List of television shows set in Atlanta

Many television shows are filmed in Atlanta, set in Atlanta, or both:

Shot in metro Atlanta

• Atlanta

• Archer on FX
• Auction Kings is recorded at Gallery 63, located on Roswell Road (Georgia 9) in Sandy Springs near the Atlanta city limit
• Big Rich Atlanta on Style Network
• Black Lightning, produced by The CW and aired on January 16, 2018
• Class of 3000 on Cartoon Network
• Chrisley Knows Best
• Containment, produced by The CW and aired from April 19 through July 19, 2016
• Devious Maids (set in Beverly Hills but filmed primarily at EUE Screen Gems in Atlanta)
• Don't Be Tardy
• Drop Dead Diva (set in Los Angeles but filmed around Peachtree City and Senoia)
• Dynasty (CW TV series) (set in Atlanta, shot in and around Atlanta.)
• Family Feud 2011-2012 season was recorded at the Atlanta Civic Center (host Steve Harvey is a local resident) ^[1]
• Franklin & Bash, a Williams Street production
• Freaknik: The Musical, a Williams Street production
• Good Eats, hosted by local resident Alton Brown
• Halt and Catch Fire (set in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex but filmed in Atlanta)
• High Rise
• In the Heat of the Night in Covington, Georgia
• K. Michelle: My Life
• Let's Stay Together
• Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta (series)
• Married to Medicine documents the wives of doctors in Atlanta
• Mean Girls 2 was filmed in Atlanta in July 2010
• Meet the Browns, produced by Tyler Perry Studios
• Necessary Roughness (Set in Long Island but filmed in Atlanta, with football scenes filmed in the Georgia Dome)
• Ocean Mysteries with Jeff Corwin - Saturday morning nature show with Jeff Corwin airing on ABC
• One Punk Under God (documentary)
• Property Virgins on HGTV, with host Egypt Sherrod of V-103 (earlier seasons were from HGTV Canada)
• Red Band Society on FOX
• Say Yes to the Dress: Atlanta in Sandy Springs
• Say Yes to the Dress: Bridesmaids
• Second Generation Wayans on BET
• Sharky's Machine was filmed around the Westin Peachtree Plaza and Hyatt Regency Atlanta hotels in downtown
• T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle
• Teen Wolf on MTV
• The Game - shot in Atlanta since moving to BET for the 2011 season - as of January 2012 the highest-rated ad-supported sitcom ever on cable^[2]
• The Mo'Nique Show is filmed in Atlanta
• The New Atlanta - an upcoming Bravo reality series set in Atlanta
• The Originals (TV series) previously The Dukes of Hazzard in Covington, Georgia
• The Real Housewives of Atlanta (series)
• The Rickey Smiley Show on TV One
• The Vampire Diaries in Covington, Georgia
• The Walking Dead, an AMC TV show recorded in and around Atlanta
• Tyler Perry's For Better or Worse, produced by Tyler Perry Studios
• Tyler Perry's House of Payne is filmed in Atlanta, and involves fictional firefighters working for the Atlanta Fire Department, produced by Tyler Perry Studios

Additionally, Williams Street has produced many shows in Atlanta, such as numerous Adult Swim series, and several outdoor scenes have been shot in Atlanta, including live-action scenes for Space Ghost: Coast to Coast and other shows and promos.

Individual episodes

• The Baggage Battles "Atlanta" episode, regarding trucking freight rather than the baggage of the world's busiest airport
• Numerous episodes of HGTV shows are filmed in metro Atlanta.

Set but not shot in Atlanta

Several other TV series have been set (but not necessarily shot) in Atlanta:

• Cavemen TV series was originally to be set in Atlanta but was changed to San Diego prior to production
• Designing Women
• Futurama episode "The Deep South" centers on the lost city of Atlanta, with several local references
• Matlock (1986-1995/1997)
• Mindhunter - A couple scenes takes place in and around Atlanta
• Profiler
• The Royal Family TV series

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