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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 [ ]
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.
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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
1957
Upper Fifth Avenue
Meet Millie
1952
1956
Jackson Heights, Queens
Today
1952
present
Rockefeller Center
Make Room for Daddy
1953
1954
The Honeymooners
1955
1956
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
The Thin Man
1957
1959
Naked City
1958
1963
Johnny Staccato
1959
1960
Top Cat
1961
1962
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
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
1966
1971
Sesame Street
1969
present
1970s [ ]
1980s [ ]
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Bosom Buddies
1980
1982
Checking In
1981
1981
Manhattan
Gimme a Break
1981
1987
final season only, all prior seasons set in fictional Glenlawn, California
Love, Sidney
1981
1983
Cagney & Lacey
1982
1988
Fame
1982
1987
Live with Kelly and Ryan
1983
present
The Cosby Show
1984
1992
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
Double Trouble
1984
1985
second season only; first season set in Des Moines , Iowa
Kate and Allie
1984
1989
Greenwich Village
Night Court
1984
1992
Manhattan
The Equalizer
1985
1989
Foley Square
1985
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
1987
1990
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
1987
1996[1]
Dear John
1988
1992
Rego Park, Queens
1990s [ ]
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Working Girl
1990
1990
Seinfeld
1989
1998
Upper West Side , Manhattan
Law & Order
1990
2010
Dream On
1990
1996
Manhattan
Brooklyn Bridge
1991
1993
Bensonhurst, Brooklyn
Ghostwriter
1992
1995
Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Love & War
1992
1995
Mad About You
1992
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
1993
1999
Upper East Side
NYPD Blue
1993
2005
704 Hauser
1994
1994
Astoria, Queens
The George Carlin Show
1994
1995
New York Undercover
1994
1998
The Cosby Mysteries
1994
1995
The Critic
1994
1995
Gargoyles
1994
1997
Critically acclaimed Disney animated series
Spider-Man: The Animated Series
1994
1998
Friends
1994
2004
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist
1995
2002
Double Rush
1995
1995
New York News
1995
1995
Caroline in the City
1995
1999
NewsRadio
1995
1999
Manhattan
Herman's Head
1991
1994
The Parent 'Hood
1995
1999
The Wayans Bros.
1995
1999
Central Park West
1996
1996
Waynehead
1996
1997
Manhattan
Cosby
1996
2000
Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Spin City
1996
2002
Brooklyn South
1997
1998
Brooklyn
Fired Up
1997
1998
Just Shoot Me!
1997
2003
Sex and the City
1997
2004
Manhattan
Veronica's Closet
1997
2000
City Guys
1997
2001
Felicity
1998
2002
Total Request Live
1998
2008
Times Square
Cousin Skeeter
1998
2003
Becker
1998
2004
The Bronx
Sports Night
1998
2000
Manhattan
That's Life
1998
1998
Will & Grace
1998
2020
First run-1998-2006; Second run-2017–2020
The King of Queens
1998
2007
in Rego Park, Queens
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
present
Futurama
1999
2013
Set a thousand years in the future in New New York, built above the ruins of the old.
BrainPOP
1999
Mike, Lu & Og
1999
2002
Mike was born in Manhattan
Downtown
1999
1999
Station Zero
1999
1999
Third Watch
1999
2005
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
1999
2015
Where I Live
1993
1993
Harlem , Manhattan
2000s [ ]
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The $treet
2000
The 10th Kingdom
2000
Seven Little Monsters
2000
2003
Welcome to New York
2000
2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
2011
Grounded for Life
2001
2005
on Staten Island
The Job
2001
2002
Animal Precinct
2001
2008
24
2001
2010
only season 8 was set in N.Y.
