List of television shows set in New York City
This page provides a partial list of television shows set in New York City.
Shows set primarily in the five boroughs
1940s–1960s
Tom's Restaurant, at West 112th Street and Broadway, was used as the establishing shot for "Monk's Cafe" on Seinfeld, a program that satirized life on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Kay and Johnny | 1947 | 1950 | |
| The Goldbergs | 1949 | 1956 | The Bronx, moved to fictional Haverville, New York in final season. |
| I Love Lucy | 1951 | 1957 | Upper East Side, moved to Connecticut in final season. |
| My Little Margie | 1952 | 1957 | Upper Fifth Avenue |
| Meet Millie | 1952 | 1956 | Jackson Heights, Queens |
| Today | 1952 | present | Rockefeller Center |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1953 | 1954 | |
| The Honeymooners | 1955 | 1956 | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn |
| The Thin Man | 1957 | 1959 | |
| Naked City | 1958 | 1963 | |
| Johnny Staccato | 1959 | 1960 | |
| Top Cat | 1961 | 1962 | |
| Car 54, Where are You? | 1961 | 1963 | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1961 | 1965 | |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1961 | 1966 | Workplace scenes in Manhattan; (see below) |
| Dr. Kildare | 1961 | 1966 | |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1963 | 1966 | Brooklyn Heights |
| Bewitched | 1964 | 1972 | Workplace scenes in Manhattan; (see below) |
| That Girl | 1966 | 1971 | Some episodes/scenes also set in Brewster in Putnam County |
| Family Affair | 1966 | 1971 | |
| Sesame Street | 1969 | present |
1970s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Trouble with Tracy | 1970 | 1971 | Taped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| The Odd Couple | 1970 | 1975 | Park Avenue, Manhattan |
| McCloud | 1970 | 1977 | |
| All in the Family | 1971 | 1979 | Astoria, Queens |
| The Electric Company | 1971 | 1977 | |
| Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve | 1972 | present | Times Square, Manhattan |
| The Super | 1972 | 1972 | |
| Bridget Loves Bernie | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Madigan | 1972 | 1973 | |
| Kojak | 1973 | 1978 | |
| Needles and Pins | 1973 | 1973 | |
| Rhoda | 1974 | 1978 | |
| Baretta | 1975 | 1978 | |
| Barney Miller | 1975 | 1982 | |
| Ellery Queen | 1975 | 1976 | |
| The Jeffersons | 1975 | 1985 | Upper East Side |
| Ryan's Hope | 1975 | 1989 | Upper West Side |
| Welcome Back, Kotter | 1975 | 1979 | Brooklyn |
| Saturday Night Live | 1975 | present | |
| Busting Loose | 1977 | 1977 | |
| Fish | 1977 | 1978 | |
| Diff'rent Strokes | 1978 | 1986 | |
| Taxi | 1978 | 1983 | |
| The Ted Knight Show | 1978 | 1978 | Manhattan |
| Archie Bunker's Place | 1979 | 1983 | Astoria, Queens |
| Eischied | 1979 | 1980 |
1980s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bosom Buddies | 1980 | 1982 | |
| Checking In | 1981 | 1981 | Manhattan |
| Gimme a Break | 1981 | 1987 | final season only, all prior seasons set in fictional Glenlawn, California |
| Love, Sidney | 1981 | 1983 | |
| Cagney & Lacey | 1982 | 1988 | |
| Fame | 1982 | 1987 | |
| Live with Kelly and Ryan | 1983 | present | |
| The Cosby Show | 1984 | 1992 | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn |
| Double Trouble | 1984 | 1985 | second season only; first season set in Des Moines, Iowa |
| Kate and Allie | 1984 | 1989 | Greenwich Village |
| Night Court | 1984 | 1992 | |
| The Equalizer | 1985 | 1989 | |
| Foley Square | 1985 | 1986 | Manhattan (Foley Square and Upper West Side) |
