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This page features the settings for TV series as well as TV show locations. This is a work in progress. I have many more such TV show settings in my files. As I get time, I'll add more. If you would like to nominate other TV series locations, email them to JohnKremer@bookmarket.com.


Alaska

Alaska Kid — syndicated adventure show

Alaska State Troopers — National Geographic Channel reality show set in Alaska

Deadliest Catch — Discovery Channel reality show set in Alaska

Grizzly Man Diaries — Animal Planet reality show set in Alaska

Men in Trees — ABC romantic comedy set in Elmo (fictional)

Northern Exposure — CBS dramedy set in Cicely (fictional)

Tougher in Alaska — History Channel reality show set in Alaska

The Toughest Race on Earth: Iditarod — Discovery Channel reality show set in Alaska


Arizona

Alice — CBS comedy set in Phoenix

Bret Maverick — NBC western set in Sweetwater (fictional)

The Cougar — TV Land reality show set in Scottsdale

Greetings from Tucson — WB comedy set in Tucson

The High Chaparral — NBC western set in Arizona

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — ABC western set in Dodge City, Kansas, and then Tombstone, Arizona

Medium — NBC crime drama set in Phoenix

Nichols — NBC western set in Nichols (fictional)

Raising Sextuplets — WE TV reality show set in Arizona

Rawhide — CBS western filmed in New Mexico, Arizona, and California

Rules of Engagement — CBS comedy set in New York City. Sedona is the hometown of Adam's mother.

Sons of Tucson — Fox comedy set in Tucson

Sunset Daze — WE reality show set in Arizona

Tombstone Territory — ABC western set in Tombstone


Arkansas

Evening Shade — CBS comedy set in Evening Shade (fictional)


California

The Academy: Orange County Fire — Fox Reality reality show set in Los Angeles and later in Orange County.

Accidentally on Purpose — CBS comedy set in San Francisco

Alias — ABC spy drama set in Los Angeles and around the world

America's Next Top Model — CW reality show set in Los Angeles (for its 4th cycle)

American Bandstand — ABC music show in Philadelphia and later in Los Angeles

An American Family — PBS reality show set in Santa Barbara

American Idol — Fox reality show set in Los Angeles. The mansion where the contestants stay is in Bel Air.

Angel — WB vampire drama set in Los Angeles

The Apprentice — NBC reality show set in Los Angeles (6th session)

The Assistants — The N reality show set in Hollywood

The Bachelor — ABC reality show set in Malibu

Baldwin Hills — BET reality show set in Los Angeles

Baywatch — NBC and syndicated beach drama set in California and later in Hawaii

Baywatch Nights — Syndicated crime drama set in California

Bear Whisperer — Animal Planet reality show featuring a man keeping peace between humans and bears in a California community.

Beauty and the Geek — CW reality show set in Los Angeles

Benson — ABC comedy set in an unspecified state, but the exterior shot of the governor's mansion features the Bundy House, located at 1365 S. Oakland in Pasadena.

Best Housewives of Orange County — Bravo reality series set in Orange County

The Beverly Hillbillies — CBS comedy set in Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills 90210 — Fox soap set in Beverly Hills

Beverly Hills Groomer — Animal Planet reality show set in Beverly Hills

The Big Bang Theory — CBS comedy set in Los Angeles; their apartment is in Pasadena

The Big Valley — ABC western set near Stockton

The Biggest Loser — NBC reality show set in Los Angeles

Black Sash — WB crime drama set in San Francisco

The Bold and the Beautiful — CBS daytime soap opera set in Beverly Hills

The Brady Bunch — ABC comedy set in southern California. A later movie had them living in Santa Monica. The house used for the exterior shots is located at 11222 Dilling Street, North Hollywood.

Brothers & Sisters — ABC soap opera set in Pasadena and Los Angeles

Buffy, the Vampire Slayer — WB vampire drama set in Sunnydale (fictional)

Burke's Law — ABC crime drama set in Los Angeles

Buzzin' — MTV reality show set in Los Angeles and Malibu

Californication — Showtime sex comedy set in Los Angeles

Celebrity Rehab — VH1 reality show set in Pasadena (Las Encinas Hospital drug rehabilitation clinic)

Charmed — WB fantasy set in San Francisco

Chuck — NBC spy comedy set in Los Angeles and Burbank (where the Buy More store is located)

The Closer — TNT crime drama set in Los Angeles

Columbo — NBC detective drama set in San Francisco

Complex Malibu — Fox reality show set in Malibu

Crash — Starz drama set in Los Angeles

Crazy Like a Fox — CBS detective drama set in San Francisco

Curb Your Enthusiasm — HBO comedy set in Santa Monica

Daddy's Girls — MTV reality show set in Los Angeles

Date My Ex: Jo & Slade — Bravo reality show set in Los Angeles

Death Valley Days — Western set in the Death Valley area

Dharma & Greg — ABC comedy set in San Francisco

Dirt — FX drama set in Los Angeles

Dollhouse — FX fantasy drama set in Los Angeles

Dragnet — NBC and later ABC crime show set in Los Angeles

Eli Stone — ABC fantasy drama in San Francisco

Ellen — ABC comedy set in Los Angeles

The Ex-List — CBS romance set in Ocean Beach

Extras — HBO comedy set in Los Angeles

Falcon Crest — CBS soap opera set in Tuscany Valley (fictional) near San Francisco. Filmed in Napa Valley and Santa Clarita.

Felicity — WB drama set in New York City. Felicity's home town was Palo Alto, California.

Flipping Out — Bravo show set in Los Angeles

Fly Girls — CW reality show set in beach side Los Angeles

Foursome — Playboy Tv reality show set in Hollywood.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — NBC comedy set in Bel-Air. The main character was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Full House — ABC comedy set in San Francisco

Gary Unmarried — CBS comedy set in Santa Monica

The Girls Next Door — E! reality show set in Los Angeles

The Guiding Light — CBS daytime soap opera set in Five Points, Illinois (fictional), then Selby Flats, California (fictional), and finally Springfield, Illinois (fictional)

Hannah Montana — Disney comedy set in Malibu

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional).

