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Shows that feel likeThe Good Place (2016–2020)

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

If you loved The Good Place, the closest series we have are iCarly (2007), I Am Not Okay with This (2020) and Girls (2012). All three share The Good Place'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 Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo (2016).

★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗4 seasons · NBCcreated by Michael Schurcerebraldreamlikewittyplayfulwarm
10 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

If The Good Place hit the spot, these will too

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iCarly
2007–2012 · 6 seasons · Nickelodeon
★ 6.8comedyNetflixParamount+

Two things both keep coming back to: friendship and sitcom

The difference: Easier on the ideas than The Good Place

Watch Carly, Sam, and Freddie, as they try to balance their everyday 8th grade lives with their newfound fame managing and starring in the most awesome show on the web.

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I Am Not Okay with This
2020 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.5drama · comedy · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

A messy young woman fumbling toward being better than she was

The difference: Teen angst with real darkness — and canceled after one season

Angsty Syd navigates high school awkwardness, family drama and an unrequited crush on her best friend while trying to rein in her budding superpowers.

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Girls
2012–2017 · 6 seasons · HBO
★ 7.4drama · comedyMax

Common ground: friendship

The difference: Takes it somewhere less cerebral than The Good Place does

The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.

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Parks and Recreation
2009–2015 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.6comedyPeacock

Mike Schur's other machine for wringing warmth from flawed people

The difference: Grounded small-town politics — no cosmic stakes or twists

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

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

A bad person doing the karmic math and trying to balance the books

The difference: Blue-collar and simple — the ethics never get past the list

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

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013–2021 · 8 seasons · NBC
★ 8.4comedy · crimeNetflixPeacock

Both are built on the same subject: sitcom

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Good Place does

A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.

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2 Broke Girls
2011–2017 · 6 seasons · CBS
★ 6.7comedy

An odd-couple friendship where opposites drag each other upward

The difference: Laugh-track raunch — the weakest writing on this list

Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.

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Desperate Housewives
2004–2012 · 8 seasons · ABC
★ 7.7mystery · drama · comedyPrime VideoHulu

A picture-perfect neighborhood narrated from beyond the grave

The difference: Soapy mystery seasons — secrets, not ethics, drive the plot

Looking down on her friends and family isn't a way of life for Mary Alice Young... it's a way of death. One day, in her perfect house, in the loveliest of suburbs, Mary Alice ended it all. Now she's taking us into the lives of her family, friends and neighbors, commenting from her elevated P.O.V.

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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
2016–2017 · 1 season · MBC
★ 8.3comedy · drama

Witty and playful in the same breath

A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.

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Daughter from Another Mother
2021–2022 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.2comedy · dramaNetflix

Warm comedy, and it commits to that

After realizing their babies were exchanged at birth, two women develop a plan to adjust to their new lives: creating a single —and peculiar— family.

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2020–2025 · 4 seasons · Prime Video
★ 7.7comedy · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaPrime VideoHulu

A manufactured afterlife whose pleasant surface hides a scam

The difference: Satire aimed at tech capitalism, not moral philosophy

In 2033, people who are near death can be “uploaded” into virtual reality hotels run by 6 tech firms. Cash-strapped Nora lives in Brooklyn and works customer service for the luxurious “Lakeview” digital afterlife. When L.A. party-boy/coder Nathan’s self-driving car crashes, his high-maintenance girlfriend uploads him permanently into Nora’s VR world.

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Merlí
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · TV3
★ 8.6comedy · drama

The same preoccupation in both: philosophy

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

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