10 Best TV Shows Set in the White House

The White House provides a versatile backdrop for television—high stakes, shifting power dynamics, and room for satire, comedy, drama and historical retellings. Shows set there often focus on the president, the staff, or both, and the location shapes everything from workplace comedies to tense thrillers.

The Night Agent follows Peter Sutherland, a low-ranking FBI officer who answers a phone in the White House basement and uncovers a conspiracy involving the President. Tyler Perry's The Oval embraces soap-opera melodrama with twists, cover-ups and toxic relationships.

In Designated Survivor, Tom Kirkman becomes President after the U.S. Capitol is attacked, producing a gripping, unlikely rise to power. Veep centers on Selina Meyer and her chaotic time as Vice President, a series that earned Julia Louis-Dreyfus and the show 17 Emmy Award wins.

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