20 best shows like The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)

List of the best shows and series like The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008): Every Witch Way, Victorious, The Wonder Years, Salute Your Shorts, The Unicorn, Alex Rider, Baby Daddy, House of Payne, Sunny beach, 7th Heaven.

Markimdb: 5.2
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an 'evil witch' and leader of the school clique the 'Panthers', is still willing to fight for the boy she loves.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family, music
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

Aspiring singer Tori Vega navigates life while attending a performing arts high school called Hollywood Arts.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

The Wonder Years tells the story of Kevin Arnold (Fred Savage) facing the trials and tribulations of youth while growing up during the 1960s and 70s. Told through narration from an adult Kevin (Daniel Stern), Kevin faces the difficulties of maintaining relationships and friendships on his enthralling journey into adulthood.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

Salute Your Shorts is an American comedy television series that aired on Nickelodeon from 1991 to 1992 and in reruns until early 1999. It was based on the 1986 book, Salute Your Shorts: Life at Summer Camp by Steve Slavkin.The series, filmed at Franklin Canyon Park and the Griffith Park Boys Camp within Griffith Park in Los Angeles, was set at the summer camp Camp Anawanna. It focuses on teenage campers, their strict and bossy counselor, and the various capers and jocularities they engage in.The title comes from a common prank campers play on each other: a group of kids steals a boy's boxer shorts and raise them up a flagpole. Hence, when people see them waving like a flag, other kids would salute them as part of the prank.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

A tight-knit group of best friends and family helps Wade embrace his “new normal” in the wake of the loss of his wife. As a sometimes ill-equipped but always devoted single parent to his two adolescent daughters, he is taking the major step of dating again.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genreaction, thriller, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

Everything changes when Alex Rider learns that his uncle Ian has actually been killed in the line of duty as a British spy. The normal teen is approached by the head of The Department and pressured to help investigate his uncle's death. Alex reluctantly assumes a new identity and goes undercover in a remote boarding school called Point Blanc.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

Baby Daddy follows Ben, a young man in his early 20s living the life of a bachelor in New York City with his buddy, Tucker, and his brother, Danny. Their lives are turned upside down when they come home one day to find a baby girl left on the doorstep by an ex-girlfriend of Ben's. After much deliberation, Ben decides to raise the baby with the help of his friends and his protective and sometimes over-bearing mother, Bonnie, and his close female friend, Riley.

Markimdb: 3.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by patriarch Curtis Payne and his wife Ella.

Markimdb: 8
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryBulgaria

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Markimdb: 5.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA

Reverend Eric Camden and his wife Annie have always had their hands full caring for seven children, not to mention the friends, sweethearts and spouses that continually come and go in the Camden household.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountrySpain

Los Serrano is a Spanish television drama comedy which premiered on 22 April 2003 and aired on Telecinco. It tells the story of the Serrano family, who lives in Round Santa Justa No 133, located in the fictional neighborhood of Santa Justa, in the Ribera del Manzanares, in Madrid. The success of the series in Spain and in several other countries in Europe and elsewhere helped launch the career of several young actors and actresses, especially actor and musician Fran Perea, who acts in the series and sings its theme song, "1 más 1 son 7".

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryUnited Kingdom

Down to Earth was a BBC One television series first broadcast in 2000 about a couple who start a new life on a Devon farm. The early episodes of the series were based on a series of books written by Faith Addis about their real-life move from London to Devon.The music in the series was composed by Sheridan Tongue, and had the song "After All this Time" as its opening and closing credits in series 2 and 3.

Markimdb: 8.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryTurkey

A couple with no kids, four city girls and three country boys, all under the same roof: arguing, fighting and sometimes understanding they are not that much different.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryPakistan

Salma and Sohail live a simple life yet aim for the stars when it comes to choosing a life partner, so in the pursue to find true love they both took lie as a support and set up fake profiles on social media to connect with their dreams.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, family
CountryIndia

Set in the summer of 1998 it is a story about conflicting emotions towards family members from the eyes of a twelve year old.

Markimdb: 8.6
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
CountryTurkey

Second Spring was a television series in Turkey broadcast between 1998-2001 by ATV. First 8 epidodes appeared between 29 October 1998-20 May 1999. The next 15 epidodes were between 17 February-25 May 2000 and the last 14 episodes were between 21 September 2000-11 January 2001. There were also reruns; in 2007 by Fox TV and in 2011-2012 by Star TV.

Markimdb: 7.9
Genremelodrama, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

The series follows Vinnie Bassett, proprietor of a pop culture memorabilia store who only takes breaks to read comic books and play video games. His bachelor life comes to a halt when he assumes guardianship of his incredibly intelligent and mature nephew, Wendell. They soon find that 12-year-old Wendell may be just the parent Vinnie needs.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:22

House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers. As of 25 February, the program will be broadcast on TeenNick. The show has since concluded its third season and as of 28 September 2013 Nickelodeon has not announced a fourth season.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
CountryUSA

Meet Bess King, a uniquely talented performer struggling to fulfill her dreams while handling rejection, dating drama, and family issues. This is a story about finding your authentic voice—and the courage to use it.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama, family, sport
CountryUSA

In present day Minnesota, the Mighty Ducks have evolved from scrappy underdogs to an ultra-competitive, powerhouse youth hockey team. After 12-year-old Evan is unceremoniously cut from the Ducks, he and his mom Alex set out to build their own ragtag team of misfits to challenge the cutthroat, win-at-all-costs culture of competitive youth sports.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

Walter Sherman, an Iraq War veteran, has the extraordinary ability to help people find the unfindable.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA

A comedy that follows three Chicago EMTs who despite their narcissistic and self-destructive personalities are uniquely qualified to save lives.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrecomedy, drama, family
CountryUSA

Ultra-competitive fraternal twins Lindy and Logan Watson, together with their four best friends, navigate their freshman year of high school. Each episode begins with a comedic "what just happened?" situation as Lindy and Logan each spin their own vivid account of a certain occurrence or predicament. The series utilizes flashback scenes to tell the siblings' unique stories.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical
CountryIsrael, USA

Daniel Garcia is working in the family bakery and doing everything that his loving Cuban parents and siblings expect him to do. But on a wild Miami night he meets Noa Hamilton, an international superstar and fashion mogul, and his life moves into the spotlight. Will this unlikely couple upend their lives to be together and pull their families into a culture clash?




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