Father Knows Best

Series Similar to Father Knows Best

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

1. My Three Sons

   1960 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Widower Steve Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law and, later, by the boys' great-uncle.

2. Leave It to Beaver

   1957 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Inspired by the real life experiences of creators Joe Connelly and Bob Moshers own children, Leave It To Beaver follows the hilarious everyday adventures of young Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver and his older brother Wally. Whether at home, at school or playing around their suburban neighborhood, Beaver always manages to get himself into some kind of trouble, comically learning each valuable lesson life has to offer along the way. Alongside baseball and apple pie, Leave It To Beaver reigns supreme in the pantheon of Americana. Boasting 234 episodes, spanning six iconic seasons from 1957 63, no other series on television better exemplifies the purity of childhood and importance of family in America.

3. Good Luck Charlie

   2010 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   The series follows two teenagers, Teddy and PJ Duncan and their 10-year-old brother, Gabe whose parents enlist their help when they return to work after the birth of their fourth child, Charlotte (nicknamed "Charlie"). With their parents juggling full time careers, they pitch in, getting very familiar with baby formula, burps, clothes, and babysitting while navigating typical teenage life. In each episode, Teddy creates a personalized video diary for Charlie. Each video will chronicle Teddy's daily adventures and mishaps for Charlie to use as advice when her big sister is no longer living at home.

4. Liv & Maddie

   2013 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   Liv & Maddie follows 16-year-old identical twin sisters Liv, a Hollywood star who has returned home to Wisconsin, and Maddie, a hometown basketball star, as they experience the highs and lows of high school, bothersome brothers and each other's differences.

5. The Addams Family

   1964 · Comedy, Family, Horror · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.2).

   The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. A satirical inversion of the ideal of the perfect American nuclear family, they are an eccentric wealthy family who delight in everything grotesque and macabre, and are never really aware that people find them bizarre or frightening. In fact, they themselves are often terrified by "normal" people.

6. Who's the Boss?

   1984 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   When a career-ending injury forces a baseball star into early retirement, he takes a job as a live-in housekeeper for a pushy advertising executive and her nosy mother-but "Who's the Boss?".

7. Cradle to Grave

   2015 · Comedy, Family · ended

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

   In Cradle to Grave, 15-year-old Danny Baker is the guide through the ups and downs of life with the family. Fred ‘Spud' Baker is a proud south London docker with a penchant for cheeky scheming. Wife Bet loves him deeply but longs for the family to go 'straight' and play by the rules. With eldest daughter Sharon's looming wedding, the docks facing closure, and Danny's struggles to get closer to the opposite sex, times are tough.

8. Crowded

   2016 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem, also on NBC.

   No more sex, booze and paying the bills naked. After 20 years of parenting, empty nesters Mike and Martina are finally reclaiming their wild side. But when both of their two grown daughters unexpectedly move back in and Mike's parents scratch their plans to spend their golden years in Florida, their roost is full again. From Executive Producer Sean Hayes, this new (and very timely) family comedy proves that life is crazy with a full house, especially the second time around.

9. Bad Judge

   2014 · Comedy, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem, also on NBC.

   No excuses, no apologies, no compromises. Wild child Rebecca Wright knows how to have a good time, but she also happens to be one of L.A.'s toughest and most respected criminal court judges. She has a reputation for unorthodox behavior in the courtroom, including creative rulings and saying exactly what's on her mind. Her private life, on the other hand, is anything but innocent. She parties too much and rocks out on the drums in a band with her best friend, Jenny. While there's no shortage of male admirers who would love to spend time with her, she's not ready to settle down... except when an 8-year-old boy - whose parents were put in jail by Rebecca - needs her help. He may, in fact, be the one thing that starts to tame this Bad Judge.

10. Summer Heights High

    2007 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

    Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

    Over one term, a documentary crew films the everyday activities of Summer Heights High and the revelations are hilarious, absurd and frequently shocking.