List of television shows set in New York City

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

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.

1970s[]

1980s[]

1990s[]

2000s[]

2010s[]

2020s[]

Shows set primarily in other parts of the New York metropolitan area[]

• The Goldbergs (see above: moved to , 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 (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

Miniseries, specials or individual episodes[]

• Xiaolin Showdown
  • "My Homey Omi"
• Ben 10
  • "Kevin 11"
• Doctor Who
  • "Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks"
  • "The Angels Take Manhattan"
  • "The Return of Doctor Mysterio"
• Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
  • "The Big City"
• iCarly
  • "iShock America"
• Modern Family
  • "A Tale of Three Cities"
• Pretty Little Liars
  • "'A' Is for Answers"
  • "Escape from New York"
• 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)
  • "Valentine's Day (The Office)"
  • "Night Out (The Office)"
  • "The Deposition (The Office)"
  • "Crime Aid"
• 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
  • The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
• Danger Rangers
  • "Wild Wheels"
  • "Fires and Liars"
• Entourage
  • "Return to Queens Blvd."^[3]
• 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"

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[]

External links[]

• Fun City: TV's Urban Situation Comedies of the 1990s^{[permanent dead link]}