If You Liked Boston Public, Watch These Next
Finished Boston Public (2000) and want more of the same? These 16 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Boston Public, most of them are drama.
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16 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.A Million Little Things(2018)
7.2DramaAlso drama
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
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2.Beverly Hills, 90210(1990)
7.3DramaAlso drama
Follow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California University after graduation.
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3.Waterloo Road(2006)
7.1DramaAlso drama
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, first broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006, and concluding its original run on 9 March 2015. It was recommissioned in 2021, and resumed starting 9 January 2023. At the failing comprehensive school, and later academy of…
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4.Chesapeake Shores(2016)
7.8DramaAlso drama
A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
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5.Sullivan's Crossing(2023)
8.1DramaAlso drama
After Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting the painful past she has chosen to ignore for years.
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6.The Resident(2018)
8.4DramaAlso drama
A tough, brilliant senior resident guides an idealistic young doctor through his first day, pulling back the curtain on what really happens, both good and bad, in modern-day medicine.
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7.Degrassi: Next Class(2016)
6.9DramaAlso drama
Follow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a teenager's life.
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8.The Streets of San Francisco(1972)
7.1CrimeDramaAction & AdventureAlso drama
Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate murders and other serious crimes in San Francisco. Stone would become a second father to Keller as he learned the rigors and procedures of detective work.
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9.The Thorn Birds(1983)
7.2DramaAlso drama
Follows the Cleary family over several decades, focusing on the central, tragic romance between Meggie and Father Ralph, who is torn between his vows and his love for her.
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10.Upstairs, Downstairs(1971)
7.8DramaAlso drama
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
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11.Swagger(2021)
7.7DramaAlso drama
A basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
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12.Gossip Girl(2007)
8.1DramaAlso drama
An exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
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13.Parenthood(2010)
7.5DramaAlso drama
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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14.The O.C.(2003)
7.7DramaAlso drama
Ryan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach, California.
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15.The Couple Next Door(2023)
5.9DramaCrimeAlso drama
Evie and Pete move into an upscale neighborhood and find themselves in a world of curtain twitching and status anxiety. They find friendship in the shape of the couple next door, alpha traffic cop Danny and his wife, glamorous yoga instructor Becka, but after Danny and Evie share a passionate night together there is…
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16.The Magicians(2015)
7.6DramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso drama
Brakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about as children is all too real— and poses grave danger to humanity.
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