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Corporate culture Workplace satire Nerd identity Absurd comedy Geek culture Social awkwardness Belonging Anthology Your best matches Ranked against what The IT Crowd is actually about, not its genre labels.
68% Reverina match Top pick 2005 · Series · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Also about social hierarchy Centres on the same investigator figure Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Mr. Bean 1990
Built around the same social awkwardness and social awkwardness Centres on the same believer figure Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 132 candidates
Shares its playful and melancholic register
What's different Not built around identity or belonging Not really absurd comedy or workplace satire Noticeably slower Where it streams Peacock Premium YouTube TV Peacock Premium Plus Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The IT Crowd.
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1998 · Series · Drama · Comedy
Good match
Why it matches Built around the same identity Centres on the same outsider figure Told the same way, epistolary Shares its playful and melancholic register What's different Not really absurd comedy or workplace satire Not about social hierarchy or corporate culture Darkness Fairly light
Light Dark
Where it streams Peacock Premium Peacock Premium Plus Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against The IT Crowd.
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2007 · Series · Comedy
Worth a look
Why it matches Also geek culture at heart Built around the same social awkwardness and social awkwardness Centres on the same outsider figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not built around identity or belonging Not really absurd comedy or workplace satire Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV TBS Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against The IT Crowd.
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Built around the same belonging and identity Centres on the same outsider figure The Simpsons 1989
Told the same way, anthology and epistolary Centres on the same believer figure Awkward. 2011
Also about social hierarchy Centres on the same outsider figure Coupling 2000
Told the same way, epistolary Shares its playful and melancholic register Seinfeld 1989 · 9 seasons
Built around the same social awkwardness and social awkwardness Told the same way, epistolary Superstore 2015
Also about social hierarchy Centres on the same believer figure We Bare Bears 2015
Built around the same belonging and identity Told the same way, anthology and epistolary 30 Rock 2006
Also absurd comedy at heart Built around the same identity Veep 2012
Watched for the same thing: cringe comedy Centres on the same investigator figure The Nanny 1993
Built around the same belonging Told the same way, epistolary 
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