List of television shows set in New York City
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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates This page provides a partial list of television shows set in New York City.
Shows set primarily in the five boroughs
1940s–1960s
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<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> | ||
| Dear John | 1988 | 1992 | Rego Park, Queens |
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Fidelity | 2020 | Crown Heights, Brooklyn | |
| Katy Keene | Alphabet City, Manhattan | ||
| The Undoing | |||
| Grand Army | |||
| Dash & Lily | |||
| Awkwafina is Nora from Queens | 2020 | 2023 | Queens |
| Love Life | 2021 | ||
| Central Park | 2022 | ||
| How To with John Wilson | 2023 | ||
| Betty | 2021 | ||
| 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 | |||
| Elsbeth | 2024 | ||
| Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man | 2025 | ||
| Daredevil: Born Again | 2025 | Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan | |
| Ratu Ratu Queens: The Series | 2025 | Queens | |
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
- Kevin Can Wait (2016–2018, Massapequa, Long Island)
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."<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280586/?ref_=ttep_ep12, reviewed February 7, 2020 Template:User-generated source</ref>
- 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"
- Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!
- "Worst in Show"
- Heathcliff
- The New York City Sewer System
- 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