The Hills — MTV reality show set in Beverly Hills

Hollywood Heat — TruTV reality show set in Hollywood

Hollywood Residential — Starz reality show set in Hollywood

Househusbands of Hollywood — Fox Reality reality show set in Hollywood

I'm with Her — ABC comedy set in Los Angeles

Jake and the Fatman — CBS crime drama set in Los Angeles (first year, Hawaii after that)

The Jamie Foxx Show — WB comedy set in Los Angeles

Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency — Oxygen reality show set in Beverly Hills

Jimmy Kimmel Live — ABC talk show in Los Angeles

Joey — NBC comedy set in Los Angeles

John from Cincinnati — HBO fantasy drama set in Imperial Beach

Journeyman — CBS drama set in San Francisco

Keeping Up with the Kardashians — E! reality show set in Los Angeles

Knot's Landing — CBS soap opera set in California

The L Word — Showtime drama set in West Hollywood and Los Angeles

LA Doctors — CBS medical drama set in Los Angeles

LA Hard Hats — National Geographic reality show set in Los Angeles

LA Heat — TNT crime drama set in Los Angeles

L.A. Ink — TLC reality series set in Los Angeles

LA Law — NBC legal drama set in Los Angeles

Laguna Beach — MTV reality show set in Laguna Beach

Laverne & Shirley — ABC comedy set in Milwaukee, but later relocated to Los Angeles

Life — NBC crime drama set in Los Angeles

Living with Ed — Planet Green reality show set in Hollywood

Marcus Welby, M.D. — ABC medical drama set in southern California

Malcolm in the Middle — Fox comedy set in California (though never explicitly referred). The house used in external shots is a real house located in Studio City, California.

Martial Law — CBS crime drama set in Los Angeles

Matt Houston — ABC detective drama set in Los Angeles

McMillan & Wife — NBC crime drama set in San Francisco

Melrose Place — Fox soap set in Los Angeles

The Mentalist — CBS crime drama set in Sacramento and other parts of California

Million Dollar Listing — Bravo reality show set in Los Angeles

The Mod Squad — ABC detective drama set in Los Angeles

Moesha — UPN comedy set in Los Angeles

Monk — USA Network detective drama set in San Francisco

Moonlight — CBS vampire crime drama set in Los Angeles

Moonlighting — ABC detective drama set in Los Angeles

Mr. Sunshine — ABC comedy set in San Diego

Nash Bridges — CBS crime drama set in San Francisco

NCIS Los Angeles — CBS crime drama set in Los Angeles

The New Adventures of Old Christine — CBS comedy set in Mar Vista and Los Angeles

Newlyweds — Reality show set in Calabasas.

Night Man — WGN crime drama set in San Francisco

90210 — CW soap set in Beverly Hills

Nip/Tuck — FX drama set in Miami, then later in Los Angeles

Notes From the Underbelly — ABC comedy set in Los Angeles

NUMB3RS — CBS crime drama set in Los Angeles

The O.C. — Fox teen soap set in Orange County

Ozzie & Harriet — ABC comedy set in Los Angeles

The Partridge Family — ABC comedy set in San Pueblo (fictional northern California town)

Party Down — Starz sitcom set in Los Angeles

Party of Five — Fox drama set in San Francisco

Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Syndicated military drama set in Pensacola, Florida. Filmed at Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, California.

Players — NBC crime drama set in Los Angeles

Poltergeist: The Legacy — Showtime/SciFi fantasy mystery drama set in San Francisco

Popular — WB teen drama set in Santa Monica

Presidio Med — CBS medical drama set in San Francisco

Private Practice — ABC soap opera set in Santa Monica

Psych — USA Network detective drama set in Santa Barbara

Quincy M.E. — NBC crime drama set in Los Angeles

Rachel Zoe Project — Bravo reality show set in Los Angeles

Rawhide — CBS western filmed in New Mexico, Arizona, and California

The Real Housewives of Orange County — Bravo reality show set in Orange County

The Real World: Hollywood — MTV reality show set in Hollywood

The Real World: Los Angeles — MTV reality show set in Los Angeles

The Real World: San Diego — MTV reality show set in San Diego

The Real World: San Francisco — MTV reality show set in San Francisco

Remington Steele — NBC detective drama set in Los Angeles

Robbery Homicide Division — CBS crime drama set in Los Angeles

Rock of Love — VH1 reality show set in Bel Air and later in Encino

The Rockford Files — NBC detective drama set in Los Angeles

The Ropers — ABC comedy set in Santa Monica

Roswell — WB fantasy drama set in Roswell, New Mexico. Many exteriors were shot in Covina, California.

The Roy Rogers Show — NBC western set on a ranch in California

Sanford and Son — NBC comedy set in southern California

Santa Barbara — NBC daytime soap opera set in Santa Barbara

Saved by the Bell — NBC comedy set in Pacific Palisades

Secret Girlfriend — Comedy Central reality show set in Los Angeles

7th Heaven — WB family drama set in Glen Oaks (fictional). The exterior house shot is of an actual house in Altadena, California. The church is The First Christian Church located in Studio City, California.

77 Sunset Strip — ABC detective drama set in Los Angeles

Sex, Love and Secrets — UPN soap opera set in Los Angeles

Shark — CBS legal drama set in Los Angeles

The Shield — FX crime drama set in Los Angeles

A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila — MTV reality show set in Los Angeles (Hollywood Hills)

Silk Stockings — USA Network drama set in Palm Beach. Actually filmed in San Diego, California.

