List of American television series by setting
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This is a list of American television series arranged by their setting. The list is organized alphabetically by state.
Alabama
Birmingham
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
Scottsdale
Tucson
Arkansas
Other Places
California
Berkeley
Beverly Hills
Los Angeles
- 24
- 240-Robert
- 77 Sunset Strip (West Hollywood)
- The A-Team
- Adam-12
- Agent Carter (season 2)
- ALF (San Fernando Valley)
- Alien Nation
- Almost Perfect
- American Horror Story season one
- Angel
- Awake
- Awkward
- B. J. and the Bear
- Banyon
- Barnaby Jones
- The Bernie Mac Show
- Big Time Rush
- The Bill Cosby Show
- Bizaardvark
- Boomtown
- Boston Blackie
- The Brady Bunch
- Burke's Law
- Californication
- Cannon
- Charlie's Angels
- Chase
- Chico and the Man
- CHiPs
- Chuck
- City of Angels (1976)
- City of Angels (2000)
- The Closer
- 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)
- Ellen
- Emergency!
- Enos
- Entourage
- The Fall Guy
- Fastlane
- Fear the Walking Dead
- Flaked (in Venice)
- 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
- I'm in the Band
- It's Like, You Know...
- It's a Living
- Jake and the Fatman
- Joey
- Jonas (Season 2)
- Knots Landing
- The L Word (West Hollywood)
- L.A. Firefighters
- L.A. Law
- Laverne & Shirley (moved to the suburb of Burbank in Season 6)
- Law & Order: Los Angeles
- Leverage season 1
- 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
- One Day at a Time (2017 Netflix series)
- Our Gang, aka The Little Rascals
- Perry Mason
- Police Story
- Private Practice
- Remington Steele
- Robbery Homicide Division
- The Rockford Files
- Room 222
- Sam & Cat
- Sanford and Son
- The Sarah Silverman Program
- Saved by the Bell (In nearby Malibu)
- Scorpion
- The Secret Life of the American Teenager
- Selfie
- The Shield
- Six Feet Under
- Sonny with a Chance
- Southland
- S.W.A.T.
- The Tim Conway Show
- Titans
- Two and a Half Men
- Victorious
- V.I.P.
- We Are Men
- Wendell & Vinnie
- What's Happening!!
- Whiz Kids
- You're The Worst
- Zorro
Oakland
Orange County
Newport Beach
Palm Springs
Palo Alto
- A.N.T. Farm (Season 3)
Pasadena
Sacramento
San Diego
San Francisco/San Jose
- About a Boy
- A.N.T. Farm (Seasons 1 & 2)
- Amy Prentiss
- Bartlett (series)
- Betas
- Charmed
- Checkmate
- Dante
- Dharma & Greg
- The Division
- The Doris Day Show
- Full House
- Fuller House
- Girlboss
- Girls Club
- Ground Floor
- Have Gun–Will Travel (primary setting)
- 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
- Young & Hungry
Santa Barbara
Santa Monica
Other places
- Animal Kingdom (set in Oceanside)
- The Big Valley (in Stockton)
- The Bionic Woman (in Ojai)
- Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (in West Covina)
- Mom (in Napa)
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (unspecified town in California)
- Out of This World (in Carmel)
- Santa Clarita Diet (in Santa Clarita)
- Workaholics (in Rancho Cucamonga)
- Zeke and Luther (in Gilroy)
- Zoey 101 (in boarding school set in Southern California)
Fictional
- Buffy the Vampire Slayer (set in the fictional city of Sunnydale)
- Bunheads (set in the fictional town of Paradise in Southern California)
- High Incident (set in the fictional Southern California town of El Camino)
- Kickin' It (set in the fictional town of Seaford)
- Lab Rats (set in the fictional town of Mission Creek)
- The Partridge Family (in fictional town of San Pueblo, California)
- Scrubs (in fictional town San Difrangeles)
- Sons Of Anarchy (in fictional town of Redwood, California)
- Teen Wolf (set in the fictional town of Beacon Hills)
- Veronica Mars (in fictional town of Neptune, California)
Colorado
Boulder
Colorado Springs
Denver
Other Places
- The Bill Engvall Show (set in Louisville)
- The Man in the High Castle (partially set in Canon City)
Fictional
