
Shows that feel likeShameless (2011–2021)
If you loved Shameless, the closest series we have are Drake & Josh (2004), The Middle (2009) and Californication (2007). All three share Shameless' witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Flight of the Conchords (2007).
If Shameless hit the spot, these will too

A household where the adults are barely adults
The difference: A kids' sitcom — nothing is ever actually at risk

A family scraping by, with jokes as the coping mechanism
The difference: Network-gentle; poverty as inconvenience, not emergency

A charming addict wrecking his life while the people who love him absorb it
The difference: One man's mess in sunny LA, not a whole household scraping by

Siblings sharpened by a father who is the disaster at the centre of their lives
The difference: Corporate boardrooms and wealth — the cruelty is verbal, never scrappy

A found family of misfits who are each other's only support
The difference: Community college and meta jokes, with no real stakes

Witty and playful in the same breath
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Shameless

An ensemble you come to love despite their behaviour
The difference: A workplace, and nobody's life is falling apart


A family papering over disaster with performance and outrageous nerve
The difference: Telenovela gloss and money instead of a household with nothing to lose

Both lean on play more than on drama


A charming reprobate and the household absorbing him
The difference: Multi-cam punchlines, and wealth instead of hardship
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