After two seasons already established in as a popular and unique new comedy, fans are looking for more shows like The Sex Lives of College Girls. In addition to starring in her own series, she has also launched several others as a producer, including The Sex Lives of College Girls. This comedy aims to take a look at the sex lives of the title characters, and it demonstrates a remarkable complexity in its engagement with this thorny and at-times difficult issue. Additionally, there are a number of other series currently streaming that cover similar territory.

College comedies are typically male-dominated stories but The Sex Lives of College Girls uses the genre to tell hilarious and insightful stories of these complex and fun characters. While fans wait for season 3 of The Sex Lives of College Girls, they can still find some funny coming-of-age stories that similarly mix great characters with funny situations.

10 Love, Victor (2020-2022)

Victor holding a birthday gift in Love, Victor
  • Streaming On Hulu and Disney+

The success of the movie Love, Simon spawned a spinoff, which focuses on the character of Victor, who has to figure out not only who he is but also what he wants in terms of romance. In the course of its three seasons, it addressed a number of issues related to the lives of young LGBTQ+ people, including coming out, friendships, and family. What’s more, it never loses sight of the fact that, at the bottom, it’s a comedy with a big heart.

9 Physical (2021-)

Rose Byrne lies on the floor beside her bed in Physical
  • Streaming On Apple TV+

Apple TV+ has launched a number of series with their own unique takes on the world, and that includes Physical, which stars Rose Byrne as a discontented housewife who finds unexpected empowerment from aerobics. Just as Sex Lives attempts to show the complicated psychology that is always involved with sex, so Physical also immerses the viewer in its main character’s psychology, allowing for a deeper understanding of what makes her tick and why she sees her eating disorder as a means of controlling her body.

8 Queer As Folk (2000-2005)

Characters lying in bed together in Queer as Folk
  • Streaming On Showtime

There are few LGBTQ+ series quite like Queer as Folk, which sought to explore the various ways in which its gay characters navigated life in Pittsburgh in the first few years of the new millennium. It was also very straightforward in its approach to sex, with an explicitness that was notable (even if it was on Showtime). However, what was important was that the sex wasn’t just intended to stimulate; it allowed the series to explore issues such as intimacy, love, and queer friendship in ways that are even now rare on television.

7 Scream Queens (2015-2016)

Chanel and her group standing in the house, looking scared and shocked in Scream Queens
  • Streaming On Hulu

College is a formative time for young women as seen in Sex Lives of College Girls as well as Scream Queens, albeit in much different ways. Ryan Murphy has had quite a career in Hollywood, producing numerous television series which have experienced varying levels of success. Scream Queens, which focused on a clutch of murderous college students, was one of his lesser ventures, but it did have a camp feeling to it that aligned it with other Murphy series such as American Horror Story. And, beneath the murderous facade, the series did demonstrate how often violence lurks beneath the surface of many college campuses.

6 Yellowjackets (2021-)

Allie looking upset in Yellowjackets
  • Streaming On Showtime

The Sex Lives of College Girls isn’t the only series that aims to explore the psychological lives of its characters, as a similar dynamic emerges in the series Yellowjackets. In this case, the series focuses on a group of high school girls who survive a plane crash and look back on the events. Just as Sex Lives aims to blend together elements of psychological drama and comedy, Yellowjackets weaves in elements of horror and mystery and suspense to its dramatic story. Yellowjackets season 2 continues to balance those tones as the story continues.

5 Queens (2021-2022)

The cast members of Queens walk forward and pose
  • Buy On Apple TV

The past few years have seen a number of television series aiming to unpack the relationships that emerge with musical recording groups, even as they also evoke nostalgia for the 1990s. In the case of Queens, the four central characters are members of a female R&B group who reunite after years of estrangement for an attempted return to chart success. As with Sex Lives, it also dives deeply into the personal lives of its characters, all of whom have to balance competing demands and loyalties.

4 Shrill (2019-2021)

Aidy Bryant wearing a purple dress at the pool bar as Annie on Shrill
  • Streaming On Hulu

Aidy Bryant is rightly regarded as one of the longest-running members of Saturday Night Live, and she has a comedic voice that is all her own. That’s what makes her such a success in the series Shrill, based on the book by Lindy West. What’s especially notable about this series is that it is forthright about the fact that it is exploring issues related to weight and the fat-phobia that is so much a part of American culture writ large. Aidy Byant excels at creating a character who is determined to forge a life on her own terms.

3 The Chair (2021)

Ji-Yoon and Bill talk outside in the snow in The Chair
  • Streaming On Netflix

Between Sandra Oh's Grey's Anatomy and Killing Eve roles, she is a very well-respected actress with a number of well-regarded roles under her belt, and that includes her recent character in Netflix’s The Chair, Ji-Yoon Kim, who takes over an English department in crisis. This series approaches college life from the opposite direction of Sex Lives, but it is still a tremendously entertaining, and often hilarious, look at the foibles, flaws, and idiosyncrasies that are such an important part of college life and that dominate the lives of professors.

2 Dear White People (2017-2021)

Three girls laughing and hugging on a bed in Dear White People
  • Streaming On Netflix

There are several series out there, including Sex Lives, that examine fraught cultural territory, but few do so as successfully and rigorously as Dear White People which, like Sex Lives, approaches the issue of race on college campuses. This series largely eschews easy solutions or commentary and opts instead to blend together human drama, comedy, and social engagement in a way that allows its message to land successfully. Unsurprisingly, it has been widely praised and has become one of the best shows to have recently emerged from Netflix.

1 Girls (2012-2017)

Hannah with her head on Adam’s shoulder in Girls
  • Streaming on HBO Max

When Girls aired in 2012, it was like few other shows on television, thanks in large part to the unique creative presence of Lena Dunham, who created the series and also played the main character, Hannah. Like Sex Lives of College Girls, Girls explores various aspects of life for a group of young women trying to make their way in New York City during the 2010s. Though the characters aren’t especially likable, the series does have its own offbeat and caustic sense of humor that allows Girls' enduring appeal.