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

Fictional

• Hart of Dixie (set in the fictional town of Bluebell)

Alaska

Fictional

• Men in Trees (set in the fictional town of Elmo)
• Northern Exposure (set in the fictional city of Cicely)

Arizona

Phoenix

• Alice
• Medium
• The New Dick Van Dyke Show

Scottsdale

• The Lying Game

Tucson

• Greetings from Tucson
• The Last Man on Earth
• Sons of Tucson

Arkansas

Other Places

• Evening Shade (in Evening Shade)

California

Berkeley

• Parenthood

Beverly Hills

• 90210
• Beverly Hills, 90210
• The Beverly Hillbillies

Los Angeles

• 24
• 240-Robert
• 77 Sunset Strip
• The A-Team
• Adam-12
• Agent Carter (season 2)
• ALF (San Fernando Valley)
• Alien Nation
• Almost Perfect
• American Horror Story season one
• Angel
• Awake
• B. J. and the Bear
• Banyon
• Barnaby Jones
• The Bernie Mac Show
• 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
• Cult
• 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
• Friends with Better Lives
• George Lopez
• Get Christie Love!
• Girlfriends
• Go On
• 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
• The New Normal
• 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)
• Scorpion
• Selfie
• The Shield
• Six Feet Under
• S.W.A.T.
• The Tim Conway Show
• Titans
• Two and a Half Men
• Victorious
• V.I.P.
• We Are Men
• What's Happening!!
• Whiz Kids
• Zorro

Orange County

• Arrested Development (set in Newport Beach)
• The O.C.

Palm Springs

• Hidden Palms

Pasadena

• The Big Bang Theory
• Dog With A Blog

Sacramento

• Eight Is Enough
• Even Stevens
• The Mentalist

San Diego

• Drake & Josh
• John from Cincinnati
• Simon & Simon
• Terriers
• The Fosters

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
• The Man in the High Castle (one of multiple locations)
• 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

• Psych
• Santa Barbara

Santa Monica

• Baywatch
• Pacific Blue
• Three's Company

Other places

• The Bionic Woman (in Ojai)
• Mom (in Napa, California)
• Out of This World (in Carmel)
• Workaholics (in Rancho Cucamonga)

Fictional

• Buffy the Vampire Slayer (set in the fictional city of Sunnydale)
• Scrubs (in fictional town San Difrangeles)
• Sons Of Anarchy (in fictional town of Redwood, California)
• Zoey 101 (in boarding school set in Southern California)

Colorado

Boulder

• Mork & Mindy

Colorado Springs

• Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Denver

• Dynasty
• Good Luck Charlie
• Last Man Standing

Louisville

• The Bill Engvall Show

Other Places

• The Man in the High Castle (partially set in Canon City)

Fictional

• Community (set in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado)
• South Park (set in fictional town of the same name)

Connecticut

Fairfield

• Who's the Boss?

Hartford

• Judging Amy
• Benson

Stamford

• My Wife and Kids

Westport

• Bewitched
• I Love Lucy (show moved here late in the series)
• The Lucy–Desi Comedy Hour

Fictional

• Gilmore Girls (principally set in the fictional town of Star's Hollow)
• Soap (set in the fictional town of Dunn's River)

Florida

Florida Keys

• Bloodline

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
• Telenovela
• T. J. Hooker

Orlando

• Fresh Off The Boat

Tampa

• Second Noah

Other places

• I Dream of Jeannie (set in Cocoa Beach)

Georgia

Atlanta

• Designing Women
• House of Payne
• Matlock
• Meet the Browns
• The Vampire Diaries
• The Walking Dead

Fictional

• 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

• The Grinder

Fictional

• Wayward Pines (Fictional small town)
• Malcolm in the Middle (set in a fictional "Tri-County Area")

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
• Marry Me
• 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?
• Whitney

Springfield

• Roseanne (in the nearby fictional town of Lanford)

Indiana

Indianapolis

• Close to Home
• Good Morning Miss Bliss
• Men Behaving Badly
• One Day at a Time'

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)

Iowa

Sioux City

• Julie

Kansas

Dodge City

• Gunsmoke

Kansas City Metropolitan Area

• Married to the Kellys (principally set in rural Kansas)
• United States of Tara (set in Overland Park)

Fictional

• Jericho (set in the fictional town of Jericho)
• Smallville (in the fictional town of Smallville)

Kentucky

Lexington

• Justified

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

• Duck Dynasty (in West Monroe)

Fictional

• True Blood (set in fictional town of Bon Temps)

Maine

Fictional

• 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
• Homicide: Life on the Street
• Hot l Baltimore
• 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 (seasons 1-4)
• 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

Nantucket

• Wings

Fictional

• Dawson's Creek (in the fictional town of Capeside)

