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Shows that feel likeModern Family (2009–2020)

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.

If you loved Modern Family, the closest series we have are Drake & Josh (2004), The Middle (2009) and Superstore (2015). All three share Modern Family'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 The King of Queens (1998).

★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗11 seasons · ABCcreated by Steven Levitanwittyplayful
12 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

If Modern Family hit the spot, these will too

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

Step-siblings forced together, and the sitcom warmth that grows from it

The difference: A kids' show built on slapstick — none of the adult marriage material

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

Ordinary family life mined for jokes without ever turning cruel

The difference: Broke and scrappy in small-town Indiana — no gloss, no camera to address

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

A workplace that behaves like a family, bickering and covering for itself

The difference: A retail floor rather than home life, and sharper about class and work

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+

Decent intentions colliding with people's worst habits, for laughs

The difference: Trailer-park picaresque with a mission — episodic, not a family unit

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

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

Found family in one apartment, with running bits that reward the long haul

The difference: Twentysomething roommates and dating — no kids and no in-laws

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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Community
2009–2015 · 6 seasons · NBC
★ 8.5comedyHuluPeacock

An ensemble where every character is a distinct joke engine

The difference: Wildly experimental and referential where Modern Family plays it safe

Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.

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The IT Crowd
2006–2010 · 4 seasons · Channel 4
★ 8.5comedyPrime Video

Comedy tight enough that the jokes land on personality alone

The difference: Broad British farce in short runs — no sentiment at the end of scenes

The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.

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

A family sitcom with narration on top, affectionate about its own chaos

The difference: One kid's memory of the 80s, and sharper about money and race

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

Comfortable comedy about marriage and the relatives you inherit

The difference: Multi-cam and smaller, with one household

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

A wealthy blended family maintaining a face for the neighbours

The difference: Mexican dark comedy, soapier and much sharper

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

A family sitcom that is honest about how annoying families are

The difference: Multi-cam crudeness from an older era, with no warmth

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

Social rules broken in small ways, with the fallout mined for laughs

The difference: Improvised, abrasive and unsentimental — no family to come home to

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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