List of American television series by setting
This is a list of American television series arranged by their setting. The list is organized alphabetically by state.
Alabama
- Hart of Dixie (set in the fictional town of Bluebell)
Alaska
- Northern Exposure (set in the fictional city of Cicely)
- Men in Trees (set in the fictional town of Elmo)
Arkansas
Arizona
- Alice (set in Phoenix)
- Greetings from Tucson (set in Tucson)
- The Lying Game (set in Scottsdale)
- Medium (set in Phoenix)
- The New Dick Van Dyke Show
- Sons of Tucson (set in Tucson)
California
Los Angeles
- 24
- 240-Robert
- 77 Sunset Strip
- The A-Team
- Adam-12
- ALF (San Fernando Valley)
- Alien Nation
- Almost Perfect
- American Horror Story season one
- Angel
- B. J. and the Bear
- Banyon
- Barnaby Jones
- The Bernie Mac Show
- The Beverly Hillbillies
- Beverly Hills, 90210
- The Big Bang Theory
- The Bill Cosby Show
- Boomtown
- Boston Blackie
- The Brady Bunch
- Burke's Law
- Cannon
- Charlie's Angels
- Chase
- Chico and the Man
- CHiPs
- Chuck
- City of Angels (1976)
- City of Angels (2000)
- Columbo
- 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!
- Enos
- Entourage
- The Fall Guy
- Fastlane
- Fear the Walking Dead
- 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 Like, You Know...
- It's a Living
- Jake and the Fatman
- Joey
- Knots Landing
- The L Word
- L.A. Firefighters
- L.A. Law
- Laverne & Shirley (moved to the suburb of Burbank in Season 6)
- Law & Order: Los Angeles
- The Little Rascals, aka Our Gang
- Lou Grant
- Mannix
- Medical Center
- Melrose Place
- Modern Family
- Moesha
- Moonlight
- Moonlighting
- The Munsters
- Murder One
- My Living Doll
- The Naked Truth
- NCIS: Los Angeles
- New Girl
- Our Gang, aka The Little Rascals
- Perry Mason
- Police Story
- Private Practice
- Remington Steele
- Robbery Homicide Division
- The Rockford Files
- Room 222
- Sanford and Son
- The Sarah Silverman Program
- Saved by the Bell (In nearby Malibu)
- The Shield
- Six Feet Under
- S.W.A.T.
- The Tim Conway Show
- Titans
- Two and a Half Men
- Victorious
- V.I.P.
- What's Happening!!
- Whiz Kids
- Zorro
Orange County
- Arrested Development (set in Newport Beach)
- The O.C.
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco
- About a Boy
- A.N.T. Farm
- Amy Prentiss
- Betas
- Charmed
- Checkmate
- Dante
- Dharma & Greg
- The Division
- The Doris Day Show
- Full House
- Girls Club
- Ground Floor
- Hooperman
- Hotel
- House Calls
- Ironside
- The John Forsythe Show
- Journeyman
- Just Cause
- Looking
- Love is a Many Splendored Thing
- Love on a Rooftop
- McMillan & Wife
- Midnight Caller
- Monk
- My Sister Sam
- Nash Bridges
- Party of Five
- Phyllis
- Silicon Valley
- Sliders (each episode featured a different dimension of the show's main setting)
- The Streets of San Francisco
- Suddenly Susan
- That's So Raven
- Too Close for Comfort
- Trapper John, M.D.
- Trauma
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica
Other places
- The Bionic Woman (in Ojai)
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (set in the fictional city of Sunnydale)
- Hidden Palms (in Palm Springs)
- Out of This World (in Carmel)
- Scrubs (in fictional town San Difrangeles)
- Workaholics (in Rancho Cucamonga)
- Zoey 101 (in boarding school set in Southern California)
- Mom
- Sons Of Anarchy (in fictional town of RedWood, California)
Colorado
Denver
Other places
- The Bill Engvall Show (set in Louisville)
- Community (set in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado)
- Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman
- Mork & Mindy (set in Boulder)
- South Park (set in South Park)
Connecticut
Hartford
Stamford
Westport
- Bewitched
- I Love Lucy (show moved here late in the series)
- The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour
Other places
- Gilmore Girls (principally set in the fictional town of Star's Hollow)
- Soap (set in the fictional town of Dunn's River)
- Who's the Boss? (set in Fairfield)
Florida
Miami
- Austin & Ally
- Burn Notice
- CSI: Miami
- Dave's World
- Dexter
- Empty Nest
- Eve
- Flipper
- The Golden Girls
- The Golden Palace
- Good Morning, Miami
- Grapevine
- Invasion
- Jane The Virgin
- Karen Sisco
- Miami Vice
- Nip/Tuck
- Ocean Ave.
