Series like The Summer I Turned Pretty

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   Off Campus

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   2026 · Drama

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   Hannah Wells tutors hockey captain Garrett Graham to win over her crush. Their deal becomes real connection as they face their pasts. Friends Logan, Dean, Tucker, and Allie navigate college life and love.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • similar audience response

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   Normal People

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   2020 · 30 min · Drama

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   Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: coming of age and romance
   • a closely matched era

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   Heartstopper

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   2022 · Drama

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   Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: coming of age and friendship
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   My Life with the Walter Boys

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   2023 · Drama

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   When a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: based on young adult novel and romance
   • a closely matched era

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   Euphoria

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   2019 · Drama

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   A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: coming of age and female protagonist
   • a closely matched era

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   The Chi

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   2018 · Drama

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   A relevant, timely and distinctive coming-of-age story following a half dozen interrelated characters in the South Side of Chicago. The story centers on Brandon, an ambitious and confident young man who dreams about opening a restaurant of his own someday, but is conflicted between the promise of a new life and his responsibility to his mother and teenage brother back in the South Side.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared coming of age series style
   • a closely matched era

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   We Are Who We Are

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   2020 · Drama

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   Two American kids who live on a U.S. military base in Italy explore friendship, first love, identity, and all the messy exhilaration and anguish of being a teenager.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared themes: coming of age and romance
   • a closely matched era

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   Bel-Air

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   2022 · Drama

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   The journey of a book smart teen whose life is forever transformed when he moves from the streets of west Philadelphia to live with his relatives in one of LA’s wealthiest suburbs.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   XO, Kitty

   Same creator

   2023 · Comedy · Drama

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   Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realise that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your heart on the line.

   Why it connects

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

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    Virgin River

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    2019 · Drama

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    After seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.

    Why it connects

    • strong genre and series-style overlap
    • shared themes: friendship and romance
    • a closely matched era

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