Overcompensating is a teen comedy-drama series created by Benito Skinner. The Prime Video series follows Benny, a closeted former high school football star, as he arrives in college and befriends an outsider in an attempt to fit in. Overcompensating stars Benito Skinner, Wally Baram, Mary Beth Barone, Adam DiMarco, and Rish Shah. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, touching drama, and compelling characters in Overcompensating, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Love, Victor (Hulu)
Love, Victor is a teen romantic comedy-drama series created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger. Based on the young adult 2015 novel of the same name by Becky Albertalli, the Hulu series is set in the world of 2018 film Love, Simon and it follows Victor, a teen gay boy as he transfers to a new high school and is soon forced to come out as gay after he is blackmailed. Love, Victor stars Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, James Martinez, and Ana Ortiz.
Heartstopper (Netflix)
Heartstopper is a British coming-of-age teen romantic drama series created by Alice Oseman. Based on Oseman’s webcomic and graphic novel of the same name, the Netflix series follows Charlie Spring, a gay teen boy who falls for his fellow classmate, Nick. Heartstopper stars Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Tobie Donovan, Jenny Walser, Sebastian Croft, Cormac Hyde-Corrin, and Olivia Colman.
Sex Education (Netflix)
Sex Education is a British teen sex comedy-drama series created by Laurie Nunn. The Netflix series is set in a small British town of Moordale, and it follows Otis Milburn and his fellow students at Moordale Secondary School as he opens an underground sex clinic by using the information he learned from his sex therapist mother to help the students explore their sexuality and earn money. Sex Education stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Alistair Petrie, Mimi Keene, Aimee Lou Wood, Chaneil Kular, Simone Ashley, and Tanya Reynolds.
Genera+ion (Tubi)
Genera+ion is a comedy drama series created by Zelda and Daniel Barnz. The HBO Max series is set in a conservative community in Orange County, California, and it revolves around a unique group of friends consisting of students from high school sophomores and juniors as they explore modern sexuality while trying to understand the beliefs about life, love, and relationships that their families have ingrained in them. Genera+ion stars Nathanya Alexander, Chloe East, Nava Mau, Lukita Maxwell, Hayley Sanchez, Uly Schlesinger, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett, Chase Shui Wonders, Justice Smith, and Martha Plimpton.
Everything Sucks! (Netflix)
Everything Sucks! is a teen coming-of-age comedy-drama series created by Ben York Jones and Michael Mohan. The Netflix series is set in 1996 in the small town of Boring, Oregon, and it follows a group of high school students as they explore love and their sexuality. Everything Sucks! stars Jahi Di’Allo Winston, Peyton Kennedy, Patch Darragh, Claudine Mboligikpelani Nako, Rio Mangini, Quinn Liebling, Sydney Sweeney, and Elijah Stevenson.
Heartbreak High (Netflix)
Heartbreak High is an Australian teen comedy-drama series created by Hannah Carroll Chapman. Serving as a soft reboot of the Network Ten series of the same name, the Netflix series revolves around the daily struggles of Hartley High’s students and teachers, including romance, teen angst, and real-world issues. Heartbreak High stars Ayesha Madon, Thomas Weatherall, Bryn Chapman Parish, Asher Yasbincek, James Majoos, Chloé Hayden, and Will McDonald.
The Sex Lives of College Girls (HBO Max & Prime Video Add-On)
The Sex Lives of College Girls is a sex comedy-drama series created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble. The HBO Max series is set on the premises of the fictional Essex College in Vermont, and it follows four freshmen girls who are roommates and try to support each other through the various hurdles that adulthood brings. The Sex Lives of College Girls stars Pauline Chalamet, Amrit Kaur, Renee Rapp, Alyah Chanelle Scott, Gavin Leatherwood, Christopher Meyer, Ilia Isorelýs Paulino, and Renika Williams.
Fresh Meat (Prime Video, Pluto TV, Tubi & fuboTV)
Fresh Meat is a British comedy-drama series created by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain. The Channel 4 series revolves around six students as they begin their education at the Manchester Medlock University. They live together in an off-campus house and support each other through life’s various ups and downs. Fresh Meat stars Zawe Ashton, Greg McHugh, Kimberley Nixon, Charlotte Ritchie, Joe Thomas, Jack Whitehall, Jelka van Houten, Faye Marsay, Robert Webb, and Tony Gardner.
Chewing Gum (Max, Peacock, Tubi, Britbox & Rent on Prime Video)
Chewing Gum is a British sex cringe comedy series created by Michaela Coel. Based on Coel’s 2012 play Chewing Gum Dreams, the Netflix series follows Tracey Gordon, a young woman, as she begins living with her friends. Her strict religious upbringing hinders her wish to explore her sexuality and her love for all things Beyoncé. Chewing Gum stars Coel, Danielle Isaie, Robert Lonsdale, John MacMillan, Tanya Franks, Kadiff Kirwan, Susan Wokoma, and Shola Adewusi.
Derry Girls (Netflix)
Derry Girls is a British period teen comedy series created by Lisa McGee. The Channel 4 series is set in the 1990s during the final years of the Troubles in the small town of Derry in Northern Ireland. It revolves around four teenage girls and a guy as they attend a girls’ Catholic secondary school, Lady Immaculate College. The group gets into various misadventures and leads a carefree life despite all of the tragedy going on around them. Derry Girls stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn.