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Plot Summary:
Amanda Vaughn, once the ultimate high school "mean girl," is forced to return home in disgrace after her marriage ends in scandal. As Amanda and her teenage kids try to adjust to their new lives, the ladies from her past alternate between sympathy and scheming.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 430 min
Plot tags: realistic, captivating, semi serious, feel good, light, sitcom, soap opera
Best tv shows and movies like GCB (2012):
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Malibu Country (2012)
Plot Summary:
Her life reads like a country music tune: her husband cheated on her and spent all of their money, and after she gets mad, she's going to get even.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, game show, realistic
Similar in 82%
Wanda at Large (2003)
Plot Summary:
Wanda at Large is an American sitcom that ran for two seasons on the Fox network in 2003. The series was created by and stars comedian Wanda Sykes.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 305
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, sitcom, light, feel good, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting
Similar in 90%
Twins (2005)
Plot Summary:
Twins is an American situation comedy series that first aired on The WB in the United States and on CTV in Canada in September 2005. The series is produced by KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television. The show was cancelled on May 18, 2006 due to the merger of the WB and UPN that created the new network The CW.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 299
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating, sexy, realistic, witty, semi serious
Similar in 77%
Brothers (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mike Trainor seemingly has it all—he's a good-looking, wealthy and recently retired NFL player living the high-life in New York City, but he's about to get sidelined. When his mom learns that Mike's business manager took off with all his money, she orchestrates a plan to keep Mike in Houston, save his brother Chill's restaurant and bring the dysfunctional family back together under one roof again.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 284
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic, not serious
Similar in 82%
Jesse (1998)
Plot Summary:
Jesse Warner is a 26-year-old single mother juggling between her job, her dreams and her family responsibilities.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 87%
Run of the House (2003)
Plot Summary:
Since mom and dad have made a temporary move from the frigid winters of Grand Rapids to sunny Arizona to protect dad's health, you'd think it'd be pretty sweet at home for 15-year-old Brooke Franklin. Well, think again. Brooke's brothers, Kurt and Chris and her sister Sally are in charge. Though there is the usual bickering about household responsibilities and personal lifestyles, Brooke's siblings share more than a common gene pool; they also share a real concern about Brooke's well-being and the intention to raise their youngest sister correctly. Unfortunately, they just can't agree how to do it.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Bent (2012)
Plot Summary:
Bent is an American romantic comedy television series that ran on NBC from March 21 to April 4, 2012. The series was created by Tad Quill and stars Amanda Peet as a recently divorced lawyer and David Walton as the irresponsible general contractor hired to remodel her kitchen. Supporting roles are played by Jeffrey Tambor, Margo Harshman, and Joey King. On May 11, 2012, NBC cancelled the sitcom.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Sons & Daughters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna have many years of shared history in this small town. Like every other family on the planet, their history includes many mistakes. This is proven by the multiple marriages and many children in their close extended clan.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, light, sexy, feel good, sexual
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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from her divorced friends rather than her married ones and it leads her to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, erotic, captivating, sexy, hilarious
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The Lizzie Bennet Diaries (2012)
Plot Summary:
Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bennet is a mass communications graduate student still living at home with her parents and two sisters, the sweet, timid Jane and rebellious, party-loving Lydia. With the help of her friend Charlotte Lu, she starts a vlog series for her thesis, discussing the trials and tribulations of her daily life.
IMDB Rating: 8.8
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 3 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good, melancholic, tense, sentimental, captivating, fairy tale, modern day adaptation
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Related (2005)
Plot Summary:
Related is an American comedy-drama series that aired on The WB network during the 2005-2006 television season. It revolved around the lives of four close-knit sisters - of Italian descent, raised in Brooklyn - living in New York City. The show was created by former Sex and the City writer Liz Tuccillo, and executive produced by Friends co-creator Marta Kauffman. Despite heavy promotion, initial ratings did not warrant the show being picked up for a second season when The WB network was folded into The CW. The untitled Related theme song is sung by The Veronicas, whose music was regularly featured in episodes.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 870
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, light, captivating, realistic, semi serious, sexual, sexy
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Life After Fat (2013)
Plot Summary:
Life After Fat is a comedy-drama web series filmed in New York City, focusing on Maddie, a 24 year old thrift store employee who loses 90 lbs over the course of a year. For the first time in her life, she feels noticed, and attractive, which ends up being far more complicated than she thought. But the more things fall apart, the closer she is to finding her true self worth. Life After Fat isn't about how inspiring it is to drop a lot of weight, nor is it a message for everyone to love themselves exactly as they are. Instead, it's an exploration of the changes we make and why we make them, as much as it is a statement on the oftentimes laughable madness that is being a severely confused 20-something living in a massive city.