Simon & Simon — CBS detective drama set in San Diego

Sons of Anarchy — FX crime drama set in Charming (fictitious town in northern California)

Southland — NBC crime drama set in Los Angeles

The Starter Wife — USA Network comedy set in Los Angeles

Streets of San Francisco — ABC crime drama set in San Francisco

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip — NBC soap set in Los Angeles

Summerland — WB drama set in Summerland (fictional)

Sunset Tan — E! reality show set in Los Angeles

The Surreal Life — VH1 reality show set in Los Angeles

Tales of Wells Fargo — NBC western set near San Francisco

That's So Raven — Disney comedy set in San Francisco

Three's Company — ABC comedy set in Santa Monica

The Tonight Show — NBC talk show in New York City and later in Los Angeles

The Tony Rock Project — MyNetwork reality show set in Los Angeles

Top Chef — Bravo reality series filmed in Miami, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Washington, DC; and San Francisco, California

Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood — Oxygen Network reality show set in Hollywood

Trauma — NBC medical drama set in San Francisco

Two and a Half Men — CBS comedy set in Malibu

The Unit — CBS drama set in Sierra Ridge (fictional)

Valentine — CW romance set in Los Angeles

V.I.P. — Syndicated detective dramedy set in southern California

Veronica Mars — CW mystery set in Neptune (fictional southern California town)

Viva Hollywood — VH1 reality show set in Hollywood

Weeds — Showtime drama set in Agrestic (fictional) and later set on in a border town near Mexico

Welcome to the Captain — CBS comedy set in Los Angeles

Women's Murder Club — ABC mystery set in San Francisco

The Wonder Years — ABC comedy set in California. The house used for the exterior shots is at 516 University Avenue, Burbank, California.


Colorado

The Bill Engvall Show — TBS comedy set in a Denver suburb

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — CBS western set in Colorado Springs

Dynasty — ABC soap opera set in Denver

Everwood — WB drama set in Everwood (fictional)

Lock n' Load -- Showtime reality show set in Colorado

Make It Or Break It — ABC Family drama set in Boulder

Mork & Mindy — ABC comedy set in Boulder

The Mountain — WB drama set in Colorado

Peacemakers — USA Network western set in Silver City (fictional)

The Real World: Denver — MTV reality show set in Denver

Secrets of Aspen — VH1 reality show set in Aspen

Stargate SG-1 — Syndicated fantasy show set in Colorado Springs


Connecticut

Bewitched — ABC comedy set in Westport

Dark Shadows — ABC soap opera set in Collinsport (fictional). Exterior shots were made in Essex, Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island.

Gilmore Girls — WB drama set in Stars Hollow (fictional), New Haven, and Hartford

Judging Amy — CBS crime drama set in Hartford

My Wife and Kids — ABC comedy set in Stamford

Soap — ABC soap opera set in Dunns River (fictional)

The Young Americans — WB teen drama set in the Rawley Summer Academy (fictional) in Connecticut. The series was shot at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia; Towson University, Towson, Maryland; and Havre de Grace, Maryland.


DC

Bones — Fox detective show set in DC

Commander in Chief — ABC drama show set in DC

Cory in the House — Disney comedy set in DC

D.C. — WB drama set in DC

The District — CBS crime drama set in DC

Freshmen — ABC comedy set in DC

Jake 2.0 — UPN spy drama set in DC area

Lie to Me — Fox detective show set in DC

The Lyon's Den — NBC legal drama set in DC

Mister Sterling — NBC political drama set in DC

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington — ABC drama set in DC

NCIS — CBS naval crime drama set in DC and Virginia

Outlaw — NBC legal drama set in DC

The Real Housewives of DC — Bravo reality show set in DC

The Real World DC — MTV reality show set in DC

Top Chef — Bravo reality series filmed in Miami, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Washington, DC; Chicago, Illinois; and San Francisco, California

West Wing — NBC political drama set in DC


Delaware

The Pretender — NBC crime drama. Blue Cove (fictional) was the setting for the Center in the series.


Florida

Animal Cops: Miami — Animal Planet reality show set in Miami

B. L. Stryker — ABC crime drama set in southern Florida

Burn Notice — USA Network spy drama set in Miami

Cane — CBS drama set in Miami and environs

Coach — ABC comedy set in Minnesota (near the Twin Cities) and later in Orlando, Florida. Exterior shots were done at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Cops — Fox reality show originally set in Broward County

Cougar Town — ABC comedy set in Sarasota

CSI: Miami — CBS crime drama set in Miami

Dexter — Showtime crime drama set in Miami

Empty Nest — NBC comedy set in Miami

Flipper — NBC family show set in Coral Key Park (fictional)

The Glades — A&E crime drama set in a small Florida town

Golden Girls — NBC comedy set in Miami. In the pilot, Rose says that her hometown is Little Falls. In all the episodes after that, she says that her hometown is St. Olaf.

I Dream of Jeannie — NBC comedy set in Florida

Invasion — ABC drama set in a small town in Florida

Karen Sisco — ABC crime drama set in Miami

Kortney and Khloe Take Miami — E! reality show set in Miami

Maximum Bob — ABC comedy set in Florida

Miami Animal Police — Animal Planet reality show set in Miami

Miami Ink — TLC reality series set in Miami

Miami Medical — CBS medical drama set in Miami

Miami Social — Bravo reality series set in Miami

Miami Vice — NBC crime drama set in Miami

The New Adventures of Flipper — Pax family show set in Florida

Nip/Tuck — FX drama set in Miami, then later in Los Angeles

The Paper — MTV reality show set in Weston

Pensacola: Wings of Gold — Syndicated military drama set in Pensacola. Filmed at Miramar Naval Air Station, San Diego, California.

Police Women of Broward County -- TLC reality show set in Broward County.

