This Is Us

Series Similar to This Is Us

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

1. Slings & Arrows

   2003 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

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

   Geoffrey Tennant is the passionate but unstable artistic director of the New Burbage Theatre Festival. Haunted by the ghost of his predecessor, he struggles to realize his creative vision while handling touchy actors, a jittery general manager, a pretentious guest director and his own tempestuous romance with the festival's leading lady The backstage bedlam mirrors the onstage angst as Geoffrey directs three of Shakespeare's masterpieces -- Hamlet, Macbeth and King Lear -- one in each season.

2. Parenthood

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

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

   Parenthood is the critically acclaimed one-hour drama inspired by the box office hit of the same name. This reimagined and updated Universal Television/Imagine Entertainment production follows the trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family. Sarah Braverman is a single mother with two kids - the bright but rebellious Amber who is living on her own, and sullen and sensitive Drew who returns to Berkeley this year.

3. Gilmore Girls

   2000 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Gilmore Girls is a drama centering around the relationship between a thirtysomething single mother and her teen daughter living in Stars Hollow, Connecticut.

4. Us

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Douglas Petersen is blindsided when his wife Connie tells him that she's not sure she wants to be married to him anymore. Agreeing to still go on their planned family grand tour of Europe, Douglas vows to win back the love of his wife and repair his troubled relationship with their son Albie. Adapted by David Nicholls from his hugely popular novel of the same name.

5. Last Tango in Halifax

   2012 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate relationship that started over sixty years ago.

6. Hart of Dixie

   2011 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Fast-talking New Yorker and brand new doctor Zoe Hart has it all figured out - after graduating top of her class from medical school, she'll follow in her father's footsteps and become a cardio-thoracic surgeon. But when her dreams fall apart, Zoe decides to accept an offer from a stranger, Dr. Harley Wilkes, to work with him at his small practice in Bluebell, Alabama. Zoe arrives in this small Gulf Coast town only to find that Harley has passed away and left his half of the medical practice to her in his will.

7. Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

   2016 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Years have passed, but witty banter and popcorn movie nights are eternal. Welcome back to Stars Hollow! Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.

8. 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.

9. You're the Worst

   2014 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   You're the Worst is a comedic love story about what happens when two toxic, self-destructive people fall in love despite themselves and attempt the impossible - a relationship...

10. Shameless

    2011 · Drama, Comedy, Family · ended

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

    Shameless is a fiercely engaging and fearlessly twisted series. Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.