The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

Series Similar to The Ghost & Mrs. Muir

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

1. The Flying Nun

   1967 · Comedy, Adventure, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, also on ABC.

   The Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios.

2. Petticoat Junction

   1963 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   The small farming community of Hooterville provided the setting for this highly successful rural situation comedy. Kate Bradley was the widowed owner of the only transient housing in town, the Shady Rest Hotel. Helping her run the hotel were her three beautiful daughters, Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo. Also assisting was the girls' lazy Uncle Joe, who had assumed the title of manager. In addition to her involvement with the hotel, the romantic lives of her daughters, and her association with the townspeople, Kate was constantly at odds with Homer Bedlow, vice-president of the C.F. & W. Railroad. Homer was determined to close down the steam-driven branch of the railroad that ran through Hooterville, scrap its lone engine (the Cannonball), and put its two engineers (Charlie Pratt and Floyd Smoot) out of jobs.

3. Bewitched

   1964 · Comedy, Family, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, also on ABC.

   Bewitched is an American fantasy sitcom television series about a witch (Samantha) who marries an ordinary mortal man (Darrin) and vows to lead the life of a typical suburban housewife. Although they agree that Sam is not to use witchcraft now that they are married, a problem always seems to crop up and Sam always resorts to spells. Things become even more complicated when Endora, Samantha's witch mother, starts to interfere.

4. Julie and the Phantoms

   2020 · Comedy, Music, Supernatural · ended

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

   Julie lost her passion for music when she lost her mom. But when three ghostly guys appear and lift her spirits, they decide to start a band together!

5. Yonderland

   2013 · Comedy, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, hidden gem.

   A 33-year old mum Debbie Maddox unexpectedly find herself in an extraordinary world inhabited by a collection of eccentric and usually idiotic characters - some of whom happen to be puppets - with only an Elf by her side.Fortunately most of the imagining for Sky 1 HD's comedy, Yonderland is done for you by those terribly clever people behind the Horrible Histories series.The story begins with Debbie dropping her five year old twins off for their first day of school. For the first time in five long years, she has her days entirely to herself, and by the time shes cleaned the house from top to bottom and become frighteningly-addicted to a daytime quiz show, she starts to think she may be going mad.And perhaps she is, as a wildly enthusiastic Elf appears from a kitchen cupboard, telling her that she is needed in another world. Apparently she is their unlikely saviour, prophesied to save the world from the dark forces that are gathering to subdue it.Debbie's convinced that there has been some kind of mistake. (Well you would, wouldn't you?) But nevertheless decides that whatever the Elf might need her to do cant be any worse than watching another episode of Whats in the Box?, so she lets him drag her through a portal to the other world.As she does her best to help incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest among them into the sun, the big question is never far away: can she fulfil the prophecy? And will she make it back to the real world in time for the school pick up?

6. Barney Miller

   1975 · Drama, Comedy · ended

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

   Barney Miller is the kind of cop we'd all like to run into. He is always sensible. He maintains order over a squad room of detectives who gamble for a hobby, get hit on by anything in skirts, go to renaissance philosophy conventions for fun, and would really prefer to be writing.

7. The Guild

   2007 · Comedy, Fantasy · ended

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

   The Guild is a comedy web series about a group of online gamers. The show started in 2007, and for the first season, was solely supported by LOYAL FANS through Paypal, before Kickstarter was created. From seasons 2-5 the show was sponsored by Xbox in a groundbreaking web video deal that kept the show independently owned, and then ended its run on YouTube in 2012 with the final season 6.

8. Galavant

   2015 · Comedy, Fantasy, Music · ended

   Recommended for similar Fantasy profile, also on ABC.

   Once upon a time, the dashing hero Galavant lost the love of his life, Madalena, to the evil King Richard. Now, our fallen hero is ready to take revenge and restore his "happily ever after". But it won't be without a few twists and turns along the way.

9. Fawlty Towers

   1975 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8.5).

   Fawlty Towers is set in a fictional hotel in the seaside town of Torquay. The plots centre on tense, rude and put-upon owner Basil Fawlty, his bossy wife Sybil, comparatively normal chambermaid Polly, who is often the peacemaker and voice of reason, and hapless Spanish waiter Manuel, showing their attempts to run the hotel amidst farcical situations and an array of demanding and eccentric guests.

10. Better Off Ted

    2009 · Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Comedy profile, highly rated (8.2), also on ABC.

    Better Off Ted is a satirical office comedy about successful good guy, Ted Crisp, who runs research and development at Veridian Dynamics, a company with a morally questionable approach to its employees. Whether it's standing by a memo with a typo that encourages employees to now (as opposed to not) use offensive language with each other, to championing interoffice dating based on DNA matching to save money on health care, Veridian is a company that puts its bottom line first and employees last. Ted's a single dad to a seven year old girl, and he loves his job, but he's starting to take a closer look at the company's extremely dubious practices.