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Series Similar to 800 Words

If you enjoyed 800 Words, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Parenthood

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8).

   Parenthood is the critically acclaimed one-hour drama inspired by the box office hit of the same name. This reimagined and updated Universal Television/Imagine Entertainment production follows the trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family. Sarah Braverman is a single mother with two kids - the bright but rebellious Amber who is living on her own, and sullen and sensitive Drew who returns to Berkeley this year.

2. Shameless

   2011 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.5).

   Shameless is a fiercely engaging and fearlessly twisted series. 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.

3. Shameless

   2004 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan.

4. All Creatures Great and Small

   1978 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.3).

   In the mid-1930s James Herriot, who has recently graduated from the veterinary college in Glasgow, finds work in the rustic Yorkshire Dales of Northern England. This heartwarming drama chronicles his encounters with the locals and the animals they depend on. 

5. Royal Pains

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Royal Pains centers on young doctor Hank Lawson who seems to have it all... thriving career, beautiful girlfriend, and swank NYC apartment. With one fateful and principled decision in the ER, Hank loses it all. Months later, single and blackballed from the medical community, Hank goes for a weekend in the Hamptons with his best friend. Crashing a party at a mega-mansion on the beach, Hank jumps into action when a guest requires medical attention that only he is able to diagnose. The next morning, Hank is summoned to another mansion. And then another. Hank's career is revived, but in a way he's not exactly happy about, as he becomes the on-call doctor for the rich, famous and infamous. Anyone who's anyone in the Hamptons has a lawyer on retainer. Now meet the newest accessory - the concierge doctor.

6. Atypical

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Atypical is a coming of age story that follows Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny yet emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?

7. Kim's Convenience

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8).

   Kim's Convenience is the funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family, running a convenience store in downtown Toronto. Mr. and Mrs. Kim ('Appa' and 'Umma') immigrated to Toronto in the 80's to set up shop near Regent Park and had two kids, Jung and Janet who are now young adults. However, when Jung was 16, he and Appa had a major falling out involving a physical fight, stolen money and Jung leaving home. Father and son have been estranged since.Now, Appa and Umma run the store along with Janet who is studying photography at art school. Meanwhile Jung, who secretly stays in contact with Umma and Janet, is trying to turn his life around and recently landed a job at a car rental agency. The world of Kim's Convenience is real, colourful and urban - a diverse landscape of people and places and at the heart is the Kim family and their store. While the family continues to work and live, finding humour in the everyday tasks of running the store, they long for the day when the rift between Appa and Jung is mended and the family is whole once again.

8. Girl Meets World

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Girl Meets World is based on ABC's hugely popular sitcom, Boy Meets World (1993). Set in New York City, the show tells the wonderfully funny heartfelt stories that Boy Meets World is renowned for - only this time from a tween girl's perspective - as the curious and bright 7th grader Riley Matthews and her quick-witted friend Maya Fox embark on an unforgettable middle school experience. But their plans for a carefree year will be adjusted slightly under the watchful eyes of Riley's parents - dad Cory, who's also a faculty member (and their new History teacher), and mom Topanga, who owns a trendy after school hangout that specializes in pudding.

9. There She Goes

   2018 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   There She Goes is about a severely learning disabled 9-year-old girl Rosie, her dad Simon, mum Emily and brother Ben.Each episode shines a light on day-to-day life with Rosie - unique experiences from simply trying to take her to the park to trying to explain that everyday isn't her birthday.A second timeline set in 2006 shows the effect having a severely disabled child had on the family unit, how it threatened to disintegrate but ultimately brought them even closer.

10. Slings & Arrows

    2003 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

    Geoffrey Tennant is the passionate but unstable artistic director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival. Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor, he struggles to realize his creative vision while handling touchy actors, a jittery general manager, a pretentious guest director and his own tempestuous romance with the festival's leading lady The backstage bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey directs three of Shakespeare's masterpieces -- Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear -- one in each season.