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
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Tom%27s_Restaurant%2C_NYC.jpg/300px-Tom%27s_Restaurant%2C_NYC.jpg)
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 | Upper Fifth Avenue | |
Meet Millie | 1956 | Jackson Heights, Queens | |
Today | present | Rockefeller Center | |
Make Room for Daddy | 1953 | 1954 | |
Willy | 1954 | 1955 | Early episodes set in fictional Renfrew, New Hampshire |
The Honeymooners | 1955 | 1956 | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn |
It's Always Jan | Manhattan | ||
Hey, Jeannie! | 1956 | 1957 | Brooklyn |
The Thin Man | 1957 | 1959 | |
The Jeannie Carson Show | 1958 | ||
Love That Jill | Manhattan | ||
Man with a Camera | 1958 | 1960 | |
Naked City | 1963 | ||
Johnny Staccato | 1959 | 1960 | |
My Sister Eileen | 1960 | 1961 | |
The Investigators | 1961 | Manhattan | |
Top Cat | 1962 | ||
Car 54, Where are You? | 1963 | ||
The Joey Bishop Show | 1965 | ||
The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1966 | Workplace scenes in Manhattan; (see below) | |
Dr. Kildare | |||
The Patty Duke Show | 1963 | 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 | |||
Sesame Street | 1969 | present |
1970s
Title | Start | End | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
The Trouble with Tracy | 1970 | 1971 | Taped in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
The Odd Couple | 1975 | Park Avenue, Manhattan | |
McCloud | 1977 | ||
All in the Family | 1971 | 1979 | Astoria, Queens |
The Electric Company | 1977 | ||
Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve | 1972 | present | Times Square, Manhattan |
The Super | 1972 | ||
Bridget Loves Bernie | 1972 | 1973 | |
Madigan | |||
Kojak | 1973 | 1978 | |
Needles and Pins | 1973 | Garment District (Manhattan) | |
Rhoda | 1974 | 1978 | |
Baretta | 1975 | ||
Barney Miller | 1982 | ||
Ellery Queen | 1976 | ||
The Jeffersons | 1985 | Upper East Side | |
Ryan's Hope | 1989 | ||
Welcome Back, Kotter | 1979 | Brooklyn | |
Saturday Night Live | present | ||
Busting Loose | 1977 | ||
Fish | 1977 | 1978 | |
Diff'rent Strokes | 1978 | 1986 | |
Taxi | 1983 | Manhattan | |
The Ted Knight Show | 1978 | ||
Archie Bunker's Place | 1979 | 1983 | Astoria, Queens |
Eischied | 1980 | ||
Flatbush | 1979 | Flatbush (Brooklyn) |
1980s
Title | Start | End | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Bosom Buddies | 1980 | 1982 | |
Checking In | 1981 | Manhattan | |
Gimme a Break | 1981 | 1987 | final season only, all prior seasons set in fictional Glenlawn, California |
Love, Sidney | 1983 | ||
Cagney & Lacey | 1982 | 1988 | |
Fame | 1987 | ||
Live with Kelly and Ryan | 1983 | present | |
The Cosby Show | 1984 | 1992 | Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn |
Double Trouble | 1985 | second season only; first season set in Des Moines, Iowa | |
Kate and Allie | 1989 | Greenwich Village | |
Night Court | 1992 | Manhattan | |
The Equalizer | 1985 | 1989 | |
Foley Square | 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 | 1990 | ||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 1996[1] | ||
Dear John | 1988 | 1992 | Rego Park, Queens |
1990s
2000s
Title | Start | End | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
The $treet | 2000 | ||
The 10th Kingdom | |||
Seven Little Monsters | 2003 | ||
Welcome to New York | 2001 | ||
Law & Order: Criminal Intent | 2001 | 2011 | |
Grounded for Life | 2005 | on Staten Island | |
The Job | 2002 | ||
Animal Precinct | 2008 | ||
24 | 2010 | only season 8 was set in N.Y. | |
Family Affair | 2002 | 2003 | |
Less Than Perfect | 2006 | Manhattan and Brooklyn | |
What I Like About You | |||
Without a Trace | 2009 | ||
America's Next Top Model | 2003 | present | seasons 1–3, 10, 12 and 14 |
Tarzan | 2003 | ||
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series | |||
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2003 | 2009 | |
