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Shows that feel likeBoJack Horseman (2014–2020)

Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

If you loved BoJack Horseman, the closest series we have are Barry (2018), After Life (2019) and Fleabag (2016). All three share BoJack Horseman's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Vice Principals (2016).

★ 8.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗6 seasons · Netflixcreated by Raphael Bob-Waksbergwittyplayfulcontemplativedarkly funnymelancholy
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If BoJack Horseman hit the spot, these will too

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Barry
2018–2023 · 4 seasons · HBO
★ 8.3comedy · crime · dramaMax

A comedy about someone who cannot stop doing damage

The difference: Live action, and the violence has real consequences

A hit man from the Midwest moves to Los Angeles and gets caught up in the city's theatre arts scene.

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After Life
2019–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.4comedy · dramaNetflix

One thread runs through both: depression

Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.

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Fleabag
2016–2019 · 2 seasons · BBC Three
★ 8.7comedy · dramaPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: cynicism

A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

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Vice Principals
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedyMax

Common ground: alcoholism

The difference: Trades the stillness of BoJack Horseman for an angle of its own

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

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Six Feet Under
2001–2005 · 5 seasons · HBO
★ 8.7dramaMax

Contemplative and darkly funny in the same breath

When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as—and far less predictable than—the one inside.

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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
2016–2017 · 1 season · tvN
★ 8.5drama · sci-fi & fantasy · comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: depression

The difference: Leans harder into sci-fi & fantasy than BoJack Horseman does

In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.

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The Bear
2022–2026 · 5 seasons · Hulu
★ 8.5drama · comedyHuluDisney+

Both land wit and play at once

Carmy, a young fine-dining chef, comes home to Chicago to run his family sandwich shop. As he fights to transform the shop and himself, he works alongside a rough-around-the-edges crew that ultimately reveal themselves as his chosen family.

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South Park
1997– · 29 seasons · Comedy Central
★ 8.7comedy · animationParamount+

Satire that goes after everything, with the culture itself as the punchline

The difference: Episodic and disposable by design — no accumulating emotional wreckage

Follow the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.

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Family Guy
1999– · 24 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1animation · comedyHulu

Adult animation built on cutaways, gags and a hopeless middle-aged lead

The difference: Pure joke delivery — nobody here is meant to hurt or to grow

Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.

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Shrinking
2023– · 3 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.2drama · comedyApple TV+

Melancholy comedy, and it commits to that

Jimmy is struggling to grieve the loss of his wife while being a dad, friend, and therapist. He decides to try a new approach with everyone in his path: unfiltered, brutal honesty. Will it make things better—or unleash uproarious chaos?

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Parks and Recreation
2009–2015 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.6comedyPeacock

An ensemble comedy that genuinely loves its idiots

The difference: Warm and hopeful — the opposite emotional direction

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

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Archer
2009–2023 · 14 seasons · FX
★ 8.6comedy · action & adventure · animationHulu

Adult animation carried by a charming, appalling lead

The difference: Pure joke machine — nobody is asked to change

Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe.

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