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Shows that feel likeVeep (2012–2019)

A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

If you loved Veep, the closest series we have are Parks and Recreation (2009), Married... with Children (1987) and Arrested Development (2003). All three share Veep's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is M*A*S*H (1972).

★ 8.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗7 seasons · HBOcreated by Armando Iannucciwittyplayfulbleakdarkly funny
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If Veep hit the spot, these will too

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Parks and Recreation
2009–2015 · 7 seasons · NBC
★ 8.6comedyPeacock

Common ground in both: politics and political satire

The difference: Easier on the bleakness than Veep

In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.

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Married... with Children
1987–1997 · 11 seasons · FOX
★ 8.1comedyPrime VideoHulu

Both are working the same pair: sitcom, amused

The difference: Takes it somewhere less bleak than Veep does

Al Bundy is an unsuccessful middle aged shoe salesman with a miserable life and an equally dysfunctional family. He hates his job, his wife is lazy, his son is dysfunctional (especially with women), and his daughter is dim-witted and promiscuous.

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Arrested Development
2003–2019 · 5 seasons · FOX
★ 8.6comedyNetflix

Common ground: sitcom

The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

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Russian Doll
2019–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflix

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Veep does

Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.

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The Office
2001–2002 · 2 seasons · BBC Two
★ 8.5comedyMaxHulu

Comedy with a pulse of dark humor, in both cases

Nightmare boss. Tedious colleagues. Pointless tasks. Welcome to Wernham Hogg.

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The Last Man on Earth
2015–2018 · 4 seasons · FOX
★ 7.4drama · comedyHulu

Both lean on bleakness more than on war & politics

The year is 2022, and after an unlikely event, only one man is left on earth: Phil Miller, who used to be just an average guy who loved his family and hated his job at the bank. Now, in his RV, Phil searches the country for other survivors.

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Space Force
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: amused

A four-star general begrudgingly teams up with an eccentric scientist to get the U.S. military's newest agency — Space Force — ready for lift-off.

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
2005– · 18 seasons · FX
★ 8.8comedyHulu

Witty comedy in both cases

Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

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M*A*S*H
1972–1983 · 11 seasons · CBS
★ 8.5war & politics · drama · comedyHulu

War & politics built on play, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

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Weeds
2005–2012 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.9comedy · crime · dramaParamount+

Darkly funny comedy, and it commits to that

After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

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Maniac
2018 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6comedy · drama · sci-fi & fantasyNetflix

Both lean on wit more than on war & politics

Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.

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Malcolm in the Middle
2000–2006 · 7 seasons · FOX
★ 8.2comedyHuluDisney+

The shared currency is play

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

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