Skins

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. Freaks and Geeks

   1999 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Freaks and Geeks, the Emmy® award-winning series about the trials and tribulations of high school outsiders in 1980 Michigan.

2. My Mad Fat Diary

   2013 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, also on E4.

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

3. Misfits

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, also on E4.

   When five young outsiders on Community Service get caught in a strange storm, they discover that they have developed superpowers.

4. Sex Education

   2019 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Insecure Otis has all the answers when it comes to sex advice, thanks to his therapist mom. So rebel Maeve proposes a school sex-therapy clinic.

5. The O.C.

   2003 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   A slick hit about a troubled L.A. teen taken in by an idealistic lawyer and his family in affluent Orange County. The series filled the youth-soap hole left by the departed '90210,' but quickly proved itself far more gritty---and witty. In addition, early plots set up an appealing balance between the kids and grown-ups, who were portrayed as real people with real problems, instead of sounding boards for the unblemished Romeos and Juliets.

6. Six Feet Under

   2001 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   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.

7. Ginny & Georgia

   2021 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · returning

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy.

8. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

   2006 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   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.

9. Love, Victor

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Love, Victor follows Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

10. Never Have I Ever

    2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

    After a traumatic year, an Indian-American teen just wants to spruce up her social status — but friends, family and feelings won't make it easy on her.