to deal with the ups and downs of school, popularity, boys, parents, a bratty little…
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Cow and Chicken (1997)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyFollows the surreal adventures of a cow, named Cow, and her chicken brother, named Chicken. They are often antagonized by "The Red Guy", who poses as various characters to scam them.
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Coach (1989)
★ 6.7/10Also comedyHayden Fox, the curmudgeonly coach of Minnesota State University's Screaming Eagles football team, tries to navigate his way through the sports world, fatherhood and family life without dropping the ball.
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Moesha (1996)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and familyThe everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.
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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…
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Clarissa Explains It All (1991)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and familyClarissa Darling is a teen girl dealing with typical pre-adolescent concerns such as school, boys, pimples, wearing her first training bra and an annoying little brother Ferguson.
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Coop & Cami Ask the World (2018)
★ 7.7/10Also family and comedyA pair of middle-school siblings make nearly all of their decisions by crowdsourcing the opinions of their millions of online followers.
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As Told by Ginger (2000)
★ 6.9/10Also family and comedyAs Told by Ginger focuses on middle schooler Ginger Foutley who, with her friends, tries to become more than a social geek.
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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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Talking Tom and Friends (2014)
★ 7/10Also comedyArmed with technological gear, great ideas and an unfailing sense of humour, Talking Tom and his friends are on a mission to reach stardom at all costs.
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The Villains of Valley View (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and familyA family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town.
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Leave It to Beaver (1957)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and familyAn 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…
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The Hard Times of RJ Berger (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also comedyThe Hard Times of RJ Berger was an American television comedy series created by David Katzenberg and Seth Grahame-Smith for MTV. The show's central character is RJ Berger an unpopular sophomore at the fictional…
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The Weekenders (2000)
★ 8.1/10Also comedyFour friends, Tino, Carver, Lor, and Tish, spend each weekend discovering and creating new levels of fun, while negotiating the obligatory obstacles of adolescence.
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King of the Hill (1997)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and familySet in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has…
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Laverne & Shirley (1976)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and familyBest friends, roommates, and polar opposites, Laverne DeFazio and Shirley Feeney work together at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee and keep each other's spirits up at home.
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Family Matters (1989)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyA 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.