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Shows that feel like Adults (2025–)

If you loved Adults, the closest series we have are New Girl (2011), ted (2024) and 40 y 20 (2016). All three share Adults's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Hulu, Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus and others, checked against today's data.

A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.

7.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · FXcreated by Ben Kronengoldwittyplayful

If Adults hit the spot, these will too

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New Girl
2011–2018 · 7 seasons · FOX
7.8comedy

The same preoccupation in both: twenty something

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward, she's comfortable in her own skin. More prone to friendships with women, she's not used to hanging with the boys—especially at home.

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ted
2024–2026 · 2 seasons · Peacock
7.9comedy

Both land wit and play at once

It's 1993 and Ted the bear's moment of fame has passed, leaving him living with his best friend, 16-year-old John Bennett, who lives in a working-class Boston home with his parents and cousin. Ted may not be the best influence on John, but when it comes right down to it, he's willing to go out on a limb to help his friend and his family.

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40 y 20
2016– · 14 seasons · Blim
7comedy

Both trade on wit more than on being comedy

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

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The King of Queens
1998–2007 · 9 seasons · CBS
7.4comedy

New York City shapes both of them

The difference: A 1990s film, from a different era of filmmaking

Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.

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Superstore
2015–2021 · 6 seasons · NBC
7.9comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

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, together they hilariously tackle the day-to-day grind of rabid bargain hunters, riot-causing sales and nap-worthy training sessions.

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The Big Bang Theory
2007–2019 · 12 seasons · CBS
8.1comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

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The Middle
2009–2018 · 9 seasons · ABC
7.7comedy

Both work the same play

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

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Silicon Valley
2014–2019 · 6 seasons · HBO
8.5comedy

Comedy approached the same way

In the high-tech gold rush of modern Silicon Valley, the people most qualified to succeed are the least capable of handling success. Partially inspired by Mike Judge’s own experiences as a Silicon Valley engineer in the late ‘80s, Silicon Valley is an American sitcom that centers around six programmers who are living together and trying to make it big in the Silicon Valley.

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Everybody Hates Chris
2005–2009 · 4 seasons · UPN
7.6comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Chris is a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused to a predominantly white middle school two-hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris struggles to find his place while keeping his siblings in line at home and surmounting the challenges of junior high.

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Drake & Josh
2004–2007 · 4 seasons · Nickelodeon
7.7comedy

Both are comedy through and through

Fifteen-year-old Drake and Josh are schoolmates, but not close friends. Drake views Josh as weird and a bit of a goof. So, imagine Drake's shock when he finds out that this "goof" is about to become his new step-brother and roommate when his mother marries Josh's father. A spin off of The Amanda Show.

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Two and a Half Men
2003–2015 · 12 seasons · CBS
7.1comedy

The same comedy instincts

A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.

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My Name Is Earl
2005–2009 · 4 seasons · NBC
7.8comedy

Both are comedy through and through

When petty criminal Earl Hickey wins the lottery, he sets off on a quest to repair his questionable karma.

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