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Shows that feel likeA Series of Unfortunate Events (2017–2019)

The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.

If you loved A Series of Unfortunate Events, the closest series we have are Pretty Little Liars (2010), Outer Banks (2020) and Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023). Most of the picks below share A Series of Unfortunate Events' warm and witty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Girls (2012).

★ 7.7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Netflixcreated by Barry Sonnenfeldkineticepicwarmwittyplayfultwisty
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If A Series of Unfortunate Events hit the spot, these will too

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Pretty Little Liars
2010–2017 · 7 seasons · ABC Family
★ 7.3drama · mysteryMaxHulu

Warm where it counts, twisty underneath

The difference: Lighter on momentum

Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

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Outer Banks
2020–2026 · 5 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.5action & adventure · mysteryNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: life on the run

The difference: Goes its own way on the warmth

On a North Carolina island of haves and have-nots, John B and his tight-knit crew of friends find mystery and adventure while hunting for lost treasure.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians
2023– · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 7action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaNetflixDisney+

Kinetic and epic in the same breath

The difference: Played as sci-fi & fantasy first

Percy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover, Percy's journey will lead him closer to the answers he seeks: how to fit into a world where he feels out of place, and who he's destined to be.

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Desperate Housewives
2004–2012 · 8 seasons · ABC
★ 7.7mystery · drama · comedyPrime VideoHulu

Both land wit and play at once

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

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The Day of the Jackal
2024– · 1 season · Sky Atlantic
★ 8.1drama · action & adventure · mysteryPeacock

Kinetic action & adventure, and it commits to that

An unrivalled and highly elusive lone assassin, the Jackal, makes his living carrying out hits for the highest fee. But following his latest kill, he meets his match in a tenacious British intelligence officer who starts to track down the Jackal in a thrilling cat-and-mouse chase across Europe, leaving destruction in its wake.

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Girls
2012–2017 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 7.4drama · comedyMax

Comedy built on warmth, twice over

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

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iCarly
2021–2023 · 3 seasons · Paramount+
★ 6.7comedy · familyParamount+

Family with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Ten years after signing off of one of TV's most iconic shows, Carly, Spencer, and Freddie are back, navigating the next chapter of their lives, facing the uncertainties of life in their twenties.

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Daughter from Another Mother
2021–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

Both lean on play more than on mystery

After realizing their babies were exchanged at birth, two women develop a plan to adjust to their new lives: creating a single —and peculiar— family.

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Limitless
2015–2016 · 1 season · CBS
★ 7.6drama · comedy · action & adventureParamount+

Epic action & adventure in both cases

Brian Finch's life takes an extraordinary turn when he uses NZT-48, a neuroenhancing drug whose mystery and chaos lead him to working for the FBI and a senator who is not what he seems.

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One of Us Is Lying
2021–2022 · 2 seasons · Peacock
★ 6.9drama · mysteryPeacock

Mystery built on twists, twice over

The story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

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2 Broke Girls
2011–2017 · 6 seasons · CBS
★ 6.7comedy

Another one that scratches it

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.

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Man vs Bee
2022 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 6.7family · comedyNetflix

Witty family, and it commits to that

Bumbling dad Trevor tries to get the best of a cunning bee while house-sitting a posh mansion — but only unleashes more chaos in this comedy series.

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