Dear John vs Minimum Security

Minimum Security has the higher audience score (10/10 against 5.7/10 for Dear John). Dear John is the older of the two (1988 against 2026). Both are comedy shows, so they suit a similar mood.

Dear John posterDear John1988 VS Minimum Security posterMinimum Security2026
Dear JohnMinimum Security
Audience score★ 5.7/10★ 10.0/10
Year19882026
Seasons41
GenresComedyComedy
Country––
Creator / director–John Wax
Main castJudd Hirsch, Jere Burns, Jane Carr, William O'Leary, Isabella HofmannDavid Ayala, Ramzy Bedia, Gustave Kervern, Jean-Pascal Zadi, Audrey Lamy

Synopsis

Dear John

Dear John starred Judd Hirsch as easygoing Drake Prep high school teacher John Lacey who is dumped by his wife, Wendy, via a Dear John letter. Wendy ends up with everything in the divorce settlement, including custody of the couple's son, forcing John to move into an apartment in Ozone Park, Queens. John soon joins the One-2-One Club, a self help group for divorced, widowed or lonely people. The group is led by Louise (Jane Carr), a…

Minimum Security

Corinne runs Chénoise prison with her unlikely team: By-the-book Jeff, JP who's always been closer to inmates than colleagues, and rookie Stéphanie.

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