The Oblongs

Series Similar to The Oblongs

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

1. The PJs

   1999 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, also on The WB.

   Follow the adventures of Thurgood Stubbs (Eddie Murphy) and the other tenants of the Hilton Jacobs housing project as they find themselves in and out of trouble.

2. F is for Family

   2015 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   F is for Family follows the Murphy family in the 1970s - a time when you could smack your kid, smoke inside and bring a gun to the airport, when kids roamed wild, beer flowed freely and nothing came between a man and his TV.

3. The Boondocks

   2005 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   In The Boondocks, Robert "Granddad" Freeman is the cantankerous legal guardian of his rambunctious grandkids Huey and Riley and has moved them from the south side of Chicago to the quiet and safety of "The Boondocks" (in this case, suburban Woodcrest), hoping that he can ignore them altogether and enjoy the golden years of his life in peace. But Huey, a 10-year-old left wing revolutionary, is determined not to enjoy the affluence of suburbia. This attitude is seconded by his 8-year-old brother, Riley, a proud product of contemporary rap culture. Although they torture each other and provoke the neighborhood, they are no match for Granddad, who is eccentric even by "crazy-ass-old-black-man" standards.

4. Monkey Dust

   2003 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   A cutting edge comedy animation painting a fabulously warped satirical view of Britain... Welcome to your very own urban nightmare - a nocturnal world populated by the sad, the lonely and the emotionally crippled on the wrong side of sunlight. Its' satirical targets range across the whole spectrum of Cruel Britannia from dysfunctional families to heartless government departments.

5. Camp Camp

   2016 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile.

   Three kids, Max, Neil and Nikki, spent the summer vacation at a dysfunctional campsite called Camp Campbell which is currently in the hands the camp counselors, the overly cheerful David and the less optimistic Gwen.

6. Legit

   2013 · Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   This outrageous new comedy stars Australian Jim Jefferies as an edgy, foul-mouthed stand-up comic living in Los Angeles, struggling to make his life and career more "legit". But every time Jim tries to do the right thing, his good deeds turn into wildly inappropriate and utterly hilarious escapades. Joined by his neurotic best friend and roommate, Steve, and Steve's wheelchair-bound brother, Billy, Jim takes comedy to a whole new level, whether it's visiting a Las Vegas brothel, partying with the mentally-challenged or trying to pick up women at a gay bar.

7. Xiaolin Showdown

   2003 · Comedy, Adventure, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, also on The WB.

   Omi, Kimiko and Raimundo's quest to find and protect power objects.

8. Futurama

   1999 · Comedy, Adventure, Science-Fiction · returning

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.6).

   Futurama follows pizza guy Philip J. Fry, who reawakens in 31st century New New York after a cryonics lab accident. Now part of the Planet Express delivery crew, Fry travels to the farthest reaches of the universe with his robot buddy Bender and cyclopsian love interest Leela, discovering freaky mutants, intergalactic conspiracies and other strange stuff.

9. Clone High

   2002 · Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile.

   A secret government plan to dig up historical figures and clone them has worked. It is 16 years later, and the clones are now in high school. The five main characters are Abe Lincoln, an all around nice but naive guy who lusts after the school sexpot Cleopatra, who is dating the macho JFK. Also, Abe's two best friends are Joan of Arc, an angst ridden goth girl who is in love with him, and Gandhi, a non-stop party animal. Clone High bravely tackles challenging teen issues, such as sleep deprivation, catching ADD from toilet seats, the evils of litter, and having the guy you like not like you back the same way you like him. Will Abe get together with Cleo, or be thwarted by the handsome JFK? Will Joan finally get Abe to notice her? Who's to say?

10. Eureka: Hide and Seek

    2006 · Drama, Comedy, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

    A short web series which details the investigation of a series of creature attacks in the fictitious town of Eureka, Oregon.