Movies and TV shows like Designing Women

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Designing Women (1986)
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Designing Women (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until May 24, 1993. The show was created by head writer Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, who wrote many of the episodes in the show's initial seasons. As of 2011, the series currently airs in syndication on the Comedy Gold and TVGN channels.
Style: sitcom, witty, sexy, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky, vintage
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, looking for love, battle of the sexes, workplace situations, thirtysomething life, single parent, workplace, boss and employee, women, strong female presence, strong female lead, lgbt, feminist, team, humour, mother daughter relationship, small business, beauty queen, sister sister relationship, career woman, fashion, friends, family relations, love and romance, couples ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place: usa, atlanta georgia, georgia
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and semi serious films and TV series with plots about workplace, friends, family relations, strong female presence, workplace situations, couples and women mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like Designing Women: Alice (1976), Kate & Allie (1984), One Day at a Time (1975), The Lucy Show (1962), Laverne & Shirley (1976). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Alice (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot: workplace, single mother, diner, women, coffee shop, co worker co worker relationship, naive woman, waitress, restaurant, best friend, strong female presence, starting over ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 70s
Place: arizona, phoenix arizona, usa
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Kate & Allie (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: single mother, female friendship, feminist, best friend, single parent, family relations, friendship, roommate, strong female presence, battle of the sexes, gender, workplace ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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One Day at a Time (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS network from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. It starred Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano, a divorced mother who moves to Indianapolis with her two teenage daughters Julie ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, starting over, family life, teenage life, parents and children, best friend, thirtysomething life, couples, workplace, single parent, eccentric family ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
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The Lucy Show (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Plot: disorder, couple relations, workplace, workplace intrigue, single mother, friends, family relations, hidden identity, goofy hero, lifestyle, obnoxious boss, battle of the sexes ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
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Laverne & Shirley (1976)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Laverne & Shirley is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 27, 1976 to May 10, 1983. It starred Penny Marshall as Laverne De Fazio and Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney, single roommates who worked as bottlecappers in a ...
Style: sitcom, retro, feel good, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night, kids, teens, date night
Plot: female protagonist, friendship, best friend, family relations, lifestyle, nothing goes right, starting over, looking for love, roommate, workplace, boss and employee, suburban life ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century, 60s
Place: milwaukee wisconsin, california, usa, los angeles
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Getting On (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a geriatric extended care wing of a down-at-the-heels hospital, Getting On follows put-upon nurses, anxious doctors and administrators as they struggle with the darkly comic, brutally honest and quietly compassionate realities of caring for ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot: workplace, hospital, friendship, doctors and patients, elderly, aging, workplace situations, patient, dark humor, nurse, colleague, medical ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Wings (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: aviation, workplace, airport, family relations, friendship, siblings relations, sibling relationship, staff, workplace situations, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, massachusetts
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Girlfriends (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Girlfriends is an American comedy-drama sitcom that premiered on September 11, 2000, on UPN and aired on UPN's successor network, The CW, before being cancelled in 2008. The final episode aired on February 11, 2008. When Girlfriends returned ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: eligible bachelor, black, friendship, female friendship, lifestyle, love triangle, best friend, fall in love, couple relations, friends, up and down relationship, looking for love ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: indiana, california, los angeles
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Murphy Brown (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Murphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, talky ...
Plot: journalism, workplace, female protagonist, television reporter, workplace situations, media satire, single parent, mother daughter relationship, female journalist, news anchor, journalist, strong female lead ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: washington d.c.
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The Love Boat (1977)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Love Boat is an American television series set on a cruise ship, which aired on the ABC Television Network from September 24, 1977, until May 24, 1986. The show starred Gavin MacLeod as the ship's captain. It was part of ABC's popular ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, feel good, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: cruise ship, looking for love, love and romance, love affair, tour guide, family relations, workplace, fall in love, parents and children, passenger, father daughter relationship, sailing ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: pacific ocean
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The Flying Nun (1967)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios. It starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille. The series originally ran on ABC from September 7, 1967, to April 3, 1970, ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous
Plot: nun, convent, monk, women, love, humour, newcomer, mother superior, catholic school, catholic, religion, priest ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: latin america, puerto rico
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100%
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That Girl (1966)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: That Girl is an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1966 to 1971. It stars Marlo Thomas as the title character Ann Marie, an aspiring actress, who moves from her hometown of Brewster, New York to try to make it big in New York City. Ann has to take ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, retro ...
Plot: female protagonist, lifestyle, actor's life, workplace, media, love and romance, workplace situations, couples, power relations, artists and showbiz, performer's life, boss and employee ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, 70s
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
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Rhoda (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rhoda is an American television sitcom, starring Valerie Harper, which aired 109 episodes over five seasons, from 1974 to 1978. The show was a spin-off of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, in which Harper between the years 1970 and 1974 had played the role ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: new york, usa
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In the Motherhood (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rosemary, Jane and Emily try to juggle motherhood, work, friendships and love lives in an overly complicated modern world.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: motherhood, parenthood, family life, friendship, family relations, love and romance, single parent, best friend, parents and children, humour, strong female presence, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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Maude (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Maude is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978. Maude stars Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban ...