Prison Break — Fox drama set in Panama City

Privileged — CW drama set in Palm Beach

The Real World: Key West — MTV reality show set in Key West

The Real World: Miami — MTV reality show set in Miami

Ruby & the Rockits — ABC Family comedy set in St. Augustine

Silk Stockings — USA Network drama set in Palm Beach. Actually filmed in San Diego, California.

Simply Delicioso — Food Network cooking show set in Miami

Sit Down, Shut Up — Fox animated comedy set in southern Florida

Surviving the Filthy Rich — CW drama set in Palm Beach

Top Chef — Bravo reality series filmed in Miami, Florida; Las Vegas, Nevada; Washington, DC; and San Francisco, California


Georgia

College Hill 5: Atlanta — BET reality show set in Atlanta

Designing Women — CBS comedy set in Atlanta

I'll Fly Away — NBC crime drama set in a small southern town

In the Heat of the Night — CBS drama set in Sparta. The first season was filmed in Hammond, Louisiana, but moved to Conyers and Covington, Georgia for the rest of the series.

Keyshia Cole: The Way It Is — BET reality show set in Atlanta

Making News: Savannah Style — TV Guide Network reality show

Matlock — CBS crime drama set in Atlanta

Meet the Browns — TBS comedy set in Georgia

The Real Housewives of Atlanta — Bravo reality show set in Atlanta

Ruby — Style reality show set in Savannah

Savannah — WB soap opera set in Savannah

There Goes the Neighborhood — CBS reality show set in Kennesaw

The Vampire Diaries — CW fantasy drama set in Mystic Falls (fictional). Filmed outside Atlanta, Georgia.

The Young Americans — WB teen drama set in the Rawley Summer Academy (fictional) in Connecticut. The series was shot at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia; Towson University, Towson, Maryland; and Havre de Grace, Maryland.


Hawaii

Baywatch Hawaii — Syndicated beach drama set in Hawaii

Dog the Bounty Hunter — Reality show set in Honolulu

Jake and the Fatman — CBS crime drama set in Honolulu

Hawaii — NBC crime drama set in Honolulu

Hawaii Five-O — CBS crime drama set in Honolulu

High School Reunion — WB reality show featuring high school alums from Round Rock. Set in Maui, Hawaii.

Magnum P.I. — CBS crime drama set in Honolulu

Maui Chopper — Tru reality show

North Shore — Fox soap opera set in Hawaii

The Real World: Hawaii — MTV reality show set in Hawaii


Illinois

According to Jim — ABC comedy set in Chicago

As the World Turns — CBS daytime soap opera set in Oakdale (fictional)

Bob Newhart Show — CBS comedy set in Chicago

Chicago Hope — CBS medical drama set in Chicago

College Hill: Interns — BET reality show set in Chicago

Cupid — ABC romantic drama set in Chicago

The Dresden Files — SciFi supernatural detective drama set in Chicago

Due South — CTV crime drama set in Chicago

Early Edition — CBS drama set in Chicago

ER — NBC medical drama set in Chicago

Family Matters — ABC comedy set in Chicago

The Forgotten — ABC crime drama set in Chicago

The Good Wife — CBS drama set in Chicago

The Guiding Light — CBS daytime soap opera set in Five Points, Illinois (fictional), then Selby Flats, California (fictional), and finally Springfield, Illinois (fictional)

Jerry Springer Show — syndicated talk show set in Chicago

The League — FX comedy set in Chicago

Life with Bonnie — ABC comedy set in Chicago

Married with Children — Fox comedy set in Chicago. The house shown at the beginning and end of each episode is in Deerfield, Illinois.

My Boys — TBS comedy set in Chicago

The N's Student Body — The N reality show featuring students from rival Illinois high schools

Newhart — CBS comedy set in Vermont but ended with him in bed with his wife in Chicago

Once & Again — ABC drama set in Chicago

Oprah — Syndicated daytime talk show in Chicago

Perfect Strangers — ABC comedy set in Chicago

The Real World: Chicago — MTV reality show set in Chicago

Ride-Along — Fox crime drama set in Chicago

Roseanne — ABC comedy set in Lanford (fictional). Exterior shots were of various city streets and buildings in Evansville, Indiana.

Special Unit 2 — UPN paranormal crime show set in Chicago

Still Standing — CBS comedy set in Chicago

Swingtown — CBS soap opera set in a suburb of Chicago

Top Chef: Chicago — Bravo reality show set in Chicago

Truth in Advertising — TNT drama set in Chicago

Wrecked — Speed reality show set in Chicago


Indiana

Armed & Famous — CBS reality show set in Muncie

Close to Home — CBS legal drama set in Indianapolis

Eerie, Indiana — Fox fantasy drama set in Eerie (fictional)

The Fugitive — ABC mystery drama. Dr. Richard Kimble's home town was Stafford, Indiana (fictional).

Good Morning, Miss Bliss — Disney comedy set in Indianapolis (the predecessor of Saved by the Bell)

The Middle — ABC comedy set in Orson, Indiana (fictional)

One Day at a Time — CBS comedy set in Indianapolis

Parks and Recreation — NBC sitcom set in Pawnee (fictional)

Roseanne — ABC comedy set in Lanford (fictional). Exterior shots were of various city streets and buildings in Evansville, Indiana.

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch — ABC comedy set in Westbridge (fictional), but the zip code is for Salem. Mrs. Quick, Sabrina's math teacher in high school, grew up in Terra Haute, Indiana.


Iowa

Coach — ABC comedy set in Minnesota (near the Twin Cities) and later in Orlando, Florida. Exterior shots were done at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Invasion Iowa — Spike TV spoof set in Riverside

M*A*S*H — CBS comedy set in Korea. The home town of Radar O'Reilly is Ottumwa.


