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Life with Derek (2005)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
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Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005, and ran for four seasons, ending its run on March 25, 2009. The series starred Michael Seater and Ashley Leggat as the two oldest children in a stepfamily. It ended with 70 episodes and one spin-off television film, entitled Vacation with Derek.
Style:
sitcom, sincere, humorous, witty, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
step siblings, remarry, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, teenage life, youth, misfit, family relations, family life, ego clash, rivalry, siblings relations, fish out of water, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, stepfather, large family, lifestyle change, relationships, father daughter relationship, changing lives, father son relationship, half sister, husband wife relationship, half brother, stepsister stepsister relationship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
humorous, sitcom, thought provoking, sincere, entertaining ...
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teens, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action teen sitcom, which features an animated version of the title character performing soliloquy. The animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, teenage girl, middle school, popular girl, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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sitcom, humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom, lighthearted ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, semi serious, light, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Duration: 30 min.
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A.N.T. Farm is a Disney Channel sitcom which premiered on May 6, 2011 as a special preview and continued as a regular series on June 17, 2011. The pilot episode, "transplANTed" aired after the series finale of The Suite Life on Deck. The ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
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Place:
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Country: Canada
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Plot:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Martini Mondays and tequila Tuesdays take a back seat to new step-motherhood when former party girl Stephanie marries Charlie, an older dad with three kids. Becoming an instant mom doesn't come with a rulebook, but it does come with a dose of ...
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sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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100%
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Duration: 30 min.
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The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
twins, cruise ship, ship, sea voyage, family relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, disorder, mischievous children, high school life, teenage life, high school ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
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serious, touching, sincere, sentimental, medical drama ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, siblings relations, animal life, youth, workplace, death of mother ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada, hawaii, new york
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.
Style:
sitcom, retro, not serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
cheerleader, large family, youth, housekeeper, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, domestic servant, children, siblings, family affairs, parents ...
Time:
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Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001, to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus owing to network management ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
malibu california, los angeles, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, Long Island, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September ...
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realistic, semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
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Country: Canada, USA
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humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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The show achieved a spot ...
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touching, sentimental, sitcom, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
family affairs, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, remarry, couples, looking for love, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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emotional, sincere, touching, captivating, sitcom ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
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