
Shows that feel like Perfect Strangers (1986–1993)
If you loved Perfect Strangers, the closest series we have are Growing Pains (1985), Full House (1987) and New Girl (2011). All three share Perfect Strangers' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 12 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
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If Perfect Strangers hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sitcom
The difference: Missing the warmth of Perfect Strangers

Common ground: friendship
The difference: Leans harder into family than Perfect Strangers does

Both are built on the same subject: roommates
The difference: 25 years apart, and the 2010s show

The same preoccupation in both: friendship
The difference: Sits closer to kids than Perfect Strangers does

One thread runs through both: sitcom

Both keep coming back to the same thing: chicago, illinois

Both land wit and play at once

Comedy with a pulse of warmth, in both cases


Comedy built on wit, twice over


Both sit in the same warm register
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