Shows to watch after the bear

OOn June 27, FX on Hulu will release the entire third season of The bear, recently won 10 Emmy awards. For fans of the series, it’s a real relief to have the acclaimed dramatic comedy back; few other recent shows in recent years have garnered as much attention and started as many conversations. But what happens after you consume all 10 episodes in the first few days?

Here are 15 other TV series to check out after watching The beardivided by the void you hope to fill.

Restaurant programs

Bitter sweet

You might be surprised how many TV shows are set in restaurants, but this half-hour Starz drama features many of the same elements as The bear, especially when it comes to the overwhelming stress (and strangely addictive thrill) of working at a highly regarded establishment. Based on the novel of the same name by Stephanie Danler – who also worked as a waitress at an acclaimed New York restaurant –Bitter sweet is not a excellent show, but it gets the job done – and it stars Ella Purnell, who has since gone on to land big roles in Yellow jackets It is To fall.

Midnight Dinner

This Japanese anthology series on Netflix revolves around a late-night restaurant in Tokyo owned by an anonymous chef known as “the Master.” Each mostly self-contained episode follows a specific customer going through some personal drama as the Master prepares their favorite meal, with the dish often playing an important role in the customer’s story. Midnight Dinner It’s a great food show and a great show about humanity.

Anthony Bourdain: No reservations

The late Anthony Bourdain was the famous celebrity chef behind cooking and travel shows such as No reservations (2005–2012) and its follow-up, Parts unknown (2013–2018). And although the non-fiction nature of No reservations distinguishes it from a scripted series like The bear, his infectious passion for food and culture is worth checking out. And you can always binge Parts unknown when you run out of episodes. Both are streaming on Max.

FX and Hulu Dramas

Reserve dogs

The bear is part of a lineage of half-hour dramatic comedies, many of which have also found a home on FX. And there is nothing better than Reserve dogs, which aired its final season last year. Set in rural Oklahoma, the series follows four indigenous teenagers and their families in the small reservation community. Beyond what the show has done with representation — featuring all Indigenous writers and directors, for the first time — it’s one of the funniest, most moving and deeply hopeful series of the last decade.

Atlanta

Want more The bearthe occasional journeys of surrealism and short story structuring? check out Atlanta, Donald Glover’s dreamy dramedy about up-and-coming rapper Alfred “Paper Boi” Miles (Brian Tyree Henry) and his manager Earn (Glover). The series offers countless strange and funny new angles on race and the black experience, even dipping into the horror genre from time to time. Many programs have tried to replicate Atlanta‘success in varying degrees –David It’s decent – but nothing quite like the original.

Ramie

As The bearis Carmy, the title character of Ramie He is a very, very flawed young man. A first-generation American Muslim, Ramy (played by Ramy Youssef) lives in New Jersey with his parents and sister, and you want to root for him to figure out his career, his love life, and his faith. But sometimes it’s hard to love someone so dedicated to self-sabotage – especially when you don’t know if they’re truly learning from their mistakes. Still, as frustrating as this viewing experience can be, it’s rewarding for all the moments of insight and humor each season brings.

Best things

Looking for something alternately stressful and relaxing? Pamela Adlon Best things is a difficult but empathetic comedy-drama about aging and motherhood. Adlon stars as Sam, an actress working in Los Angeles who juggles her career with existential crises, failed relationships and the conflicting attentions of her three daughters. One of the most moving depictions of single parenthood on TV.

Shows about creative or professional soulmates

Mythic Quest

The writers of The bear They flatly refused to turn Carmy and Sydney’s intense professional relationship into a romantic one, despite the hopes of some shippers. The Apple TV+ series Mythic Quest, a workplace comedy about a video game studio, features a similar duo: creative director and ideas man Ian (creator Rob McElhenney) and brilliant engineer Poppy (Charlotte Nicdao), two best friends who repeatedly fight over ego. , jealousy and control issues. And the show is even more adamant in its stance on the impossibility of them being together – in season two, Poppy has a sex dream about Ian, but it’s more about seeking approval than attraction, and she’s utterly horrified by it.

Stop and catch fire

The first season of this underrated AMC drama, centered largely on mysterious businessman Joe MacMillan (Lee Pace) and computer engineer Gordon Clark (Scoot McNairy), resulted in a solid period drama about the beginning of the personal computer revolution. But the series only really takes off in the second season, reconfigured with programmer Cameron Howe (Mackenzie Davis) and Gordon’s brilliant engineer wife, Donna, as the true protagonists. Cameron and Donna’s complex and transformative friendship and partnership is one of my favorite dynamics in all of television.

For all humanity

There’s a lot of family drama on Apple TV+ For all humanity, but this is ultimately a show about close workplace friendships, especially among astronauts, engineers, and administrators who work at NASA. Take stubborn traditionalist Ed Baldwin (Joel Kinnaman) and gentle pragmatist Danielle Poole (Krys Marshall), two astronauts who butt heads whenever they get along, especially as the show progresses. Or the eventual director of NASA, Margo Madison (Wrenn Schmidt) and her undocumented protégé Aleida Rosales (Coral Peña). In this show, relationships matter as much as the race to the new frontier.

Hacks

This HBO dramedy created by Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs and Jen Statsky is set in the world of stand-up comedy, centering on the partnership between the legendary Deborah Vance (Jean Smart) and her new head writer Ava (Hannah Einbinder). Three seasons later, the two still can’t openly acknowledge how much they need each other, but the value of their symbiosis is clear: Deborah needs Ava’s help to stay relevant, and Ava needs Deborah’s wisdom (and toughness) to understand. herself. place in the world.

Other shows with the cast of The bear

Shameless

Jeremy Allen White deserves all the praise he receives for his starring role as Carmy in The bear. But he also gave a breakthrough performance in the Showtime dramedy Shameless, where he played Lip, the second oldest brother of the Gallagher family, academically gifted but unmotivated. The later seasons may be uneven, but the fourth season – the series’ peak – may still contain the best performance of White’s career.

Girls

Before Ebon Moss-Bachrach played the most repulsive (and strangely lovable) main character in The bearHe played the most disgusting (and not at all lovable) character on the HBO series Girls: Desi Harperin, the longtime creative and romantic partner of Marnie Michaels (Allison Williams). Girls It’s worth checking out if you’re eager to see more of Moss-Bachrach at his best/worst (he first appears in season three), but it’s also one of this century’s funniest and most astute dissections of privileged youth and arrested development.

Clone high

This hilarious animated comedy about a school full of cloned historical figures has a long and tortured history: After airing one season on MTV in 2003 and attracting controversy in India for its portrayal of Gandhi, the series was canceled. It wasn’t until 2023 that the series’ huge cult following got their wish: a complete revival of Max, with new clone characters including Frida Kahlo (voiced by Vicci Martinez) and Harriet Tubman (voiced by Vicci Martinez)The bear(Ayo Edebiri).

Loiter Squad

In his role as the sweet and sensitive pastry chef Marcus in The bear, Lionel Boyce has recently become known to a much wider audience. But before his breakout role, Boyce was L-Boy, a member of the hip-hop collective Odd Future. This means he also had a regular spot in Loiter Squad, sketch comedy series from Odd Future for Adult Swim. With its light-hearted and very funny 10-minute episodes, Max is worth checking out – especially if you’re interested in seeing Boyce in a different light.