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Cracking Up (2004)

  • Comedy
  • 30 min episodes
  • 1 seasons
  • TV-PG age guide
  • ★ 6.5/10 from 2 ratings

Psychiatrist Dr. Bollas is assigned to examine Tanner Shackleton, a child of a Beverly Hills family, only to discover that Tanner doesn't have any problems — his family does. The story is in fact about Ben Baxter, a student who moves into the Shackletons' guest house, interacting with Tanner and his crazy family.

Created byMike White

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    Becker is a dedicated, outspoken and talented doctor with a gruff exterior. While he tends to offend those who try to get close to him, he is extremely dedicated to his medical practice in the Bronx, N.Y., where he always goes the extra mile to help those in need. But Dr. John Becker looks at the world around him and sees a society gone mad, full of incongruities and just plain wrong thinking. And he has no qualms about saying anything that comes to mind – anything.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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    The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: dysfunctional family and sitcom
    • a closely matched era
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    The White Lotus

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    Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic locale itself.

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    • the same creator
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    Enlightened

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    • the same creator
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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom
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    • strong genre and series-style overlap
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    Freaks and Geeks

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    High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").

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