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Shows that feel likeM*A*S*H (1972–1983)

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

If you loved M*A*S*H, the closest series we have are Veep (2012), Band of Brothers (2001) and The Last Man on Earth (2015). All three share M*A*S*H's bleak feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The King of Queens (1998).

★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗11 seasons · CBScreated by Larry Gelbartbleakcontemplativewittyplayful
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video
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If M*A*S*H hit the spot, these will too

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Veep
2012–2019 · 7 seasons · HBO
★ 8.4comedy · war & politicsMax

Common ground: sitcom

The difference: Trades the stillness of M*A*S*H for an angle of its own

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

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Band of Brothers
2001 · 1 season · HBO
★ 9.4drama · war & politicsMax

Both are built on the same subject: us army

The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than M*A*S*H does

Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as their journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men from paratrooper training in Georgia through the end of the war. As an elite rifle company parachuting into Normandy early on D-Day morning, participants in the Battle of the Bulge, and witness to the horrors of war, the men of Easy knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear - and became the stuff of legend. Based on Stephen E. Ambrose's acclaimed book of the same name.

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The Last Man on Earth
2015–2018 · 4 seasons · FOX
★ 7.4drama · comedyHulu

Bleak where it counts, contemplative underneath

The difference: 43 years apart, and the 2010s show

The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.

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Fawlty Towers
1975–1979 · 2 seasons · BBC Two
★ 8.8comedy

The same preoccupation in both: sitcom

Owner Basil Fawlty, his wife Sybil, a chambermaid Polly, and Spanish waiter Manuel attempt to run their hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding guests.

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Shōgun
2024– · 1 season · FX
★ 8.6drama · war & politicsHuluDisney+

War & politics with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

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Lioness
2023– · 3 seasons · Paramount+
★ 7.8drama · war & politicsParamount+

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Cruz Manuelos, a rough-around-the-edges but passionate young Marine, is recruited to join the CIA's Lioness Engagement Team to help bring down a terrorist organization from within. Joe, the station chief of the Lioness program, is tasked with training, managing and leading her female undercover operatives.

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SEAL Team
2017–2024 · 7 seasons · CBS
★ 7.9action & adventure · drama · war & politicsNetflixParamount+

One thread runs through both: military

The difference: Leans harder into action & adventure than M*A*S*H does

Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.

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

Both land wit and play at once

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

Witty comedy in both cases

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

Comedy built on play, twice over

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
★ 7.7comedyPrime VideoPeacock

Witty war & politics, and it commits to that

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

Playful drama, and it commits to that

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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