13 Must-Watch Shows if You Love 'Adults'

Image via FX Published Sep 4, 2026, 6:47 AM EDT Jennie Richardson is a TV Features and Lists Writer for Collider, and a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing. In other words, she really loves stories. Sign in to your Collider account FX's hit hangout sitcom, Adults, just released its second season, and the eight-episode installment is an absolute masterpiece. The series follows a close-knit group of friends who all live together in the same house: Samir (Malik Elassal), Issa (Amita Rao), Anton (Owen Thiele), Billie (Lucy Freyer), and Paul Baker (Jack Innanen). Over the course of its two seasons so far, the five friends deal with a number of classic adult problems that come their way, while also causing quite a bit of problems for themselves. Adults has not yet been renewed for a third season, but after Season 2's 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and fantastic finale, fans hopefully won't have to wait long for news. In the meantime, the first two seasons and prequel episode make for the perfect rewatch, but there are a number of excellent and similar shows that fans of Adults can watch while waiting. These are the amazing TV shows that you should watch if you love FX's Adults. 'The Sex Lives of College Girls' (2021–2025) Image via HBO Max The Sex Lives of College Girls follows four young women who have just started their first year at a small Vermont college: Leighton Murray (Reneé Rapp), Whitney Chase (Alyah Chanelle Scott), Bela Malhotra (Amrit Kaur), and Kimberly Finkle (Pauline Chalamet). The four of them are all assigned to live in the same suite, and despite their conflicting personalities and very different goals for college, they all become fast friends. Like Adults, The Sex Lives of College Girls follows a tight-knit group of friends who all live together, both as a group and as individuals. It finds both humor and tension in their love lives, their other friendships, and their on-campus jobs and classes. The show is wildly funny and heartfelt at all the right moments, centering on its main group of friends above all else. For Adults fans looking for a comedy series with another group of friends who are all a little too attached to each other, The Sex Lives of College Girls will make for the perfect next watch. 'Crazy Ex-Girlfriend' (2015–2019) Image via The CW Crazy Ex-Girlfriend follows Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom), a successful New York City lawyer who has just made partner at her firm. Instead of feeling the joy that she should at the news, though, Rebecca has a panic attack and runs outside. While there, she bumps into Josh Chan (Vincent Rodriguez III), her ex-boyfriend from a summer camp she dated as a teenager. Convinced that Josh is the key to her happiness, Rebecca makes up a fake reason to move across the country and follow him to his hometown. For Adults fans who are looking for another chaotic series with quirky characters and an over-the-top sense of humor, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend is the perfect choice for your next watch. The series is absolutely hilarious, with a blend of musical comedy and witty dialogue. It also has a compelling main storyline, as Rebecca has to hide her true motives as she slowly builds a new life for herself in the place where Josh grew up — while, at the same time, concocting an elaborate scheme to bring him back with the help of her new friend, Paula (Donna Lynne Champlin). 'Party Down' (2009–2023) Image via Starz Party Down is a workplace sitcom about a group of aspiring actors who all work at a catering company called Party Down to get by in the meantime. Each episode shows them catering a different party, where something always seems to go hilariously wrong. The series was sadly cancelled after just two seasons, but it was revived for a third season over a decade later. Like Adults, Party Down is realistic about the struggles of being an adult, and the necessity of working odd jobs while working towards major life goals. It is also a wildly funny series that builds on the comedy with each episode, like Adults. The Party Down employees often clash with each other at less than ideal times, and they can never quite anticipate what each event that they cater is going to be like. 'I Love LA' (2025–Present) Image via HBO Alongside Adults, another excellent new hangout sitcom that debuted in 2025 is I Love LA. The series follows Maia Simsbury (Rachel Sennott), an LA-based woman in her 20s who dreams of becoming a talent manager. For now, though, Maia is just working for a talent manager and living with her boyfriend, Dylan (Josh Hutcherson). Maia's life in LA is turned upside down when her ex-best friend from New York City, Tallulah Stiel (Odessa A'zion), follows her to LA and asks her to be her talent manager. Tallulah is a successful influencer who could finally give Maia the career boost that she needs, but she's also a whirlwind of chaos, disrupting every aspect of Maia's life. The two soon fall back into their former codependency, and their rekindled friendship and new working partnership starts to threaten the foundation of the life that Maia has already built in LA. I Love LA is a fun and chaotic sitcom with a messy main friend group and a sharp sense of humor, and Adults fans will be drawn into the wild world of the show immediately. Collider Exclusive · Universe Personality Quiz Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most? Star Wars · Lord of the Rings · Harry Potter · Game of Thrones · Star Trek Five legendary universes. Five completely different visions of what the world could be — or already was. One of them is the world your instincts, your values, and your particular way of existing were built for. Eight questions will tell you which one. 