What do you want to watch tonight?
Each title says who it's good for, and who it isn't. Tap what you want tonight, or say no to one and why.
Closest to New Girl first
Friends 1994
Series
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
The sides of Friends
- Six friends in New York
- A coffee shop and two apartments
- Ross and Rachel
Good for you if
- you like a sitcom you can quote by heart.
- you want to spend your evenings on the orange couch at Central Perk.
- you like friends who become family.
Bad for you if
- ten seasons is more than you want to start.
- 90s jokes feel dated to you.
About: friendship · love · growing up
Parks and Recreation 2009
Series
In an attempt to beautify her town — and advance her career — Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, takes on bureaucrats, cranky neighbors, and single-issue fanatics whose weapons are lawsuits, the jumble of city codes, and the democratic process she loves so much.
The sides of Parks and Recreation
- An over-eager official who wants to build a park
- A boss who hates government
- A small Indiana town hall
Good for you if
- you like a mockumentary about town meetings in Pawnee.
- you want a warm sitcom where coworkers become a family.
- you like Leslie, Ron, April and Ben each getting their own jokes.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at Leslie's endless enthusiasm.
- seven seasons is too much for you.
About: public service · friendship · ambition
How I Met Your Mother 2005
Series
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.
The sides of How I Met Your Mother
- A father telling his kids how he met their mother
- Five friends at a bar in New York
- A friend with a playbook for picking up women
Good for you if
- you like running jokes that come back seasons later.
- you like five friends who meet at the same bar every night.
- you want an easy sitcom to put on at the end of a day.
Bad for you if
- nine seasons of waiting to meet the mother is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at Ted's big romantic speeches.
About: love · friendship · adulthood · fate
The Good Place 2016
Series
Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.
The sides of The Good Place
- A selfish woman sent to heaven by mistake
- An ethics professor giving her lessons
- An afterlife neighborhood with frozen yogurt everywhere
Good for you if
- you like Chidi's ethics lessons turned into running jokes.
- you like a comedy that keeps changing the rules under your feet, season after season.
- you like four strangers learning to be better people together.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt talks about being a good person.
- you can't get into a surreal afterlife with an all-knowing assistant and frozen yogurt shops on every corner.
About: ethics · the afterlife · redemption · friendship

The Office 2005
Series
The everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company.
The sides of The Office
- A boss who wants to be loved by his staff
- A paper company office in Scranton
- A camera crew filming every awkward moment
Good for you if
- you like laughing at Michael Scott's worst ideas.
- you want a show to put on again and again after work.
- you like the slow romance between Jim and Pam at reception.
Bad for you if
- nine seasons is too much for you.
- you can't laugh when Michael Scott says something offensive and the camera holds on everyone's faces.
About: work · friendship · love · belonging
Brooklyn Nine-Nine 2013
Series
A single-camera ensemble comedy following the lives of an eclectic group of detectives in a New York precinct, including one slacker who is forced to shape up when he gets a new boss.
The sides of Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- A goofy detective in a Brooklyn precinct
- A captain who never smiles
- A heist every Halloween
Good for you if
- you like Jake Peralta getting away with being a kid at work.
- you want a cop show as warm as a sitcom.
- you like a squad where every detective gets their own jokes.
Bad for you if
- eight seasons is too much for you.
- you want real danger in a police show.
About: friendship · work · found family

Yo soy Betty, la fea 1999
Series
Beatriz Pinzón Solano is a brilliant economist with a master's degree in finance; she has only one flaw: she's ugly. Everything changes when she starts working at Ecomoda, one of the country's largest companies, where she meets and falls in love with Armando Mendoza. This time, life will give her a second chance to prove she can become the most desired and beloved woman in the world.
The sides of Yo soy Betty, la fea
- A brilliant economist everyone judges by her looks
- A fashion company in Bogotá
- A boss she falls in love with
Good for you if
- you like Betty falling for Armando while he sees only her glasses and braces.
- you like office gossip with Betty's friends from the ugly club.
- you want a long, warm story where the underdog gets her turn.
Bad for you if
- you won't read subtitles for a Spanish-language series.
- a telenovela with daily-length episodes is too much for you.
About: appearances · self-worth · love · work
Sex and the City 1998
Series
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
The sides of Sex and the City
- Four single women in Manhattan
- A columnist writing about sex and dating
- Brunches where they tell each other everything
Good for you if
- you like four friends who stay each other's real love story.
- you like Carrie and Mr. Big, on and off for years.
- you like frank, funny talk about sex over brunch.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather avoid sex scenes and explicit talk.
- you want things to happen, not dates and conversations.
About: friendship · love · independence
Modern Family 2009
Series
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
The sides of Modern Family
- Three related households in Los Angeles
- Interviews straight to the camera
- A father who tries too hard to be cool
Good for you if
- you like Phil Dunphy's terrible jokes and Cam's dramatic entrances.
- you like Jay, his children and their families meddling in each other's lives.
- you want short, warm episodes where everyone makes up by the end.
Bad for you if
- you can't commit to eleven seasons.
- you roll your eyes at the lesson-of-the-day voice-over at the end.
About: family · acceptance · parenthood
The Big Bang Theory 2007
Series
Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.
The sides of The Big Bang Theory
- Four scientists and the girl next door
- Comics, trains and roommate agreements
- Bazinga
Good for you if
- you like nerd jokes and a laugh track.
- you want short episodes you can watch while eating.
- you like a group of friends who grow up over years.
Bad for you if
- twelve seasons is far more than you want to start.
- you can't stand an on-again, off-again romance. Leonard and Penny go back and forth for seasons.
