Series like Two and a Half Men

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   Dharma & Greg

   Same creator

   1997 · Comedy

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   Dharma is a free-spirited yoga teacher, and Greg is an open-minded Harvard-educated U.S. attorney. The couple fell in love at first sight and married on their first date. Raised by bohemian parents, Dharma was taught to shun convention and trust her instincts, while Greg was instilled with a more conventional blue-blood philosophy. With truly opposite approaches to life, Dharma and Greg depend on the power of true love to overcome their own personal challenges as well as the crazy world around them.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • shared network: Chuck Lorre Productions

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   Mom

   Same creator

   2013 · 23 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Aan irreverent and outrageous take on true family love‐and dysfunction. Newly sober single mom Christy struggles to raise two children in a world full of temptations and pitfalls. Testing her sobriety is her formerly estranged mother, now back in Christy's life and eager to share passive-aggressive insights into her daughter's many mistakes.

   Why it connects

   • the same creator
   • shared themes: california and sitcom
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television, Chuck Lorre Productions

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   Life... and Stuff

   Same creator

   1997 · Comedy

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   Rick Boswell is an unhappy man who lives in a suburban home with his wife of ten years, Ronnie, their two young sons and his lazy brother, and works at a small ad agency.

   Why it connects

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

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   Off Centre

   Same network

   2001 · 22 min · Comedy · Drama

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   A British stud and an American doofus share an apartment in Manhattan.

   Why it connects

   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television

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   Four Kings

   Similar atmosphere

   2006 · 23 min · Comedy

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   Barry, Ben, Jason, and Bobby—four lifelong friends who affectionately refer to themselves as the “Four Kings of New York”— find their bonds to one another tested when they all move into the apartment that Ben inherited from his grandmother.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap
   • a closely matched era
   • shared network: Warner Bros. Television

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   Arrested Development

   Similar atmosphere

   2003 · Comedy

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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.

   Why it connects

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

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   Grace Under Fire

   Same creator

   1993 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Grace Kelly is a tough woman with kids to raise. A recently divorced recovering alcoholic, Grace struggles with the pressures of being a single mother supporting three children. Grace doesn't always handle situations with, well, grace, but she does get results.

   Why it connects

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

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   Malibu, CA

   Similar atmosphere

   1998 · 30 min · Comedy

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   Fraternal twins Scott and Jason Collins relocate to Malibu, Calif., to live with their dad.

   Why it connects

   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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   Chicago Sons

   Similar atmosphere

   1997 · Comedy

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   A bachelor pad overlooking Wrigley Field is home to the close-knit but usually bickering Kolchuk brothers.

   Why it connects

   • strong shared themes: living with sibling and sibling relationship
   • strong genre and series-style overlap

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    Ben and Kate

    Similar atmosphere

    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.

    Why it connects

    • strong shared themes: living with sibling and sibling relationship
    • strong genre and series-style overlap

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