Shows like Panchayat: 20 to watch next

If you loved Panchayat (2020) — a comedy and drama series created by Chandan Kumar and Deepak Kumar Mishra — these 20 shows are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Panchayat most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like season, satire and rural india. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Mock the Week 2005★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy
Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Drop the Dead Donkey 1990★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy
A sitcom set in the offices of "GlobeLink News" after its acquisition by media mogul Sir Roysten Merchant. Led by editor George Dent, the staff of GlobeLink battle to maintain the company as a serious news organization against Sir Roysten's right-hand man, Gus Hedges, who wants to make the show more sensationalist and suppress stories that might harm Roysten's business empire.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Harry Hill's TV Burp 2002★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
The big-collared comic gives his own spin on TV clips from recent programmes, plus contributions from a set of regular characters
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Cuckoo 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
The Goodies 1970★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy
A British television comedy series of the 1970s and early 1980s, combining surreal sketches and situation comedy.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Maude 1972★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Well-educated and upper middle class, Maude Findlay is the archetypal feminist of her generation. She lives in suburban Tuckahoe, New York, with her fourth husband, Walter, their divorced daughter, Carol, and grandson Phillip.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
The Curse 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An alleged curse disturbs the relationship of a newly married couple as they try to conceive a child while co-starring on their problematic new HGTV show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
The Facts of Life 1979★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Maamla Legal Hai 2024★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Chaos collides with the letter of the law at District Court Patparganj, where quirky employees work to uphold justice — but not without a few objections.
Stream in India on Netflix
10
Men at Work 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Men at Work is an American comedy series that airs on TBS. The series was created by Breckin Meyer and stars Danny Masterson, Michael Cassidy, Adam Busch, James Lesure and Meredith Hagner. The series premiered on May 24, 2012 at 10 pm. TBS second season premiered on April 4, 2013 with another 10 episode season.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Mahabharat 2013★ 8.7
Shares: Drama
Mahabharat is a 2013 drama TV series on Star Plus based on Indian legendary epic of the same name. It has been produced by Swastik Pictures and features actors such as Saurabh Raj Jain as Lord Krishna, Shaheer Sheikh as Arjuna, Pooja Sharma as Draupadi, Aham Sharma as Karna and Arav Chowdhary as Bhishma Pitamah. The producers had creative associations with writer Salim Khan, author Devdutt Pattanaik, designer Bhanu Athaiya, music directors Ajay-Atul and Ismail Darbar, action director Ram Shetty and set designer Omang Kumar. The casting of the show is done by Sahil Ansari, Mahesh Chandra Bhatt, Arun Mitra. It started broadcasting on 16 September 2013.
Stream in India on JioHotstar, VI movies and tv
12
The Dick Van Dyke Show 1961★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy
The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob Petrie. The plots generally revolve around problems at work, where Rob got into various comedic jams with fellow writers Buddy Sorrell, Sally Rogers and producer Mel Cooley.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
The Vicar of Dibley 1994★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy
Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip 2006★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A behind-the-scenes look at a fictional sketch-comedy TV show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
How I Met Your Father 2022★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
16
The Muppet Show 1976★ 8.0
Shares: Comedy
Go behind the curtains as Kermit the Frog and his muppet friends struggle to put on a weekly variety show.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Decker 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy
The free world is in danger, and only one man can help. Jack Decker has sworn to defend America from foreign terrorists regardless of which spineless president is in charge. This is Decker: The Series.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
The Steve Harvey Show 1996★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Down on his luck and out of money, former R&B star Steve Hightower lands a music teacher gig at an inner-city Chicago school. Showing who's in charge with his unorthodox approach, Steve discovers a new groove at Washington High School.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Taxi 1978★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and supporting each other through the inevitable trials and tribulations of life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
That Mitchell and Webb Look 2006★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy
A comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now