🚀Star Wars 💍Lord of the Rings 🧙Harry Potter 👑Game of Thrones 🖖Star Trek FIND YOUR UNIVERSE → 01 What gives your life its deepest sense of meaning? Every universe is built around a different answer to this question. ABeing part of something larger than myself — a cause, a rebellion, a fight for freedom that outlasts me. BThe journey itself — the places I'll go, the companions beside me, the world I'll discover on the way. CLearning — unlocking what I'm capable of, understanding the world's hidden mechanics, growing into something more. DLegacy — the name I leave behind, the power I build, the mark I make before the world moves on without me. EUnderstanding — exploring what exists beyond the horizon and asking what it means to be alive in a universe this vast. NEXT QUESTION → 02 Which kind of world do you most want to inhabit? The environment shapes who you become. Choose carefully. AA galaxy of planets, each with its own culture — connected by conflict, trade, and the Force. BAncient lands of breathtaking beauty, deep history, and a creeping darkness at the edges. CA world hidden inside our own — full of wonder, community, and magic waiting to be learned. DA brutal, beautiful continent where power is everything and every alliance is a calculation. EA future where humanity has reached the stars — and must decide what kind of species it wants to be. NEXT QUESTION → 03 How do you prefer your conflicts resolved? The shape of a world's conflicts tells you everything about its soul. AThrough sacrifice and courage — someone has to make the impossible choice so others don't have to. BThrough fellowship — the impossible becomes possible when the right people walk the same road. CThrough growth — confronting what you fear, understanding what you lack, and becoming equal to the challenge. 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AI want to use it to protect — and I'm terrified of what I might become if I'm not careful. BI distrust it. The most important power in this story is the courage to give it up. CI want to earn it — through knowledge, through effort, through becoming someone worthy of it. DI want to wield it. Preferably before someone else decides to wield it against me. EI want to understand it — its structures, its limits, its ethical dimensions. Power without accountability is the real threat. NEXT QUESTION → 06 How does your universe treat good and evil? A world's moral architecture tells you more about it than any map. AThere is a dark side and a light side — and the choice between them is always present, always personal. BEvil is real and ancient and patient — and goodness, however small, is the only thing that can undo it. CGood and evil are real, but they live inside people — and people are complicated, always capable of both. DGood and evil are mostly a matter of perspective and proximity. Power is the only honest currency. EEvil is usually the result of ignorance, fear, or broken systems — and understanding it is the first step to solving it. NEXT QUESTION → 07 What role would you naturally fall into? Every universe has archetypes. Which one fits you without trying? AThe reluctant hero — ordinary origins, extraordinary moment, changed forever by the choice to act. BThe unlikely carrier — the one nobody expected to matter most, quietly bearing the weight of everything. CThe student — not yet who I'll become, learning through every mistake, growing into something the world needs. DThe player — sharp enough to see the game for what it is, ambitious enough to try to win it. EThe explorer — drawn to the unknown, driven by curiosity, most alive when standing somewhere no one has stood before. NEXT QUESTION → 08 What do you ultimately believe about the future? The answer to this is the clearest window into which universe already lives inside you. AThat hope is real — that even in the darkest galaxy, a new hope is always possible. CThat even the smallest person can change the course of the future, if they have the courage to try. CThat love and friendship and doing what's right will matter in the end, even when everything says otherwise. DThat the wheel keeps turning — that power shifts, winters end, and what endures is those willing to fight for it. EThat humanity — or whatever we become — is capable of extraordinary things, if we choose to be. REVEAL MY UNIVERSE → Your Universe Has Been Chosen You Belong In…Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose. Star WarsYou believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast. You are drawn to the moral clarity of a universe where hope itself is a form of resistance. You'd find your people in the Rebellion — a ragtag coalition of true believers held together by conviction more than resources. Star Wars is fundamentally a story about ordinary people choosing to matter in an extraordinary conflict — and that is exactly your kind of story. The Force may or may not be with you. But the will to use it for something larger than yourself certainly is. Lord of the RingsYou understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world's beauty is worth protecting even at great cost. Middle-earth is a world of ancient wonder, deep friendship, and a darkness that only retreats when enough small acts of courage accumulate. You would thrive here because you value the fellowship more than the glory — the road more than the arrival. Tolkien's universe rewards patience, loyalty, and the willingness to carry something heavy across a very long distance. Those are not burdens to you. They are simply how you move through the world. Harry PotterYou believe that love, loyalty, and doing what's right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise. The Wizarding World is a place of wonder hidden in plain sight, where learning is transformative and the bonds you form at school follow you into every battle. You would flourish here because you take both the magic and the friendships seriously — and you understand that one without the other is incomplete. Harry Potter's universe ultimately rewards those who choose to stand for something even when standing is terrifying. That choice — made quietly, without guarantee — is something you understand completely. Game of ThronesYou see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it. Westeros is a world that rewards intelligence, adaptability, and the