Kansas

Greensburg — Planet Green reality show about Greensburg

Gunsmoke — CBS western set in Dodge City

High School Confidential — WE reality show set in Kansas

Jericho — CBS apocalyptic drama set in Jericho (fictional)

Making It Home: Greensburg — TLC reality show about Greensburg

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — ABC western set in Dodge City, Kansas, and then Tombstone, Arizona

Smallville — CW super-hero drama set in Smallville (fictional)

Summerland — WB drama set in Summerland, California (fictional). The orphaned children were originally from Kansas.

Supernatural — CW fantasy thriller with a starting location of Lawrence

United States of Tara — Showtime comedy set in Overland Park


Kentucky

Daniel Boone — NBC adventure series set in Booneville. It was shot in California and Kanab, Utah.

Justified — FX drama set in Harlan County, Kentucky.

The Simpsons — Fox cartoon comedy set in Springfield, Vermont (as voted by movie goers in 2007). The TV show once indicated Kentucky and another time southern Missouri.

Southern Belles: Louisville — SOAPnet reality show set in Louisville.


Louisiana

Architecture School — Sundance reality show set in New Orleans

The Buccaneers — CBS western set in New Orleans

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional). Also set in New Orleans (home of one of the heroes).

In the Heat of the Night — CBS drama set in Sparta. The first season was filmed in Hammond, Louisiana, but moved to Conyers and Covington, Georgia for the rest of the series.

K-Ville — Fox crime drama set in New Orleans

The Real World: New Orleans — MTV reality show set in New Orleans

The Riches — FX drama set in Edenfalls (fictional)

Sordid Lives — Logo soap opera set in Texas. Filming done on location in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Steven Seagal Lawman — A&E reality show set in Jefferson Parish.

Treme — HBO drama set in New Orleans

True Blood — HBO vampire drama set in Bon Temps, Louisiana (fictional)

Yancy Derringer — CBS western set in New Orleans


Maine

Dark Shadows — ABC soap opera set in Collinsport (fictional). Exterior shots were made in Essex, Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island.

The Dead Zone — USA Network drama set in Penobscot County and Cleave's Mill (fictional)

Haven — Syfy science fiction mystery series set in Haven (fictional)

Murder in Small Town X — Fox reality show shot in Eastport

Murder, She Wrote — CBS crime drama set in Cabot Cove (fictional)


Maryland

Aces of Cakes — Food Network reality show filmed at Charm City Bakery in Baltimore

Airline — A&E reality show set in Baltimore

Homicide: Life on the Street — NBC crime drama set in Baltimore

Hopkins — ABC reality show set in Baltimore's John Hopkins Hospital

The Wire — HBO crime drama set in Baltimore

The Young Americans — WB teen drama set in the Rawley Summer Academy (fictional) in Connecticut. The series was shot at Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia; Towson University, Towson, Maryland; and Havre de Grace, Maryland.


Massachusetts

Ally McBeal — Fox legal drama set in Boston

Boston Common — NBC comedy set in Boston

Boston Legal — ABC legal drama set in Boston

Boston Public — Fox school drama set in Boston

Boston's Finest — ABC crime drama set in Boston

Cheers — NBC comedy set in Boston

Crossing Jordan — NBC police drama set in Boston

Dawson's Creek — WB teen drama set in Capeside (fictional). Episodes were filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina.

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman — CBS western set in Colorado Springs, but the main character came from Boston, Massachusetts.

Fringe — Fox crime drama set in Boston (but filmed in New York City)

HMS — CW medical school drama set in Cambridge

Jess Stone — CBS TV movie series set in a small Massachusetts town

Leverage — TNT crime drama set in Boston

October Road — ABC drama set in Knights Ridge (fictional)

The Practice — ABC legal drama set in Boston

The Real World: Boston — MTV reality show set in Boston

Sabrina, The Teenage Witch — ABC comedy set in Westbridge (fictional), but the zip code is for Salem. Mrs. Quick, Sabrina's math teacher in high school, grew up in Terra Haute, Indiana.

St. Elsewhere — NBC medical drama set in Boston

Spenser: For Hire — ABC detective drama set in Boston

Tru Calling — Fox mystery set in Boston

Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place — ABC comedy set in Boston

Unhitched — Fox comedy set in Boston

Wings — NBC comedy set on Nantucket Island


Michigan

Crash Course — ABC reality show set in Detroit

Detroit SWAT — A&E reality show set in Detroit

8 Simple Rules — ABC comedy set in a Detroit suburb

Home Improvement — ABC comedy set in Detroit

Hung — HBO comedy set in Detroit

Nimrod Nation — Sundance reality series set in Watersmeet, Michigan

Sister, Sister — ABC/WB comedy set in Detroit

Soul Man — ABC comedy set in Royal Oak


Minnesota

Coach — ABC comedy set in Minnesota (near the Twin Cities) and later in Orlando, Florida. Exterior shots were done at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Golden Girls — NBC comedy set in Miami, Florida. In the pilot, Rose says that her hometown is Little Falls, Minnesota. In all the episodes after that, she says that her hometown is St. Olaf.

Happy Town — ABC soap opera set in Haplin (fictional)

Little House on the Prairie — NBC western set in Walnut Grove

Mall Cops: Mall of America — TLC reality show set in Bloomington

Mary Tyler Moore Show — CBS comedy set in Minneapolis


Mississippi

Half Their Size — ABC docu-soap set in Mississippi

In the Heat of the Night — CBS drama set in Sparta. The first season was filmed in Hammond, Louisiana, but moved to Conyers and Covington, Georgia for the rest of the series.

The Mississippi — CBS law drama set in Mississippi


Missouri

AfterMASH — CBS comedy set in Missouri

Farmer Wants a Wife — CW reality show set on a Missouri farm

The Simpsons — Fox cartoon comedy set in Springfield, Vermont (as voted by movie goers in 2007). The TV show once indicated Kentucky and another time southern Missouri.


Nebraska

The Big Bang Theory — CBS comedy set in Los Angeles, California. The home town of Penny is Omaha, Nebraska.

