List of television shows set in New York City
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This page provides a partial list of television shows set in New York City.
Contents
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. |
| Amos and Andy | 1951 | 1953 | Harlem |
| 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 |
| 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, 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 | |
| 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 | |
| The Cosby Show | 1984 | 1992 | 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 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
2010s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Bloods | 2010 | present | Staten Island, Manhattan |
| How to Make It in America | 2010 | 2011 | |
| Scrappers | 2010 | present | |
| Oddities | 2010 | present | |
| Boardwalk Empire | 2010 | 2014 | Brooklyn |
| Mad Love | 2011 | 2011 | |
| Suits | 2011 | present | Filmed in Toronto, Canada |
| 2 Broke Girls | 2011 | present | Williamsburg, Brooklyn |
| A Gifted Man | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Louie | 2011 | present | |
| Jessie | 2011 | present | Manhattan |
| Person of Interest | 2011 | present | |
| Unforgettable | 2011 | 2014 | |
| Smash | 2012 | 2013 | |
| I Just Want My Pants Back | 2011 | 2012 | |
| Girls | 2011 | present | 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 | present | |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | 2012 | present | |
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | 2012 | 2013 | |
| Elementary | 2012 | present | |
| The Mindy Project | 2012 | present | |
| Baby Daddy | 2012 | present | |
| Made in Jersey | 2012 | 2012 | |
| The Following | 2013 | 2015 | |
| The Carrie Diaries | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Deception | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Golden Boy | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Inside Amy Schumer | 2013 | present | |
| Orange Is the New Black | 2013 | present | |
| Hostages | 2013 | 2014 | |
| The Michael J. Fox Show | 2013 | 2014 | |
| Brooklyn Nine-Nine | 2013 | present | |
| Sleepy Hollow | 2013 | present | Takes place in Sleepy Hollow, New York, present and Revolutionary war era |
| Ironside | 2013 | 2013 | |
| Alpha House | 2013 | present | Amazon Web Series |
| Last Week Tonight with John Oliver | 2014 | present | |
| Believe | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Mozart in the Jungle | 2014 | present | |
| Taxi Brooklyn | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Power | 2014 | present | |
| Broad City | 2014 | present | |
| Girl Meets World | 2014 | present | |
| Manhattan Love Story | 2014 | 2014 | |
| Forever | 2014 | 2015 | |
| The Mysteries of Laura | 2014 | present | |
| The Affair | 2014 | present | |
| Madam Secretary | 2014 | present | |
| The Slap | 2015 | present | |
| Empire | 2015 | present | |
| Allegiance | 2015 | 2015 | |
| The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore | 2015 | present | |
| Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt | 2015 | present | |
| Mr. Robot | 2015 | present | |
| Limitless | 2015 | present | |
| Master of None | 2015 | present | |
| Blindspot | 2015 | 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, obstensibly 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
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
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