It’s been Mindy Kaling’s Not Right for Work, about five recent graduates in Manhattan, while the second season of FX’s chaotic but cozy Grown-Ups premieres today, focusing on another quintet’s shared house across the water in Queens. Beyond the Big Apple, other shows following a similar Friends-style model have included Kaling’s show The Sex Lives of College Girls about four college friends in Vermont, and HBO’s irreverent I Love LA: Internet “It Girl,” Rachel Sennott’s show about aspiring West Coast influencers.