Chuck — NBC spy comedy set in Los Angeles. In one episode, Bryce says to Sara, “We'll always have Omaha.” Yes, they will.


Nevada

Bonanza — NBC western set near Lake Tahoe and Virginia City

Breaking Vegas — Reality show set in Las Vegas

CSI — CBS crime drama set in Las Vegas

The Defenders — CBS legal drama set in Las Vegas

Dr. Vegas — CBS medical drama set in Las Vegas

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional).

Las Vegas — NBC crime drama set in Las Vegas

Las Vegas Jailhouse — TruTV reality show set in Las Vegas

Push, Nevada — ABC crime drama set in Push (fictional)

The Real World: Las Vegas — MTV reality show set in Las Vegas

Reno 911 — Comedy Central comedy set in Reno

Seven Days — UPN fantasy drama set in Nevada

Top Chef Las Vegas — Bravo reality show set in Las Vegas

True Beauty — ABC reality show set in Las Vegas

Vega$ — ABC crime drama set in Las Vegas

Viva Laughlin — CBS musical drama set in Laughlin


New Hampshire

The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire — CBS drama set in Poland (fictional)


New Jersey

Boardwalk Empire — HBO crime drama set in Atlantic City

Brick City — Sundance Channel reality show set in Newark

Cake Boss — TLC reality show set in Hoboken

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas; New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; Costa Verde, California (fictional). The home of Pinehurst Industries is Fort Lee, New Jersey.

House M.D. — Fox medical drama set in New Jersey. The aerial shots of the fictional hospital are the back of Frist Student Center at Princeton University (Princeton, New Jersey).

Jersey Couture — Oxygen reality show set in Freehold

Jersey Shore — MTV reality show set in Seaside Heights

Jerseylicious — Style reality show set in Green Brook

Mercy — NBC medical drama set in Jersey City

The Real Housewives of New Jersey — Bravo reality show set in New Jersey

Sopranos — HBO drama set in New Jersey


New Mexico

Breaking Bad — AMC comedy show set in New Mexico

Easy Money — CW dramedy set in Albuquerque

In Plain Sight — USA crime show set in Albuquerque

Kid Nation — CBS reality show set in New Mexico

The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams — NBC family show filmed in the mountains near Ruidoso

The Lost Room — SyFy fantasy drama set in Gallup

McCloud — NBC crime drama set in New York City, but the main character Sam McCloud was a sheriff from Taos, New Mexico.

Rawhide — CBS western filmed in New Mexico, Arizona, and California

The Rifleman — ABC western set near North Fork (fictitious)

Roswell — WB fantasy drama set in Roswell, New Mexico. Many exteriors were shot in Covina, California.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles — Fox fantasy show set in New Mexico (at least the first few episodes)


New York

Ace of Cakes — Food Channel reality show set in New York City

All in the Family — CBS comedy set in Queens

America's Next Top Model — CW reality show set in New York City and Los Angeles

The Apprentice — NBC reality show set in New York City

Beach Lane — NBC drama set in the Hamptons

The Beautiful Life — CW reality show set in New York City

Big Shots — ABC comedic drama set in New York City

Blue Bloods — CBS crime drama set in New York City

Bored to Death — HBO detective drama set in Brooklyn and Manhattan

The Bronx Is Burning — ESPN sports drama set in the Bronx

Brooklyn South — CBS crime drama set in Brooklyn

Buffalo Bill — NBC comedy show in Buffalo

Caroline in the City — NBC comedy set in New York City

Cashmere Mafia — ABC drama set in New York City

Castle — ABC detective drama set in New York City

Central Park West — CBS soap opera set in New York City

The Cosby Show — NBC comedy set in Brooklyn. The residence used in the exterior shots is actually in the West Village of Manhattan.

CSI: NY — CBS crime drama set in New York City

Cupid — ABC romantic drama set in New York (second version)

Damages — FX legal drama set in New York City

The Dick Van Dyke Show — CBS comedy set in New Rochelle

Diff'rent Strokes — NBC comedy set in New York City

Dinner with the Band — IFC reality show set in Brooklyn

Dirty Sexy Money — ABC soap opera set in New York City

Do Not Disturb — Fox comedy set in New York City

Ed — NBC dramedy set in Stuckeyville (fictional)

Ed Sullivan — CBS variety show set in New York City

Everybody Hates Chris — CW comedy set in Brooklyn

Everybody Loves Raymond — CBS comedy set on Long Island

The Fabulous Beekman Boys -- Planet Green reality show set on an upstate New York organic farm

The Facts of Life — NBC comedy set in Peekskill. Mrs. Garrett's hometown was Appleton, Wisconsin.

Fame — NBC music drama set in New York City

Felicity — WB drama set in New York City. Felicity's home town was Palo Alto, California.

Flight of the Conchords — HBO comedy set in New York City

Friends — NBC comedy set in New York City. Their apartment building is located at the corner of Bedford and Grove.

Fringe — Fox crime drama set in Boston (but filmed in New York City)

Gastineau Girls — E! reality show set in New York City

General Hospital — SOAPnet soap opera set in Port Charles (fictional)

General Hospital: Night Shift — ABC daytime soap opera set in Port Charles (fictional)

Gossip Girl — CW teen drama set in Manhattan

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional). One episode was set in Poughkeepsie, New York. The Primatech Facility Level 5 is located in Hartsdale, New York.

