List of television shows set in Los Angeles
Appearance
This is a list of television shows set in the Greater Los Angeles Area (including Los Angeles and Orange County communities such as Beverly Hills, Santa Monica, Malibu, and Newport Beach). The fact that many American television shows are made at Hollywood studios means that the Greater Los Angeles area is often the cheapest and most convenient location in which to set a program (series filmed entirely inside a studio excepted).
0–100
- 24
- 77 Sunset Strip
- 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd
- 1000 Ways to Die
- 90210 (Beverly Hills)
A
- The A-Team
- Adam-12
- a.k.a. Pablo
- ALF
- Alias
- Alien Nation
- All About the Andersons
- All My Children (starting in 2010)
- All of Us
- Almost Perfect
- American Idol (Hollywood)
- America's Next Top Model, Cycle 4-9, 11 and 13
- Angel
- Animaniacs
- The Apprentice, 6th season
- Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
- Arrested Development
- Attack Of The Show!
- Auction Hunters
- Awake
B
- The Bad Girls Club Seasons 1-4, 6, 13
- Bad Girls All-Star Battle
- Barnaby Jones
- Baywatch
- Baldwin Hills
- Ben Casey
- Better Off Ted
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- Beverly Hills Teens
- Bewitched (Burbank)
- The Big Bang Theory (Pasadena)
- Big Time Rush
- Blossom
- The Bob Cummings Show (Hollywood)
- The Bold and the Beautiful
- Bonkers
- Boomtown
- Bosch
- The Brady Bunch
- Braken's World
- Brimstone
- Brothers and Sisters
- Burke's Law
C
- Cheat!
- California Fever
- California Dreams (Redondo Beach)
- Californication
- Camp Wilder
- Cannon
- Charlie's Angels
- The Charmings
- Chico and the Man
- CHiPs
- Chuck (TV series) set in Burbank, California
- City of Angels (1976 series)
- City of Angels (2000 series)
- Clean House
- The Closer
- Clueless
- Code R (Channel Islands)
- Code Red
- The Colbys
- Columbo
- The Comeback (Beverly Hills)
- The Contender Season 2
- Crash
- Curb Your Enthusiasm
- Cybill
D
- Dancing With the Stars
- Dark Blue (TV series)
- Day Break
- Deal or No Deal (Culver City)
- Desire
- Diagnosis: Murder
- Dirt
- Dr. Phil (TV series)
- Dollhouse (TV series)
- Doogie Howser, M.D.
- Dragnet
E
F
- The Fall Guy
- Family
- Family Feud
- Fashion House
- Fast Times
- Fastlane
- Fat Actress
- FlashForward
- Franklin and Bash
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
G
- General Hospital
- George Lopez
- Gidget (Santa Monica)
- Gimme a Break! (Fictional town of Glenlawn)
- Girlfriends
- Glee
- Going Places
- Graceland
- Grady
- The Greatest American Hero
H
- Hannah Montana
- The Handler
- Hardcastle & McCormick
- Heroes S1 (Scenes involving Greg Grunberg's character, Matt Parkman) Regular in Season 2
- Hell Date
- Hidden Hills
- The Hills
- Hunter
- Hollywood 7
- House of Lies
I
- I Dream of Jeannie (Burbank)
- I Love Lucy
- The Inside
- In The House
- It's a Living
- It's Garry Shandling's Show (Sherman Oaks)
J
- Jackass
- Jarian Mitchell
- The Jamie Foxx Show
- Jeopardy! (Culver City)
- Joey
- Jonas L.A.
- Justice
- Just Legal (Santa Monica)
- Just Jordan (Hollywood)
K
- Kingdom
- Knots Landing (set in fictitious town of the same name in Los Angeles County)
L
- L.A. Complex
- L.A. Dragnet
- L.A. Law
- The L Word
- Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
- The Larry Sanders Show
- Laverne & Shirley (Burbank, from the 6th season)
- L.A. 7
- Law & Order: Los Angeles (aired from 2010-2011 on NBC)
- Leverage
- Life
- Life with Elizabeth
- Lincoln Heights
- Lost
- Lou Grant
- Love Games: Bad Girls Need Love Too
- Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood
- The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour
M
- MacGyver
- Mann & Machine
- Mannix
- Marcus Welby, M.D. (Santa Monica)
- Mathnet
- Medical Center
- Melrose Place
- Men of a Certain Age
- The Minor Accomplishments of Jackie Woodman
- Miss Match
- Mister Ed
- The Mod Squad
- Models Inc.
- Modern Family
- Moesha (Baldwin Hills/Crenshaw District)
- The Monkees
- Moonlight
- Moonlighting
- Mr. Box Office
- Murder One
- Music Video Comp Reel
N
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- The New Adam 12
- The New Adventures of Old Christine
- New Attitude
- The New Dragnet
- The New Gidget (Santa Monica)
- The New Normal
- New Girl
- No Ordinary Family
- NUMB3RS
- Newport Harbor
O
- The O.C.
- On the Lot
- One on One (season 5)
- Out All Night
- Operation Repo
P
- Pacific Blue (Santa Monica)
- Pacific Palisades
- The Parkers (Santa Monica)
- Party Down (TV series)Party Down
- Pasadena (Pasadena)
- Perry Mason
- Police Woman
- Popular
- The Price Is Right (Hollywood)
- Private Practice
Q
R
- Rafferty
- Raines
- Ray Donovan
- The Real L Word
- The Real World: Hollywood
- The Real World: Los Angeles
- Remington Steele
- Riptide
- Rob & Big
- The Rockford Files
- The Rookies
- Room 222
- The Ropers
S
- Sam & Cat (Venice, Los Angeles)
- The San Pedro Beach Bums (San Pedro)
- Sanford
- Sanford and Son (Watts)
- Sanford Arms
- Saved By The Bell (Fictional town of Palisades)
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Sex, Love & Secrets (Silver Lake)
- Shark
- The Shield
- Six Feet Under
- Sleeper Cell
- Sliders (although initially, the show was set in San Francisco, most episodes from the third to fifth season took place in Los Angeles)
- Son of the Beach (fictional city of Malibu Adjacent)
- Sonny With A Chance
- So Little Time (Malibu)
- South Central
- South of Nowhere
- Southland
- Sparks (Compton)
- Starsky and Hutch
- The Starter Wife
- Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
- Summerland
- S.W.A.T.
- Sweet Valley High (Fictional Suburb of Sweet Valley)
- Switch
T
- The Voice
- The L Word
- T.J. Hooker (story was fictitious "LCPD" but was filmed in Los Angeles)
- The Tab Hunter Show (Malibu)
- Tabitha
- Tenafly
- Tenspeed and Brown Shoe
- Three's Company (Santa Monica)
- The Tim Conway Show
- Top Chef (Season 2)
- The Tonight Show (Burbank, since 1972)
- Top Design
- Torchwood: Miracle Day
- Totally Spies! (Beverly Hills in season 1-4,fictional Malibu University (Mali-U) since season 5)
- Transparent
- Two and a Half Men (Malibu)
U
V
- Victorious (Fictional school of Hollywood Arts, LA)
W
- Watching Ellie
- Weeds (Fictional town of Agrestic)
- What About Brian
- What's Happening!! (Watts)
- Wheel of Fortune (Culver City)
- Where My Dogs At?
- The White Shadow
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
X
Y
Z
- Zorro (1957)
- Zorro: La Espada y la Rosa