Chapter 21

Shows like Eastbound & Down

The closest matches on shared genres, ranked by match strength and popularity.

1. 01Drama·Comedy·SportsTed Lasso2020–presentTed Lasso centers on an idealistic — and clueless — all-American football coach hired to manage an English football club — despite having no soccer coaching experience at all.8.1
2. 02Drama·Comedy·SportsWelcome to Wrexham2022–present·FXIn 2020, Rob McElhenney and Ryan Reynolds teamed up to purchase Wrexham AFC, Wales' oldest professional football club, in the hopes of turning the club into an underdog story the whole world could root for.7.4
3. 03Drama·Comedy·SportsBallers2015–2019Same network — HBO·7.6
4. 04Drama·Comedy·SportsRed Oaks2014–2017A young tennis player works at the prestigious and exclusive Red Oaks Country Club during the summer between his sophomore and junior years of college in the 1980s.7.2
5. 05Drama·Comedy·SportsBrockmire2017–2020·IFCBrockmire is a famed major league baseball announcer who suffers an embarrassing and very public meltdown live on the air after discovering his beloved wife's serial infidelity.7.3
6. 06Drama·Comedy·SportsGLOW2017–2019Inspired by the real story of the 1980's female wrestling league, the series -- set in Los Angeles and showcasing big hair and body slams -- is a fictionalized story of an out of work actress who finds one last attempt…7.3

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