The Honeymooners — CBS comedy set in Brooklyn

How I Met Your Mother — CBS comedy set in New York City

I Love New York — MTV reality show set in New York City

In Treatment — HBO drama set in Brooklyn

Jesse — NBC comedy set in Buffalo

Just Shoot Me — NBC comedy set in New York City

The King of Queens — CBS comedy set in Queens

Late Show with David Letterman — CBS talk show set in New York City

Law & Order — NBC crime drama set in New York City

Law & Order: Criminal Intent — NBC crime drama set in New York City

Law & Order: SVU — NBC crime drama set in New York City

Life on Mars — ABC fantasy crime drama set in New York City

Lipstick Jungle — NBC soap opera set in New York City

Living Single — Fox comedy set in Brooklyn

Mad About You — NBC comedy set in New York City

Mad Men — AMC comedy set in New York City

Manimal — NBC fantasy crime drama set in New York City

Mary Knows Best — Syfy reality show set on Long Island

Maude — CBS comedy set in Tuckahoe

McCloud — NBC crime drama set in New York City

Mike Hammer — CBS detective drama set in New York City

Murphy Brown — CBS comedy set in New York City

The Nanny — CBS comedy set in New York City

New Amsterdam — Fox fantasy crime drama set in New York City

New York Goes to Work — VH1 reality show set in New York City

New York Undercover — Detective drama set in New York City

NewsRadio — NBC comedy set in New York City

Night Court — NBC comedy set in New York City

Now & Again — CBS fantasy crime drama set in New York City

NYC Prep — Bravo reality show set in New York City

NYPD Blue — ABC crime drama set in New York City

Past Life — Fox crime drama set in New York City

Queen's Supreme — CBS comedy set in Queens

The Real Housewives of New York City — Bravo reality show set in New York City

The Real Hustle — truTV hidden camera show set in New York City

The Real World: Brooklyn — MTV reality show set in Brooklyn

The Real World: New York — MTV reality show set in New York

Rescue Me — FX drama set in New York City

Reunion — Fox mystery drama set in Bedford (fictional)

Rhoda — CBS comedy set in New York City

Royal Pains — USA drama set in the Hamptons

Rules of Engagement — CBS comedy set in New York City

The Return of Jezebel James — Fox comedy set in New York City

Sandhogs — History Channel reality show set in New York City

Saturday Night Live — NBC comedy show in New York City

Say Yes to the Dress — TLC reality show set in New York City

Seinfeld — NBC comedy set in New York City

Sex and the City — HBO comedy set in New York City

Slap Maxwell — ABC comedy show in Buffalo

Spin City — ABC comedy set in New York City

Sports Night — ABC comedy set in New York City

Stylista — CW reality show set in New York City

30 Rock — NBC comedy set in New York City

Taxi — NBC comedy set in New York City

That Girl — ABC comedy set in New York City

Third Watch — NBC crime drama set in New York City

3 Lbs. — CBS medical drama set in New York City

The Tonight Show — NBC talk show in New York City and later in Los Angeles

The Trouble with Larry — Comedy set in Syracuse

Ugly Betty — ABC comedy set in New York City. The Metropolitan Life Insurance North Building was used as the exterior of the Mode magazine offices. Now the Woolworth Building is used. Betty's home is in the Bronx.

The Unusuals — ABC crime drama set in New York City

Welcome Back, Kotter — ABC comedy set in Brooklyn

White Collar — USA Network crime drama set in New York City

Whoopi! — NBC comedy set in New York City

Witchblade — TNT fantasy detective show set in New York City

Without a Trace — CBS crime drama set in New York City

Wizards of Waverly Place — Disney fantasy set in New York City

Wonderfalls — Fox fantasy set in Niagara Falls

Z Rock — IFC comedy set in Brooklyn


North Carolina

The Andy Griffith Show — CBS comedy set in Mayberry (fictional)

Dawson's Creek — WB teen drama set in Capeside, Massachusetts (fictional). Episodes were filmed in and around Wilmington, North Carolina.

Eastbound and Down — HBO comedy set in a small town. Filmed in Scotts Hill.

One Big Happy Family — TLC reality show set in North Carolina

One Tree Hill — WB teen drama set in Tree Hill (fictional)

Time Heals — TNT medical drama set in Charlotte, North Carolina


Ohio

Drew Carey Show — NBC comedy set in Cleveland

Family Ties — ABC comedy set in Columbus

Glee — Fox musical set in a small town in western Ohio

Hot in Cleveland — TV Land comedy set in Cleveland

M*A*S*H — CBS comedy set in Korea. The home town of Corporal Klinger is Toledo.

Normal, Ohio — Fox comedy set in Normal (fictional)

10 Items or Less — TBS comedy set in Ohio

3rd Rock from the Sun — NBC comedy set in Rutherford (fictional)

WKRP in Cincinnati — CBS comedy set in Cincinnati


Oklahoma

Cimarron City — NBC western set in Cimarron City (fictional)

Cimarron Strip — CBS western set in Cimarron City (fictional)

Hec Ramsey — NBC crime drama set in New Prospect (fictional)

Saving Grace — TNT crime drama set in Oklahoma City


Oregon

Ax Men — History Channel show set in Vermonia and Astoria

Life Unexpected — CW comedy set in Portland

Little People, Big World — Reality show set in Hillsboro


Pennsylvania

All My Children — ABC soap opera set in fictional Pine Valley on Philadelphia's Main Line.

American Bandstand — ABC music show in Philadelphia and later in Los Angeles

American Dreams — NBC family drama set in Philadelphia

Back to You — Fox comedy set in Pittsburgh

Cold Case — CBS crime drama set in Philadelphia

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — NBC comedy set in Bel-Air. The main character was from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia — FX comedy set in Philadelphia

Jon & Kate Plus 8 — TLC reality show set in Wernersville

The Office — NBC comedy set in Scranton

One Life to Live — ABC daytime soap opera set in Llanview (fictional)

Paranormal State — A&E series about Penn State University students looking for ghosts

Parking Wars — A&E reality show set in Philadelphia

Philly — ABC legal drama set in Philadelphia

The Real World: Philadelphia — MTV reality show set in Philadelphia

Pretty Little Liars — ABC Family drama set in Rosewood (fictional)

thirtysomething — ABC drama set in Philadelphia

'Til Death — Fox comedy set in Philadelphia


Rhode Island

Brotherhood — Showtime drama set in Providence

Dark Shadows — ABC soap opera set in Collinsport (fictional). Exterior shots were made in Essex, Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island.

