25 Netflix shows to watch if you miss Friends

Netflix shows like Friends: Great News

Seasons: 2

Created By: Tracey Wigfield

Starring: Briga Heelan, Andrea Martin, Adam Campbell, Nicole Richie, Horatio Sanz, John Michael Higgins

Even though Friends wasn’t a workplace sitcom, the show still followed the four main cast members at work. Rachel worked at Central Perk, Bloomingdale’s and Ralph Lauren. Joey starred in Days of Our Lives, Monica cooked for various restaurants, Phoebe busked at the coffeehouse and gave massages, Ross’s paleontology career took off, and Chandler… input data? We’re still not really sure what he did as a “transponster.”

Each time we went to work with the gang, hilarity quickly followed no matter what. That’s why fans of Friends would have a blast watching the fellow NBC comedy series Great News. The series centers on ambitious news producer Kaite Wendelson (Briga Heelan), whose upward trajectory at work receives an unexpected fork in the road when her mother, Carol (Andrea Martin), jumps back into the workforce as an intern.

Great News was ridiculously underrated during its two-season stint on NBC from 2017 to 2018. The series comes from Emmy-winning 30 Rock and The Mindy Project writer Tracey Wigfield and executive producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock. Beyond that, Great News boasted one of the best comedy casts in recent memory, complete with secret weapon Nicole Richie. These co-workers may not have been the best of friends, but that’s what makes them funny.