About: friendship · growing up · love
Community 2009
Series
Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
The sides of Community
- A disbarred lawyer at a community college
- A Spanish study group that becomes a family
- Campus paintball games turned into action movies
Good for you if
- you like jokes about TV and film tropes, mostly from Abed.
- you like a study group of misfits who become a family.
- you like background gags you only catch the second time.
Bad for you if
- you want a sitcom that stays a sitcom, not episodes in claymation or as a western.
- you lose track of a study group of seven.
About: friendship · second chances · belonging
2 Broke Girls 2011
Series
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.
The sides of 2 Broke Girls
- Two waitresses in a Brooklyn diner
- An heiress who lost everything
- A cupcake business on a shoestring
Good for you if
- you like Max's one-liners fired at customers and bosses.
- you like a broke waitress and a fallen heiress becoming a team.
- you want short episodes in the same diner with the same regulars.
Bad for you if
- six seasons is too much for you.
- you want a sitcom to watch with your kids, and most of Max's jokes are about sex.
About: money · friendship · work
Seinfeld 1989
Series
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
The sides of Seinfeld
- A stand-up comedian and his three friends in Manhattan
- A neighbor named Kramer who bursts through the door
- Arguments over parking spots and soup
Good for you if
- you like four friends turning tiny daily annoyances into big fights.
- you like long, sharp conversations about nothing in a diner booth.
- you want a sitcom where nothing serious ever happens.
Bad for you if
- nine seasons is too much for you.
- you can't spend time with people this selfish. Jerry, George, Elaine and Kramer look out only for themselves.
About: friendship · everyday life · selfishness
Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011
Film
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teaches him how to be a hit with the ladies.
The sides of Crazy, Stupid, Love.
- A newly single dad coached by a ladies' man
- A babysitter's crush
- A backyard brawl
Good for you if
- you like a warm, witty romantic comedy.
- you like several love stories at once.
- you like a reveal that ties everything together.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at a big speech about soulmates at a school graduation.
- you're watching with young kids. Cal learns to pick up women in bars, and sex comes up a lot.
About: love · marriage · second chances
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air 1990
Series
Will, a street-smart teenager, moves from the tough streets of West Philly to posh Bel-Air to live with his Uncle Philip, Aunt Vivian, his cousins — spoiled Hilary, preppy Carlton and young Ashley — and their sophisticated British butler, Geoffrey. Though Will’s antics and upbringing contrast greatly with the upper-class lifestyle of his extended relatives, he soon finds himself right at home as a loved part of the family.
The sides of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- A teenager from West Philadelphia sent to live in Bel-Air
- A strict uncle who is a judge
- A cousin named Carlton and his dance
Good for you if
- you like Will teasing Carlton and Geoffrey the butler's dry replies.
- you like Will going from high school to college under Uncle Phil's roof.
- you like a rich family that slowly becomes Will's own.
Bad for you if
- a 90s sitcom with a laugh track feels dated to you.
- you roll your eyes at the serious talks with Uncle Phil at the end of an episode.
About: family · class · growing up
Ted Lasso 2020
Series
Ted Lasso, an American football coach, moves to England when he's hired to manage a soccer team—despite having no experience. With cynical players and a doubtful town, will he get them to see the Ted Lasso Way?
The sides of Ted Lasso
- An American football coach managing an English soccer club
- A "Believe" sign over the locker room
- Biscuits for the club owner
Good for you if
- you want a show where kindness wins most of the time.
- you like Ted's jokes landing on a cynical locker room.
- you like Ted, Beard, Roy and Keeley becoming friends.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at big-hearted speeches.
- you want your comedy mean and cynical.
About: kindness · second chances · friendship
Friends with Benefits 2011
Film
Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advantage of their mutual attraction - but without any emotional attachment.
The sides of Friends with Benefits
- Two friends who agree to sleep together without feelings
- New York and Los Angeles
- Feelings anyway
Good for you if
- you like quick, sarcastic romcom banter.
- you like friends turning into lovers.
Bad for you if
- sex scenes and crude jokes aren't for you.
- you roll your eyes at heartfelt romcom moments, even in a film that mocks romcoms.
About: love · fear of commitment · friendship
The Proposal 2009
Film
When she learns she's in danger of losing her visa status and being deported, overbearing book editor Margaret Tate forces her put-upon assistant, Andrew Paxton, to marry her.
The sides of The Proposal
- A boss who forces her assistant to marry her
- A weekend with his family in Alaska
- A chant in the woods
Good for you if
- you like a boss and assistant trading barbs.
- you like enemies falling in love.
- you want an easy, feel-good romcom.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes when the jokes stop for heart-to-hearts. Margaret and Andrew open up in his childhood bedroom.
- you need a premise you can believe. A boss blackmails her assistant into marrying her to keep her visa.
About: love · family · pretending
Victorious 2010
Series
Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.
The sides of Victorious
- A performing arts high school in Hollywood
- Tori Vega and her classmates
- Songs in almost every episode
Good for you if
- you like a sitcom where the cast sings for real.
- you want something to watch with tweens.
- you like Jade's sarcasm, Cat's oddness and Robbie's puppet.
Bad for you if
- you want sharper, darker jokes than a kids' sitcom.
- you roll your eyes at teenagers chasing their big dream.
About: ambition · friendship · school
10 Things I Hate About You 1999
Film
On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.
The sides of 10 Things I Hate About You
- A boy paid to date the meanest girl in school
- A song on the bleachers
- A poem read in class
Good for you if
- you like a witty teen romcom.
- you like opposites falling for each other.
- you like Kat's sharp, sarcastic comebacks.
Bad for you if
- you roll your eyes at grand romantic gestures. Patrick serenades Kat across the school bleachers.
- you've outgrown high school crushes and prom night drama.
About: love · honesty · independence