Shows Like Will & Grace
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
Ranked by shared creators, cast, themes, genre, and network — not just generic recommendations.
Will & Grace
The 2017 revival of the same show with the same cast, creators, and tone.
Friends
Same NBC Must-See-TV era multi-cam sitcom about NYC friends navigating dating and apartment life.
Happy Endings
Witty ensemble friend-group sitcom with a beloved gay character and rapid-fire banter very much in the Will & Grace vein.
Sex and the City
Late-90s NYC comedy about chosen-family friends dishing about dating, careers and relationships with sharp banter.
Frasier
Contemporaneous NBC multi-cam character comedy with sophisticated wit, snobbish humor and a fastidious lead in the Will Truman mold.
Seinfeld
Defining 90s NYC sitcom about a tight-knit group bickering through dating and city life that shares Will & Grace's NBC DNA.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Foundational single-woman-in-the-city sitcom whose dating-and-friends template Will & Grace directly inherits.
Younger
NYC workplace-and-dating comedy with a queer best-friend dynamic and Will & Grace's glossy Manhattan sensibility.
Dream On
Same era NYC single-life sitcom from Friends creators Kauffman and Crane with similar dating-comedy beats.
Caroline in the City
Sister Must-See-TV sitcom about a single Manhattan woman juggling work, dating and a quirky male sidekick.
Broad City
NYC two-best-friends comedy with queer sensibility, though edgier and single-cam vs Will & Grace's polished multi-cam.
Man Seeking Woman
Shares the dating-disaster premise but trades Will & Grace's grounded banter for absurdist surrealism.
Three's Company
Classic opposite-sex-roommates sitcom whose platonic-cohabitation premise is the direct ancestor of Will and Grace's living arrangement.
The Odd Couple
Multi-cam NYC sitcom about mismatched roommates that mirrors Will & Grace's fastidious-vs-messy odd-couple dynamic.
Harlem
NYC chosen-family comedy about friends and dating, but a single-cam dramedy aimed at a different demographic.
Girlfriends
Contemporary friends-and-dating sitcom of the same era, though LA-set and centered on Black women's experiences.
Master of None
NYC thirty-somethings dating comedy but a prestige single-cam dramedy rather than a banter-driven sitcom.
2 Broke Girls
Brash NYC female-friendship multi-cam sitcom in the Will & Grace mold, though raunchier and less polished.
How Good Is Will & Grace?
Ratings across IMDb and TMDB, plus our verdict.
Where to Watch Will & Grace
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