- ¿Qué Pasa, USA?
- South Beach (1993; set in the South Beach area of Miami Beach)
- South Beach (2006; set in South Beach)
- Surfside 6
- T. J. Hooker
Orlando
Other places
- I Dream of Jeannie (set in Cocoa Beach)
- Second Noah (set in Tampa)
Georgia
Atlanta
Main article: List of television shows set in Atlanta
Other places
- The Dukes of Hazzard (set in fictional Hazzard County)
- The Three Stooges
Hawaii
Honolulu
- Dog the Bounty Hunter
- Hawaii Five-O (1968)
- Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
- Hawaiian Eye
- Hawaiian Heat
- Magnum, P.I.
Idaho
Boise
Other Places
- Wayward Pines (Fictional small town)
- (Maybe???) Malcolm in the Middle (set in a fictional "Tri-County Area")
Indiana
Indianapolis
Other places
- Breaking Away (set in Bloomington, Indiana, but filmed in Athens, Georgia)
- The Middle
- Parks and Recreation (set in the fictional town of Pawnee)
Illinois
Chicago
- According to Jim
- All About Us
- Andy Richter Controls the Universe
- Angel Street
- The Bob Newhart Show
- Boss
- Chicago Code
- Chicago Fire
- Chicago Hope
- Crime Story
- The Dresden Files
- Due South
- Early Edition
- E/R
- ER
- Family Matters
- Freddie
- Good Times
- The Good Wife
- Happy Endings
- It's All Relative
- Joanie Loves Chachi
- Kenan & Kel
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker
- The League
- 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
- Shake It Up
- Shameless
- Soul Food
- Special Unit 2
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Still Standing
- Tracker
- The Untouchables (1959)
- The Untouchables (1993)
- Webster
- What About Joan?
Springfield
- Roseanne (in the nearby fictional town of Lanford)
Iowa
- Julie (set in Sioux City)
Kansas
- Jericho (set in the fictional town of Jericho)
- Married to the Kellys (principally set in rural Kansas)
- Smallville (in the fictional town of Smallville)
- United States of Tara (set in Overland Park)
Kentucky
Louisiana
New Orleans
- The Adventures of Jim Bowie
- American Horror Story: Coven
- The Big Easy
- Bourbon Street Beat
- Frank's Place
- The Haunted Hathaways
- K-Ville
- Longstreet
- NCIS: New Orleans
- The Originals
- Treme
Other places
Maine
- Haven (fictional Maine town)
- Murder, She Wrote (fictional Maine town of Cabot Cove, filmed in Mendocino, California)
- Once Upon a Time (fictional town of Storybrooke)
- Under The Dome (fictional town of Chester's Mill)
Maryland
Baltimore
- The Corner
- Hannibal (TV series)"Hannibal
- Homicide: Life on the Street
- Hot l Baltimore
- NCIS
- Roc
- The Wire
Massachusetts
Boston
- Ally McBeal
- Banacek
- Beacon Hill
- Being Human
- Boston Common
- Boston Legal
- Boston Public
- Cheers
- Crossing Jordan
- Fringe
- Goodnight, Beantown
- James at 15
- Leverage
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
- The Practice
- Rizzoli & Isles
- Sabrina The Teenage Witch
- St. Elsewhere
- Spenser: For Hire
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Tru Calling
- Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place
- The Young Lawyers
Other places
- Dawson's Creek (in the fictional town of Capeside)
- Wings (in Nantucket)
Michigan
Detroit
Other places
Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Other Places
Missouri
Kansas City
- Apple Pie
- Kansas City SWAT
- The Legend of Jesse James
- Malcolm & Eddie
- Pulse of the City
- Switched at Birth
St. Louis
- AfterMASH
- The Baxters
- Farmer Wants a Wife
- Grace Under Fire
- The Jersey
- The John Larroquette Show
- Lucas Tanner (set in suburban Webster Groves, Missouri)
- On Our Own
- Sanford and Son (two locations: Los Angeles, California via St. Louis, Missouri)
- The Soul Man
- W*A*L*T*E*R
Other places
- The Beverly Hillbillies (two locations: Beverly Hills, California and near Hooterville and Petticoat Junction, Eldon, Missouri in The Ozarks)
- Green Acres (in Hooterville, near Petticoat Junction, Eldon, Missouri in The Ozarks)
- Petticoat Junction (in Eldon, Missouri near Hooterville in The Ozarks)
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno
New Jersey
- Boardwalk Empire (set primarily in Atlantic City)
- House M.D
- Jersey Shore (set in Seaside Heights)
- The Sopranos
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Other places
New York
Buffalo
New York City and metro area
- 2 Broke Girls
- 30 Rock
- Agent Carter
- All in the Family
- Baretta
- Barney Miller
- Becker
- Bosom Buddies
- Brooklyn Bridge
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Brooklyn South
- Busting Loose
- Cagney & Lacey
- Caroline in the City
- Castle
- Cosby
- The Cosby Show
- CSI: NY
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- Diff'rent Strokes
- Doc
- Dream On
- East Side/West Side
- The Equalizer
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Fair Exchange
- Family Affair
- Felicity
- Fired Up
- Fish
- Foley Square
- Friends
- Going My Way
- Gossip Girl
- Grounded for Life
- He & She
- The Honeymooners
- 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
- Mad About You
- Mad Men
- Make Room for Daddy
- Maude
- McCloud
- Michael Hayes
- Miss Match
- Mr. and Mrs. North
- Mr. Robot
- The Morey Amsterdam Show
- The Nanny
- Ned & Stacey
- New York Undercover
- NewsRadio
- Night Court
- Nurse Jackie
- N.Y.P.D.