| The Real Ghostbusters (Animated) | 1986 | 1991 | New York City |
| The Bronx Zoo | 1987 | 1988 | the Bronx |
| Beauty and the Beast | 1987 | 1990 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1987 | 1996[1] | |
| Dear John | 1988 | 1992 | Rego Park, Queens |
1990s
2000s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| The $treet | 2000 | ||
| The 10th Kingdom | 2000 | ||
| Seven Little Monsters | 2000 | 2003 | |
| Welcome to New York | 2000 | 2001 | |
| Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2001 | 2011 | |
| Grounded for Life | 2001 | 2005 | on Staten Island |
| The Job | 2001 | 2002 | |
| Animal Precinct | 2001 | 2008 | |
| 24 | 2001 | 2010 | only season 8 was set in N.Y. |
| Family Affair | 2002 | 2003 | |
| Less Than Perfect | 2002 | 2006 | Manhattan and Brooklyn |
| What I Like About You | 2002 | 2006 | |
| Without a Trace | 2002 | 2009 | |
| America's Next Top Model | 2003 | present | seasons 1–3, 10, 12 and 14 |
| Tarzan | 2003 | ||
| Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | 2003 | 2003 | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003 | 2009 | |
| Tru Calling | 2003 | 2005 | |
| The Apprentice | 2004 | 2017 | all seasons (except season 6) |
| The Jury | 2004 | ||
| CSI: NY | 2004 | 2013 | |
| Rescue Me | 2004 | 2011 | |
| Project Runway | 2004 | present | |
| Law & Order: Trial By Jury | 2005 | ||
| Blind Justice | 2005 | ||
| Everybody Hates Chris | 2005 | 2009 | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn |
| How I Met Your Mother | 2005 | 2014 | Upper West Side |
| Jake in Progress | 2005 | 2006 | |
| American Dragon: Jake Long | 2005 | 2007 | |
| Related | 2005 | 2006 | |
| The Colbert Report | 2005 | 2014 | |
| The Bedford Diaries | 2006 | ||
| Conviction | 2006 | ||
| 30 Rock | 2006 | 2013 | |
| Ugly Betty | 2006 | 2010 | Manhattan and Jackson Heights, Queens |
| America's Got Talent | 2006 | present | seasons 8–10 |
| Heroes | 2006 | 2010 | |
| Gossip Girl | 2007 | 2012 | Upper East Side |
| Rules of Engagement | 2007 | 2013 | |
| Fast Money | 2007 | present | NASDAQ, Times Square |
| Dirty Sexy Money | 2007 | 2009 | |
| Flight of the Conchords | 2007 | 2009 | |
| Damages | 2007 | 2012 | |
| Mad Men | 2007 | 2015 | Filmed in Los Angeles |
| Wizards of Waverly Place | 2007 | 2012 | Filmed in Hollywood, California, set in Greenwich Village |
| The Naked Brothers Band | 2007 | 2009 | |
| The Return of Jezebel James | 2008 | 2008 | |
| New Amsterdam | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Canterbury's Law | 2008 | 2008 | |
| Cashmere Mafia | 2008 | ||
| Life on Mars | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Three Delivery | 2008 | 2009 | |
| The Spectacular Spider-Man | 2008 | 2009 | |
| Lipstick Jungle | 2008 | 2009 | |
| True Jackson, VP | 2008 | 2011 | |
| Fringe | 2008 | 2013 | Set in our universe and a parallel universe |
| Castle | 2009 | 2016 | |
| Sherri | 2009 | ||
| Nurse Jackie | 2009 | 2015 | |
| The Electric Company | 2009 | 2011 | |
| White Collar | 2009 | 2014 | Mostly Midtown, and upper West side, Manhattan |
| Glee | 2009 | 2015 | Half of the series 4 storyline is set in New York |
| Bored to Death | 2009 | 2011 | |
| Archer | 2009 | Present | With the exception of S7 in Los Angeles and S8-10 fictional places |
2010s
2020s
| Grand Army | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Katy Keene | 2020 | present | Alphabet City,Manhattan |
| Awkwafina is Nora from Queens | 2020 | present | Queens |
| Central Park | 2020 | present | |
| How To with John Wilson | 2020 | present | |
