25 Netflix shows to watch if you miss Friends

Netflix shows like Friends: iCarly

Seasons: 6

Created By: Dan Schneider

Starring: Miranda Cosgrove, Jennette McCurdy, Nathan Kress, Jerry Trainor, Noah Munck

Obviously, when you think of shows similar to Friends, a Nickelodeon teen sitcom isn’t the first show that comes to mind. The characters aren’t going through the same things in the least. What does a teenaged girl making an internet show with her best friends have in common with 20-somethings in New York City dealing with relationships, sex and career?

Admittedly, the commonalities between Friends and iCarly are thing, but for millennials of a certain age, the overlap is just enough to stoke the same level of nostalgia. And isn’t it kindred that in the year 2021, the casts of both shows are reuniting in same form or another on a streaming service? At any rate, both shows feature well-meaning individuals making the best out of chaotic situations — both out of their control and of their own making.

Miranda Cosgrove stars in iCarly as Carly Shay, a teen who teams up with her best friends Sam (Jennette McCurdy) and Freddie (Nathan Kress) to create a web show right at the start of the YouTube age. The hit Nick series returns for a revival of the same name on Paramount+, which will follow Carly post-college in a new online landscape. Nothing could prepare you for the revival more, or soothe those Friends wounds, than a binge of iCarly on Netflix.