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Shameless(2011-2021)

TV-14
| 57min per episode | Drama, Comedy
4.1/5 (with 1,206 votes)

Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.

Directed by John Wells - With William H. Macy, Emmy Rossum, Justin Chatwin, Ethan Cutkosky, Shanola Hampton, Steve Howey, ...
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Louie(2010-2015)

TV-Y
| Comedy, Drama
3.9/5 (with 225 votes)

Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.

Directed by Louis C.K. - With Louis C.K., Hadley Delany, Ursula Parker, Pamela Adlon

I Hate My Teenage Daughter(2011-2013)

22min per episode | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 8 votes)

I Hate My Teenage Daughter is an American sitcom that ran on Fox from November 30, 2011 to March 20, 2012. It aired at the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm timeslot after The X Factor. The series stars Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran. On May 10, 2012, Fox canceled the series. The six remaining episodes subsequently aired in Australia and New Zealand.

With Jaime Pressly

Single Parents(2018-2020)

TV-PG
| 22min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 25 votes)

A group of single parents lean on each other to help raise their 7-year-old kids and maintain some kind of personal lives outside of parenthood.

Directed by Jason Winer - With Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett, Kimrie Lewis-Davis, Jake Choi

Better Things(2016-2022)

TV-MA
| 23min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.6/5 (with 78 votes)

Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.

With Pamela Adlon

Tessa(2015-2016)

45min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Dutch remake of the Danish show Rita. Tessa is a single mom and high school teacher. Her students love having her as a teacher, but the adults think she's a piece of work.

With Thekla Reuten

Jennifer Falls(2014)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Jennifer Doyle who must move back in with her own mom after being let go from her high-powered, six-figure salary job. With her teenage daughter in tow, Jennifer has to face her new life and figure out what the next steps are to rebuild.

With Jaime Pressly

Marriage Contract(2016)

1h 4min per episode | Drama
3.8/5 (with 13 votes)

A poor, widowed woman desperate to support her 7-year-old daughter and a wealthy business executive with a sick mother enter into a contract marriage.

Was It Love?(2020)

1h 10min per episode | Comedy, Drama
3.3/5 (with 10 votes)

After 14 years devoid of romance, a struggling movie producer and single mom faces the unexpected arrival of 4 men into her life—an author, an actor, a CEO, and a younger man—who might just revive her dormant desire for love.

With Song Ji-hyo, Son Ho-jun, Song Jong-ho, Kim Min-jun, Koo Ja-sung, Kim Da-som, ...
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Mother(2018)

1h 2min per episode | Drama
4.2/5 (with 12 votes)

A young girl named Hye-Na is abused by her mother, Ja-Young. Although she is not okay, she tells other people she is alright. Soo-Jin is a temporary teacher at the elementary school where Hye-Na attends. Soo-Jin is aware of her situation and decides to become her mother.

With Lee Bo-young, Heo Yool, Lee Haeyoung

Perfect Son(2012)

47min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

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The Full Throttle Girl(2011)

54min per episode | Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 4 votes)

Devoted to becoming an international lawyer, Ayukawa Wakaba is full of ambition. Her hard work pays off when she lands a job at an international law firm, but to her disappointment, the first prestigious assignment that is given to her is to babysit the boss' 5 year old daughter, Hinata. Wakaba loathes kids and nursing, but unwillingly takes on the job as she is fixated on wealth and success. One day when she goes to a preschool to pick up Hinata, she meets a man named Yamada Sota. Sota is a man without higher education, wealth, or a future goal, someone that Wakaba absolutely cannot stand, the complete opposite of her ideals. Once again, contrary to her will, she ends up looking after Hinata and a few other kids along with Sota. Despite being exhausted from all the first-time experiences in child care, Wakaba begins to realize what is truly important to her.

With Yui Aragaki, Ryo Nishikido, Hiroyuki Hirayama, Hiroko Yakushimaru, Misako Renbutsu
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Black Kite(2013)

46min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Yasu's mother passed away when he was very young and his father abandoned him. Yasu's wife, Misako, also lost both her parents when she was young. The two spend their days in happiness, watching their young son, Akira, grow up. Unfortunately, a freakish accident occurs that results in Misako sacrificing her life to protect her son. Yasu loses himself in grief and remorse, but recovers as he vows to raise his 3 year-old son as best as possible.

My Girl(2009)

45min per episode | Drama, Kids & Family

Back in his high school years, Kazama Masamune had a girlfriend four years his senior, who one day left to go study abroad. Now, six years later, Kazama hears that his girlfriend has passed away, and that she had secretly given birth to their daughter, who is now five years old. Kazama then decides to raise his daughter on his own.

My Brother's Husband(2018)

49min per episode | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 3 votes)

Yaichi (Ryuta Sato) is a single father and he raises his elementary school aged daughter alone. One day, a foreign man named Mike (Baruto Kaito) visits him. Yaichi has an identical twin brother Ryoji, but Ryoji moved to Canada years ago. They have disconnected since that time. Mike introduces himself as the husband of Ryoji. They are a married gay couple. Yaichi is confused and doesn't know how to deal with Mike.