Shows Like NYPD Blue

Steven Bochco's spiritual predecessor to NYPD Blue with the same gritty ensemble precinct format; also stars Dennis Franz

Created by Bochco, Milch and Finkelstein, same NYC precinct ensemble formula and tone

Late-90s NYC ensemble drama covering the same precincts and era with similar gritty realism

Concurrent 90s NYC police procedural about detectives working the same streets

The other defining 90s NYC police procedural - ran in parallel and shared the gritty Manhattan crime aesthetic

NYPD Major Case Squad procedural in the same Dick Wolf NYC universe

David Simon's deeply realistic ensemble police drama that shares NYPD Blue's commitment to gritty precinct authenticity and morally complex cops

NYC detective character study with the same self-destructive cop archetype as Sipowicz

NYPD family drama covering the same New York policing world a generation later

Modern NYC police procedural in the L&O continuum

British procedural with the same internal-affairs and dirty-cop themes that defined NYPD Blue's later seasons

NYPD-set drama centered on dirty cops and morally compromised detectives

Character-driven police procedural led by a complex lead detective in the NYPD Blue mold

Set in 90s Boston with the same era of dirty-cop corruption stories NYPD Blue mined

NYPD homicide procedural, though lighter in tone than NYPD Blue

Gritty rogue-cop and cover-up drama in the NYC metro area

Ensemble precinct procedural following young cops, lighter Toronto-set take on the format

Earlier veteran-cop-trains-rookies precinct drama in the pre-NYPD Blue era

Modern Blue Bloods spin-off carrying forward the police-family procedural lineage

NYC crime drama with corrupt-cop and organized-crime themes, though told from the criminal side