12 Shows to Watch if You Loved ‘Firefly Lane’

It’s official, you’ve binge-watched every episode ofFirefly Lane. And since thesecond halfof season 2lived up to expectations, you’re probably on the hunt for something to fill the Kate and Tully gap left in your heart.

Don’t fret—we’ve rounded up 12 shows similar to theNetflixdrama series that are currently available to stream online. FromGirlfriendstoVirgin River, keep reading for 12 shows likeFirefly Lane.

1.Ginny & Georgia

Ginny (Antonia Gentry) holds resentment toward her single mom, Georgia (Brianne Howey), due to their nomadic lifestyle. The show follows the family as they move to a new town for a fresh start. But when Georgia’s past threatens to disrupt their lives (again), she goes to extreme measures to protect her kids.

2.Life Sentence

When Stella (Lucy Hale) is diagnosed with terminal cancer, she begins to live like there’s no tomorrow. Everything changes when she discovers that she’s been cured, and she must face the aftermath of her choices.

3.From Scratch

Meet Amy (Zoë Saldaña), an American who travels to Italy to explore the world of art, but ends up finding something completely unexpected when she meets a charming chef named Lino (Eugenio Mastrandrea). Cue the romance.

4.Sweet Magnolias

When we first started watchingFireFly Lane, we immediately got some majorSweet Magnoliasvibes (aside from the fact that SW centers around three friends and takes place in South Carolina). In the hit series, Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue team up to turn an old landmark into the spa of their dreams to distract from the fact that Maddie is going through a divorce. In addition to marriage, the show also touches upon themes like romance, family and, of course, friendship.

5.Grace and Frankie

我们显然不能忘记这个系列感觉良好about two women,Grace and Frankie, who bond after learning that their husbands have left them for each other...Naturally, their only solution is to move in together and become BFFs. Luckily, likeFirefly Lane, the comedy, which has a total of six seasons, is currently available to stream on Netflix. And we’re not going to lie, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin might just give Heigl and Chalke a run for their money as our favorite TV pals.

6.Little Fires Everywhere

If you’re like us and loveFirefly Lanefor its inclusion of retro throwbacks (and drama, of course),Little Fires Everywherehas a little bit of both. Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 novel of the same name (which we also recommend), the Hulu miniseries centers around a mother-daughter duo who move to Ohio. Things get sticky after they meet one of their neighbors and her “perfect” family. One main difference between the two shows? LFE contains way more arson.

7.Dead to Me

While the friendship betweenFirefly Lane’sTully and Kate is deeply rooted in their childhood experiences,Dead to Me’sJen and Judy have an incredible bond of their own. In this TV comedy starring Christina Applegate and Linda Cardinelli, two women form a friendship after meeting at a grief counseling session. However, it turns out their newfound relationship may not have been the result of mere coincidence after all.

8.Virgin River

If you’re longing for the same type of cheesiness you get fromFirefly Lane(the good kind of cheesiness), look no further thanVirgin River. The Netflix original, which has managed to become one of the streaming platform’s most popular shows of all time, is all about new beginnings, finding love and building friendships. Of course, the main character, Mel Monroe, has trouble keeping her past in the past. Sensing familiar themes?

9.Tiny Pretty Things

Based on the book of the same name by Dhonielle Clayton and Sona Charaipotra,Tiny Pretty Things跟随舞者进入balle精英t school. And they’ll stop at nothing to achieve their goal of becoming prima ballerina. We mainly included this one for those looking for something to match the more dramatic aspects ofFirefly Lane.

10.Gilmore Girls

If we’re being honest, it might be hard to find a show with more female friendship at its core. AlthoughGilmore Girlscenters around a mother-daughter duo, rather than childhood best friends, the relationships explored are just as, if not more, complex. Also a multi-generational story, the teen drama focuses on a variety of bonds between characters, including both family and romance. Oh, and there are seven seasons streaming so it’s the perfect binge.

11.Looking for Alaska

When Miles “Pudge” Halter enrolls at Culver Creek Preparatory High School, he meets a complicated girl named Alaska, who helps him achieve his life-long dream of chasing the “Great Perhaps” (Renaissance writer François Rabelais’s famous last words). The storytelling is reminiscent ofFirefly Lanebecause it teases what’s to come before backtracking to show what happened.

12.Girlfriends

Back in 2020, Netflix addedseven Black sitcoms to its streaming slate, and luckily, Tracee Ellis Ross’sGirlfriends,was one of them. Like Heigl’sFirefly Lane,the show centers around friends “who challenge and support each other through life's triumphs and disasters.” In addition to Ross, the early 2000s sitcom also stars Golden Brooks, Persia White and Jill Marie Jones.

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