Shows like The Electric Company: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Electric Company (1971) — a comedy and family series — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Electric Company most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The Donna Reed Show 1958★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Family
Revolves around typical family problems, such as firing a clumsy housekeeper, throwing a retirement bash for a colleague, and finding quality time away from the children.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Carol Burnett Show 1967★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Carol Burnett Show is an American variety/sketch comedy television show starring Carol Burnett, Harvey Korman, Vicki Lawrence, Lyle Waggoner, and Tim Conway. It originally ran on CBS from September 11, 1967, to March 29, 1978, for 278 episodes and originated from CBS Television City's Studio 33. The series won 25 prime time Emmy Awards, was ranked No. 16 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time in 2002 and in 2007 was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All Time."
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Leave It to Beaver 1957★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
An inquisitive and often naïve boy, Theodore 'The Beaver' Cleaver, has adventures at home, in school, and around his suburban neighborhood. The show also starred Barbara Billingsley and Hugh Beaumont as Beaver's parents, June and Ward Cleaver, and Tony Dow as Beaver's brother Wally. The show has attained an iconic status in the US, with the Cleavers exemplifying the idealized suburban family of the mid-20th century.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Muppets Mayhem 2023★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Electric Mayhem Band goes on an epic musical journey to finally record their first studio album. With the help of a driven young music executive, Nora, the old-school Muppet band comes face to face with the current day music scene as they try to finally go platinum.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Hogan Family 1986★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Hogan Family is an American television situation comedy that aired on NBC from March 1, 1986 to May 7, 1990, and on CBS from September 15, 1990 until July 20, 1991. It was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, along with Tal Productions, Inc., and in association with Lorimar Productions, Lorimar-Telepictures and Lorimar Television. The show was originally titled Valerie and starred Valerie Harper as a mother trying to juggle her career with raising her three sons by her often-absent airline-pilot husband. Harper was written out of the series after the second season because of a dispute with the show's producers. Sandy Duncan joined the cast as the boys' aunt, who moved in and became their surrogate mom. During the show's third season, the series was known as Valerie's Family: The Hogans, then simply as The Hogan Family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Villains of Valley View 2022★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
A family of raucous supervillains who recently ran afoul of the League of Villains and now must somehow beat a path to normalcy in a small Texas town.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Muppet Show 1976★ 8.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
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
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Father Knows Best 1954★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Family
Family man Jim Anderson copes with the everyday problems among his wife Margaret and their three children as they experience day-to-day changes.
Stream in India on Plex
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The Cosby Show 1984★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Family
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family living in Brooklyn, New York.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Zeke and Luther 2009★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Family
Zeke and Luther want nothing more in the world than to become world-famous skateboarders. Together with their friends, skating rivals, and family, Zeke & Luther find themselves always busy getting into mischief.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Three Sons 1960★ 6.6
Shares: Comedy, Family
A widower and aeronautical engineer named Steven Douglas raises three sons with the help of his father-in-law, and later the boys' great-uncle. An adopted son, a stepdaughter, wives, and another generation of sons join the loving family in later seasons.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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A Different World 1987★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Welcome Back, Kotter 1975★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Family
Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Step by Step 1991★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy, Family
Step by Step is an American television sitcom with two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended family
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Major Dad 1989★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Family
Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The cast also includes Beverly Archer, Matt Mulhern, Jon Cypher, Marisa Ryan, Nicole Dubuc and Chelsea Hertford.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Jeffersons 1975★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Family
Sitcom following a successful African-American couple, George and Louise “Weezyö Jefferson as they “move on up” from working-class Queens to a ritzy Manhattan apartment. A spin-off of All in the Family.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Stuck in the Middle 2016★ 7.7
Shares: Comedy, Family
Harley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Saved by the Bell: The New Class 1993★ 5.8
Shares: Family, Comedy
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Honeymooners 1955★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Family
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Muppets Tonight 1996★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Family
Muppets Tonight is a live-action/puppet television series created by Jim Henson Productions and featuring The Muppets. Much like the "MuppeTelevision" segment of The Jim Henson Hour, Muppets Tonight was a continuation of The Muppet Show, set in a television studio, rather than a theater. It ran on ABC from 1996 to 1998 and reruns ran on Disney Channel from 1997 to 2002.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now