List of American television series by setting
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This is a list of American television series arranged by their setting.
[edit] Alaska
- Northern Exposure (set in the fictional city of Cecily)
- Men in Trees (set in the fictional town of Elmo)
[edit] Albuquerque
[edit] Atlanta
Main article: List of television shows set in Atlanta
[edit] Baltimore
[edit] Boston
- Ally McBeal
- Banacek
- Beacon Hill
- Boston Common
- Boston Legal
- Boston Public
- Cheers
- Crossing Jordan
- Fringe
- Goodnight, Beantown
- James at 15
- Leverage
- The Practice
- Spenser: For Hire
- St. Elsewhere
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Tru Calling
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
- The Young Lawyers
[edit] Boulder County, Colorado
- Mork & Mindy (set in Boulder, Colorado)
- The Bill Engvall Show (set in Louisville, Colorado)
[edit] Buffalo, NY
[edit] Chicago
- All About Us
- According to Jim
- Andy Richter Controls the Universe
- Angel Street
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Chicago Hope
- Crime Story
- Due South
- Early Edition
- E/R
- ER
- Family Matters
- Freddie
- Good Times
- It's All Relative
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- Life with Bonnie
- The Loop
- Love & War
- M Squad
- Married... with Children
- Mike & Molly
- My Big Fat Greek Life
- My Boys
- Once and Again
- Our Private World
- Pepper Dennis
- Perfect Strangers
- Punky Brewster
- Reasonable Doubts
- Roseanne (TV series)
- Shake It Up (TV series)
- Soul Food (TV series)
- Special Unit 2
- The League
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Still Standing
- Tracker
- The Untouchables (1959 TV series)
- The Untouchables (1993 TV series)
- Webster
- What About Joan?
[edit] Cincinnati
[edit] Cleveland
[edit] Cocoa Beach, Florida
[edit] Columbus
- Family Ties
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (in the fictional suburban city of Rutherford)
- Hope & Faith
[edit] Dallas
[edit] Denver
[edit] Detroit
- 8 Simple Rules (For Dating My Teenage Daughter) (set in Auburn Hills)
- Detroit 1-8-7
- Home Improvement
- Martin
- Sister, Sister
[edit] Evening Shade, Arkansas
[edit] Fort Worth
[edit] Hartford
- Gilmore Girls (principally set in the fictional Connecticut town of Star's Hollow)
- Judging Amy
[edit] Honolulu
- Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Hawaii Five-O (1968 version)
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010 version)
- Hawaiian Eye
- Magnum, P.I.
[edit] Houston
[edit] Indianapolis
[edit] Kansas City
- Apple Pie
- Kansas City SWAT
- The Legend of Jesse James
- Malcolm & Eddie
- Married to the Kellys (principally set in rural Kansas)
- Pulse of the City
- Switched at Birth
- The United States of Tara
[edit] Las Vegas
[edit] Lima, Ohio
[edit] Los Angeles
- 24
- 240-Robert
- 77 Sunset Strip
- The A-Team
- Adam-12
- Alien Nation
- Almost Perfect
- Angel
- B. J. and the Bear
- Banyon
- Barnaby Jones
- Baywatch
- The Bernie Mac Show
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Boomtown
- Boston Blackie
- The Brady Bunch
- Burke's Law
- Cannon
- Charlie's Angels
- Chase [disambiguation needed
] - Chico and the Man
- CHiPs
- Chuck
- City of Angels (1976)
- City of Angels (2000)
- Columbo
- The Bill Cosby Show
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Cybill
- David Cassidy: Man Under Cover
- The Debbie Reynolds Show
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Doctors' Hospital
- Dragnet
- Dragnet 1967
- Drop Dead Diva (setting is Los Angeles but actually filmed in Atlanta)
- Emergency!
- Entourage (TV series)
- Enos
- The Fall Guy
- Fastlane
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
- George Lopez
- Get Christie Love!
- Girlfriends
- Hannah Montana (set primarily in the suburb of Malibu)
- Hardcastle and McCormick
- Here's Lucy
- Hunter
- It's a Living
- It's Like, You Know...
- Jake and the Fatman
- Joey
- Knots Landing
- L.A. Firefighters
- L.A. Law
- Laverne & Shirley (moved to the suburb of Burbank in Season 6)
- Law & Order: Los Angeles
- Lou Grant
- Mannix
- Medical Center
- Melrose Place
- Moesha
- Moonlighting
- Murder One
- My Living Doll
- The Naked Truth
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- Perry Mason
- Police Story
- Private Practice (TV series)
- Remington Steele
- Robbery Homicide Division
- The Rockford Files
- Room 222
- Sanford and Son
- Saved by the Bell
- S.W.A.T.
- The Shield
- Titans
- Victorious
- V.I.P.
- What's Happening!!
- Whiz Kids
- Zorro
[edit] Memphis
[edit] Miami
- Burn Notice
- CSI: Miami
- Dave's World
- Dexter
- Empty Nest
- Eve
- Flipper
- The Golden Girls
- The Golden Palace
- Good Morning, Miami
- Grapevine
- Invasion
- Karen Sisco
- Miami Vice
- Nip/Tuck
- Ocean Ave.
