Ballers

Series Similar to Ballers

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

1. Brockmire

   2017 · Drama, Comedy, Sports · ended

   Recommended for similar Sports profile.

   Brockmire is a famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity. A decade later, Jim Brockmire decides to reclaim his career and love life in a small American rust belt town that has seen better days, calling minor league baseball games for the Morristown Frackers. The struggling team is led by Jules, the strong-willed, hard-drinking owner and Charles, the naïve but enthusiastic team intern.

2. Entourage

   2004 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, also on HBO.

   The hit comedy series that takes a look at the day-to-day life of Vincent (Vince) Chase, a hot young actor in Hollywood, and his inner circle. He's brought with him from their hometown in Queens, NY: manager Eric, half-brother Drama, and friend Turtle. The series draws on the experiences of industry insiders to illustrate both the heady excesses of today's celebrity lifestyle, as well as the highs and lows of love and success in show biz. Eric, along with super-agent Ari, keep Vince's star rising while making sound decisions for a long-lasting career in a world of fleeting fame.

3. Red Oaks

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Sports · ended

   Recommended for similar Sports profile.

   A young tennis player works at the prestigious and exclusive Red Oaks Country Club during the summer between his sophomore and junior years of college in the 1980s.

4. House of Lies

   2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   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.

5. The League

   2009 · Comedy, Sports · ended

   Recommended for similar Sports profile.

   The League follows Kevin, a happily married father and commissioner of the fantasy football league; Jenny, Kevin's wife and his better half - especially when it comes to fantasy football; Pete, the perennial league champ who is struggling to become an adult; Taco, Kevin's little brother, a part-time musician and full-time stoner with little interest in fantasy other than hanging with his buddies; Ruxin, who believes he is the smartest of the group but can't figure out how exactly the other guys are screwing him over; and Andre, the punching bag of the group since their high school days - a fact that hasn't changed despite the fact he is now a successful plastic surgeon.

6. Blue Mountain State

   2010 · Comedy, Sports · ended

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

   Blue Mountain State follows the on and off-field antics of college football powerhouse, Blue Mountain State. Former NFL running back and veteran actor, Ed Marinaro (Hill Street Blues), stars as no-nonsense Coach Daniels. In season 3, Coach Daniels will have his authority challenged when the boosters force him to hire a hotshot offensive coordinator/head coach-in-waiting. Alex, played by Emmy Award(R)-winner Darin Brooks (Blue Crush), will have to step up from being a fun-loving second-string to the starting quarterback.

7. Eastbound & Down

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Sports · ended

   Recommended for similar Sports profile, hidden gem, also on HBO.

   Burned out and broke, former big-league pitcher Kenny Powers returns home to North Carolina to teach PE at the local middle school he once attended--and sets his sights on winning back his high-school flame April.

8. Shoresy

   2022 · Comedy, Action, Sports · returning

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

   A spinoff of Letterkenny features Shoresy. The foul-mouthed but extremely talented hockey player with a high-pitched voice. He moves to Sudbury to help a struggling Senior triple-A hockey team determined never to lose again.

9. Togetherness

   2015 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem, also on HBO.

   Brett and Michelle are struggling to rekindle the spark in their relationship, which has puttered out from the stresses of marriage and children. When Brett's friend Alex and Michelle's sister, Tina, move in with them, the foursome engage in a tragically comedic struggle to follow their personal dreams, while still remaining good friends, siblings and spouses to each other.On March 25, 2016, it was announced that Togetherness would not be renewed for a third season.

10. GLOW

    2017 · Drama, Comedy, Sports · ended

    Recommended for similar Sports profile.

    Inspired by the real story of the 1980's female wrestling league, the series -- set in Los Angeles and showcasing big hair and body slams -- is a fictionalized story of an out of work actress who finds one last attempt to live her dreams in the form of a weekly series about female wrestlers.