As the weather continues to get colder, we continue to queue up new shows to binge from the couch.
And now that we’ve successfully made it through The Good Place (for the third time), we’re on the hunt for content that will give us the same feel-good comic relief and/or thought-provoking storylines we love so much from the NBC series. Keep reading for 13 shows like The Good Place that you can start watching tonight.
1. Upload
After his untimely death, a man is able to choose his own afterlife by having his consciousness uploaded into a virtual world. As he gets used to his new situation and befriends his angel (AKA the person who handles his afterlife from the real world), he begins to question his death and simultaneously fall in love.
2. Community
When his fake law degree is exposed, Jeff Winger goes back to college to earn an actual degree where he forms a group of eccentric staff and student body members.
3. Black Mirror
While each episode tells a different story, the series is designed to provide an eye-opening look at technology’s impact on society. Incorporating many sci-fi elements, the mind-bending twists will make you think about reality and life in the same way The Good Place does.
4. Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist
After an unusual event, computer coder Zoey Clarke magically realizes she can low-key read people’s minds. The catch? Her subjects’ desires are translated through song and dance.
5. Dead Like Me
Although it only ran for two seasons, Dead Like Me takes on a similar concept as The Good Place—life after death. However, in this Showtime series, certain people, when they die, are offered a job as a grim reaper. And even though both shows deal with the afterlife, this one has more mature themes and content than the lighthearted Good Place.
6. Superstore
Cloud 9, the superstore referred to in the title of this comedy, might even be more hellish than the Bad Place featured in Kristen Bell’s series. The similarities between these two shows, however, lie in the characters, who are good people at heart, but still have their moments of moral ambiguity.
While running a convenience store in Toronto, members of a Korean-Canadian family deal with customers, each other and the evolving world around them.
8. Black-ish
Dre fears that he’s introduced his family to too much cultural assimilation. The show documents his attempt to create a sense of ethnic identity. It’s also hilarious.
9. Forever
June and Oscar are a complacent couple in Amazon's afterlife comedy. Their predictable suburban lives are turned upside down when they embark on a ski trip gone awry. They reunite after passing away but soon discover that their marriage is still on the rocks even after death.
10. Jane The Virgin
Jane the Virgin aired from 2014 through 2019 and follows Jane, a 23-year-old who has everything in her life in order. The daughter of a teen mom, Jane sees the way that having a baby too young caused her mom to struggle in her life. She vows not to have kids until she is completely ready. Unfortunately, the universe seems to have another plan.
11. Chewing Gum
The British sitcom follows 24-year-old shop assistant Tracey, a restricted, religious virgin, who wants to have sex and learn more about the world. While some themes are a bit far off from The Good Place, the topics of god, life and purpose play a role in both.
12. Insecure
The comedy series looks at the friendship of two modern-day Black women, in addition to their uncomfortable experiences navigating the tricky professional and personal terrain of Los Angeles. And yes, hilarity ensues.
13. Russian Doll
Like The Good Place, Russian Doll also features a strong female lead. Nadia is stuck in a loop of repeatedly dying and reliving the night of her 36th birthday. She tries to figure out why and simultaneously break the vicious cycle of her mortality.