Family Guy — Fox cartoon set in Quahog

Providence — NBC drama set in Providence


South Carolina

Army Wives — Lifetime drama set in a South Carolina army base


South Dakota

Deadwood — HBO western set in Deadwood

Warehouse 13 — Syfy science fiction thriller set in the South Dakota badlands (the warehouse)


Tennessee

Design Star — HGTV reality show set in Nashville

Down Home with the Neelys — Food show set in Memphis

Gone Country — CMT reality show set in Nashville

Memphis Beat — TNT crime show set in Memphis

Nashville — Fox reality docu-soap set in Nashville

Nashville Star — NBC reality show set in Nashville

Outsider's Inn — CMT reality show set in rural Tennessee

The Road Hammers — GAC reality show set in Nashville


Texas

Anchorwoman — Fox reality show set in Tyler

Animal Cops Houston — Animal Planet reality show set in Houston

Austin City Limits — PBS music show set in Austin

The Big Bang Theory — CBS comedy set in Los Angeles. One of the main characters, Sheldon Cooper, grew up in Texas.

Brothers — Fox comedy set in Houston

Black Gold — TruTV reality show set on a Texas oil rig

Dallas — CBS soap opera set in Dallas

Dallas SWAT — Bio reality show set in Dallas

Friday Night Lights — NBC drama set in Dillon (fictional), but based on the book and movie set in Odessa

The Good Guys — Fox crime drama set in Dallas

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional).

High School Reunion — WB reality show featuring high school alums from Round Rock. Set in Maui, Hawaii.

Houston Knights — Detective series set in Houston

Laredo — NBC western set in Laredo

Midland — Fox drama set in Midland

The Real World: Austin — MTV reality show set in Austin

Sordid Lives — Logo soap opera set in Texas. Filming done on location in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Texas Justice — Fox reality show set in Texas

Trackdown — CBS western set in Texas

12 Miles of Bad Road — HBO drama set in Dallas

Walker, Texas Ranger — CBS crime drama set in Dallas


Utah

Daniel Boone — NBC adventure series set in Booneville. It was shot in California and Kanab, Utah.

Big Love — HBO drama set in Sandy


Vermont

Newhart — CBS comedy set in Vermont but ended with him in bed with his wife in Chicago

The Simpsons — Fox cartoon comedy set in Springfield, Vermont (as voted by movie goers in 2007). The TV show once indicated Kentucky and another time southern Missouri.


Virginia

The Cleveland Show — Fox cartoon show set in Stoolbend (fictional)

HawthoRNe — TNT medical drama set in Richmond

Heroes — NBC fantasy show set in Odessa, Texas as well as New York, New York; Las Vegas, Nevada; and Costa Verde, California (fictional). Also in Arlington, Virginia.

The Vampire Diaries — CW fantasy drama set in Mystic Falls (fictional). Filmed outside Atlanta, Georgia.

The Waltons — CBS family drama set in the Blue Ridge Mountains


Washington

Dark Angel — Fox science fiction drama set in Seattle. The location of the facility was in Gillette, Wyoming.

Dead Like Me — Showtime drama set in Seattle

Frasier — NBC comedy set in Seattle

Grey's Anatomy — ABC medical drama set in Seattle

Harper's Island — Set in Seattle

Hello, Larry — CBS comedy set in Seattle

iCarly — Nickelodeon teen show set in Seattle

Kyle XY — ABC Family drama set in Seattle

Life As We Know It — ABC drama set in Seattle

The Real World: Seattle — MTV reality show set in Seattle

The Sentinel — UPN crime drama set in Cascade (fictional)

Twin Peaks — ABC crime drama set in Twin Peaks (fictional)

Wolf Lake — CBS/UPN werewolf drama set in a Seattle suburb


West Virginia

Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution — ABC reality show set in Huntington


Wisconsin

Aliens in America — CW comedy set in Milwaukee suburb

The Facts of Life — NBC comedy set in Peekskill. Mrs. Garrett's hometown was Appleton, Wisconsin.

Happy Days — ABC comedy set in Milwaukee

Laverne & Shirley — ABC comedy set in Milwaukee, but later relocated to Los Angeles

Picket Fences — CBS drama set in Rome (fictional, but near Green Bay)

Step-by-Step — ABC comedy set in Wisconsin

That 70's Show — Fox comedy set in a Milwaukee suburb (the fictional Point Place)

The Young and the Restless — CBS daytime soap opera set in Genoa City (fictional)


Wyoming

Dark Angel — Fox science fiction drama set in Seattle, Washington. The location of the Manticore facility was in Gillette, Wyoming.

Laramie — NBC western set in Laramie

Lawman — ABC western set in Laramie

The Men from Shiloh — NBC western set near Medicine Bow

The Virginian — NBC western set near Medicine Bow


Canada

18 to Life — CBC/ABC sitcom set in Montreal, Quebec

Flashpoint — CBS crime drama set in Toronto, Ontario

The Tom Green Show — Rogers TV 22 and MTV comedy set in Ottawa, Ontario

Ice Road Truckers — History Channel reality show set in Canada

M.V.P. — CBC and SoapNet soap opera set in Canada

Reaper — CW fantasy set in Vancouver, British Columbia

Stone Undercover — CBC crime drama set in Calgary, Alberta

Trailer Park Boys — comedy set in Nova Scotia. The pilot was filmed in Spryfield, Nova Scotia. The first season was filmed in Sackville, Nova Scotia. The second, fourth, and fifth seasons in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The third in Lakeside, Nova Scotia.

Whistler — CTV crime drama set in Whistler, British Columbia

Many syndicated and network TV shows are filmed in Canada, especially in Vancouver or Toronto.

John Kremer, Travel Guide