Series like Save Me

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   Bent

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   2012 · 21 min · Comedy

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   Newly divorced lawyer and single mom Alex is raising her 10-year-old, Charlie. Hoping to redo her kitchen, she hires Pete, a recovering gambling addict, surfer and womanizer—and the two soon discover they're able to help one another in surprising ways.

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

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   You Me Her

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   2016 · 30 min · Comedy · Drama

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   An unusual, real-world romance involving relatable people, with one catch - there are three of them! You Me Her infuses the sensibilities of a smart, grounded indie rom-com with a distinctive twist: one of the two parties just happens to be a suburban married couple.

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

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   Broke

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   2020 · 25 min · Comedy

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   Single suburban mother Jackie is shocked when her estranged sister, Elizabeth, her sister's outrageously wealthy, big-hearted husband, Javier, and Javier's fiercely loyal assistant/driver/friend land on her doorstep in need of a place to live after the couple's money dries up.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: sitcom

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   Episodes

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   2011 · 30 min · Comedy

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   A British husband-and-wife comedy writing team travel to Hollywood to remake their successful British TV series, with disastrous results.

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

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   The Cockfields

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   2019 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Simon is taking girlfriend Donna back home to the Isle of Wight for the very first time. Can he survive a long birthday weekend with his biological and extended family without losing his cool, or his girlfriend?

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: sitcom

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   Ben and Kate

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   2012 · 22 min · Comedy

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   Ben and Kate are a pair of odd-couple siblings - one, a responsible single mom; the other, an exuberant dreamer - who reunite to help raise Kate's daughter.

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

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   Working the Engels

   Shared themes

   2014 · Comedy · Family

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   A family of ne'er-do-wells must band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them a mountain of debt. The Engels must all go to work running Dad's storefront law firm, with one minor problem – daughter Jenna Engel is the only one who is qualified to practice law. Unfortunately for Jenna, this also means taking on her eccentric relatives as co-workers, including her self-involved mother Ceil, her pill-popping sister Sandy and her bad boy brother Jimmy. Jenna, the youngest sibling, becomes the unlikely family patriarch, running the law firm and keeping her crazy family together.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • shared theme: sitcom
   • a closely matched era

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   Happily Divorced

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   2011 · 30 min · Comedy

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   After eighteen years of marital life, Fran is shocked when her husband reveals that he is gay. Living under the same roof, the two of them date various men.

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

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   The Class

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   2006 · 30 min · Comedy

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   A group of 20-somethings who are inextricably bound together having shared the same third-grade class. Now face to face at an impromptu reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they met, they wonder if they'll have anything in common besides vague memories of playground kisses and underwear sightings on the monkey bars. Turns out they do. After two decades apart for most of them, some are eager to show off, some want to rekindle old crushes and others just want to satisfy their curiosity.

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   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared theme: sitcom

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    Regular Joe

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    2003 · Comedy

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    Joe, a widower, is pulled back into family life when his daughter Joanie becomes pregnant. Together with his son, Grant, and his bickering parents, Joe navigates the challenges of raising a granddaughter in his later years.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared theme: sitcom

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