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Plot Summary:
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 45000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 36 min
Plot tags: dark comedy, sitcom, funny, captivating, realistic, cynical, semi serious, spiritual, entertaining
Best tv shows and movies like The Righteous Gemstones (2019):
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Normal, Ohio (2000)
Plot Summary:
Normal, Ohio is an American television sitcom, which aired on the Fox Network in 2000. The show stars John Goodman as William "Butch" Gamble, a gay man returning to his Midwestern home town. The cast also includes Joely Fisher, Anita Gillette, Orson Bean, Mo Gaffney and Charles Rocket.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 198
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, sitcom
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The Soul Man (2012)
Plot Summary:
R&B superstar-turned-minister Reverend Boyce "The Voice" Ballentine was living the high life in Las Vegas at the top of the music charts when he gets the calling to go from soul singer to soul saver. Relocating to St. Louis with his wife, Lolli and his daughter, Lyric to take over the preaching duties in his father's church, his family is not exactly eager to give up the fabulous superstar life for a humble one.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 871
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Bonus Family (2017)
Plot Summary:
A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Plot Summary:
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven-year period, from early 1990 to late 2000. The latter Comic Relief special was shown after the series officially ended in spring 2001. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson, and his long-suffering wife, Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism. The series was occasionally the subject of controversy for some of its darker story elements, but was nevertheless the recipient of a number of awards, including the 1992 BAFTA for Best Comedy. In 2004, the series came tenth in a 2004 BBC poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom". The programme also came 80th in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series, originally shown on BBC One, is now available on DVD and is regularly repeated in the United Kingdom on Gold. Seven episodes were remade for BBC Radio 2 and the series also inspired a novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, dark comedy, surreal, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Eastbound & Down (2009)
Plot Summary:
Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 63000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, funny, dark comedy, erotic, epic, anime, sensual
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Pete versus Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010. It was recommissioned for a second series after averaging 1.6 million viewers and a young demographic during its first run, and series two started airing on 21 October 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, surreal, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic
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HAPPYish (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," or does he just have a "low joy ceiling?" Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Happiness after all is pretty high bar. In a world as absurd as ours, maybe the best anyone can hope for is happyish.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, dark comedy, captivating, psychological, funny, satirical, offbeat
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Starved (2005)
Plot Summary:
Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt Tighteners. Its characters included those with bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder. Eric Schaeffer created the show as well as writing, starring in and directing it, based upon his own struggle with eating disorders. In addition to his own life experiences, Schaeffer also drew upon the experiences of the other members of the principal cast, each of whom coincidentally had struggled with food issues of their own. Starved was the lead-in of FX's hour-long "Other Side of Comedy" block with It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. FX executives wanted to use the two series to begin building comedy programming and broaden the network's demographic. The series debuted on August 4, 2005 to poor critical reviews and was cancelled in October 2005, when FX picked Sunny over Starved for renewal.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 513
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining, clever, offbeat, realistic, witty, controversial
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GCB (2012)
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
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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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Louie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, sincere, dark comedy, clever, realistic, semi serious, funny, hilarious, witty
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High Maintenance (2016)
Plot Summary:
Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: captivating, anthology, semi serious, psychological, light, thought provoking, humorous, funny, sitcom, hilarious
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Parenthood (2010)
Plot Summary:
Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims. Loosely based on the 1989 film of the same title, Parenthood tells of the Braverman clan which consists of an older couple, their four children and their families.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 37000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious, sincere, captivating, sitcom
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Less Than Kind (2008)
Plot Summary:
