Best tv shows like The Simpsons
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Plot Summary:
Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 429000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, parody, spoof, slapstick comedy, anime, not serious, funny
Best tv shows and movies like The Simpsons (1989):
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Allen Gregory (2011)
Plot Summary:
Allen Gregory is a short-lived American animated television series that aired on Fox from October 30 to December 18, 2011. The series was created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The series was officially cancelled by Fox on January 8, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, captivating, light, entertaining, sitcom, adult cartoon, offbeat, realistic, not serious
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The Addams Family (1973)
Plot Summary:
The Addams Family is an animated adaptation of the Charles Addams cartoons produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions in 1973. Many of the original actor's from the 1960"s television series returned in voice-over roles.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: offbeat, humorous, semi serious
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The Loud House (2014)
Plot Summary:
Lincoln Loud is an eleven-year-old boy who lives with ten sisters. With the help of his right-hand man Clyde, Lincoln finds new ways to survive in such a large family every day.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, feel good, entertaining, humorous, disgusting, sitcom, cute, sweet, 2d animation
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Rocko's Modern Life (1993)
Plot Summary:
Rocko's Modern Life is an American animated series created by Joe Murray. The show aired for four seasons between 1993 and 1996 on Nickelodeon. Rocko's Modern Life is based around the surreal, parodic adventures of an anthropomorphic, Australian-immigrant wallaby named Rocko, and his new life in the city of O-Town. The show explores his American life as well as the lives of his friends: the gluttonous steer Heffer, the neurotic turtle Filburt, and Rocko's faithful dog, Spunky. The show is laden with adult humor, including double entendres, innuendos, and satirical social commentary. Joe Murray initially created the title character for an unpublished comic book series in the late 1980s, and later reluctantly pitched the series to Nickelodeon, who were looking for edgier cartoonists for their new Nicktoons block. The network gave the staff a large amount of creative freedom, the writers targeting both children and adults. The show's animation stylistically features crooked architecture. In addition, Murray picked many newcomer voice actors, such as Tom Kenny and Carlos Alazraqui, who have gone on to become very popular. The show was the fourth Nicktoon to premiere. Kenny described the show's impact in an interview, saying, "Rocko's Modern Life was just one of those shows that were the first break for a lot of people who went on to do other stuff in the business.".
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan, Australia
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, anime, funny, sitcom, adult cartoon, offbeat, humorous, surreal, not serious, parody
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Fatherhood (2004)
Plot Summary:
Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This was Nick at Nite's first original animated series. It has aired on Nick at Nite and Nickelodeon. It was canceled in 2005.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 110
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining, adult animation, anime, feel good, realistic, semi serious
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Crash Canyon (2011)
Plot Summary:
Crash Canyon is a Canadian animated series. It tells the story of the community living at the bottom of a canyon. The Wendell family is looking for an original holiday by caravan but their trip ends sooner than expected at the bottom of a canyon in Alberta, Canada. Canyon walls are too high to climb and there is no way out. Soon they find out there is a whole community of 25 survivors from previous crashes down there. Dollars are not accepted and they use golf tees as a currency.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, witty, not serious, captivating, adult animation, adult cartoon, offbeat, realistic, cynical
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Home Movies (1999)
Plot Summary:
Home Movies is an American animated television sitcom that was originally broadcast from April 26, 1999 to April 4, 2004. Brendon Small is the creator, head writer and lead musician of Home Movies. Jon Benjamin, Melissa Bardin Galsky and Janine Ditullio also lent their voices to the show. The plot surrounds eight-year-old Brendon, who makes films with his friends Melissa Robbins and Jason Penopolis in his spare time. He lives with his divorced mother, Paula, and his baby sister, Josie. He is also friends with his alcoholic, short-tempered soccer coach, John McGuirk. Home Movies developed a cult following during its run, and is still considered a cult show to this day. Home Movies was produced by Soup2Nuts, and originally aired on UPN, but the network cancelled the series after 5 episodes. Cartoon Network, seeing potential for the series, purchased the rights to it, and aired it as the first program on their nighttime adult-oriented Adult Swim block on the day of the block's launch on September 2, 2001. As part of Adult Swim, it finished the first season of 13 episodes and was picked up for three additional 13 episode seasons. Creator Small would later go on to create the Adult Swim animated series Metalocalypse and co-creator Bouchard would go on to create the animated Bob's Burgers for the Fox network.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 11000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, epic, sitcom, offbeat, witty, not serious, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Bordertown (2016)
Plot Summary:
The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels threatened by the cultural changes that have transformed his neighborhood. Living next door is Ernesto, an industrious Mexican immigrant and father of four, who is proud to be making it in America. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their families become bound by friendship, romance and conflict.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon, feel good, captivating, entertaining, ironic, satirical
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Full English (2012)
Plot Summary:
