Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

Series Similar to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

If you enjoyed Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Monarch of the Glen

   2000 · Drama, Comedy · ended97% 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.

2. Six Feet Under

   2001 · Drama, Comedy · ended96% 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.

3. Rake

   2010 · Drama, Comedy · ended96% 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.

4. Rescue Me

   2004 · Drama, Comedy · ended95% match

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

   Tommy Gavin is a lifesaver. Whether he is pulling survivors from fiery high-rise infernos or the twisted steel of a subway collision, Gavin takes great pride in leading the heroic but often overwhelmed firefighters of New York City's Truck Company 62. Gavin is also a man drifting between sorrow and anger over a recent separation from his wife and three kids, and recurring memories of comrades and other New-Yorkers who fell victim to the tragedy of 9/11.

5. Fresh Meat

   2011 · Drama, Comedy · ended95% match

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

   A comedy drama series about the hilarious and painful truths of being a student. The latest creation from Sam Bain and Jesse Armstrong, Fresh Meat follows a group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far - university.

6. Chuck

   2007 · Drama, Comedy, Action · ended94% match

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8.2), also on NBC.

   Chuck Bartowski is a computer geek that gets catapulted into a new career as the government's most vital secret agent. When Chuck opens an e-mail subliminally encoded with government secrets, he unwittingly downloads an entire server of sensitive data into his brain. With the government's most precious secrets in Chuck's head, Major John Casey of the National Security Agency assumes the responsibility of protecting him. His partner is the CIA's top agent, Sarah Walker.

7. Emma

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended93% match

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

   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...

8. The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

   2009 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

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

   The first BBC drama to be filmed entirely on location in Botswana, The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency is a charming story chronicling the adventures of Mma Ramotswe, a Motswana woman who starts up the country's first female-owned detective agency. Based on the novels by Alexander McCall Smith.

9. Terriers

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Crime · ended93% match

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

   Terriers is an American comedic drama television series. Ex-cop and recovering alcoholic Hank Dolworth partners with his best friend, former criminal Britt Pollack, in an unlicensed private investigation business. The series is set in Ocean Beach, San Diego, California, although it is portrayed as a distinct town, with Dolworth having once been a member of the fictional Ocean Beach Police Department. The duo, both struggling with maturity issues, solve crimes while avoiding danger and responsibility.

10. BrainDead

    2016 · Drama, Comedy, Thriller · ended92% match

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

    BrainDead is a comic-thriller set in the world of Washington, D.C. politics that follows Laurel, a young, fresh-faced Hill staffer who discovers two things: the government has stopped working, and bugs are eating the brains of congress members and Hill staffers. The daughter of a Democratic political dynasty who left Washington, D.C. to become a documentary filmmaker, Laurel is pulled back into the family business when her brother, Luke, the Democratic whip Senator from Maryland, needs her help running his senate office. On the Hill, Laurel becomes unlikely friends with Gareth, the smart, hardworking Legislative Director to a top Republican, Senator Red Wheatus. Her other allies include Gustav, an eccentric genius who is the first in D.C. to recognize that something sinister is attacking the Capitol, and Rochelle, a medical student who teams up with Laurel and Gustav to protect and defend the citizens of D.C. from an untimely fate. As the tiny bugs continue to multiply, Laurel and her allies must work quickly to identify the other-worldly creatures, stop their infiltration and ultimately save the world.