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Shows that feel like Chad Powers (2025–)

If you loved Chad Powers, the closest series we have are The Deep End (2010), ted (2024) and The Larry Sanders Show (1992). All three share Chad Powers' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Eight years after an unforgivable mistake nukes his promising college football career, hotshot quarterback Russ Holliday tries to resurrect his dreams by disguising himself as Chad Powers - a talented oddball who walks on to the struggling South Georgia Catfish.

7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · Hulucreated by Michael Waldronwittyplayful

If Chad Powers hit the spot, these will too

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The Deep End
2010 · 1 season · ABC
6.8drama · comedy · documentary

Both land wit and play at once

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Chad Powers does

The tragedies and triumphs of five earnest twenty-something first-year associates fighting to stay afloat in one of Los Angeles' top law firms.

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ted
2024–2026 · 2 seasons · Peacock
7.9comedy

Comedy built on wit, twice over

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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The Larry Sanders Show
1992–1998 · 6 seasons · HBO
8.5comedy

Playful comedy, and it commits to that

The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

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Superstore
2015–2021 · 6 seasons · NBC
7.9comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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 Middle
2009–2018 · 9 seasons · ABC
7.7comedy

Both run playful where it counts

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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The House of Flowers
2018–2020 · 3 seasons · Netflix
7.5drama · comedy

The comedy is handled with the same confidence

A wealthy matriarch tries to maintain her family's facade of perfection after her husband's mistress exposes their dirty secrets.

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Dickinson
2019–2021 · 3 seasons · Apple TV
7.7comedy · drama

Both play comedy straight

Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.

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Ballers
2015–2019 · 5 seasons · HBO
7.7drama · comedy

Comedy of the same temperament

Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the daily grind of the business of football.

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Joe Pera Talks With You
2018–2021 · 3 seasons · Adult Swim
8.9comedy

Both working the same comedy territory

A teacher in Michigan's Upper Peninsula explores subject matters such as pancakes, blueberries, eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, English muffins, coffee, orange juice, maple syrup, waffles, cornbread, and strawberries.

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

The same comedy instincts

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

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100 días para enamorarnos
2020–2021 · 2 seasons · Telemundo
6.6drama · comedy

Cut from the same comedy cloth

Two couples who struggle to be near each other decide to give another chance for each other, 100 days for them to fall back in love.

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The Great
2020–2023 · 3 seasons · Hulu
8.1drama · comedy

Both are comedy through and through

A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.

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