If You Liked Hacks

Midlife crisis meets police procedural as Nathan Fillion’s John Nolan brings a self-deprecating wit to late-in-life ambition, defying doubters with every clumsy, heartfelt victory.

Ted Lasso turns relentless optimism into an art form, offering big-hearted banter and messy, bruised egos amid the world’s unlikeliest football team.

The Roys put dysfunction and ego on loudspeaker; Succession is a Shakespearean roast of family, ambition, and power-lust, crackling with venomous wit.

Sunshine, secrets, and sharp-tongued satire, The White Lotus delivers vacation drama where nobody—guests or staff—knows how to turn off their performance.

Dragons aside, House of the Dragon is all about ruthless ambition, family scheming, and watching brilliant people self-destruct with Shakespearean swagger.

Hazbin Hotel takes the showbiz of self-improvement literally, with demon divas and devilish repartee headlining a chaotic cabaret for redemption.

In The Bear, ambition and stress are dialed to eleven as cooks battle their egos and each other just to keep a sandwich shop—and themselves—afloat.

Sex Education channels awkward honesty into riotously sharp comedic therapy, with every character putting on a show to hide their own insecurities.

Young Sheldon is equal parts brainy prodigy fish-out-of-water and family friction, with a pint-sized overachiever always ready for a smarty-pants punchline.

Cobra Kai dives into nostalgia and reinvention—old rivals and bruised egos face off for redemption, and nobody ever really lets go of the stage.

Shameless makes chaos an art form—every Gallagher scrambles, scams, and schemes for a better life, laughing through tragedy and never, ever blending in.

Barry’s got ambition, ego, and a killer’s knack for tragicomedy, as a hitman loses himself in L.A.’s theater scene with blood on his hands and dreams in his eyes.