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{{Short description|American crime drama series (1999–2005)}}
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{{Infobox television
| image              = Third Watch (NBC TV series) logo.svg
| caption            =
| genre              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Crime drama]]
* [[Medical drama]]
* [[Police procedural]]
}}
| creator            = {{Plainlist|
* [[John Wells (TV producer)|John Wells]]
* [[Edward Allen Bernero]]
}}
| starring           = {{Plainlist|
* [[Michael Beach]]
* [[Coby Bell]] 
* [[Bobby Cannavale]]
* [[Eddie Cibrian]]
* [[Molly Price]]
* [[Kim Raver]]
* [[Anthony Ruivivar]]
* [[Skipp Sudduth]]
* [[Jason Wiles]]
* [[Amy Carlson]]
* [[Chris Bauer]]
* [[Tia Texada]]
* [[Nia Long]]
* [[Bonnie Dennison]]
* [[Cara Buono]]
* [[Josh Stewart]]
}}
| opentheme          = "[[Keep Hope Alive]]" by [[The Crystal Method]]{{efn|An instrumental version of "[[Right Here, Right Now (Fatboy Slim song)|Right Here, Right Now]]" by [[Fatboy Slim]] is the opening theme in "Welcome to Camelot".}}
| country            = United States
| language           = English
| num_seasons        = 6
| num_episodes       = 132
| list_episodes      = List of Third Watch episodes
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
* [[Christopher Chulack]]
* [[John Wells (filmmaker)|John Wells]]
* [[Edward Allen Bernero]]
* John Romano
* Brooke Kennedy
* Jorge Zamacona
}}
| camera             = [[Single camera setup|Single-camera]]
| company            = {{Plainlist|
* [[John Wells (TV producer)|John Wells Productions]]
* [[Warner Bros. Television]]
}}
| runtime            = 43–44 minutes
| network            = [[NBC]]
| first_aired        = {{Start date|1999|9|23}}
| last_aired         = {{End date|2005|5|6}}
| related            = ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''<br>''[[Medical Investigation]]'' 
}}

'''''Third Watch''''' is an American [[crime drama]] television series created by [[John Wells (TV producer)|John Wells]] and [[Edward Allen Bernero]] that aired on [[NBC]] from September 23, 1999, to May 6, 2005, with a total of [[List of Third Watch episodes|132 episodes]] spanning over six seasons. It was produced by John Wells Productions, in association with [[Warner Bros. Television]].

The show takes place in New York City, and was filmed on location there. It stars an [[ensemble cast]] of characters, the storylines centered on the lives of police officers in the [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD) and the firefighters and Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Personnel in the [[New York City Fire Department]] (FDNY), all working the same fictional [[police precinct|precinct]] during the 3:00&nbsp;p.m. to 11:00&nbsp;p.m. shift, also known as the "third [[Watch system|watch]]".

After the [[September 11 attacks]] hit New York in 2001, season three opened with the episode "In Their Own Words", which aired on October 15, 2001, and featured interviews with real-life NYPD and FDNY members who responded to the attacks. The following episode was titled "September Tenth".