Less Than Kind is a Canadian television comedy-drama series that stars Jesse Camacho as Sheldon Blecher, a teenager growing up in a loving but dysfunctional Jewish family in Winnipeg. The show's cast also includes Maury Chaykin and Wendel Meldrum as Sheldon's parents, Benjamin Arthur as his older brother Josh, and Nancy Sorel as his aunt, Clara. The Blechers struggle to operate a driving school out of their home in Winnipeg's fading North End. Less Than Kind made its debut October 13, 2008, on Citytv, and moved to HBO Canada in February 2010. The ensemble cast of the critically acclaimed series won Canadian Comedy Awards in 2009 and 2010.Less Than Kind received the 2010 Gemini Award for Best Comedy Program or Series and the inaugural award for Best Comedy Series at the 2013 Canadian Screen Awards. The title sequence and logo for Less Than Kind were inspired by an iconic highway sign at Winnipeg's Confusion Corner intersection, depicting arrows pointing in every direction. The name of the series is found in the first line spoken by Hamlet: "A little more than kin, and less than kind.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, light, feel good, sitcom, sentimental, sincere, realistic, semi serious
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Happyland (2014)
Plot Summary:
Having grown up in a world of manufactured happiness, Lucy, the cynical teenage daughter of a idealistic theme park princess mom, wants to get out and experience something real. When Ian, the new park owner's son, arrives and sweeps her off her feet, Lucy is left wondering if fairy tale endings do exist after all. But when a scandalous secret turns her life upside down, she learns Happyland is far from a walk in the park.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Family Ties (1982)
Plot Summary:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, atmospheric, iconic, vintage
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See Dad Run (2012)
Plot Summary:
The story of David Hobbs, who has spent the last decade playing the perfect father on one of TV’s biggest sitcoms. But when the series ends and his wife resumes her own television career, he finds himself cast in his most challenging role to date: handling the day-to-day needs of three kids who've grown accustomed to not having him around. David soon learns that playing a dad on TV is child’s play compared to the real thing.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, light, sitcom, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Instant Mom (2013)
Plot Summary:
Martini Mondays and tequila Tuesdays take a back seat to new step-motherhood when former party girl Stephanie marries Charlie, an older dad with three kids. Becoming an instant mom doesn't come with a rulebook, but it does come with a dose of humor as Stephanie traverses the fine line between being a friend and being a responsible parent.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 849
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, funny, captivating, entertaining, sentimental, realistic, not serious
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I'm Sorry (2017)
Plot Summary:
Andrea is a seemingly confident comedy writer, wife and mom, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: ironic, light, feel good, entertaining, cynical, funny, humorous, captivating, sitcom
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Transparent (2014)
Plot Summary:
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sitcom, erotic, exciting, clever, mumblecore, sensual, heartfelt
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Center of the Universe (2004)
Plot Summary:
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 130
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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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Life with Bonnie (2002)
Plot Summary:
The host of the local morning talk show Morning Chicago creatively balances family commitment—to her husband John, a hard-working family practice doctor, and their three young children— and career obligations.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 653
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic
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Retired at 35 (2011)
Plot Summary:
Retired at 35 is an American sitcom on TV Land starring George Segal, Jessica Walter, Johnathan McClain, Josh McDermitt, Marissa Jaret Winokur and Ryan Michelle Bathe. It is the network's second original scripted series after Hot in Cleveland. The series premiered on January 19, 2011. On March 21, 2011, the series was renewed for a second season. The second season premiered on Tuesday June 26, 2012, at 10:00 pm ET/PT, and concluded on Wednesday, August 29, 2012. On December 13, 2012, TV Land announced that they were not renewing Retired at 35 for another season and it was cancelled, making it the first TV Land original sitcom to be cancelled from the network.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 528
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good, entertaining, realistic, not serious
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Vice Principals (2016)
Plot Summary:
The story of a high school and the people who almost run it, the vice principals.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 30000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, dark comedy, sitcom, light, funny, anime, independent film
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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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Shameless (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: offbeat, emotional, entertaining, biting, realistic, humorous, sexy, funny, ironic, thought provoking
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Succession (2018)
Plot Summary:
The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 248000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, captivating, inspirational, disturbing, tense, stylized, dark, dramatic, deep, tragicomedy
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House of Lies (2012)
Plot Summary:
Charming, fast talking Marty Kaan and his crack team of management consultants know how to play the corporate game better than anyone, by using every dirty trick in the book to woo powerful CEOs and close huge deals. In the board rooms, barrooms, and bedrooms of the power elite, corruption is business as usual and everyone's out for themselves first. Nothing is sacred in this scathing, irreverent satire of corporate America today.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 26000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: cynical, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, talky, sexy, suspense, erotic
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State of Grace (2001)
Plot Summary:
State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, retro, sitcom, realistic