- Community (set in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado)
- Max & Shred (set in the fictional town of Blizzard Springs)
- South Park (set in fictional town of the same name)
Connecticut
Fairfield
Greenwich
Hartford
Stamford
Westport
- American Housewife
- 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 Stars Hollow, however other locations include Hartford and New Haven)
- Soap (set in the fictional town of Dunn's River)
- The Carrie Diaries (In fictional town of Castlebury)
Delaware
Fictional
- The Pretender (set in fictional town of Blue Cove)
Florida
Florida Keys
Miami
- Austin & Ally
- Burn Notice
- CSI: Miami
- Dave's World
- Dexter
- Empty Nest
- Every Witch Way
- 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
Tampa
Other places
- I Dream of Jeannie (set in Cocoa Beach)
Fictional
- Cougar Town (Gulf Haven, in Sarasota Country)
- The Thundermans (fictional town of Hiddenville)
Georgia
Atlanta
- Designing Women
- House of Payne
- Matlock
- Meet the Browns (TV series)
- Dynasty(New Series)
- The Walking Dead
Fictional
- The Dukes of Hazzard (set in fictional Hazzard County)
- The Three Stooges
Hawaii
Honolulu
Fictional
- Gilligan's Island (Uncharted island in Pacific Ocean 300 miles from Hawaii)
Idaho
Boise
Fictional
- Wayward Pines (Fictional small town)
- Malcolm in the Middle (set in a fictional "Tri-County Area," but filmed in Los Angeles)
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
- Chicago Med
- Chicago PD
- Crime Story
- The Dresden Files
- Due South
- Early Edition
- E/R
- ER
- Family Matters
- Freddie
- Good Times
- The Good Wife
- Happy Endings
- I Didn't Do It
- 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
- Raven's Home
- Reasonable Doubts
- Roseanne (in the nearby fictional town of Lanford)
- 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
Fictional
- Days of Our Lives (set in Salem, a fictional version of Salem, Illinois)
Indiana
Bloomington
- Breaking Away (but filmed in Athens, Georgia)
Indianapolis
Fictional
- The Middle (set in fictional town of Orson)
- Parks and Recreation (set in the fictional town of Pawnee)
- Stranger Things (set in the fictional town of Hawkins)
- Eerie, Indiana (set in the fictional town of Eerie)
Iowa
Des Moines
Sioux City
Other Places
- American Pickers (set in Le Claire)
Kansas
Dodge City
Kansas City Metropolitan Area-Kansas
- Married to the Kellys (principally set in rural Kansas)
- United States of Tara (set in Overland Park)
Lawrence
- Supernatural (backstory, few episodes only)
Other
- Supernatural (Lebanon, Kansas, seasons 8-12)
Fictional
- Jericho (set in the fictional town of Jericho)
- Smallville (in the fictional town of Smallville)
Kentucky
Lexington
Fictional
- Outsiders (set in fictional town of Blackburg, in the also fictional Crockett County)
Louisiana
New Orleans
Other places
- Duck Dynasty (in West Monroe)
- True Detective (season 1, central Louisiana)
- Queen Sugar (several locations in Louisiana)
Fictional
- Scream (set in the fictional town of Lakewood)
- True Blood (set in the fictional town of Bon Temps)
Maine
Fictional
- Bunk'd (In Camp Kikiwaka, a fictional camp in (also fictional) Moose Rump County)
- 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
Massachusetts
Boston
- Ally McBeal
- Banacek
- Beacon Hill
- Being Human
- Boston Common
- Boston Legal
- Boston Public
- Cheers
- Clipped (in Charlestown)
- Crossing Jordan
- Falling Skies (seasons 1-2)
- Fringe
- Goodnight, Beantown
- James at 15
- Leverage (seasons 2-4)
- Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
- The Practice
- Rizzoli & Isles
- Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (in the fictional suburb of Westbridge)
- 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
Fictional
- Dawson's Creek (in the fictional town of Capeside)
- Stuck in the Middle (in the fictional town of Marshport)
Michigan
Detroit
- Detroit 1-8-7