Full English is a British animated sitcom created by Jack Williams, Harry Williams and Alex Scarfe for Channel 4. The programme is produced by Two Brothers Pictures. It parodies and satirises various popular entertainment personalities in the United Kingdom, created to be the British equivalent to the hit American animated sitcoms. Full English first aired on 12 November 2012, with the first series ending abruptly on 10 December 2012 after the final episode, due to air on 17 December 2012, was pulled from the schedules. The show has been cancelled according to the official Facebook page.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 313
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, parody, realistic, adult cartoon
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King of the Hill (1997)
Plot Summary:
Set in Texas, this animated series follows the life of propane salesman Hank Hill, who lives with his overly confident substitute Spanish teacher wife Peggy, wannabe comedian son Bobby, and naive niece Luanne. Hank has conservative views about God, family, and country, but his values and ethics are often challenged by the situations he, his family, and his beer-drinking neighbors/buddies find themselves in.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 57000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: adult animation, adult cartoon, witty, anime, sitcom, manga, humorous, realistic, semi serious, black comedy
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Mother Up! (2013)
Plot Summary:
Rudi Wilson is a former record executive who decides to move to the suburbs and see if she can hold her own in the world of motherhood. What Rudi finds is that her hard-partying lifestyle, frequent drinking and tendency to use profane language don’t necessarily gel with the lifestyles of her neighbours in the suburbs.
IMDB Rating: 5.4
IMDB Votes: 605
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, adult animation, humorous, realistic, semi serious, funny, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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The Oblongs (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Oblongs is an American animated television series aimed at teenagers and adults. It is loosely based on a series of characters introduced in creator Angus Oblong's picture book entitled Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children. The TV series was produced by Jobsite Productions and Mohawk Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television, and the theme song for the show was composed and performed by They Might Be Giants. The Oblongs aired on The WB from April 1, 2001 until May 20, 2001 and then aired on Adult Swim from August 25, 2002 to October 20, 2002, with a total of thirteen episodes. There has been mention of a potential series revival with new episodes on Adult Swim, however, no other information has been announced. All thirteen episodes of The Oblongs were released on DVD on October 4, 2005.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 284 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, semi serious, entertaining, anime, sitcom, offbeat
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SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
Plot Summary:
Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 109000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Japan, Canada, Australia
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, slapstick comedy, adult cartoon, anime, adult animation, sincere, captivating, sitcom, hilarious
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Mr. Pickles (2013)
Plot Summary:
The Goodman family lives with their lovable pet dog, Mr. Pickles, a deviant border collie with a secret satanic streak.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: adult animation, bloody, not serious, humorous, offbeat, adult cartoon, disturbing, tense, dark comedy, funny
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Hoops (2020)
Plot Summary:
A foul-mouthed high school basketball coach is sure he'll hit the big leagues if he can only turn his terrible team around. Good luck with that.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: adult animation, cynical, anime, exciting, humorous, not serious, visually appealing, sitcom, 2d animation, sexploitation film
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TripTank (2014)
Plot Summary:
TripTank is Comedy Central’s newest animated experience, executive produced by ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico. The weekly, eight-episode half-hour series, showcases a wide range of fast-paced, hard-hitting animated comedy shorts presented in an anthology style, weaving together stand-alone and recurring narrative pieces.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, adult animation, not serious, adult cartoon, unusual plot structure, entertaining, satirical, psychedelic, sketch comedy, offbeat
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Duncanville (2020)
Plot Summary:
The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, feel good, exciting, witty, weird
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The Simpsons Movie (2007)
Plot Summary:
After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 346000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, South Korea, Germany, North Korea
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: funny, adult animation, humorous, satirical, computer animated, hilarious, black comedy, clever, witty, anime
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Futurama (1999)
Plot Summary:
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 257000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, adult cartoon, futuristic, sitcom, cynical, surreal, parody, anime, humorous, funny
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F is for Family (2015)
Plot Summary:
The story of the Murphy's, a lower middle class family living in the 1970s — a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside, and bring a gun to the airport. “F Is For Family”, is a six-episode animated series based on the comedy of Bill Burr.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 41000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: France, Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, anime, funny, sitcom, semi serious, dark comedy, satirical
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South Park (1997)
Plot Summary:
Follows the misadventures of four irreverent grade-schoolers in the quiet, dysfunctional town of South Park, Colorado.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 399000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult cartoon, adult animation, parody, dark comedy, cynical, sitcom, witty, controversial, humorous, offbeat
