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2009·6 seasons·110 eps·Created by Dan Harmon·NBC·8.5
Comedy

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.

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Undeclared

Undeclared

2001·S1 · 16 episodes·7.9
PERFECT

College sitcom with an ensemble of dorm-mates navigating university life — the closest peer to Community's Greendale study-group setup.

Rick and Morty

Rick and Morty

2013·S9 · 91 episodes·9.0
PERFECT

Co-created by Dan Harmon — same story-circle DNA, high-concept absurdism, and meta-genre parody that defines Community's voice.

The Good Place

The Good Place

2016·S4 · 50 episodes·8.2
PERFECT

High-concept ensemble comedy with a misfit found-family, philosophical absurdism, and reality-bending premise — closest tonal kin to Community.

grown-ish

grown-ish

2018·S6 · 105 episodes·6.6
PEER

College ensemble comedy following a group of friends through university life — same setting and young-adult-finding-themselves arc.

A Different World

A Different World

1987·S6 · 144 episodes·7.1
PEER

Classic college sitcom centered on a tight-knit group of students at a fictional school — the genre template Community both embraces and parodies.

The IT Crowd

The IT Crowd

2006·S4 · 24 episodes·8.5
PEER

Ensemble misfit-trio sitcom whose absurdist set-pieces and pop-culture parody match Community's sensibility.

Strange Planet

Strange Planet

2023·S1 · 10 episodes·6.4
PEER

Created by Dan Harmon and starring Danny Pudi (Abed) — direct creative-DNA crossover with Community's wry observational humor.

Daria

Daria

1997·S5 · 65 episodes·8.1
PEER

Sarcastic, satirical school-set comedy with a misfit observer at the center — mirrors Community's deadpan wit and outsider POV.

South Park

South Park

1997·S28 · 331 episodes·8.7
ADJACENT

Colorado-set ensemble of friends doing biting parody and social satire — shares Community's love of genre riffs and absurdist commentary.

New Girl

New Girl

2011·S7 · 146 episodes·7.8
ADJACENT

Quirky group-of-friends sitcom about twenty-somethings stuck together, leaning on character chemistry the way Community leans on the study group.

Friends from College

Friends from College

2017·S2 · 16 episodes·6.9
ADJACENT

Ensemble comedy explicitly built around college friendships and post-grad reunions — adjacent thematic territory to Community.

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

2007·S12 · 279 episodes·8.1
ADJACENT

Multi-cam friend-group sitcom with a geek-leaning ensemble — the mainstream counterpart to Community's nerdier, weirder take.

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

Parker Lewis Can't Lose

1990·S3 · 73 episodes·7.8
ADJACENT

Stylized school-set comedy with surreal flourishes and rule-breaking energy that prefigures Community's reality-bending episodes.

Animaniacs

Animaniacs

1993·S5 · 275 episodes·7.8
ADJACENT

Wall-to-wall parody and absurdist gags — close kin to Community's pop-culture-saturated homage and bottle episodes.

Friends with Better Lives

Friends with Better Lives

2014·S1 · 13 episodes·7.0
COUSIN

Group-of-friends sitcom about life-stage comparison — overlaps on ensemble dynamics and friendship comedy.

Platonic

Platonic

2023·S2 · 20 episodes·7.2
COUSIN

Ensemble friendship comedy from creators in the Apatow/college-comedy orbit — shares the chaotic friend-group register.

Family Guy

Family Guy

1999·S24 · 455 episodes·8.1
COUSIN

Cutaway-driven parody and pop-culture satire overlap with Community's homage style, though family- rather than friend-group focused.

Boy Meets World

Boy Meets World

1993·S7 · 158 episodes·8.1
COUSIN

Coming-of-age school sitcom with a life-lessons arc — a softer, sincere cousin to Community's school-as-family premise.

Big Mouth

Big Mouth

2017·S8 · 81 episodes·7.8
COUSIN

Friend-group comedy with adult humor and high-concept conceits — tonally edgier but shares the ensemble-of-misfits structure.

On My Block

On My Block

2018·S4 · 38 episodes·7.8
COUSIN

Tight-knit friend-group comedy-drama with a school setting and ensemble chemistry — shares the found-family core.

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