Tru Calling | 2005 | ||
The Apprentice | 2004 | 2017 | all seasons (except season 6) |
The Jury | 2004 | ||
CSI: NY | 2004 | 2013 | |
Rescue Me | 2011 | ||
Project Runway | present | ||
Law & Order: Trial by Jury | 2005 | 2006 | |
Blind Justice | 2005 | ||
Everybody Hates Chris | 2005 | 2009 | Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn |
How I Met Your Mother | 2014 | Upper West Side | |
Jake in Progress | 2006 | ||
American Dragon: Jake Long | 2007 | ||
Related | 2006 | ||
The Colbert Report | 2014 | ||
The Bedford Diaries | 2006 | ||
Conviction | |||
30 Rock | 2006 | 2013 | |
Ugly Betty | 2010 | Manhattan and Jackson Heights, Queens | |
America's Got Talent | present | seasons 8–10 | |
Heroes | 2010 | ||
Gossip Girl | 2007 | 2012 | Upper East Side |
Rules of Engagement | 2013 | ||
Fast Money | present | NASDAQ, Times Square | |
Dirty Sexy Money | 2009 | ||
Flight of the Conchords | |||
Damages | 2012 | ||
Mad Men | 2015 | Filmed in Los Angeles | |
Wizards of Waverly Place | 2012 | Filmed in Hollywood, California, set in Greenwich Village | |
The Naked Brothers Band | 2009 | ||
The Return of Jezebel James | 2008 | ||
New Amsterdam | |||
Canterbury's Law | |||
Cashmere Mafia | |||
Life on Mars | 2008 | 2009 | |
Three Delivery | |||
The Spectacular Spider-Man | |||
Lipstick Jungle | |||
True Jackson, VP | 2011 | ||
Fringe | 2013 | Set in our universe and a parallel universe | |
The Real Housewives of New York City | 2008 | present | |
Castle (TV series) | 2009 | 2016 | |
Sherri | 2009 | ||
Nurse Jackie | 2009 | 2015 | |
The Electric Company | 2011 | ||
White Collar | 2014 | Mostly Midtown, and upper West side, Manhattan | |
Glee | 2015 | Half of the series 4 storyline is set in New York | |
Bored to Death | 2011 | ||
Archer | 2023 | With the exception of S7 in Los Angeles and S8-10 fictional places |
2010s
Title | Start | End | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
Blue Bloods | 2010 | present | Staten Island, Manhattan |
How to Make It in America | 2011 | ||
Scrappers | 2010 | ||
Oddities | 2010 | 2014 | |
Boardwalk Empire | |||
Mad Love | 2011 | ||
Impractical Jokers | 2011 | present | |
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes | 2010 | 2013 | |
Suits | 2011 | 2019 | Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
2 Broke Girls | 2017 | Williamsburg, Brooklyn | |
A Gifted Man | 2012 | ||
Louie | 2015 | Manhattan | |
Jessie | Manhattan | ||
Person of Interest | 2016 | ||
Unforgettable | 2014 | ||
Smash | 2012 | 2013 | |
I Just Want My Pants Back | 2011 | 2012 | |
Girls | 2012 | 2017 | Marnie and Hannah live in Greenpoint, Brooklyn; Jessa and Shoshanna live in NoLita; Adam lives in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn |
Breakout Kings | 2011 | 2012 | Brooklyn |
Ultimate Spider-Man | 2012 | 2017 | |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | |||
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | 2013 | ||
Elementary | 2019 | ||
The Mindy Project | 2017 | ||
666 Park Ave. | 2013 | ||
Baby Daddy | 2017 | ||
Made in Jersey | 2012 | ||
The Following | 2013 | 2015 | |
The Carrie Diaries | 2014 | ||
Deception | 2013 | ||
Golden Boy | |||
Inside Amy Schumer | 2013 | 2016 | |
Orange Is the New Black | 2019 | ||
Hostages | 2014 | ||
The Michael J. Fox Show | 2014 | ||
Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 2021 | ||
Sleepy Hollow | 2017 | Takes place in Sleepy Hollow, New York, present and Revolutionary war era | |
Ironside | 2013 | ||
Alpha House | 2013 | 2014 | Amazon Web Series |
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2014 | present | |
Believe | 2014 | ||
The Knick | 2014 | 2017 | |
Mozart in the Jungle | 2018 | ||
Taxi Brooklyn | 2014 | ||
Power | 2014 | 2020 | |
Broad City | 2019 | Astoria, Queens (Abbi's Apartment), Gowanus, Brooklyn (Ilana's Apartment), Manhattan | |
Girl Meets World | 2017 | Greenwich Village, Manhattan | |
Manhattan Love Story | 2014 | ||