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Bob's Burgers (2011)
Plot Summary:
Bob's Burgers follows a third-generation restaurateur, Bob, as he runs Bob's Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids. Bob and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob's Burgers "grand re-re-re-opening" a success.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 90000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, adult animation, humorous, witty, not serious, adult cartoon, funny, offbeat, sentimental, atmospheric
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Big Mouth (2017)
Plot Summary:
Teenage friends find their lives upended by the wonders and horrors of puberty in this edgy comedy from real-life pals Nick Kroll and Andrew Goldberg.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, surreal, funny, anime, dark comedy, hilarious, teen, adult comedy, adult cartoon, not serious
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The Cleveland Show (2009)
Plot Summary:
The Cleveland Show is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane, Mike Henry, and Richard Appel for the Fox Broadcasting Company as a spin-off of Family Guy. The series centers on the Browns and Tubbs, two dysfunctional families consisting of parents Cleveland Brown and Donna Tubbs and their children Cleveland Brown, Jr., Roberta Tubbs, and Rallo Tubbs, and, like Family Guy, exhibits much of its humor in the form of cutaway gags that often lampoon American culture.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult cartoon, sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, black comedy, offbeat, surreal, adult animation, absurd
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Paradise PD (2018)
Plot Summary:
An eager young rookie joins the ragtag small-town police force led by his dad as they bumble, squabble and snort their way through a big drug case.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 21000
Genere: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: adult cartoon, humorous, not serious, cynical, adult animation, funny, anime, sitcom, light, entertaining
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Brickleberry (2012)
Plot Summary:
Brickleberry National Park is facing closure, but not if the park’s dysfunctional park rangers can help it! “Brickleberry,” an animated half-hour series, follows the crazy bunch of park rangers as they do their worst to keep the park running. Steve (David Herman) has been “Ranger of the Month” every month for years, so he feels threatened when Ethel (Natasha Leggero) is transferred from Yellowstone National Park to help whip the park into shape. Connie (Roger Black) and Denzel (Jerry Minor) are two unique rangers that each bring special skills (or in Denzel’s case, lack of skills) to the job, and Woody (Tom Kenny) is the hapless Head Ranger who puts nothing above his beloved park, except his adopted bear cub, Malloy (Daniel Tosh), who he’s taken in and spoils to death.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: not serious, absurd, humorous, entertaining, light, adult cartoon, adult animation, anime, funny, cult classic
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Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story (2005)
Plot Summary:
The major sub-plot circles around the youngest Griffin, Stewie, who has a near-death experience at a pool when a lifeguard chair falls on him, but he survives. After having a vision of being in Hell, he decides to change his ways, but this doesn't last long. While watching television, he and Brian spot a man that looks like Stewie. Brian is convinced that he is Stewie's real father, until Stewie learns that the man is actually himself as an adult, taking a vacation from his own time period. Baby Stewie visits thirty years later to discover that his adult self, going by the name Stu, is a single blue-collar middle-aged virgin working at a Circuit City-type store. Meanwhile, Peter and Lois are trying to teach their two older kids, Meg and Chris, to date. In the future, Chris, who hasn't changed much, is working as a cop and is married to a foul-mouthed hustler named Vanessa. Meg is now called Ron, since she had a sex-change after college. Written by pepperann210.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 33000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, talky, not serious, witty, hilarious, adult animation, clever, parody, spoof
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American Dad! (2005)
Plot Summary:
The series focuses on an eccentric motley crew that is the Smith family and their three housemates: Father, husband, and breadwinner Stan Smith; his better half housewife, Francine Smith; their college-aged daughter, Hayley Smith; and their high-school-aged son, Steve Smith. Outside of the Smith family, there are three additional main characters, including Hayley's boyfriend turned husband, Jeff Fischer; the family's man-in-a-goldfish-body pet, Klaus; and most notably the family's zany alien, Roger, who is "full of masquerades, brazenness, and shocking antics.".
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 134000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, funny, sitcom, humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, anime, feel good, captivating
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Rick and Morty (2013)
Plot Summary:
An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
IMDB Rating: 9.1
IMDB Votes: 582000
Genere: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: adult animation, entertaining, humorous, offbeat, adult cartoon, cynical, sitcom, dark comedy, absurd, not serious
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Family Guy (1999)
Plot Summary:
Sick, twisted, politically incorrect and Freakin' Sweet animated series featuring the adventures of the dysfunctional Griffin family. Bumbling Peter and long-suffering Lois have three kids. Stewie (a brilliant but sadistic baby bent on killing his mother and taking over the world), Meg (the oldest, and is the most unpopular girl in town) and Chris (the middle kid, he's not very bright but has a passion for movies). The final member of the family is Brian - a talking dog and much more than a pet, he keeps Stewie in check whilst sipping Martinis and sorting through his own life issues.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 359000
Genere: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, cynical, witty, funny, exciting, anime, controversial, entertaining