IMDB Rating: 3.6
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, touching, realistic, semi serious, psychological, captivating, tragicomedy, humorous
Similar in 78%
Pepper Dennis (2006)
Plot Summary:
Pepper Dennis is a comedy-drama television series.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 942
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, light, sexy, realistic
Similar in 86%
Whoopi (2003)
Plot Summary:
Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, hilarious, humorous, soap opera
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Scoundrels (2010)
Plot Summary:
A family of small-time criminals try to go straight after the father is sent to prison.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 780
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, light, feel good
Similar in 84%
In Gayle We Trust (2009)
Plot Summary:
Nestled somewhere in the middle of America, Maple Grove is populated with a host of colorful characters, and they all turn to one person for insurance needs, counseling and much more. Though an insurance agent by trade, Gayle Evans has become the default cure-all for the small town, as her pleasant disposition and sound advice has made her a go-to resource in the lives of her clients.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sincere, captivating, realistic
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Life Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, sitcom
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Alice (1976)
Plot Summary:
Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, telenovela
Similar in 77%
Bunheads (2012)
Plot Summary:
Michelle, a Las Vegas showgirl, impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law's dance school.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sentimental, feel good, humorous, semi serious, realistic, talky, idiotic
Similar in 81%
Call My Agent! (2015)
Plot Summary:
TV mini-series about a French talent agency.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light, captivating, suspense, satirical, biting, alternative comedy
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Copy (2015)
Plot Summary:
Mesh Kilbourne is a tenacious, ambitious student journalist whose quest for the truth outweighs social niceties, friendships, and protocol. When he stumbles on a possible cheating scandal involving his editor in chief, he begins sniffing out the truth. But when the story leads him to investigate the president of the school, he may have uncovered more than he bargained for and made a powerful enemy in the process. Will truth win out over intrigue? Will Mesh learn how to make friends while alienating people? Has he got the scoop of a lifetime? Or will the whole story blow up in his face?.
IMDB Rating:
IMDB Votes:
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
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Hot Properties (2005)
Plot Summary:
A look at the lives of four women who work at a Manhattan real estate office.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 296
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating, touching, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 89%
Reba (2001)
Plot Summary:
After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down..
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, inspirational, game show
Similar in 79%
Jennifer Falls (2014)
Plot Summary:
Jennifer Doyle who must move back in with her own mom after being let go from her high-powered, six-figure salary job. With her teenage daughter in tow, Jennifer has to face her new life and figure out what the next steps are to rebuild.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 948
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
Similar in 90%
Rodney (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of real, everyday America, Rodney Hamilton's life revolves around two things: His family and his thankless job at a fiberglass plant.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Manhattan Love Story (2014)
Plot Summary:
The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic, semi serious, witty
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Love That Girl! (2010)
Plot Summary:
Love That Girl! is an American sitcom created by Bentley Kyle Evans and starring Tatyana Ali.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 382
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, sentimental, realistic
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A.U.S.A. (2003)
Plot Summary:
A.U.S.A. is an American sitcom television series that aired in 2003 on NBC, starring Scott Foley.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 60
Genere: Drama, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Just Legal (2005)
Plot Summary:
Just Legal is a television courtroom drama that stars Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel as two courtroom lawyers in Venice, California. The series premiered on The WB on September 19, 2005 and was canceled on October 3, 2005 after only three episodes had been aired. Almost a year later The WB decided burn off 5 unaired episodes following a repeat of the pilot on August 6, 2006. The series concluded on September 10, 2006.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 215
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: captivating, realistic, psychological, semi serious, humorous, serious
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Fairly Legal (2011)
Plot Summary:
Kate Reed is a firm believer that justice can always be found--even if it's not always in the courtroom. Once a lawyer at her family's esteemed San Francisco firm, Kate's frustration with the legal system led her to a new career as a mediator. Thanks to her innate understanding of human nature, thorough legal knowledge, and winning smile, Kate is a natural when it comes to dispute resolution. Except, it seems, when it comes to conflicts in her own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 41 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, serious, sincere, realistic, romantic, sensitive, interesting