Michigan

Detroit

• Detroit 1-8-7
• Home Improvement
• Low Winter Sun
• Martin
• Sister, Sister
• Soul Man
• Undateable

Other places

• 8 Simple Rules (For Dating My Teenage Daughter) (set in Auburn Hills)

Minnesota

Minneapolis–Saint Paul

• The Big C
• Coach
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Other Places

• Fargo (season 1, set in Bemidji)
• Fargo (season 2, set partly in Luverne)

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
• Superstore
• 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)
• Resurrection (set in Arcadia)

Nebraska

Omaha

• Better Call Saul (flash-forward scenes)

Nevada

Las Vegas

• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
• The Defenders
• Dr. Vegas
• Las Vegas
• Pawn Stars
• Vega$

Reno

• Reno 911!

New Jersey

Atlantic City

• Boardwalk Empire

Newark

• The Sopranos

Princeton

• House M.D

Other Places

• Jersey Shore (set in Seaside Heights)

New Mexico

Albuquerque

• Better Call Saul
• Breaking Bad
• In Plain Sight

Other places

• Roswell (set in Roswell)

New York

Buffalo

• Buffalo Bill
• Jesse
• Off Beat Cinema

New York City, Long Island, and the metro area

• 2 Broke Girls
• 30 Rock
• Agent Carter (season 1)
• 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
• Forever
• Friends
• Girl Meets World
• 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
• Lucky 7
• Mad About You
• Mad Men
• Make Room for Daddy
• The Man in the High Castle (one of multiple locations)
• Manhattan Love Story
• Maude
• McCloud
• Michael Hayes
• The Michael J. Fox Show
• Miss Match
• Mr. and Mrs. North
• Mr. Robot
• The Morey Amsterdam Show
• Mulaney
• The Mysteries of Laura
• 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
• Shades of Blue
• 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

Peekskill

• The Facts of Life

Fictional

• Orange is the New Black (in fictional town of Litchfield)
• Suburgatory (in the fictional Chatswin)

North Carolina

Charlotte

• The Carmichael Show
• Secrets & Lies (set in Wilmington in season 1, and in Charlotte in season 2)

Fictional

• 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/West Fargo

• Fargo (Season 2, partly)

Ohio

Cincinnati

• Harry's Law
• WKRP in Cincinnati

Cleveland

• The Drew Carey Show
• Hot in Cleveland

Columbus

• Family Ties
• Hope & Faith

Toledo

• Melissa and Joey

Other places

• Glee (in the town of Lima)

Fictional

• 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)

Oklahoma

Oklahoma City

• Saving Grace

Oregon

Portland

• Best Friends Whenever
• Crash and Bernstein
• Grimm
• Hello, Larry
• Leverage (season 5)
• Life Unexpected
• Mysterious Ways
• Portlandia

Fictional

• Eureka (fictional town of same name)

Pennsylvania

Philadelphia

• Amen
• American Dreams
• Angie
• Body of Proof
• Boy Meets World
• Brotherly Love
• Brothers
• Cold Case
• Hack
• Philly
• 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 Jenkintown)
• The Office (in Scranton)

Fictional

• Hemlock Grove (in fictional Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania)
• 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

• Brotherhood
• Doctor Doctor
• Providence

Fictional

• Family Guy (set in the fictional town of Quahog)

South Dakota

Sioux Falls

• Fargo (Season 2, partly)

Texas

Austin

• Faking It (2014)

Dallas/Fort Worth

• Dallas
• Flo
• The Good Guys
• Sons of Thunder
• Walker, Texas Ranger

Houston

• Houston Knights
• Outlaws
• Reba

Fictional

• 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

• Memphis Beat

Nashville

• Nashville

Vermont

Other Places

• Newhart (most likely set in Norwich)

Virginia

Arlington

• K.C. Undercover

Falls Church

• JAG

Washington

Seattle

• The 4400
• Dark Angel
• Dead Like Me
• Frasier
• Grey's Anatomy
• Harry and the Hendersons
• Here Come the Brides
• iCarly
• IZombie
• John Doe
• The Killing
• Under One Roof
• Wedding Band

Fictional

• Twin Peaks (set in a fictional town of the same name)

Washington, D.C. and the metropolitan area

• 1600 Penn
• 227
• The Agency
• All's Fair
• The Americans
• Bones
• Capitol
• Commander in Chief
• Cory in the House
• Criminal Minds
• Crisis
• 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
• Madam Secretary
• A Man Called Hawk
• Mr. Smith
• Murphy Brown
• NCIS
• Scandal
• Snoops
• That's My Bush!
• That's My Mama
• Veep
• The West Wing
• The Whispers
• 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

Fictional

• Longmire (set in fictional Absaroka County)

References

• IMDb