Style: sitcom, controversial, biting, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: female protagonist, women, feminist, strong female lead, liberal, family relations, social issues, independent woman, strong female presence, best friend, friends, social relations ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Jesse (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Jesse Warner is a 26-year-old single mother juggling between her job, her dreams and her family responsibilities.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot: doctor, single mother, best friend, strong female presence, family relations, friends, supportive coworker, couples, workplace, rivalry, starting over, single parent ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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What About Joan? (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: What About Joan? is an ABC sitcom that aired in 2001 for 2 seasons. It starred Joan Cusack as Joan Gallagher, a Chicago schoolteacher and the comedy of her day-to-day life. It co-starred Kyle Chandler. It was produced by James L. Brooks, Richard ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, touching, humorous, witty ...
Plot: friendship, teacher, high school, lifestyle, workplace romance, love and romance, workplace, workplace situations, teachers and students, high school teacher, best friend, strong female presence ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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40%
The Golden Palace (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Golden Palace is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to May 14, 1993. The show is a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls, continuing the story from that series. CBS cancelled the spin-off in 1993 after one ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: chef, elderly, women, best friend, friendship, workplace situations, blacks and whites, business venture, remarry, friends, workplace, strong female presence ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: miami, florida, usa, miami beach, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Geena Davis Show (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Geena Davis Show is an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: lifestyle, family life, couples, workplace, relationship vs career, love and romance, family relations, strong female presence, suburbs, event planner
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
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The Norm Show (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Norm Show is an American television sitcom that ran from 1999 through 2001 on the ABC television network.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, fun
Plot: boss and employee, workplace, friendship, crime and punishment, parole officer, ex athlete, workplace situations, friends, social worker, hockey, power relations, step siblings ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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39%
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Fired Up (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Fired Up is a short-lived 1997–1998 situation comedy airing on NBC. It lasted for two seasons and 28 episodes. The series, the first from Grammnet Productions, starred Sharon Lawrence and Leah Remini. The series was about a self-centered ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: business partner, boss and employee, workplace situations, battle of the sexes, partner, love and romance, workplace romance, unlikely partners, relationship vs career, workplace, unemployment, starting over ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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The Mindy Project (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Obstetrician/gynecologist Mindy Lahiri tries to balance her personal and professional life, surrounded by quirky co-workers in a small medical practice in New York City.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: workplace romance, stupidity, workplace situations, couples, supportive friend, looking for love, career, singleness, thirtysomething life, workplace, dating, hospital ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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39%
Suddenly Susan (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: career, women, magazine, single, writers, workplace romance, workplace situations, media, strong female presence, office, lifestyle, couples ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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The Hotwives of Orlando (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A parody of one of the most popular franchises in reality television, “The Hotwives of Orlando,” takes you inside the uber-exclusive and glamorous world of six hot housewives livin’ large in Central Florida's sexiest city, Orlando. The ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, female bonding, couples, friends, silly humor, strong female presence, parents and children, thirtysomething life, couple relations, husband wife relationship, friendship, female friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida, orlando florida
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39%
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Newhart (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: small town, hotel, inn, writers, best friend, disorder, family relations, couples, optimism, dull life, maid, friends ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century
Place: vermont, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Golden Girls (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Golden Girls is an American sitcom, created by Susan Harris, that originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: female protagonist, old woman, elderly, senior citizen, storytelling, sicilian, dating, family relations, singleness, parents and children, lifestyle, best friend ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: florida, miami, atlanta georgia, sicily, brooklyn new york city ...
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Camping Paradise (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
TV show
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, sexy, realistic
Plot: silly humor, love and romance, couple relations, couples, family relations, thirtysomething life, siblings relations, boss and employee, workplace situations, meet the parents, workplace romance, beach ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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Cuts (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Cuts is an American sitcom that aired on the UPN network from February 14, 2005, to May 11, 2006, and is a spin-off of another UPN series, One on One. The show was canceled along with many other shows when the UPN and WB networks merged to form The ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sitcom, funny, feel good ...
Plot: ambition, lifestyle, prodigy, family business, workplace, rivalry, couples, workplace romance, workplace situations, uninhibited rivalry, boss and employee, looking for love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: baltimore
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Mama's Family (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
Style: sitcom, game show, slapstick, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: women, family relations, dysfunctional family, strong female presence, family problems, friends, couples, adult virgin, parents and children, teenage life, family life, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Drew Carey Show (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, talky, humorous ...
Plot: workplace, lgbt, chubby, department store, office, loser, couples, unsupportive coworkers, promotion, friends, ordinary person, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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