Grandfathered

Series Similar to Grandfathered

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

1. Melissa & Joey

   2010 · Comedy, Family · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Mel is the grown-up former wild child of a political family who is now a local politician herself. When her sister ends up in prison and brother-in-law flees after a scandal hits, Mel must take responsibility for her teenaged niece Lennox and adolescent nephew Ryder. Spread too thin to manage by herself, help comes in the unlikely form of Joe who, desperate for a job, moves in and becomes the family's "manny".

2. Guys with Kids

   2012 · Comedy, Family · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Guys with Kids is a comedy about three thirty-something dads trying to hold on to their youth, while holding onto their new babies' hands. Easy, right? Thankfully, Chris, Nick and Gary have each other to help navigate their survival as new dads, while still trying desperately to remain dudes. Balancing work or staying at home, painfully married or happily divorced, they know that taking care of the little ones while maintaining a social life is a daily challenge. Whether it's hosing the little squirt down in the kitchen sink or hitting the bar strapped with a baby björn, these guys are on a roller-coaster adventure - parenting like you (and they) have never seen before.Someone once said it is much easier to become a father than to be one. These three guys are about to find out just how true that is.

3. 8 Simple Rules

   2002 · Comedy, Family · ended96% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Legendary sitcom stars John Ritter and Katey Sagal team up in 8 Simple Rules, ABC's hit family comedy that is laugh-out-loud funny. "If you make my daughters cry, I'll make you cry." That's the rallying cry of Paul Hennessy. A little rusty in the parenting department, Paul is forced to meet fatherhood head-on when his wife Cate returns to work. Two teenage daughters and a wisecracking son make Paul's new situation daunting but never dull.

4. Cradle to Grave

   2015 · Comedy, Family · ended95% match

   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.

5. Surviving Jack

   2014 · Comedy, Family · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on FOX.

   Set in Southern California, in 1991, the series centers on Jack Dunlevy, an ex-military man and no-nonsense guy who becomes a full-time parent when his wife decides to go to law school. He takes an unorthodox approach to keeping his teenagers, Frankie and Rachel, in line.

6. Baby Daddy

   2012 · Comedy, Family · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Baby Daddy follows Ben, a young man in his early 20s living the life of a bachelor in New York City with his buddy, Tucker, and his brother, Danny. Their lives are turned upside down when they come home one day to find a baby girl left on the doorstep by an ex-girlfriend of Ben's. After much deliberation, Ben decides to raise the baby with the help of his friends and his protective and sometimes over-bearing mother, Bonnie, and his close female friend, Riley.

7. The Mick

   2017 · Comedy, Family · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on FOX.

   Mackenzie The Mick Molng is a brash, blue collar, two-bit hustler who has spent her entire life gaming the system and shirking any semblance of responsibility. But when her estranged sister and billionaire brother-in-law flee the country to escape federal charges, the opulent, care-free life Mickey has always envied is finally within reach… But there is one minor catch: she must assume custody of her sister's three rich, entitled, high-maintenance children.

8. Raising Hope

   2010 · Comedy, Family · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on FOX.

   At 23 years old, Jimmy Chance is going nowhere in life. He skims pools for a living, parties every night and still lives at home with his family, including his parents and his cousin, Mike. Jimmy's life takes a drastic turn when a chance romantic encounter with Lucy goes awry once he discovers she is a wanted felon. Months later, when Jimmy pays a visit to the local prison, he discovers Lucy gave birth to their baby, who he is now charged with raising.

9. K.C. Undercover

   2015 · Comedy, Action, Family · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   K.C. Undercover is about K.C. who is 16, very outspoken and confident technology wiz and is a skilled black belt who discovers that both her parents are spies and they expect her to follow in their footsteps.

10. Summer Heights High

    2007 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended94% match

    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.