Shows Like The Middle

Working-class Midwestern family sitcom with the same wry, lived-in tone and money struggles that define The Middle.

Another lower-middle-class dysfunctional family sitcom built on a beleaguered breadwinner and chaotic kids, though broader and raunchier.

Sardonic mom-narrated family sitcom about a regular family surrounded by overachievers, tonally a near-clone of The Middle.

Suburban Midwestern family sitcom centered on parents wrangling three sons, similar warm-and-bumbling vibe.

Middle-class Midwestern parents trying to hold together a family with three kids, very close demographic and tonal sibling.

Single-camera family sitcom of the same era using parental narration and the everyday-family-vs-the-world framing.

Working-class married-couple sitcom with the same affectionate everyman humor, though it lacks the kid-driven family core.

Multigenerational dysfunctional-family sitcom contemporary with The Middle, but more drama-leaning and addiction-focused.

Middle-class Midwestern family sitcom with parents and three kids, similar wholesome formula but more cartoonish.

Indianapolis-set family sitcom about a harried mom raising kids, shares The Middle's Indiana setting and parenting-grind core.

Contemporary multigenerational family sitcom with similar dysfunctional-family humor, though more star-driven.

Suburban family sitcom centered on a mother managing three sons, structurally close to The Middle.

Shares the dysfunctional-family-with-narration DNA but is wealthy, satirical, and tonally far sharper than The Middle.

Classic middle-class family sitcom in spirit, but the gentle 1950s tone is far removed from The Middle's modern weariness.

Multigenerational small-town family sitcom in a similar Midwestern milieu, though broader and more theatrical.

The closest spiritual sibling: working-class single-camera family sitcom with mom-narration energy, three eccentric sons, and money-struggle humor.

Single-camera Midwest family sitcom with parental narration and three kids, airing alongside The Middle with near-identical DNA.

Same-era Midwestern family sitcom about parents raising kids in middle America with similar warmth and conservatism.