List of television shows set in New York City
This page provides a partial list of television shows set in New York City.
Shows set primarily in the five boroughs
1940s–1960s
| Title | Start | End | Comment |
| Mary Kay and Johnny | 1947 | 1950 | |
| The Goldbergs | 1949 | 1956 | The Bronx, moved to fictional Haverville, New York in final season. |
| I Love Lucy | 1951 | 1957 | Upper East Side, moved to Connecticut in final season. |
| My Little Margie | 1952 | 1957 | Upper Fifth Avenue |
| Meet Millie | 1952 | 1956 | Jackson Heights, Queens |
| Today | 1952 | present | Rockefeller Center |
| Make Room for Daddy | 1953 | 1954 | |
| The Honeymooners | 1955 | 1956 | Bensonhurst, Brooklyn |
| The Thin Man | 1957 | 1959 | |
| Naked City | 1958 | 1963 | |
| Johnny Staccato | 1959 | 1960 | |
| Top Cat | 1961 | 1962 | |
| Car 54, Where are You? | 1961 | 1963 | |
| The Joey Bishop Show | 1961 | 1965 | |
| The Dick Van Dyke Show | 1961 | 1966 | Workplace scenes in Manhattan; |
| Dr. Kildare | 1961 | 1966 | |
| The Patty Duke Show | 1963 | 1966 | Brooklyn Heights |
| Bewitched | 1964 | 1972 | Workplace scenes in Manhattan; |
| That Girl | 1966 | 1971 | Some episodes/scenes also set in Brewster in Putnam County |
| Family Affair | 1966 | 1971 | |
| Sesame Street | 1969 | present |
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Shows set primarily in other parts of the New York metropolitan area
- The Goldbergs
- I Love Lucy
- The Dick Van Dyke Show
- The Facts of Life 1979–1988, Peekskill, New York
- Bewitched
- The Don Rickles Show
- Maude
- Who's the Boss?
- Growing Pains
- Dear John
- Everybody Loves Raymond
- The Sopranos
- Gilmore Girls ; in Western Connecticut, some episodes in New York City
- That's Life
- My Wife and Kids
- Megas XLR
- House
- Animal House
- The Book of Daniel, fictional Newbury in Westchester
Miniseries, specials or individual episodes
- Xiaolin Showdown
- *"My Homey Omi"
- Ben 10
- *"Kevin 11"
- Doctor Who
- *"Daleks in Manhattan / Evolution of the Daleks"
- *"The Angels Take Manhattan"
- *"The Return of Doctor Mysterio"
- Gamer's Guide to Pretty Much Everything
- *"The Big City"
- iCarly
- *"iShock America"
- Modern Family
- *"A Tale of Three Cities"
- Pretty Little Liars
- *"A is for Answers"
- *"Escape from New York"
- Totally Spies!
- *"Green with N.V."
- *"Dog Show Showdown"
- *"Zooney World"
- James Bond Jr.
- *"The Eiffel Missile"
- *"A Deranged Mind"
- Suits
- *"Pilot"
- The Office
- *"Valentine's Day "
- *"Night Out "
- *"The Deposition "
- *"Crime Aid"
- *New York City Part 1
- *New York City Part 2
- *"Terror! The Six Shadows"
- Postcards from Buster
- *"Postcards from Buster"
- *"A City View"
- *"A Bridge Back Home"
- SpongeBob SquarePants
- *"Goons on the Moon"
- *"BlackZarak – Destroyer from Space"
- The Simpsons
- *The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson
- Danger Rangers
- *"Wild Wheels"
- *"Fires and Liars"
- Entourage
- *"Return to Queens Blvd."
- The Orville
- *"Old Wounds" aka Pilot
- We Bare Bears
- *"Baby Orphan Ninja Bears"
- Courage the Cowardly Dog
- *"Courage in the Big Stinkin' City"
- *"Mega Muriel the Magnificent"