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Shows that feel likeThe Office (2001–2002)

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

If you loved The Office, the closest series we have are Arrested Development (2003), It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia (2005) and Parks and Recreation (2009). All three share The Office'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 Vice Principals (2016).

★ 8.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗2 seasons · BBC Twocreated by Stephen Merchantwittyplayfulwarmdarkly funny
11 of 12 streaming nowNetflix · HBO Max · Amazon Prime Video

If The Office hit the spot, these will too

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Arrested Development
2003–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6comedyNetflix

Common ground in both: dark comedy and mockumentary

The difference: Trades the warmth of The Office for an angle of its own

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005– · 18 seasons · FX
★ 8.8comedyHulu

Common ground: sitcom

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

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

The same preoccupation in both: workplace comedy

The difference: Easier on the warmth than The Office

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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Archer
2009–2023 · 14 seasons · FX
★ 8.6comedy · action & adventure · animationHulu

Two things both keep coming back to: workplace and deadpan

The difference: Sits closer to action & adventure than The Office does

Smart-mouthed superspy Sterling Archer and his dysfunctional team of secret agents turn dangerous missions into messy misadventures around the globe.

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Vice Principals
2016–2017 · 2 seasons · HBO
★ 8comedyMax

One thread runs through both: dark comedy

After North Jackson High's long-time principal steps down to tend to his ailing wife, Neal Gamby and Lee Russell, the school's vice principals, are forced to put their mutual disdain aside and form an unholy alliance in order to sabotage the newly appointed principal, Dr. Belinda Brown.

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

Both keep coming back to the same thing: sitcom

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

Both are built on the same subject: sharp

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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Russian Doll
2019–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Witty and playful in the same breath

Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.

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Space Force
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Different title, same corner of the shelf

A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for lift-off.

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Weeds
2005–2012 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.9comedy · crime · dramaParamount+

Both lean on dark humor more than on comedy

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

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Malcolm in the Middle
2000–2006 · 7 seasons · FOX
★ 8.2comedyHuluDisney+

Comedy built on wit, twice over

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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

The same preoccupation in both: witty

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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