25 Netflix shows to watch if you miss Friends

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AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 15: (L-R) Executive producer Chris McKenna, actors Paget Brewster, Gillian Jacobs, Alison Brie, Jim Rash, Ken Jeong, Joel McHale, Keith David and writer Dan Harmon attend ‘The Cast Of “Community” On Moving To Digital’ during 2015 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Austin Convention Center on March 15, 2015 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Travis P Ball/Getty Images for SXSW) /

Netflix shows like Friends: Community

Seasons: 6

Created By: Dan Harmon

Starring: Joel McHale, Gillian Jacobs, Danny Pudi, Yvette Nicole Brown, Alison Brie, Donald Glover, Ken Jeong, Chevy Chase, Jim Rash

Since Friends ended its 10-year run in 2004, NBC has managed to churn out so many of the most popular and cult favorite sitcoms. Even when ratings took a tumble before the dawn of streaming, the network housed the top comedies on TV. A fellow Thursday night entry on NBC, Community is a perfect binge-watch for those who are missing Friends.

Joel McHale stars in Community as Jeff Winger, a down-on-his-luck lawyer who enrolls at a local community college when his lack of an actual degree gets him disbarred. Although he’s apathetic at first, Jeff soon integrates himself in a study group full of lovable misfits. The series follows the group’s various misadventures and the friends and enemies they make along the way.

In spite of its low ratings, Community struck a chord with a loyal fanbase that kept fighting to bring it back year after year. NBC eventually canceled the comedy after its fifth season, but Yahoo! saved Community for its sixth and final season. Now streaming on Netflix, the underrated hit has got a whole new group of fans laughing and hoping for that long-teased movie.

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