The Mindy Project

Series Similar to The Mindy Project

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

1. Master of None

   2015 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   The show follows the personal and professional lives of Dev, a 30-year-old actor who has trouble deciding what he wants to eat, much less the pathway for the rest of his life. Dev's story takes him through subjects as diverse as the plight of the elderly, the immigrant experience, and how to find the most delicious pasta for dinner.

2. Younger

   2015 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Younger follows 40-year old Liza, a suddenly single mother who tries to get back into the working world, only to find it's nearly impossible to start at the bottom at her age. When a chance encounter with a young guy at a bar convinces her she looks younger than she is, Liza tries to pass herself off as 26 - with the help of a makeover, courtesy of her best friend Maggie. Armed with new confidence, she lands a job as an assistant to the temperamental Diana and teams up with her new co-worker and 20-something Kelsey to make it in the career of her dreams. Now she just has to make sure no one finds out the secret only she and Maggie share.

3. Selfie

   2014 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Eliza Dooley has 263,000 followers who hang on to her every post, tweet and selfie. But one lonely day, she has a revelation: being friended is not the same as having actual friends. She asks marketing guru Henry to 'rebrand' her self-obsessed reputation and teach her how to connect with people in the real world. Loosely based on My Fair Lady, Selfie explores the modern struggles of Eliza and Henry, as he tries to teach her how to live life offline - whether she 'likes' it or not.

4. Will & Grace

   1998 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Every straight girl needs a gay best friend, and interior designer Grace Adler found an ultimate accessory in her lawyer pal Will Truman. It's through this neurotic pair that the show's real stars -- Jack & Karen - come together. "Just Jack" McFarland and his boozy, pill-popping sidekick Karen Walker fill in the foursome that made Will & Grace classic TV and brought primetime to a whole new level of fabulous, while also winning 16 Emmy Awards in the process. With show-stopping guest appearances by Cher, Madonna, Britney, Janet, J-Lo, Ellen, Elton and most every gay icon under the sun, the milestones that Will & Grace hit provided a foundation for all LGBT portrayals on TV today.

5. Free Agents

   2011 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   This crooked workplace/romantic comedy proves you can try to put yourself back out there, but sometimes what you need is right in front of you. Even if it's a really bad idea.

6. Quacks

   2017 · Comedy, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Medical profile, hidden gem.

   Comedy following the progress of four young medical pioneers in the daring and wild days of Victorian medicine.

7. Getting On

   2013 · Comedy, Medical · ended

   Recommended for similar Medical profile.

   From creators Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer, the series follows the daily lives of nurses and doctors as they struggle with the darkly comic realities of caring for the elderly in an overwhelmed healthcare system, skewering the petty bureaucracies of modern medical practice in America.

8. Rules of Engagement

   2007 · Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   A comedy that follows two couples and a single guy as they navigate the jungles of dating, engagement and marriage.

9. Undateable

   2014 · Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Undateable is a comedy series about a group of friends who are this close to finding a relationship - they just need a little help.Whether it's due to a lack of style, the wrong job or even just a bad haircut, everyone goes through a time in their lives when they're undateable. Most of us eventually grow out of it, but some people need a little more help than others. Enter Danny Burton Confident, attractive and impervious to outside opinions, 29-year-old Danny - who may be in a state of arrested development himself - decides to help out his new roommate, Justin Kearney the owner of an unsuccessful bar and a chronic overthinker, and Justin's group of oddball friends - Shelly, Burski and Brett Danny introduces the gang to his recently divorced older sister, Leslie who immediately bonds with this group of guys, as she feels a little stuck in her own life as well. The gang spends most of their time at Justin's bar, helping solve each other's respective problems over beers, and while they love to give each other a hard time, they always have each other's back.

10. Catastrophe

    2015 · Comedy, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

    Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write/star in a comedy that follows a man and a woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London.