List of television shows set in New York City

This page provides a partial list of television shows set in New York City.

hows set primarily in the Five Boroughs

Live format

*"The Ed Sullivan Show" (1948–1971); known as "The Toast of the Town" until 1955
*"The Milton Berle Show" (1948–1955); known as "Texaco Star Theater" until 1953 and "The Buick-Berle Show" 1953–1954, moved to California during final 1955–1956 season
*"The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962–1972); moved to Burbank, California in 1972
*"Saturday Night Live" (1975–present)
*"Late Night with David Letterman" (1982–1993)
*"The Late Show with David Letterman" (1993–present)
*"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993–present)
*"The View" (1997–present)
*"Live with Regis and Kelly" (2000–present); known as "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee" from 1988 until 2000.

Comedy, drama, and reality

*"Mary Kay and Johnny" (1947–1950)
*"The Goldbergs" (1949–1956); in the Bronx; moved to fictional Haverville, New York in final season)
*"Amos and Andy" (1951–1953)
*"I Love Lucy" (1951–1957, moved to Connecticut in final season)
*"My Little Margie" (1952–1955)
*"Make Room for Daddy" (1953–1964)
*"The Honeymooners" (1955–1956); in Brooklyn
*"The Thin Man" (1957–1959)
*"Johnny Staccato" (1959–1960)
*"Naked City" (1958–1963)
*"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); in Brooklyn Heights
*"Bewitched" (1964–1972; workplace scenes in Manhattan; see below)
*"That Girl" (1966–1971)
*"Family Affair" (1966–1971)
*"Sesame Street" (1969–present)
*"The Trouble with Tracy" (1970–1971; taped in Toronto, Canada)
*"The Odd Couple" (1970–1975)
*"McCloud" (1970–1977)
*"All in the Family" (1971–1979); in Queens
*"The Electric Company" (1971–1977)
*"Bridget Loves Bernie" (1972–1973)
*"Madigan" (1972–1973)
*"Kojak" (1973–1978)
*"Rhoda" (1974–1978)
*"Baretta" (1975–1978)
*"Barney Miller" (1975–1982)
*"Ellery Queen" (1975–1976)
*"The Jeffersons" (1975–1985)
*"Ryan's Hope" (1975–1989)
*"Welcome Back, Kotter" (1975–1979); in Brooklyn
*"Fish" (1977–1978)
*"Diff'rent Strokes" (1978–1986)
*"Taxi" (1978–1983)
*"The Ted Knight Show" (1978)
*"Archie Bunker's Place" (1979–1983); in Queens
*"Eischied" (1979–1980)
*"Gimme a Break" (1981–1987) (final season only, all prior seasons set in fictitious Glenlawn, California)
*"Cagney & Lacey" (1982–1986)
*"Fame" (1982–1987)
*"Silver Spoons" (1982–1987)
*"The Cosby Show" (1984–1992); in Brooklyn
*"Kate and Allie" (1984–1989)
*"Night Court" (1984–1991)
*"The Equalizer" (1985-1989)
*"The Bronx Zoo" (1987–1988); in the Bronx
*"Beauty and the Beast" (1987–1990)
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (1987–1996)
*"Working Girl" (1990)
*"Seinfeld" (1989–1998)
*"Law & Order" (1990–present)
*"Brooklyn Bridge" (1991–1993); in Brooklyn
*"Ghostwriter" (1992–1995); in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
*"Mad About You" (1992–1999)
*"The Real World" (1992 and 2002 seasons)
*"The Nanny" (1993–1999)
*"NYPD Blue" (1993–2005)
*"704 Hauser" (1994)
*"The George Carlin Show" (1994–1995)
*"New York Undercover" (1994–1998)
*"The Cosby Mysteries" (1994–1995)
*"The Critic" (1994–1995)
*"Gargoyles" (1994–1997)
*"" (1994–1998)
*"Sports Night" (1998–2000)
*"Friends" (1994–2004)
*"New York News" (1995)
*"Caroline in the City" (1995–1999)
*"NewsRadio" (1995–1999)
*"The Parent 'Hood" (1995–1999)
*"The Wayans Bros." (1995–1999)
*"Central Park West" (1996)
*"Cosby" (1996–2000)
*"Spin City" (1996–2002)
*"Brooklyn South" (1997–1998); in Brooklyn
*"Fired Up" (1997–1998)
*"Just Shoot Me!" (1997–2003)
*"Sex and the City" (1997–2004)
*"Veronica's Closet" (1997–2000)
*"City Guys" (1997–2001)
*"Felicity" (1998–2002)
*"Cousin Skeeter" (1998–2003)
*"Becker" (1998–2004); in The Bronx
*"The King of Queens" (1998–2007); in Queens
*"That's Life" ("1998")
*"Will & Grace" (1998–2006)
*"" (1999–present)
*"Futurama" (1999–2003) (set a thousand years in the future in "New" New York, built above the ruins of the old)
*"Third Watch" (1999–2005)
*"The Street" (2000)
*"Welcome to New York" (2000–2001)
*"" (2001–present)
*"Grounded for Life" (2001–2005) in Staten Island
*"The Job (2001-2002)
*"Animal Precinct" (2002–present)
*"Family Affair" (2002–2003)
*"Less Than Perfect" (2002–present)
*"What I Like About You" (2002–2006)
*"Without a Trace" (2002–present)
*"Tarzan" (2003)
*"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (2003–present)
*"Tru Calling" (2003–2005)
*"The Apprentice" (2004–present), seasons 1-5
*"The Jury" (2004)
*"" (2004–present)
*"Rescue Me" (2004–present)
*"" (2005)
*"Blind Justice" (2005)
*"Everybody Hates Chris" (2005–present) in Bed-Stuy
*"How I Met Your Mother" (2005–present)
*"Jake in Progress" (2005–2006)
*"Related" (2005–2006)
*"The Bedford Diaries"(2006)
*"Conviction" (2006)
*"30 Rock" (2006–present)
*"Ugly Betty" (2006–present)
*"Heroes" (2006–present)
*"Gossip Girl" (2007–present)
*"Dirty Sexy Money" (2007–present)
*"Cashmere Mafia" (2008)
*"Life On Mars" (2008–present)
*"Lipstick Jungle" (2008–present)

hows 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)
*"That's Life" (2000–2002, fictional Bellefield, New Jersey, obstensibly Belleville or Bloomfield)
*"My Wife and Kids" (2001–2005, Stamford, Connecticut)
*"Megas XLR" (2004—present, New Jersey)
*"The Book of Daniel" (2006), fictional Newbury in Westchester

"See: The Five Boroughs, New York metropolitan area, Tri-State Region"

ee 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

External links

* [http://www.findarticles.com/cf_dls/m0412/3_28/66354085/p1/article.jhtml Fun City: TV's Urban Situation Comedies of the 1990s]