Forever | 2015 | ||
Jackson Heights | |||
The Mysteries of Laura | 2016 | ||
The Affair | 2019 | ||
The Jim Gaffigan Show[2] | 2015 | 2016 | Greenwich Village |
Quantico | 2018 | ||
The Slap | 2015 | ||
Empire | 2015 | 2020 | |
Allegiance | 2015 | ||
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2015 | 2016 | |
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 2019 | ||
Mr. Robot | |||
Limitless | 2016 | ||
Agent Carter | 2016 | ||
Game Shakers | 2019 | ||
Master of None | 2017 | ||
Blindspot | present | ||
Daredevil | 2018 | Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan | |
Jessica Jones | 2019 | Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan | |
3AM | 2015 | ||
Horace and Pete | 2016 | Brooklyn | |
Animals | 2016 | 2018 | |
Kevin Can Wait | 2018 | Massapequa, Long Island | |
The Night Of | 2016 | ||
Conviction | 2016 | 2017 | |
The Get Down | Bronx | ||
Feed the Beast | 2016 | The Bronx | |
Luke Cage | 2016 | 2018 | Harlem |
High Maintenance | 2016 | present | Brooklyn |
Iron Fist | 2017 | 2018 | Manhattan |
The Defenders | 2017 | ||
The Punisher | 2017 | 2019 | Queens |
Marvel's Spider-Man | present | ||
Friends from College | 2019 | Manhattan | |
The Deuce | |||
Crashing | |||
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel | present | Upper West Side, Manhattan in 1958. | |
The Bold Type | 2021 | ||
Banana Fish | 2018 | Japanese anime series based on the manga by Akimi Yoshida | |
Pose | 2018 | present | |
The Last O.G. | Brooklyn | ||
You | Only season 1 was set in N.Y.; location changed to Los Angeles in Season 2 | ||
Succession | 2023 | ||
El Barón | 2019 | ||
The Boys | 2019 | present | |
The Morning Show | |||
Sunnyside | 2019 | Sunnyside, Queens | |
Almost Family | 2019 | present | |
Russian Doll | Alphabet City, Manhattan | ||
What We Do In the Shadows | 2019 | 2024 | Staten Island |
2020s
Title | Start | End | Comment |
---|---|---|---|
High Fidelity | 2020 | Crown Heights, Brooklyn | |
Katy Keene | Alphabet City, Manhattan | ||
Awkwafina is Nora from Queens | 2020 | present | Queens |
Love Life | |||
Central Park | 2022 | ||
The Undoing | 2020 | ||
How To with John Wilson | 2020 | present | |
Betty | |||
Grand Army | 2020 | ||
Dash & Lily | 2020 | present | |
The Equalizer | 2021 | ||
I Heart Arlo | |||
Gossip Girl | |||
Only Murders in the Building | |||
How I Met Your Father | 2022 | ||
The Gilded Age | |||
The Boys Presents: Diabolical | |||
Barbie: It Takes Two | |||
Uncoupled | |||
Partner Track | |||
The Walking Dead: Dead City | 2023 | ||
The Horror of Dolores Roach | |||
The Other Black Girl | |||
Daredevil: Born Again | 2025 | Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan |
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, Huntington in 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 (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
- "'A' Is for Answers"
- "Escape from New York"
- 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)
- "Valentine's Day (The Office)"
- "Night Out (The Office)"
- "The Deposition (The Office)"
- "Crime Aid"
- 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"
- Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?
- "The New York Underground!"
- Doki
- "The Sky's the Limit"
- World of Winx
- "The Legend of the Crocodile Man"
- Planet Earth II
- "Cities"
- Planet Earth III
- "Human"
- Liberty's Kids
- "New York, New York"
- "The Turtle"
- "Going Home"
- DMZ
- Full Circle
- The Continental: From the World of John Wick
- The Crowded Room
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. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
- ^ "'The Jim Gaffigan Show' Done: No Season 3 for TV Land Comedy Series". deadline.com. August 22, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280586/?ref_=ttep_ep12, reviewed February 7, 2020 [user-generated source]
External links
- Fun City: TV's Urban Situation Comedies of the 1990s[permanent dead link]