The highly anticipated third season of Sweet Magnolias dropped on Thursday, July 20 with all 10 episodes on Netflix. If you’re a big fan of the show, then you’ve probably binged the new season by now. It centers around three best friends, Maddie, Helen, and Dana Sue, born and raised in a small southern town where everybody knows everybody and everybody knows everybody’s business. While we wait for news on a potential fourth season, here are 12 shows like Sweet Magnolias to stream next.
Anne With an E (2017-2019)
Cast: Amybeth McNulty, Lucas Jade Zumann, Geraldine James, Dalila Bela, Aymeric Jett Montaz, R. H. Thomson, Kyla Matthews, Cory Gruter Andrew, Corrine Koslo, Dalmar Abuzeid, Jacob Ursomarzo, Miranda McKeon
Synopsis: “Set in Prince Edward Island in the late 1890s, the series centers on Anne Shirley (Amybeth McNulty), a young orphaned girl who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an aging sister and brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform the lives of Marilla (Geraldine James) and Matthew Cuthbert (R.H. Thomson) and eventually the entire small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Brothers and Sisters (2006-2011)
Cast: Sally Field, Dave Annable, Calista Flockhart, Matthew Rhys, Rachel Griffiths, Patricia Wettig, Luke Macfarlane, Balthazar Getty, Ron Rifkin, Rob Lowe, Emily VanCamp, Ken Olin, Sarah Jane Morris
Synopsis: “Drama series that surrounds a big family, the Walkers, consisting of a mother and her five adult children.”
Where to watch: Disney+, Hulu
Chesapeake Shores (2016-2022)
Cast: Meghan Ory, Jesse Metcalfe, Laci J Mailey, Brendan Penny, Robert Buckley, Treat Williams, Emilie Ullerup, Barbara Niven, Diane Ladd, Andrew Francis, Abbie Magnuson, Jessica Sipos, Carlo Marks, Greyston Holt
Synopsis: “A young woman returns to her hometown to help save her sister’s failing inn, where she contends with memories and faces from her past.”
Where to watch: Hallmark Channel, fuboTV, Prime Video
Everwood (2002-2006)
Cast: Gregory Smith, Treat Williams, Emily VanCamp, Vivien Cardone, Chris Pratt, Tom Amandes, John Beasley, Stephanie Niznik, Debra Mooney, Sarah Drew, Scott Wolf, Sarah Lancaster, Marcia Cross, Justin Baldoni
Synopsis: “A widowed brain surgeon from Manhattan moves his two children to the small mountain town of Everwood, Colorado.”
Where to watch: Apple TV
Firefly Lane (2021-2023)
Cast: Katherine Heigl, Sarah Chalke, Ben Lawson, Roan Curtis, Ali Skovbye, Beau Garrett, Ignacio Serricchio, Jon-Michael Ecker, Yael Yurman, India de Beaufort, Jason McKinnon, Chris McNally, Paul McGillion, Brandon Jay McLaren
Synopsis: “Tully and Kate meet as young girls on Firefly Lane and become inseparable best friends through 30 years of ups and downs.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Hart of Dixie (2011-2015)
Cast: Rachel Bilson, Wilson Bethel, Cress Williams, Scott Porter, Jaime King, Kaitlyn Black, Tim Matheson, Reginald VelJohnson, McKaley Miller, Mallory Moye, Brandi Burkhardt, Claudia Lee, Josh Cooke, Matt Hobby
Synopsis: “New Yorker and new doctor Zoe Hart accepts an offer from a stranger, Dr. Harley Wilkes, to work in his medical practice in Bluebell, Alabama. She arrives to find that he has died and left half the practice to her in his will.”
Where to watch: Max, Plex
Heartland (2007 – )
Cast: Amber Marshall, Graham Wardle, Michelle Morgan, Jessica Steen, Alisha Newton, Shaun Johnston, Chris Potter, Jessica Amlee, Jessica Steen, Kerry James, Gabriel Hogan, Nathaniel Arcand
Synopsis: “Follows life on the Heartland ranch as sisters Amy and Lou, together with their grandfather Jack, deal with the challenges of running a ranch that has been in the family for generations.”
Where to watch: CGC Gem, Hulu, Netflix
Offspring (2010-2017)
Cast: Asher Keddie, Kat Stewart, Matthew Le Nevez, Richard Davies, Don Hany, John Waters, Linda Cropper, Jane Harber, Eddie Perfect, Alexander England, Alicia Gardiner
Synopsis: “The story of the impossible loves of 30-something obstetrician Nina Proudman and her fabulously messy family.”
Where to watch: Hulu
This Is Us (2016-2022)
Cast: Milo Ventimiglia, Chrissy Metz, Sterling K. Brown, Mandy Moore, Justin Hartley, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan, Jon Huertas, Hannah Zeile, Niles Fitch, Mackenzie Hancsicsak
Synopsis: “A heartwarming and emotional story about a unique set of triplets, their struggles, and their wonderful parents.”
Where to watch: Disney+, Hulu, NBC App
Virgin River (2019 – )
Cast: Alexandra Breckenridge, Martin Henderson, Annette O’Toole, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Lauren Hammersley, Colin Lawrence, Zibby Allen, Sarah Dugdale, Grayson Maxwell Gurnsey, Mark Ghanime, Kai Bradbury, Jenny Cooper, Lexa Doig
Synopsis: “Searching for a fresh start, a nurse practitioner moves from LA to a remote northern California town and is surprised by what – and who – she finds.”
Where to watch: Netflix
When Calls The Heart (2014 – )
Cast: Erin Krakow, Chris McNally, Kevin McGarry, Daniel Lissing, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Martin Cummins, Loretta Walsh, Johannah Newmarch, Kavan Smith, Gracyn Shinyei, Lori Loughlin, Hrothgar Mathews, Ben Rosenbaum, Jaiven Natt, Ava Grace Cooper
Synopsis: “Elizabeth Thatcher, a young school teacher from a wealthy Eastern family, migrates from the big city to teach school in a small coal mining town in the west.”
Where to watch: Hallmark Channel, Prime Video
When Hope Calls (2019 – )
Cast: Morgan Kohan, Ryan-James Hatanaka, Wendy Crewson, Neil Crone, Ava Weiss, Jefferson Brown, Liam MacDonald, Jocelyn Hudon, Greg Hovanessian, Elizabeth Saunders, Hanneke Talbot, Simon Webster, Kate Moyer
Synopsis: “Spinoff series of When Calls the Heart centering on the lives of orphan siblings Lillian and Grace, who grow up apart but reunite later in adulthood in the early 1900s.”
Where to watch: Hallmark Channel, Prime Video
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