Are hangout sitcoms selling Gen Z its own friendship FOMO?

A new wave of internet-native “hangout sitcoms” is putting friendship and group survival ahead of traditional romance.
Shows like Adults, Overcompensating, Not Suitable For Work and I Love LA capture the messy realities of modern young adulthood.
In Adults, five twentysomethings share a Queens home because they cannot afford New York rent alone, turning friendship into a survival strategy.
The trend taps into Gen Z’s friendship FOMO amid a global loneliness crisis and the decline of physical “third places”.

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