you'll love
2015
113 eps
NBC
Comedy Romance Workplace
Workplace Romance Slow Burn
The employees of Cloud 9, a big-box retail store in St. Louis, navigate their shifts, their coworkers, and the specific economic reality of working for a large corporation that doe…
Like My Best Ex, Superstore is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2024
13 eps
ABC / Hulu
Drama Romance Medical
Love Triangle Workplace Romance
A new chief medical officer takes his first posting on a luxury cruise ship — bringing order, competence, and a complicated romantic history into a world where the only rule is tha…
Like My Best Ex, Doctor Odyssey is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. The emotional territory — workplace romance — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2018
Romance Comedy
Matchmaking Gone Wrong Enemies To Lovers
Two overworked assistants conspire to set up their demanding bosses with each other, only to fall for each other along the way.
Like My Best Ex, Set It Up is built around slow build where every stolen glance and almost-moment pays off. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2006
Romance Comedy Drama
Parallel Love Stories Second Chance Romance
Two women dealing with heartbreak swap homes for the holidays and each find unexpected love.
Like My Best Ex, it leans hard into unexpected love. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2002
Romance Comedy Drama
Fish Out Of Water Second Chance Romance
A New York fashion designer must return to her small-town Alabama roots to finalize her divorce before she can marry her big-city boyfriend.
Like My Best Ex, it leans hard into unexpected love. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
2024
Comedy Drama Romance
Found Family Grief As Comedy
Like My Best Ex, it leans hard into workplace romance. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2015
Comedy Drama Romance
Unlikely Friendship Workplace Dynamics
A 70-year-old widower becomes an intern at an online fashion company, forming an unlikely friendship with the busy CEO.
The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2001
Romance Comedy
Friendship To Love Wrong Man Right Man
Jane Goodale develops a theory about men using animal behavior research — specifically: once a bull has moved to new pasture, he never returns. She's trying to explain why her ex m…
Like My Best Ex, it leans hard into workplace romance. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.
you'll love
2015
76 eps
Comedy Romance Drama
Age Gap Romance Secret Identity
40-year-old divorcée Liza Miller pretends to be 26 to re-enter the New York publishing world, leading to romantic entanglements, complicated friendships, and an identity crisis tha…
Like My Best Ex, it leans hard into workplace romance. The pacing is romantically charged — the tension is everywhere, even when nothing's happening.
you'll love
2015
3 eps
Comedy Romance Drama
Semi Autobiographical Romantic Misadventures
Dev, a 30-year-old actor in New York, navigates career uncertainty, modern dating, family, food, and what it means to be a first-generation American. Aziz Ansari's semi-autobiograp…
Both navigate the same emotional territory: modern dating. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.