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.

Shows set primarily in the five boroughs[edit]

1940s–1960s[edit]

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.
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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Title Start End Comment
Working Girl 1990
Seinfeld 1989 1998 Upper West Side, Manhattan
Law & Order 1990 present
Dream On 1996 Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge 1991 1993 Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Herman's Head 1991 1994
Ghostwriter 1992 1995 Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Love & War
Mad About You 1999 (new episodes 2019) Manhattan
The Real World 1992 1992 and 2001 in Manhattan; 2009 in Brooklyn
Living Single 1993 1998 Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
The Nanny 1999 Upper East Side
NYPD Blue 2005
704 Hauser 1994 Astoria, Queens
The George Carlin Show 1994 1995
New York Undercover
The Cosby Mysteries
The Critic
Gargoyles 1997 Critically acclaimed Disney animated series
Spider-Man: The Animated Series 1998
Friends 2004 Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist 1995 2002
Can't Hurry Love 1995
Double Rush
High Society
New York News
Caroline in the City 1995 1999
NewsRadio Manhattan
The Parent 'Hood
The Wayans Bros.
Central Park West 1996
Love and Marriage Manhattan
Waynehead 1996 1997
Cosby 2000 Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Spin City 2002
Brooklyn South 1997 1998 Brooklyn
Fired Up
Just Shoot Me! 2003
Sex and the City 2004 Manhattan
Veronica's Closet 2000
City Guys 2001
Felicity 1998 2002
Total Request Live 2008 Times Square
Cousin Skeeter 2003
Becker 2004 The Bronx
Sports Night 2000 Manhattan
That's Life 1998
Will & Grace 1998 2020 First run-1998-2006; Second run-2017–2020
The King of Queens 2007 in Rego Park, Queens
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 1999 present
Futurama Set a thousand years in the future in New New York,
built above the ruins of the old.
Mike, Lu & Og 2002 Mike was born in Manhattan
Downtown 1999
Station Zero
Third Watch 1999 2005
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart 2015
Where I Live 1993 Harlem, Manhattan

2000s[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Title Start End Comment
High Fidelity 2020 Crown Heights, Brooklyn
Katy Keene Alphabet City, Manhattan
The Undoing
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[edit]

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

Miniseries, specials or individual episodes[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)". TV.Com. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  2. ^ "'The Jim Gaffigan Show' Done: No Season 3 for TV Land Comedy Series". deadline.com. August 22, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2020.
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1280586/?ref_=ttep_ep12, reviewed February 7, 2020[user-generated source]

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