- Freaks and Geeks (in fictional suburb of Chippewa)
- Home Improvement
- Low Winter Sun
- Martin
- Sister, Sister
- Soul Man
- Undateable
Other places
Minnesota
Minneapolis–Saint Paul
Other Places
Fictional
- The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show (set in fictional town of Frostbite Falls)
- Happy Town (set in fictional town of Haplin)
Missouri
Kansas City
St. Louis
- AfterMASH
- The Baxters
- Casey Jones
- Defiance
- Farmer Wants a Wife
- Grace Under Fire
- Heroes (episode The Hard Part)
- Heroes Reborn (episode The Needs of the Many)
- The Jersey
- The John Larroquette Show
- Lucas Tanner (set in suburban Webster Groves, Missouri)
- Making The Grade
- Master Of Sex
- On Our Own
- Sanford and Son (two locations: Los Angeles, California via St. Louis, Missouri)
- Someone Like Me
- The Soul Man
- Superstore
- Up on High Ground
- W*A*L*T*E*R
- Work It
- The X-Files (episode Je Souhaite)
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)
- Ozark (Netflix original series, set in Ozark, Missouri)
- Ozark Jubilee (Springfield)
- Petticoat Junction (in Eldon, Missouri near Hooterville in The Ozarks)
- Resurrection (set in Arcadia)
- The X-Files (episode Aubrey ) (Set in the fictional town of Aubrey)
- Timeless (episode The Murder of Jesse James, in St.Joseph)
- Truck Stop Missouri aka Truck Stop USA (Columbia)
Mississippi
Fictional
- In the Heat of the Night (set in fiction town of Sparta)
Montana
Fictional
- Buckskin (Set in fictional town of same name, in the 1880s)
Nebraska
Omaha
- Better Call Saul (flash-forward scenes)
Other Places
- The Young Riders (set in Sweetwater in the 1850s)
Nevada
Las Vegas
Reno
Other Places
- Bonanza (set near Virginia City)
New Hampshire
Other Places
- Assy McGee (set in Exeter)
Fictional
- The Brotherhood of Poland, NH (set in fictional town of Poland)
New Jersey
Atlantic City
Jersey City
Newark
Princeton
Other Places
- Jersey Shore (set in Seaside Heights)
- Jonas (Season 1)
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Other places
New York
Buffalo
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
- Beauty & The Beast
- Becker
- Being Human
- Blue Bloods
- Bosom Buddies
- Broad City
- 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
- Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23
- Dream On
- East Side/West Side
- The Equalizer
- Everybody Hates Chris
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- Fair Exchange
- Family Affair (1966)
- Family Affair (2002)
- Felicity
- Fired Up
- Fish
- Foley Square
- Forever
- Friends
- Girl Meets World
- Girls
- 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
- Lipstick Jungle
- Living Dolls
- Living Single
- Lotsa Luck
- Louie
- Lucky 7
- Mad About You
- Mad Men
- Make Room for Daddy
- The Man in the High Castle (one of multiple locations)
- Manhattan Love Story
- Master of None
- Maude (in nearby Tuckahoe)
- 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 Naked Brothers Band
- 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
- Saturday Night Live
- 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 Night Of
- The Thin Man
- Third Watch
- Time of Your Life
- True Jackson, VP
- Ugly Betty
- Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
- The Unusuals
- Veronica's Closet
- The War At Home
- 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 (set in Peekskill)
Fictional
- General Hospital (in fictional city Port Charles)
- General Hospital: Night Shift (in fictional city Port Charles)
- Orange is the New Black (in fictional town of Litchfield)
- Port Charles (in fictional city of the same name)
- Suburgatory (in the fictional Chatswin)
- Twisted (set in the fictional town of Green Grove)
- The Young Marrieds (in the fictional suburb of fictional city Port Charles, Queen's Point)
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)
- Matlock
- One Tree Hill (set in the fictional town of Tree Hill)
