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Shows that feel likeHome Improvement (1991–1999)

The daily trials and tribulations of handyman Tim Taylor, a TV show host raising three boys with help from his loyal co-host, domineering wife, and unseen neighbor.

If you loved Home Improvement, the closest series we have are 30 Rock (2006), The Middle (2009) and The King of Queens (1998). All three share Home Improvement'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 Ed, Edd n Eddy (1999).

★ 7.3 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗8 seasons · ABCcreated by Carmen Finestrawittyplayfuluplifting
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

If Home Improvement hit the spot, these will too

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30 Rock
2006–2013 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.3comedyHuluPeacock

Two things both keep coming back to: sitcom and lighthearted

Liz Lemon, the head writer for a late-night TV variety show in New York, tries to juggle all the egos around her while chasing her own dream.

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The Middle
2009–2018 · 9 seasons · ABC
★ 7.7comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Both keep coming back to the same thing: family

The difference: Takes it somewhere less uplifting than Home Improvement does

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 King of Queens
1998–2007 · 9 seasons · CBS
★ 7.4comedyParamount+Peacock

Common ground: sitcom

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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Drake & Josh
2004–2007 · 4 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 7.7comedyNetflixParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: family

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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Ed, Edd n Eddy
1999–2008 · 6 seasons · Cartoon Network
★ 7.4animation · comedy · kids

The same preoccupation in both: joyful

The difference: Sits closer to animation than Home Improvement does

Three adolescent boys, Ed, Edd "Double D", and Eddy, collectively known as "the Eds", constantly invent schemes to make money from their peers to purchase their favorite confectionery, jawbreakers. Their plans usually fail though, leaving them in various predicaments.

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Superstore
2015–2021 · 6 seasons · NBC
★ 7.8comedyHuluPeacock

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft

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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My Name Is Earl
2005–2009 · 4 seasons · NBC
★ 7.8comedyHuluDisney+

Both lean on wit more than on comedy

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

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Married... with Children
1987–1997 · 11 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedyPrime VideoHulu

Comedy with a pulse of play, in both cases

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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Modern Family
2009–2020 · 11 seasons · ABC
★ 8.5comedyHuluPeacock

Witty comedy in both cases

The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.

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Everybody Hates Chris
2005–2009 · 4 seasons · UPN
★ 7.6comedyPrime VideoHulu

The shared currency is play

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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Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000–2024 · 12 seasons · HBO
★ 8.8comedyMax

Comedy in the same key

The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else.

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El Chavo del Ocho
1973–1980 · 7 seasons · Las Estrellas
★ 8.7comedy · family · drama

A streak of uplift through both

The difference: Leans harder into family than Home Improvement does

The mishaps of Chavo, an 8-year-old Mestizo-Latino American orphan boy who lives in a village. Together with Quico, Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis, Chavo experiences a series of humorous entanglements.

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