Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first ever television project, Fubar, premiered on Netflix on May 25 and instantly took the number one spot of Netflix’s Top 10. Schwarzenegger plays a CIA operative who finds out his daughter has also been secretly working for the CIA and they are soon forced to join up as partners for their next mission. The series mixes action and humor while tackling everyday family issues.
Fubar‘s cast also includes Monica Barbaro (Top Gun: Maverick, At Midnight), Fabiana Udenio (Jane The Virgin, The Wedding Planner), Gabriel Luna (The Last of Us, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Barbara Eve Harris (Station 19, Prison Break), Travis Van Winkle (You, The Last Ship), Fortune Feimster (The Mindy Project, Chelsea Lately), and Milan Carter (Dolemite Is My Name, Warped!), Jay Baruchel (BlackBerry, Goon), Aparna Brielle (Boo, Bitch, A.P. Bio), Andy Buckley (Avenue 5, The Office), and Devon Bostick (The 100, Diary of a Wimpy Kid).
If you’re looking for similar shows like Fubar that combine comedy and action, we have 8 suggestions for your next binge session below.
Burn Notice (2007-2013)
Cast: Jeffrey Donovan, Gabrielle Anwar, Bruce Campbell, Coby Bell, Sharon Gless, Paul Tei, Lauren Stamile, Seth Peterson, Marc Macaulay, Brandon Morris
Synopsis: “A spy recently disavowed by the U.S. government uses his special ops training to help others in trouble.”
Where to watch: Disney+, Hulu, Prime Video
Citadel (2023 – )
Cast: Richard Madden, Priyanka Chopra, Stanley Tucci, Ashleigh Cummings, Lesley Manville, Roland Møller, Leo Woodall, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Moira Kelly
Synopsis: “Global spy agency Citadel has fallen, and its agents’ memories were wiped clean. Now the powerful syndicate, Manticore, is rising in the void. Can the Citadel agents recollect their past and summon the strength to fight back?”
Where to watch: Prime Video
Chuck (2007-2012)
Cast: Zachary Levi, Yvonne Strahovski, Joshua Gomez, Sarah Lancaster, Adam Baldwin, Scott Krinsky, Mark Christopher Lawrence, Bonita Friedericy, Matt Bomer, Brandon Routh, Dominic Monaghan, Michael Clarke Duncan, Mini Anden
Synopsis: “When a computer geek inadvertently downloads critical government secrets into his brain, both the CIA and the NSA assign an agent to protect him and exploit his newfound skills.”
Where to watch: Apple TV, Max, NBC.com
Covert Affairs (2010-2014)
Cast: Piper Perabo, Christopher Gorham, Sendhil Ramamurthy, Kari Matchett, Peter Gallagher, Anne Dudek, Gregory Itzin, Avigail Humphreys, Eion Bailey, Hill Harper, Emmanuelle Vaugier, Sarah Clarke, Richard Coyle
Synopsis: “Fresh out of the farm, Annie Walker must adapt to the challenging life of a CIA operative under the guidance of her handler, Auggie. But soon she realizes her recruit might have to do with her last boyfriend rather than her talent.”
Where to watch: Peacock, Plex
Killing Eve (2018-2022)
Cast: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw, Kim Bodnia, Owen McDonnell, Camille Cottin, Sean Delaney, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Edward Bluemel, Harriet Walter, Gemma Whelan, David Haig, Nina Sosanya, Darren Boyd, Anjana Vasan
Synopsis: “After a series of events, the lives of a security operative and an assassin become inextricably linked.”
Where to watch: Disney+, Hulu
The Recruit (2022 – )
Cast: Noah Centineo, Laura Haddock, Fivel Stewart, Kaylah Zander, Aarti Mann, Amanda Schull, Colton Dunn
Synopsis: “A fledgling lawyer at the CIA becomes enmeshed in dangerous international power politics when a former asset threatens to expose the nature of her long-term relationship with the agency unless they exonerate her of a serious crime.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Slow Horses (2022 – )
Cast: Gary Oldman, Jonathan Pryce, Jack Lowden, Olivia Cooke, Rosalind Eleazar, Kristin Scott Thomas, Saskia Reeves, Freddie Fox, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Dustin Demri-Burns, Tamsin Topolski
Synopsis: “Slow Horses follows a team of British intelligence agents who serve in a dumping ground department of MI5 – Slough House. Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, the brilliant but irascible leader of the spies who end up in Slough House due to their career-ending mistakes.”
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Tulsa King (2022 – )
Cast: Sylvester Stallone, Andrea Savage, Dana Delany, Scarlet Rose Stallone, Tatiana Zappardino, Garrett Hedlund, Domenick Lombardozzi, Max Casella, Jay Will, Michael Beach, Ritchie Coster, Annabella Sciorra
Synopsis: “Tulsa King follows New York mafia capo Dwight “The General” Manfredi (Sylvester Stallone), just after he is released from prison after 25 years and unceremoniously exiled by his boss to set up shop in Tulsa, Okla. Realizing that his mob family may not have his best interests in mind, Dwight slowly builds a “crew” from a group of unlikely characters, to help him establish a new criminal empire in a place that to him might as well be another planet.”
Where to watch: Paramount+
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