List Of Television Shows Set In New York City

Shows 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 (1962–1972); moved to Burbank, California in 1972, from where it is still broadcast
• 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)

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)
• 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 the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn
• Bewitched (1964–1972; workplace scenes in Manhattan; see below)
• That Girl (1966–1971)
• Family Affair (1966–1971)
• Sesame Street (1969–present)
• The Odd Couple (1970–1975)
• McCloud (1970–1977)
• All in the Family (1971–1979); in Queens
• 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 Bronx Zoo (1987–1988); in the Bronx
• Beauty and the Beast (1987–1990)
• Working Girl (1990)
• Seinfeld (1990–1998)
• Law & Order (1990–present)
• Brooklyn Bridge (1991–1993); in Brooklyn
• Mad About You (1992–1999)
• The Real World (1992 and 2002 seasons)
• The Nanny (1993–1999)
• NYPD Blue (1993–present)
• The Cosby Mysteries (1994–1995)
• The Critic (1994–1995)
• Gargoyles (1994–1997)
• Friends (1994–2004)
• 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
• Just Shoot Me (1997–2003)
• Sex and the City (1997–2004)
• Veronica's Closet (1997–2000)
• Felicity (1998–2002)
• Becker (1998–2004)
• The King of Queens (1998–present); in Queens
• That's Life (1998)
• Will & Grace (1998–present)
• (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–present)
• The Street (2000)
• Welcome to New York (2000–2001)
• (2001–present)
• Grounded for Life (2001–present)
• Animal Precinct (2002–present)
• Family Affair (2002–2003)
• Less Than Perfect (2002–present)
• What I Like About You (2002–present)
• Without a Trace (2002–present)
• Tarzan (2003)
• Tru Calling (2003–present)
• The Apprentice (2004)
• The Jury (2004)
• (2004–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)
• Bewitched (1964–1972, Westport, Connecticut, with workplace scenes in Manhattan)
• The Don Rickles Show (1972, Long Island)
• Maude (1972–1978, Tuckahoe in Westchester County)
• Growing Pains (1985–1992, Long Island)
• Dear John (1988–1992, New Rochelle in Westchester County)
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–present, Long Island)
• The Sopranos (1999–present, northern New Jersey, with occasional scenes in Manhattan)
• That's Life (2000–2002, fictional Bellefield, New Jersey, obstensibly Belleville or Broomfield)
• Megas XLR (2004, New Jersey)

See also

• 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

• Fun City: TV's Urban Situation Comedies of the 1990s

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