Family Affair
2002
2003
Less Than Perfect
2002
2006
Manhattan and Brooklyn
What I Like About You
2002
2006
Without a Trace
2002
2009
America's Next Top Model
2003
present
seasons 1–3, 10, 12 and 14
Tarzan
2003
Spider-Man: The New Animated Series
2003
2003
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
2003
2009
Tru Calling
2003
2005
The Apprentice
2004
2017
all seasons (except season 6)
The Jury
2004
CSI: NY
2004
2013
Rescue Me
2004
2011
Project Runway
2004
present
Law & Order: Trial By Jury
2005
Blind Justice
2005
Everybody Hates Chris
2005
2009
Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn
How I Met Your Mother
2005
2014
Upper West Side
Jake in Progress
2005
2006
American Dragon: Jake Long
2005
2007
Related
2005
2006
The Colbert Report
2005
2014
The Bedford Diaries
2006
Conviction
2006
30 Rock
2006
2013
Ugly Betty
2006
2010
Manhattan and Jackson Heights, Queens
America's Got Talent
2006
present
seasons 8–10
Heroes
2006
2010
Gossip Girl
2007
2012
Upper East Side
Rules of Engagement
2007
2013
Fast Money
2007
present
NASDAQ , Times Square
Dirty Sexy Money
2007
2009
Flight of the Conchords
2007
2009
Damages
2007
2012
Mad Men
2007
2015
Filmed in Los Angeles
Wizards of Waverly Place
2007
2012
Filmed in Hollywood, California, set in Greenwich Village
The Naked Brothers Band
2007
2009
The Return of Jezebel James
2008
2008
New Amsterdam
2008
2008
Canterbury's Law
2008
2008
Cashmere Mafia
2008
Life on Mars
2008
2009
Three Delivery
2008
2009
The Spectacular Spider-Man
2008
2009
Lipstick Jungle
2008
2009
True Jackson, VP
2008
2011
Fringe
2008
2013
Set in our universe and a parallel universe
Castle
2009
2016
Sherri
2009
Nurse Jackie
2009
2015
The Electric Company
2009
2011
White Collar
2009
2014
Mostly Midtown, and upper West side, Manhattan
Glee
2009
2015
Half of the series 4 storyline is set in New York
Bored to Death
2009
2011
Archer
2009
Present
With the exception of S7 in Los Angeles and S8-10 fictional places
2010s [ ]
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Blue Bloods
2010
present
Staten Island , Manhattan
How to Make It in America
2010
2011
Scrappers
2010
2010
Oddities
2010
2014
Boardwalk Empire
2010
2014
Mad Love
2011
2011
Impractical Jokers
2011
present
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes
2010
2013
Suits
2011
2019
Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2 Broke Girls
2011
2017
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
A Gifted Man
2011
2012
Louie
2011
2015
Manhattan
Jessie
2011
2015
Manhattan
Person of Interest
2011
2016
Unforgettable
2011
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
2012
2017
Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
2012
2013
Elementary
2012
2019
The Mindy Project
2012
2017
666 Park Ave.
2012
2013
Baby Daddy
2012
2017
Made in Jersey
2012
2012
The Following
2013
2015
The Carrie Diaries
2013
2014
Deception
2013
2013
Golden Boy
2013
2013
Inside Amy Schumer
2013
2016
Orange Is the New Black
2013
2019
Hostages
2013
2014
The Michael J. Fox Show
2013
2014
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
2013
2021
Sleepy Hollow
2013
2017
Takes place in Sleepy Hollow, New York, present and Revolutionary war era
Ironside
2013
2013
Alpha House
2013
2014
Amazon Web Series
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
2014
present
Believe
2014
2014
Mozart in the Jungle
2014
2018
Taxi Brooklyn
2014
2014
Power
2014
2020
Broad City
2014
2019
Astoria, Queens (Abbi's Apartment), Gowanus, Brooklyn (Ilana's Apartment), Manhattan
Girl Meets World
2014
2017
Greenwich Village , Manhattan
Manhattan Love Story
2014
2014
Forever
2014
2015
Jackson Heights
2014
2015
The Mysteries of Laura
2014
2016
The Affair
2014
2019
The Jim Gaffigan Show [2]
2015
2016
Greenwich Village
Quantico
2015
2018
The Slap
2015
2015
Empire
2015
2020
Allegiance
2015
2015
The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore
2015
2016
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
2015
2019
Mr. Robot
2015
2019
Limitless
2015
2016
Agent Carter
2015
2016
Game Shakers
2015
2019
Master of None
2015
2017
Blindspot
2015
present
Daredevil
2015
2018
Hell's Kitchen , Manhattan
Jessica Jones
2015
2019
Hell's Kitchen , Manhattan
3AM
2015
2015
Horace and Pete
2016
2016
Brooklyn
Animals
2016
2018
Kevin Can Wait
2016
2018
Massapequa, Long Island
The Night Of
2016
2016
Conviction
2016
2017
The Get Down
2016
2017
Bronx
Feed the Beast
2016
2016
The Bronx
Luke Cage
2016
2018
Harlem
High Maintenance
2016
present
Brooklyn
Iron Fist
2017
2018
Manhattan
The Defenders
2017
2017
The Punisher
2017
2019
Queens
Marvel's Spider-Man
2017
present
Friends from College
2017
2019
Manhattan
The Deuce
2017
2019
Crashing
2017
2019
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
2017
present
Upper West Side , Manhattan in 1958.
The Bold Type
2017
2021
Banana Fish
2018
2018
Japanese anime series based on the manga by Akimi Yoshida
Pose
2018
present
The Last O.G.
2018
present
Brooklyn
You
2018
present
Only season 1 was set in N.Y.; location changed to Los Angeles in Season 2
El Barón
2019
2019
The Boys
2019
present
The Morning Show
2019
present
Sunnyside
2019
2019
Sunnyside, Queens
Almost Family
2019
present
Russian Doll
2019
present
Alphabet City, Manhattan
The Casagrandes
2019
present
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 [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
External links [ ]
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