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Series Similar to Skins

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

1. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

   2006 · Drama, Comedy · ended95% match

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

   The executive producer of a late night sketch comedy show sparks a media frenzy when he has an on-air meltdown during a live broadcast. The newly minted network president has to scramble to make things right by hiring back two former prized employees to become the new executive producers of her network's flagship program.

2. The Riches

   2007 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Blackmail. Murder. And back to life in the RV. The Malloys, after successfully passing themselves off as "The Riches," a yuppie family living in suburban America, face big trouble in Season Two. Wayne Malloy tries to clean up the mess in Eden Falls while his con artist family hits the road.

3. Men in Trees

   2006 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   To help Marin get rid of issues that weigh her down, Cash takes her to visit a guru. On the way back down the mountain trail, an arctic cyclone erupts. Jack goes out to look for them and a pregnant Lynn can't do anything to stop him. Everyone hunkers down at the Chieftain to wait out the storm, and they learn some surprising things about each other. Mai and Buzz argue over his first choice of a wife, the engaged Patrick and Annie see her competitive spirit at work, Celia and Dick take their relationship to a new intimacy level, and Sara tells Ben about her mysterious court summons much to the chagrin of wife Theresa.

4. GREEK

   2007 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Rusty begins his freshman year at Cyprus-Rhodes University determined to change his life and rush a fraternity. However, his sister Casey, who is already ensconced as a sorority siren, is not too keen on having her younger brother invade her world.

5. Monarch of the Glen

   2000 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Heart-warming drama based on Compton Mackenzie's novels, featuring a rural community of eccentric characters. Archie MacDonald becomes the laird of a huge, decaying family estate in the Cairngorms.

6. Rake

   2010 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

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

   Cleaver Greene, a talented but self-destructive barrister who uses unconventional methods and usually defends those beyond redemption. With unyielding optimism he takes on only the most difficult court cases that no one else wants, from suicide bombing to sex offences and thefts to psychotic school girl drama. At the same time the Sydney barrister tries to put his personal life in order, where his addiction to short term highs and women land him into trouble.

7. Shameless

   2004 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Paul Abbott's critically acclaimed, offbeat drama about the rollercoaster lives and loves of the dysfunctional Gallagher clan.

8. Bunheads

   2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended93% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   A former ballerina turned Vegas showgirl decides to take a gamble on a new marriage and a fresh start in Paradise, CA.

9. Six Feet Under

   2001 · Drama, Comedy · ended92% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8.1).

   When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside on Six Feet Under.

10. Red Band Society

    2014 · Drama, Comedy · ended92% match

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

    What if a hospital was your high school, boarding school and summer camp rolled into one? What if it was the place where you fell in love for the first time and made friendships that lasted a lifetime? And what if it was all weirdly hilarious and the most fun you ever had in your entire life? This is the world of Red Band Society.