North Dakota
Fargo/West Fargo
- Fargo (Season 2, partly)
Ohio
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Columbus
Toledo
Other places
- Glee (in the town of Lima)
- Clarissa Explains It All (unspecified suburban town in Ohio)
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)
- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (Fictionalized version of Fernwood)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Fictional
- The Torkelsons (set in the fictional town of Pyramid Corners, near the real town of Vinita)
Oregon
Portland
Fictional
- The Angry Beavers (set in the fictional city of Wayouttatown)
- Eureka (fictional town of same name)
- Gravity Falls (fictional town of same name)
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Other places
- The Goldbergs (set in Jenkintown)
- The Office (in Scranton)
Fictional
- All My Children (in fictional Pine Valley, suburb of Philadelphia)
- Hemlock Grove (in fictional Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania)
- Loving (in fictional town Corinth)
- One Life to Live (in fictional Llanview, suburb of Philadelphia)
- 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
Fictional
- Family Guy (set in the fictional town of Quahog)
South Carolina
Charleston
- Falling Skies (season 3 onwards)
- Reckless (TV series)
North Charleston
Sea Islands
- Gullah Gullah Island (set on the fictional "Gullah Gullah Island")
South Dakota
Sioux Falls
- Fargo (Season 2, partly)
Unspecified
Texas
Austin
Dallas/Fort Worth
- Cristela
- Dallas
- Flo
- The Good Guys
- Sons of Thunder
- Walker, Texas Ranger
- GCB (Good Christian Bitches)
Houston
San Antonio
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)
- King of the Hill (set in the fictional town of Arlen. Various episodes set Arlen in different locations in Texas, outside Houston, Dallas, Midland/Odessa, the Texas panhandle, North Texas and at least one episode on the US/Mexican border)
Unspecified
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Utah
Salt Lake City
Vermont
Other Places
Virginia
Alexandria
- Mercy Street
- The Walking Dead (Season 6)
Arlington
Fairfax
Falls Church
Fictional Places
- American Dad (in the fictional city of Langley Falls).
- The Vampire Diaries (in the fictional city of Mystic Falls).
- The Cleveland Show (in the fictional city of Stoolbend).
Washington
Seattle
Pierce County
Tacoma
Fictional
- Cedar Cove (set in fictional Cedar Cove)
- 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
- The Blacklist
- Bones
- Capitol
- Commander in Chief
- Cory in the House
- Criminal Minds
- Crisis
- Designated Survivor
- 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
West Virginia
Not Specified
Wisconsin
Milwaukee
- Happy Days
- Laverne & Shirley (later moved to Burbank, California)
- Step by Step (set in the suburb of Port Washington, Wisconsin)
Other Places
- Liv and Maddie (set in Stevens Point)
Fictional
- Picket Fences (set in fictional town of Rome)
- That 70's Show (In the fiction suburb of Point Place, which has two possible locations: outside either Green Bay or Kenosha)
- Young and the Restless (set in a fictionalized version of Genoa City)
Wyoming
Other Places
- The Virginian (set in Medicine Bow, 1898-1907)
Fictional
Unspecified
- Andi Mack
- Atypical
- Good Witch (set in the fictional town of Middleton in an unspecified state)
- Hellcats
- Jane By Design
- Lizzie McGuire
- Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn
- The Nine Lives of Chloe King
- Phil of the Future
- Riverdale (set in the fictional town of Riverdale in an unspecified state)
- The Secret World of Alex Mack (set in the fictional town of Paradise Valley in an unspecified state)
- Unfabulous (set in an unspecified town on the East Coast)
- 13 Reasons Why (set in the fictional town of Crestmont in an unspecified state)
- 100 Things to Do Before High School
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