Series like Married... with Children

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   Unhappily Ever After

   Same creator

   1995 · 30 min · Comedy

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   A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder. Jack Malloy is the hallucinating father who works at a used car lot. Jennifer "Jennie" Slattery Malloy is the mother who hates Ryan and Ross, her two sons. Ryan Malloy is the oldest son who is not too bright. Tiffany Malloy is the beautiful smart daughter. Ross Malloy is the youngest forgotten child. Mr. Floppy is Jack's stuffed rabbit who he sees come to life.

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Casado con hijos

   Same creator

   2006 · 35 min · Comedy

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   The life of a crazy family of Chilean middle class. Based on the original US comedy "Married... with Children" (1987-1997) but with local twists.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   227

   Same creator

   1985 · 30 min · Comedy · Family

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   A housewife sits on the stoop of her apartment building in a black neighborhood of Washington, D.C., and discusses all manner of things with her neighbors.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Casados con Hijos

   Same creator

   2005 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Argentine re-make of American television series Married... with Children. It follows the Argento family and their lives.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   The Help

   Same creator

   2004 · 23 min · Comedy

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   22-year-old Maria was on her way to becoming a beautician when a family crisis forced her to take a new path, and she now finds herself employed as the maid for the extremely wealthy Ridgeway family. As one of many servants who dote on the demented and dysfunctional family, Maria discovers there's not only a class struggle between the upstairs and the downstairs, but there's an all out war among "The Help."

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   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Silver Spoons

   Similar atmosphere

   1982 · 22 min · Comedy

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   Wealthy, young-at-heart business owner Edward Stratton III is stunned to discover his brief marriage several years ago produced a son, Richard Bluedhorn-Stratton, now 12 and standing in Edward's living room, wanting to live with the father he never knew. Although Edward's first impulse is to send Ricky to boarding school, he soon relents and let his son move in with him and Kate, his love-struck secretary.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Sanford and Son

   Similar atmosphere

   1972 · 30 min · Comedy

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   The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Sanford

   Similar atmosphere

   1980 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Redd Foxx isn’t done scheming and wise-cracking in the spin-off to one of America's most beloved sitcoms.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Married for Life

   Same creator

   1996 · 30 min · Comedy

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   In 1996, the UK production company Carlton Television produced Married for Life, a seven-episode sitcom that lasted one series. It was a remake of the American sitcom Married... with Children.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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    Roseanne

    Similar atmosphere

    1988 · 23 min · Comedy

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    A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.

    Why it connects

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

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