- NYPD Blue
- The Odd Couple
- The Patty Duke Show
- Person of Interest
- Rhoda
- Ryan's Hope
- Seinfeld
- Serpico
- Sex and the City
- The Single Guy
- Spin City
- Sports Night
- Suits
- Tattingers or Nick & Hillary
- Taxi
- The Ted Knight Show
- Temporarily Yours
- That Girl
- The Thin Man
- Third Watch
- Time of Your Life
- Ugly Betty
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- The Unusuals
- Veronica's Closet
- Welcome Back, Kotter
- What I Like About You
- White Collar
- Will & Grace
- Without a Trace
- Wizards of Waverly Place
Other places
- The Facts of Life (in Peekskill)
- Orange is the New Black (in fictional town of Litchfield)
North Carolina
- The Andy Griffith Show (set in the fictional city of Mayberry)
- One Tree Hill (set in the fictional town of Tree Hill)
North Dakota
Fargo
- Fargo (Season 2, partly)
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Other places
- 3rd Rock from the Sun (in the fictional suburban city of Rutherford, said to be 52 miles outside Cleveland and roughly corresponding with the location of Kent State University)
- Glee (in the town of Lima)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Oregon
Portland
- Crash and Bernstein
- Grimm
- Hello, Larry
- Leverage
- Life, Unexpected
- Mysterious Ways
- Portlandia
- Although never proven, it is probable that Scrubs may take place in Portland or Beaverton
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
- Amen
- American Dreams
- Angie
- Body of Proof
- Boy Meets World
- Brotherly Love
- Brothers
- Cold Case
- Hack
- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
- Shannon's Deal
- Strong Medicine
- thirtysomething
- How to get Away with Murder
- The Vampire Diaries
Pittsburgh
- Back to You
- The Guardian
- Hope and Gloria
- Mr. Belvedere (set in suburban Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania)
- Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
- Queer as Folk
- Remember WENN
- Sullivan & Son
Other places
- The Goldbergs (set in 1980s Jenkintown)
- Hemlock Grove (in fictional Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania)
- The Office (in Scranton)
- Pretty Little Liars (in the fictional town Rosewood)
Puerto Rico
San Juan
- The Flying Nun (the only series set in a US territory)
Rhode Island
Providence
Other places
- Family Guy (set in the fictional town of Quahog)
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
- Fargo (Season 2, partly)
Texas
Dallas/Fort Worth
Houston
Other places
- Cutter to Houston (set at Cutter Community Hospital in the fictional small town of Cutter, sixty miles from Houston)
- Friday Night Lights (set in the fiction town of Dillon, Texas)
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Vermont
Virginia
- JAG (the headquarters in seasons 2-10 is in Falls Church)
Washington
Seattle
- The 4400
- Dark Angel
- Dead Like Me
- Frasier
- Grey's Anatomy
- Harry and the Hendersons
- Here Come the Brides
- iCarly
- IZombie (TV series)
- John Doe
- The Killing
- Under One Roof
- Wedding Band
Other places
- Twin Peaks (set in a fictional town of the same name)
Washington, D.C. and the metropolitan area
- 227
- The Agency
- All's Fair
- The Americans
- Bones
- Capitol
- Commander in Chief
- Cory in the House
- Criminal Minds
- The District
- E-Ring
- The F.B.I.
- First Monday
- FM
- Get Smart
- Hail to the Chief
- Hearts Afire
- Homeland
- House of Cards
- I Spy
- JAG (in season 2-10, the headquarters moved to Falls Church, Virginia)
- K Street
- Karen
- Lie to Me
- The Lone Gunmen
- A Man Called Hawk
- Mr. Smith
- Murphy Brown
- NCIS
- Scandal
- Snoops
- That's My Bush!
- That's My Mama
- Veep
- The West Wing
- The X-Files
Wisconsin
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)
Wyoming
References
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