Ideally, this would be all TV shows, but I’ve included a few films to plug the years I couldn’t find a show set in America for that time period. Any suggestions for improving upon this list?
1917 TO 2017
1917 - 1918 - Sergeant York (film) 1919 - No God, No Master (film)
1920 - 1931 - Boardwalk Empire (TV)
1932 - 1933 - Once Upon a Time in America (film)
1933 - 1936 - Race (film)
1937 - Chinatown (film)
1938 - 1939 - Grapes of Wrath (film)
1939 - 1941 - Tora! Tora! Tora! (film)
1942 - 1945 - Band of Brothers (TV)
1945 - 42 (film)
1946 - Notorious (film)
1947 - Miracle on 34th Street (film)
1948 - Devil in a Blue Dress (film)
1949 - The Man Who Wasn’t There (film)
1950 - 1953 - MASH (TV)
1951 - 1957 - I Love Lucy (TV)
1955 - 1965 - Happy Days (TV)
1960 - 1971 - Mad Men (TV)
1968 - 1973 - Wonder Years (TV)
1974 - All The Presidents Men (film)
1975 - JAWS (film)
1976 - 1979 - That 70s Show (TV)
1980 - Freaks and Geeks (TV)
1981 - Wet Hot American Summer (TV / film)
1982 - 1987 - Everybody Hates Chris (TV)
1988 - 1997 - Roseanne (TV)
1994 - 2004 - Friends (TV)
2005 - 2013 - The Office (TV)
2014 - 2017 - Blackish (TV)