Shows Like Cosby

If you liked Cosby (1996), 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 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…
2
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.
3
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.
4
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.
5
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…
6
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the…
7
Major Dad (1989)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and family
Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna…
8
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.
9
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.
10
A Different World (1987)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and family
A 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…
11
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.
12
Stuck in the Middle (2016)
★ 7.7/10Also comedy and family
Harley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.
13
Green Acres (1965)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first…
14
Gimme a Break! (1981)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and family
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
15
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…
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
Sanford and Son (1972)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
18
The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers…
19
Yes, Dear (2000)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy
A 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…
20
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…