As Time Goes By

Series Similar to As Time Goes By

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

1. Mad About You

   1992 · Comedy, Romance · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Mad About You tells the story of Paul and Jamie Buchman, a husband and wife trying their best to be married and stay in love. Along the way, this urban duo must contend with their sometimes difficult friends and family — not to mention the daily inconveniences of daily life — and learn to savor the everyday miracles.Initially aired on NBC from September 23, 1992 to May 24, 1999

2. To the Manor Born

   1979 · Comedy · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, also on BBC One.

   Lady Audrey Forbes-Hamilton has fallen on hard times since the death of her husband, Martin. Forced to sell Grantleigh Manor, which has been in her family for 400 years, she graciously adjusts to her new circumstances in The Lodge at the edge of the estate. The Manor is now occupied by supermarket magnate Richard DeVere and his elderly mother. Audrey is annoyed that her position on the estate has been usurped by a man who represents everything Audrey regards as bad taste. It's clearly a love-hate relationship from the beginning, but between foiling DeVere's plans and bringing his ego down a notch or two, Audrey manages to stamp her authority on the running of the Manor while the faint whisper of romance echoes across the way.

3. Waiting for God

   1990 · Comedy · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8), also on BBC One.

   Waiting for God is a British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1990 to 1994 starring Graham Crowden as Tom and Stephanie Cole as Diana, two spirited residents of a retirement home who spend their time running rings around the home's oppressive management and their own families.Set at the fictional Bayview Retirement Home near Bournemouth, the show was based around Diana Trent and her relationship with Tom Ballard, a former accountant with semi-feigned dementia. He has been exiled there for the convenience of his family.

4. Vicious

   2013 · Comedy · ended96% match

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

   Vicious tells the story of partners Freddie and Stuart, who have lived together in a small central London flat for nearly 50 years. Constantly picking each other apart and holding on to petty slights for decades, Freddie and Stuart are always at each other s throats, cracking snide remarks aimed at the other's age, appearance and flaws. However, underneath their vicious, co-dependent fighting, they have a deep love for one another. Freddie and Stuart are often joined by feisty best friend Violet and Ash, their young, upstairs neighbor.

5. Gavin & Stacey

   2007 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, also on BBC One.

   The comic tale of love between an Essex boy and a Welsh girl, starring Matthew Horne and Joanna Page, supported by a cast including James Corden, Ruth Jones, Rob Brydon and Alison Steadman.

6. dinnerladies

   1998 · Comedy · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   dinnerladies is a British sitcom which aired on BBC 1 from 1998-2000. It was created, written and co-produced by Victoria Wood.The series is set entirely in the canteen of HWD Components, a fictional factory in Manchester and featured the caterers and regular customers as the main characters.

7. Miranda

   2009 · Comedy · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8.1), also on BBC One.

   Sitcom starring Miranda Hart. It doesn't matter what Miranda attempts in life, whether it's dating or simply dealing with her overbearing mother, she always seems to fall flat, quite literally.

8. Coupling

   2000 · Comedy, Romance · ended95% match

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

   Britcom about a group of six friends - three men and three women - and the ups and downs they encounter playing the 21st century dating game.

9. Friends

   1994 · Comedy, Romance · ended95% match

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

   Six young (20-something) people from New York City (Manhattan), on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.This average group of buddies goes through massive mayhem, family trouble, past and future romances, fights, laughs, tears and surprises as they learn what it really means to be a friend.

10. Dharma & Greg

    1997 · Comedy, Family, Romance · ended95% match

    Recommended for similar Romance profile.

    When free-spirited yoga instructor Dharma Finkelstein meets conservative attorney Greg Montgomery, it's love at first sight. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no love in the air when Dharma's hippie parents and Greg's blue-blood establishment parents finally meet after their children have already married at a drive-thru chapel in Reno. With friends and family all suggesting that a quick annulment would be best, it's no surprise that the couple begins to second-guess their impulsive nuptials. But it's soon evident that nothing can stand in the way of true love!