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Shows that feel likeFriends (1994–2004)

Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.

If you loved Friends, the closest series we have are How I Met Your Mother (2005), Sex and the City (1998) and Boys Over Flowers (2009). All three share Friends' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

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

★ 8.8 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗10 seasons · NBCcreated by Marta Kauffmanwittyplayfulwarmromantic
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

If Friends hit the spot, these will too

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How I Met Your Mother
2005–2014 · 9 seasons · CBS
★ 8.3comedyHulu

The direct heir — a friend group, a bar, and the search for the one

The difference: Framed as one long dad story

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

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Sex and the City
1998–2004 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 7.4drama · comedyMax

New York friendship as the real love story

The difference: Frank adult glamour

Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene. 

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Boys Over Flowers
2009 · 1 season · KBS2
★ 7.8comedy · dramaNetflixPrime Video

Friendship, romance, and class collisions

The difference: K-drama fairy tale

A poor high school student earns a scholarship to an elite academy, where she clashes with the most popular boy in school!

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
2016–2017 · 1 season · MBC
★ 8.3comedy · drama

Young adults working out love and ambition in each other's company

The difference: Korean campus romance, sweeter and far more earnest

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

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New Girl
2011–2018 · 7 seasons · FOX
★ 7.8comedyHuluPeacock

Roommates blundering through adulthood together

The difference: Loft-bound millennial spin

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

Both rooted in New York City

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than Friends does

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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That '70s Show
1998–2006 · 8 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedy · family · dramaPeacock

A basement, a fixed group, and years of low-stakes hanging out

The difference: Suburban teens in the 70s, parents in the next room

Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out in Eric’s basement, life in the ‘70s isn’t always so groovy. But between trying to figure out the meaning of life, avoiding their parents, and dealing with out-of-control hormones, they’ve learned one thing for sure: they’ll always get by with a little help from their friends.

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Emily in Paris
2020– · 6 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.8drama · comedyNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Friends does

New passions. New fashions. New Emily? A plucky American marketing whiz spreads her wings in life and love after landing her dream job in Paris.

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Seinfeld
1989–1998 · 9 seasons · NBC
★ 8.8comedyNetflix

The other '90s NYC institution

The difference: About nothing, proudly heartless

A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.

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Merlí
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · TV3
★ 8.6comedy · drama

One thread runs through both: friendship

The difference: 21 years apart, and the 2010s show

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

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iCarly
2007–2012 · 6 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 6.8comedyNetflixParamount+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sitcom

The difference: Easier on the romance than Friends

Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013–2021 · 8 seasons · NBC
★ 8.4comedy · crimeNetflixPeacock

Common ground: sitcom

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

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