- ¿Qué Pasa, USA?
- South Beach (1993 TV series; set in the South Beach area of Miami Beach, Florida)
- South Beach (2006 TV series; set in South Beach)
- Surfside 6
- T. J. Hooker
[edit] Milwaukee
- Happy Days
- Laverne & Shirley (later moved to Burbank, California)
- Step by Step (set in the suburb of Port Washington, Wisconsin)
- That '70s Show (set in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin)
[edit] Minneapolis – Saint Paul
[edit] Monterey County, California
- Out of This World (setting is Carmel, California)
[edit] Nantucket
[edit] New Orleans
[edit] New York City and metro area
- 30 Rock
- All in the Family
- The Morey Amsterdam Show
- Baretta
- Barney Miller
- Becker
- Bosom Buddies
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Brooklyn South
- Cagney & Lacey
- Caroline in the City
- Castle (TV series)
- The Cosby Show
- Cosby
- CSI: NY
- Doc
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Dream On
- East Side/West Side
- The Equalizer
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Fair Exchange
- Family Affair
- Felicity
- Fired Up
- Fish
- Friends
- Going My Way
- Grounded for Life
- He & She
- The Honeymooners
- House
- How I Met Your Mother
- I Love Lucy (later moved to Westport, Connecticut)
- The Investigators
- The Jeffersons
- Jessie
- Just Shoot Me!
- Kate & Allie
- The King of Queens
- Kojak
- Law & Order
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
- Law & Order: Trial by Jury
- Less Than Perfect
- Living Dolls
- Living Single
- Lotsa Luck
- I Love Lucy
- McCloud
- Mad About You
- Make Room for Daddy
- Maude
- Michael Hayes
- Miss Match
- The Nanny
- Ned & Stacey
- NewsRadio
- Night Court
- Nurse Jackie
- Mr. and Mrs. North
- N.Y.P.D.
- NYPD Blue
- New York Undercover
- The Odd Couple
- The Patty Duke Show
- Rhoda
- Ryan's Hope
- Seinfeld
- Serpico
- Sex and the City
- The Single Guy
- The Sopranos
- Spin City
- Sports Night
- Tattingers or Nick & Hillary
- Taxi
- Temporarily Yours
- That Girl
- The Thin Man
- Third Watch
- Time of Your Life
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- The Unusuals
- Veronica's Closet
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- What I Like About You
- White Collar
- Will & Grace
- Without a Trace
- Wizards of Waverly Place
[edit] Oklahoma City
[edit] Orange County, California
[edit] Peekskill, New York
[edit] Philadelphia
- American Dreams
- Angie
- Boy Meets World
- Brotherly Love
- Brothers
- Cold Case
- Hack
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Shannon's Deal
- Strong Medicine
- thirtysomething
[edit] Phoenix
[edit] Pittsburgh
- The Guardian
- Mr. Belvedere (set in suburban Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Queer as Folk
- Remember WENN
- Back To You
- Hope and Gloria
[edit] Providence
- Doctor Doctor (1989 TV series)
- Family Guy (set in the nearby fictional city of Quahog)
- Providence
[edit] Sacramento
[edit] Saint Louis
- AfterMASH
- The Baxters
- Farmer Wants a Wife
- The John Larroquette Show
- Lucas Tanner (set in suburban Webster Groves, Missouri)
- On Our Own
- W*A*L*T*E*R
[edit] San Diego
[edit] San Francisco
- Amy Prentiss
- Charmed
- Checkmate
- Dante
- Dharma & Greg
- The Division
- The Doris Day Show
- The John Forsythe Show
- Full House
- Girls Club
- Hooperman
- Hotel
- House Calls
- Ironside
- Just Cause
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing
- Love on a Rooftop
- McMillian & Wife/McMillan
- Midnight Caller
- Monk
- My Sister Sam
- Nash Bridges
- Party of Five
- Phyllis
- Sliders (each episode featured a different dimension of the shows main setting)
- That's So Raven
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Too Close for Comfort
- Trapper John, M.D.
[edit] San Juan, Puerto Rico
- The Flying Nun (the only series to be set in a US territory)
[edit] Santa Barbara, California
[edit] Santa Monica
[edit] Scranton, Pennsylvania
[edit] Seaside Heights, New Jersey
[edit] Seattle
- The 4400
- Dark Angel
- Dead Like Me
- Frasier
- Grey's Anatomy
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Here Come the Brides
- iCarly
- John Doe
- Under One Roof
[edit] Sunnyvale, California
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (set in the fictional city of Sunnydale)
[edit] Tucson
[edit] Washington, D.C.
- 227
- A Man Called Hawk
- All's Fair
- Bones
- Commander in Chief
- Cory in the House
- The District
- FM
- Hearts Afire
- K Street
- Lie to Me
- The Lone Gunmen
- Mr. Smith
- Murphy Brown
- Snoops
- That's My Mama
- The West Wing
- The X-Files
[edit] Westport, Connecticut
- Bewitched
- I Love Lucy (show moved here late in the series)
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
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