Series like My Name Is Earl

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Main genre focus: Comedy.

Genres: Comedy
Available on: Disney+ (May have changed. Report.)
Facts: First aired: 2005-09-20    Status: Ended    Runtime: 25
Earl Hickey's life has been full of poor choices and mistakes, and upon discovering that he is the holder of a winning lottery ticket, Earl is hit by a car and the ticket blows out of his hand as he lies unconscious in the street. While recovering in the hospital and watching television, Earl has a karmic epiphany…

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Available on: Prime Video Netflix (May have changed. Report.)

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Scrubs

Genres: DramaComedy
Available on: Disney+ (May have changed. Report.)

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Community

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Friends

Genres: Comedy
Available on: Paramount+ (May have changed. Report.)

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New Girl

Genres: Comedy
Available on: Disney+ (May have changed. Report.)

Jessica Day is an offbeat and adorable girl in her late 20s who, after a bad breakup, moves in with three single guys. Goofy, positive, vulnerable and honest to a fault, Jess has faith in people, even when she shouldn't. Although she's dorky and awkward…

Weeds

Available on: Netflix (May have changed. Report.)

Is the grass really greener on the other side? Yes, and it smells better, too! So when Nancy Botwin faces both sudden widowhood and poverty, she's determined to do anything to keep her kids in suburbia, including taking a job as the neighborhood pot dealer.

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