breckman lives in madison, new jersey with his wife, documentary filmmaker beth landau, whom he met on the dating pages of nerve.com and who is nicknamed "boo." they have two children, molly and evan. in 2011, andy and beth were a featured couple in the documentary "when strangers click", a film about internet dating. as an engagement present, breckman applied his fiancee's name (spelled "beth landow") to the murder victim in "monk"'s season two (2003) première, "mr. monk goes back to school". he honored his wife again by naming a murder victim after her in "the good cop," season 1, episode 6, "did the tv star do it?".