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Shows Like My Mad Fat Diary

If My Mad Fat Diary worked for you because of its community, compassion, and emotionally grounded stories, start with It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Oh My Venus, and Fleabag. The list leans toward comedy and drama stories with a similar sense of human stories. It prioritises shared tone and story shape rather than relying on broad genre matching alone.

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Audience fit

Why My Mad Fat Diary fans may like these shows

If you enjoyed My Mad Fat Diary, try It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Oh My Venus, and Fleabag. These recommendations focus on comedy and drama shows that share heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a similar storytelling rhythm.

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The closest TV shows to watch after My Mad Fat Diary

Each recommendation includes the reasoning behind the pick, so you can see why it may suit fans of My Mad Fat Diary.

It's Okay to Not Be Okay

It's Okay to Not Be Okay is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Drama and Comedy Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Desperate to escape from his emotional baggage and the heavy responsibility he’s had all his life, a psychiatric ward worker begins to heal with help from the unexpected – a woman who writes fairy tales but doesn’t…

Oh My Venus

Oh My Venus is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Dumped by her boyfriend of 15 years for gaining weight, a lawyer gets help from a hotshot personal trainer to get in shape and turn her life around.

Fleabag

Fleabag is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the…

Maniac

Maniac is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Two strangers are drawn to a mysterious pharmaceutical trial that will, they're assured, with no complications or side-effects whatsoever, solve all of their problems, permanently. Things do not go as planned.

Entourage

Entourage is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, Film star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.

Kaamelott

Kaamelott is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, Kaamelott is a French comedy medieval fantasy television series created, directed, written, scored, and edited by Alexandre Astier, who also starred as the main character. The series, which originally ran for six…

Shameless

Shameless is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in…

Arrested Development

Arrested Development is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, The story of a wealthy family that lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy Quality fallback: this title survived the same relevance and quality filters as the main recommendations. In practical terms, Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead…

Orange Is the New Black

Orange Is the New Black is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Drama and Comedy Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, A crime she committed in her youthful past sends Piper Chapman to a women's prison, where she trades her comfortable New York life for one of unexpected camaraderie and conflict in an eccentric group of fellow inmates.

Weeds

Weeds is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Story-shape signal: this title was selected because its themes and tone are a close fit. In practical terms, After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.

Awkward.

Awkward. is a strong follow-up to My Mad Fat Diary because it offers heart, warmth and a strong sense of place and a comparable sense of human stories. Shared genre fit: Comedy and Drama Recommendation graph signal: this title appears close to the anchor show in recommendation data. In practical terms, An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is…

What makes a good show like My Mad Fat Diary?

A good replacement for My Mad Fat Diary is not just another show in the same broad genre. The best matches keep the parts viewers remember most: community, compassion, and emotionally grounded stories, a warm but emotional atmosphere and human stories. That is why the ranking combines several signals before a title reaches the final list.

How these recommendations are chosen

Audience behaviour: Reddit-style co-mentions and pair signals help identify shows viewers naturally compare or recommend together. Recommendation graph: TMDB recommendation data helps identify titles that sit close to the anchor show. Story fit: genre overlap, semantic keywords and concept-specific guardrails reduce lazy matches that share only a surface-level category. Quality control: vote average, vote count, popularity and freshness checks help remove weak or low-confidence titles from public SEO pages.

Editor's verdict

The strongest starting point is It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Oh My Venus, and Fleabag because the list balances similarity, quality and viewer behaviour. For best results, choose the recommendation that matches the part of My Mad Fat Diary you liked most: tone, characters, setting, mystery, tension or long-form payoff.

Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Which shows capture the same warmth as My Mad Fat Diary?

Series like It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Oh My Venus, and Fleabag work well because they balance emotion, community and ongoing personal stories in a way fans of My Mad Fat Diary often respond to.

Are these recommendations as gentle as My Mad Fat Diary?

Not every show here has exactly the same tone, but they were chosen because they share some combination of compassion, character focus and emotionally grounded storytelling rather than relying on spectacle alone.

What should I watch after My Mad Fat Diary for more character-led drama?

Start with It's Okay to Not Be Okay, Oh My Venus, and Fleabag if you want more relationship-driven storytelling, a strong sense of place and characters you can settle in with over time.

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