Series like My Name Is Earl

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Genres: Comedy
Available on: Disney+ (May have changed. Report.)
Facts: First aired: 2005-09-20    Status: Ended    Runtime: 25
Earl Hickey's life has been full of poor choices and mistakes, and upon discovering that he is the holder of a winning lottery ticket, Earl is hit by a car and the ticket blows out of his hand as he lies unconscious in the street. While recovering in the hospital and watching television, Earl has a karmic epiphany…

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This list currently contains 1 direct community recommendations and 19 additional matches from rating similarity. Genres such as Comedy help keep the fallback matches close to the starting series.

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