TV series

The New Normal

2012–2013 · 1 season

A bright, quippy sitcom that feels like a warm hug with a side of snark, mixing modern family chaos with earnest heart.

Overview: Los Angeles couple Bryan and David have successful careers and a loving relationship and are ready for a baby. Just as they start to worry that they will never be blessed with parenthood, they meet Goldie, a waitress who has just moved to California with her precocious eight-year-old daughter to escape from her closed-minded grandmother and a life without a future. The guys quickly work out a deal with Goldie to become their surrogate, and in the process, the little group forms a unique family unit of its own.
How it feels: Warm, light, satirical and earnest. Brisk and easy to follow.
About: Family, parenthood, identity, love
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: The New Normal

Buy in the US

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

More like this

Like The New Normal, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: warmstrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
parenthood
identity
love
found family
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild