If You Liked What's Happening!!, Watch These Next
Finished What's Happening!! (1976) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like What's Happening!!, most of them are comedy.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Sanford and Son(1972)
7.5ComedyAlso comedy
The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.
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2.Traffic Light(2011)
6.8ComedyAlso comedy
Brothers-in-arms Ethan, Adam and Mike have been friends since college and have seen each other through highs and lows. Now well into their 30s, the three find themselves at different stages in their lives and trying to wrap their heads around the very grown-up decisions they have to make.
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3.Mr. Mayor(2021)
6.6ComedyAlso comedy
A retired businessman runs for mayor of Los Angeles to prove he's "still got it." Once he wins, he has to figure out what he stands for, gain the respect of his biggest critic and connect with his teenage daughter, all while trying to get anything right for America's second weirdest city.
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4.Friends with Better Lives(2014)
6.5ComedyAlso comedy
A comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Andi and Bobby are happily married with two kids but at times long for the days they had less responsibility and more fun;…
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5.Joey(2004)
6.3ComedyAlso comedy
Joey has struck out on his own and moved to Hollywood, hoping to truly make it as an actor. Joey says goodbye to a time when his friends were his family and welcomes the chance to turn his family into his friends. After reuniting with his high-strung sister Gina, a strong and sexy hairdresser, Joey moves in with her…
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6.A Different World(1987)
7.2ComedyFamilyAlso comedy
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…
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7.George Lopez(2002)
7.5ComedyAlso comedy
George raises daughter Carmen and dyslexic son Max with his wife Angie, after surviving a miserable, dysfunctional childhood at the hands of his neglectful alcoholic mother Benny.
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8.Suburgatory(2011)
6.7ComedyAlso comedy
Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing environment: the suburbs. But behind the beautiful homes and perfect lawns…
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9.Moesha(1996)
6.9ComedyFamilyAlso comedy
The everyday life of Moesha Mitchell, a vivacious young woman juggling romance, school, ever-changing family dynamics, and friendships.
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10.The Bernie Mac Show(2001)
6.7ComedyAlso comedy
The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
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11.The Honeymooners(1955)
7.4ComedyFamilyAlso comedy
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.
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12.Archie Bunker's Place(1979)
6.5ComedyAlso comedy
Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to last for four seasons, until its cancellation in 1983. In its first…
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13.Another Period(2015)
6.8ComedyAlso comedy
Set at the turn of the century, “Another Period” follows the misadventures of the Bellacourts, Newport, RI’s first family, who have absolutely nothing to offer to the world, but who have so much money it doesn’t matter. The series focuses on sisters “Lillian” and “Beatrice”, who care only about how they look, what…
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14.The Drew Carey Show(1995)
6.5ComedyAlso comedy
Drew is an assistant director of personnel in a Cleveland department store and he has been stuck there for ten years. Other than fighting with co-worker Mimi, his hobbies include drinking beer and not being able to get dates. To make a few extra bucks he has a micro-brewery going in his garage with his buddies.
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15.Will & Grace(1998)
6.9ComedyAlso comedy
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while…
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16.The Jeffersons(1975)
7.3ComedyFamilyAlso comedy
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.
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17.The Class(2006)
6.9ComedyAlso comedy
A group of 20-somethings who are inextricably bound together having shared the same third-grade class. Now face to face at an impromptu reunion to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the day they met, they wonder if they'll have anything in common besides vague memories of playground kisses and underwear sightings on…
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18.Less than Perfect(2002)
6.7ComedyAlso comedy
Claude Casey moved up in the secretarial world of television news, from temp to the anchor's desk. After her boss hires her full time, Claude realizes she may be in over her head in this world of assistants fighting to get ahead. But Claude is determined to prove that though she may not be perfect, she's not going…
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19.How I Met Your Mother(2005)
8.1ComedyAlso comedy
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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20.WKRP in Cincinnati(1978)
7.6ComedyAlso comedy
When a Cincinnati radio station switches from sedate music to top-40 rock 'n' roll, its staff of oddball characters is forced to switch gears quickly. New programming director Andy Travis brings in a new DJ named Venus Flytrap to work with the station's burned-out veteran, Dr. Johnny Fever. Neurotic newsman Les…
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