| Betty | 2020 | present |
Shows set primarily in other parts of the New York metropolitan area
- The Goldbergs (see above: moved to Haverville, New York, in final season)
- I Love Lucy (see above: moved to Westport, Connecticut, in 1957 season)
- The Dick Van Dyke Show (1961–1966, New Rochelle in Westchester County, with workplace scenes in Manhattan)
- The Facts of Life 1979–1988, Peekskill, New York
- Bewitched (1964–1972, Westport, Connecticut, with workplace scenes in Manhattan)
- The Don Rickles Show (1972, Long Island)
- Maude (1972–1978, Tuckahoe in Westchester County)
- Who's the Boss? (1984–1992, Connecticut)
- Growing Pains (1985–1992, Long Island)
- Dear John (1988–1992, New Rochelle in Westchester County)
- Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–2005, Lynbrook on Long Island)
- The Sopranos (1999–2007, North Caldwell, New Jersey, with occasional scenes in Manhattan)
- Gilmore Girls (2000–2007); in Western Connecticut, some episodes in New York City
- That's Life (2000–2002, fictional Bellefield, New Jersey, ostensibly Belleville or Bloomfield)
- My Wife and Kids (2001–2005, Stamford, Connecticut)
- Megas XLR (2004–2005, New Jersey)
- House (2004–2012, fictional "Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital" in New Jersey; Princeton and Plainsboro are two adjacent towns within the New York metropolitan area.)
- Animal House (television series) (2005–2006 in Port Washington, part of Long Island)
- The Book of Daniel (2006), fictional Newbury in Westchester
See: The Five Boroughs, New York metropolitan area, Tri-State Region
Miniseries, specials or individual episodes
- Xiaolin Showdown
- "My Homey Omi"
- Ben 10
- "Kevin 11"
- Doctor Who
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
- "The Big City"
- iCarly
- "iShock America"
- Modern Family
- "A Tale of Three Cities"
- Pretty Little Liars
- Totally Spies!
- "Green with N.V."
- "Dog Show Showdown"
- "Zooney World"
- James Bond Jr.
- "The Eiffel Missile"
- "A Deranged Mind"
- Suits
- "Pilot"
- The Office (U.S. TV series)
- Leah Remini: It's All Relative
- New York City Part 1
- New York City Part 2
- Transformers: The Headmasters
- "Terror! The Six Shadows"
- Postcards from Buster
- "Postcards from Buster" (Arthur Episode)
- "A City View"
- "A Bridge Back Home"
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- "Goons on the Moon"
- Transformers: Super-God Masterforce
- "BlackZarak – Destroyer from Space"
- The Simpsons
- Danger Rangers
- "Wild Wheels"
- "Fires and Liars"
- Entourage
- "Return to Queens Blvd."[3]
- The Orville
- "Old Wounds" aka Pilot (Set 400 years into future)
- We Bare Bears
- "Baby Orphan Ninja Bears"
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- "Courage in the Big Stinkin' City"
- "Mega Muriel the Magnificent"
- " The Grand Tour"
- "The Falls Guys"
See also
- List of television shows filmed in New York City
- List of movies set in New York City
- List of television shows set in Los Angeles
- List of television shows set in Washington, D.C.
- List of television shows set in Chicago
- List of television shows set in San Francisco
- List of television shows set in Miami
References
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)". TV.Com. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- https://deadline.com/2016/08/the-jim-gaffigan-show-canceled-tv-land-after-2-seasons-1201807227/ retrieved Feb 2, 2020
- https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280586/?ref_=ttep_ep12, reviewed Feb 7 2020
External links
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