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Series Similar to GCB

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

1. Emma

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   Nothing delights Emma more than meddling in the love lives of others. But when she takes protege Harriet Smith under her wing, her plans can only end in disaster...

2. Cupid

   1998 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on ABC.

   Hale belives, that as a punishment for his arrogance, that he needs to get 100 couples romantically involved.

3. Slings & Arrows

   2003 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance 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.

4. Emily Owens, M.D.

   2012 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   At long last, Emily Owens feels like she is an actual grown-up. She can finally put her high school days as the geeky-girl-with-flop-sweats behind her; she's graduated from medical school and is now a first-year intern at Denver Memorial Hospital, where she'll have the chance to work with world-famous cardiologist Dr. Gina Beckett - and where, not-so-coincidentally, her med-school crush Will Rider is also an intern. So why does everyone keep warning her that the hospital is just like high school? Emily soon finds out the hard way - her high school nemesis, the gorgeous, popular Cassandra Kopelson, is also just starting out at Denver Memorial, and it seems like they're rivals all over again - not only as surgical interns, but for Will's attention. Fellow intern Tyra Granger warns Emily that the cliques at Denver Memorial are all too familiar: the jocks have become orthopedic surgeons; the mean girls are in plastics; the rebels are in the ER, and Tyra has her own awkward place as the principal's kid - her father is the chief resident. Emily's the new kid all over again, and it's just as awkward as high school. Only this time around, Emily will have to balance the personal and emotional turmoil of social politics with the high-stakes world of life-and-death medical decisions. At least she has fellow intern Tyra and nerdy-but-cute resident Micah, to count on as friends. Emily is growing to realize that although she may be a geek, she may also grow to be a great doctor, flop sweats and all.

5. My Mad Fat Diary

   2013 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Drama looking at life from the perspective of funny, music-mad Rae.

6. The Wrong Girl

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   A contemporary romantic drama, the show follows modern woman Lily as she chooses between two guys – one too good to be true and the other so wrong he just might be Mr. Right.Celebrating the hiccups that life throws at us, we follow Lily as she deals with workplace challenges, good dates, bad dates, needy parents, friendships and the "what the hell am I even doing here?" moments.

7. Packed to the Rafters

   2008 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   Packed to the Rafters centres around Dave and Julie Rafter and their three children Rachel, Ben and Nathan. On the eve of their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary the couple thinks that they are finally about to have the house to themselves. But home is a very welcome refuge for their children and when unforeseen problems loom, they return like a boomerang.

8. Last Tango in Halifax

   2012 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate relationship that started over sixty years ago.

9. Us

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Douglas Petersen is blindsided when his wife Connie tells him that she's not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe, Douglas vows to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with their son Albie. Adapted by David Nicholls from his hugely popular novel of the same name.

10. Hana Yori Dango

    2005 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

    Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at a school for the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by F4 - a group of boys who come from extremely powerful families. Makino hopes to pass her days quietly - without drawing any attention to herself- but one day, she stands up to the head of F4 in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino is targetted for harassment. This story follows Makino as she confronts F4 and finds both her and her enemy's feelings changed forever...Based on the manga called Hana Yori Dango or Boys Over Flowers, this show is the Japanese drama adaptation.