MOVIEPAD
Search icon

Shows Like Betty in New York

If you liked Betty in New York (2019), 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. 1The Donna Reed Show

    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.

  2. 2My Three Sons

    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. 3Kenan

    Kenan (2021)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and family

    The recently widowed host of Atlanta's No. 2 morning show struggles to balance his job and his young daughters despite all the “help” he gets from his grifter father-in-law and his brother/assistant/manager/house guest.

  4. 4Father Knows Best

    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.

  5. 5The Jeffersons

    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.

  6. 6La familia P. Luche

    La familia P. Luche (2002)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy and family

    This sitcom is about a Mestizo-Latino American family in P. Luche town. Ludovico and Federica P. Luche are the (mostly) happy couple who serve as the parents of their three kids: Junior, an amnesiac policeman who…

  7. 7Tyler Perry's House of Payne

    Tyler Perry's House of Payne (2007)

    ★ 7.6/10Also comedy

    A multigenerational, working-class family experience life's struggles with faith, love and, most importantly, humor. Curtis, aka 'Pops', the uncle and head of the household, has house and home turned upside down when…

  8. 8The Honeymooners

    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.

  9. 9Mama's Family

    Mama's Family (1983)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.

  10. 10American Housewife

    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.

  11. 11Up All Night

    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.

  12. 12Lopez vs Lopez

    Lopez vs Lopez (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy

    The story of a working-class, old-school Latino father who moves in with his modern Gen Z daughter as they rebuild their dysfunctional relationship one argument at a time.

  13. 13Life in Pieces

    Life in Pieces (2015)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Comedy about one big happy family and their sometimes awkward, often hilarious and ultimately beautiful milestone moments as told by its various members. Of the three siblings, middle child Matt may have just found his…

  14. 14Married... with Children

    Married... with Children (1987)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy

    Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is…

  15. 15Son of a Critch

    Son of a Critch (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    A coming-of-age story set in St. John’s, Newfoundland of 11 year-old Mark, much older on the inside than his 11 years, who uses comedy to win friends and connect with people in his limited world.

  16. 16Moesha

    Moesha (1996)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and family

    The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.

  17. 17All of Us

    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…

  18. 18A Different World

    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…

  19. 19Superstore

    Superstore (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy

    A hilarious workplace comedy about a unique family of employees at a super-sized mega store. From the bright-eyed newbies and the seen-it-all veterans to the clueless summer hires and the in-it-for-life managers…

  20. 2040 y 20

    40 y 20 (2016)

    ★ 8.1/10Also comedy

    A comedy series about a divorced dad who likes younger women, and his son who likes older women.

← Back to Betty in New York