willingness to understand that every alliance is also a negotiation. You would survive here — possibly thrive here — because you don't confuse the world as it is with the world as you'd like it to be. Game of Thrones is a story about what happens when the idealists and the realists collide. You are sharp enough to know which one lasts longer. Winter always comes. You are already prepared. Star TrekYou believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation. Star Trek is a universe where the questions matter as much as the answers, and where encountering something utterly alien is cause for wonder rather than fear. You would belong here because you are fundamentally optimistic about what intelligence and decency can achieve — while being honest about how hard that achievement is. The Federation is the universe's most ambitious thought experiment: what if we actually got better? You don't just hope that's possible. You think it's the only thing worth working toward. ↻ RETAKE THE QUIZ 'The Other Two' (2019–2023) Image via HBO Max The Other Two follows two siblings, Brooke (Heléne Yorke) and Cary (Drew Tarver) Dubek, who are both a little lost in their lives and their careers. When their little brother, Chase (Case Walker), becomes a teen pop sensation, the two have to deal with their own jealousy and complicated feelings related to his fame. Rounding out the family is their mother, Pat (Molly Shannon), who finds her own surprising success along the way. For Adults fans who love the show's wildly over-the-top humor, The Other Two is the perfect next watch. It has a number of parody episodes that spoof anything from legal procedurals to couples' Instagram accounts. The series is also honest about Brooke and Cary's insecurities and ambitions in a way that will ring true for those who loved the emotionally vulnerable moments in Adults. 'Overcompensating' (2025–Present) Image via Prime Video Like Adults, Overcompensating is one of the best new 2025 comedies. It follows Benny Scanlon (Benito Skinner, the show's creator), an incoming college freshman and closeted gay man. While trying to stay under the radar and fit in, Benny develops an intense friendship with fellow freshman Carmen Neil (Wally Baram), and rushes a secret society called Flesh and Gold. Adults fans looking for more Owen Thiele will be thrilled to watch him as Overcompensating's George, an openly gay student who becomes a friend and confidant for Benny. The series is also very silly and wonderfully weird in its humor, with bits like a talking Megan Fox poster who regularly gives Benny advice, and a hilarious interaction where Benny and George communicate without saying a single word. Community follows Jeff Winger (Joel McHale), a successful lawyer who gets exposed for faking his college degree and has to go to Greendale Community College. While there, Jeff starts a study group that ends up becoming extremely tight-knit. Community also regularly implements meta humor, homages to movies and television shows, and a number of science fiction elements. For Adults fans who love the show's found family element, Community is the perfect next watch. The central study group is extremely close and codependent, and they lean on each other while feeling insecure about the places that they are at in their lives. The series has a similar wacky humor to Adults, as well as a dedication to continuity throughout its episodes. 'What We Do in the Shadows' (2019–2024) Image via FX After watching Adults, fans may be looking for another show about a group of people who all live together in one house. What We Do in the Shadows fits this description, but with one twist: the main characters aren't people – they're vampires. The series uses a mockumentary format to show the daily (after)lives of four vampires and their familiar, who all live together in a Staten Island mansion. Even with its fantastical twist, What We Do in the Shadows feels very similar to Adults in a lot of ways. Both series have a tight-knit central friend group who regularly clashes with each other and get up to a number of hilarious schemes. The What We Do in the Shadows crew will make even the most outlandish moments in Adults look tame, taking it up a notch with its supernatural elements. 'New Girl' (2011–2018) Image via FOX New Girl follows Jess Day (Zooey Deschanel), an optimistic woman who suddenly has to move out of her apartment after her long-time boyfriend cheats on her. She ends up living in a loft with a group of guys that she met on Craig's List, and from there, a great deal of hilarious chaos ensues. Each episode shows the characters going about their lives and their jobs, while often clashing as loftmates. Like Adults, New Girl has a tight-knit central friend group and a number of wildly funny episodes. Some of the best moments in Adults involve storylines like Anton accidentally befriending a local "stabber" (Ray Nicholson), and Billie feeding everyone raw chicken that her boyfriend (Charlie Cox) eats while high on ketamine. New Girl has a number of hilarious storylines like this, with episodes where Nick (Jake Johnson) and Jess hunt down someone they think is a serial killer, and one where the group gets stuck in the desert overnight. 'It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia' (2005–Present) Image via FX With 18 seasons and counting, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is the longest-running live-action sitcom of all time. The series follows the chaotic schemes of a group of friends who call themselves The Gang. In spite of running a bar together, they rarely do actual work, and spend most of their time pursuing various meaningless goals and ruining the lives of those around them. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has a similar style of comedy to adults, with sharp dialogue, very specific humor, and some especially weird and creative storylines. Like the main characters in Adults, the gang are constantly failing at life, and they balance between planning outrageous schemes and dealing with normal financial and emotional problems.