New York TV shows

[ZippyTheChimp]

The Hill Street Blues city was never named. Location shooting for the series was done in Chicago. The Hill Street police station is actually the Maxwell Street Station in Chicago.

You may be thinking about another Steven Bochco series, NYPD Blue, which was shot in NYC.

Kojak began location shooting in NYC in the 1976 season. Good scenes from the more gritty city.

[Hof]

I think "Hill Street Blues"was filmed in several cities,including Buffalo and Pittsburgh.The producers tried to find suitable locations that were properly urban and gritty.They never actually said WHERE the fictional precinct was,but the implication was New York.
On one show,there was a character who was described as being..."From Upstate--Rochester".
It was the closest the producers came to putting a location on where they were supposed to be.
Also,didn't Archie Bunker live on Howser Street?Where's THAT?

[ZippyTheChimp]

704 Hauser St in Astoria, but I think the actual house is in Corona.

What always bothered me is that the house in the opening credits does not have a front porch, but the studio house does.

[Clarknt67]

704 Hauser St in Astoria, but I think the actual house is in Corona.

Yes, that would be the correct address. Producer Norman Lear dusted off the set for a "sequel" of sorts, which involved a multi-ethnic family moving into the same house. It lasted only 6 episode, but featured the gorgeous & talented Maura Tierney (now on ER after a run on Newsradio).

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108682/plotsummary

[Marty]

Hill street was always a tough one seeing that the opening shot was taken high above the city, we always saw an EL train go by. So this brings many cities out of the equation. Chicago. NYC, Boston and St-Louis I think are the only ones with an el. Pls correct me if I’m wrong

The opening scene briefing always included crime hotspots and mentioned avenues and street numbers including 116th or 135th making an assumption it was set in NYC. No palm trees in any shots, so not filmed in L.A.
The producers really did a good job hiding the real identity of the city they portrayed. Even on this board we are getting different answers and opinions.

[TLOZ Link5]

Philadelphia, Baltimore, and I think Cleveland also have els.

[Clarknt67]

I've always been curious about where HBO's Oz (Oswald Correctional Facility) was set. I don't believe they ever said. It was filmed in Chelsea for the first few seasons, then they moved to a studio in NJ.

It definately seemed to be upstate New York, as it drew it's population from a large and culturally/ethnically diverse City, but was a bus ride away from that City. I guess it was outside fictionalized New York (maybe Gotham City?).

[asg]

Ha,ha,ha!

Who's the boss, who cares,

[Ninjahedge]

Oh, right. That's right.

Here it is, No. 10 St. Luke's, it's the one to the left of the white one.




Now there's that new show - King of Queens. Never seen it, but it gets good ratings, and it's in New York.

Is that right next to the park?

If so, they are CONSTANTLY filming stuff there. I walk by it every day on the way to work (375 Hudson)...

[Ninjahedge]

Also, where was the apartment n the Godfather 2 located (and don't say "little Italy" )

[Rem 311 JHF]

If you're a Fan of Both KOJAK and NYPD Blue,You Would Kind of Notice that you Look at Both of Those Cop Shows (which are Both on DVD),They Filmed The Exteriors of The Same Police Station House on The Lower East Side of Manhattan on The Street Which I Believe is East 12th Street (Correct Me if If I'm Wrong)!!

[NY_Yankees_1979]

Bubbling up are all the TV shows from the 70s and 80s I saw which were about NYC so I gotta ask you experts where they took place (supposedly).

I heard that "All In The Family" took place in Queens. Which part, I wonder?

Then there's "Taxi,"
"Barney Miller,"
"Who's The Boss?" (or was that in Jersey?)
"Night Court,"
"Welcome Back, Kotter" (in Brooklyn but where exactly?)
"The Jeffersons"

More recently "NYPD Blues" & even earlier "That Girl," "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" & "The Dick Van Dyck Show."

I know I left out a lot. I am not a fan of "Sex and the City" nor "Friends" so it doesn't matter where they were located.

Thanks, New Yorkers.
8)

Ok I'm going to make a go of this..All in the Family was suppose to be in the Corona section of Queens, which is roughly between Jackson Heights and the LIE and GCP near Shea Stadium. That is one that I know for sure..I did want to clear up that the Cosby Show was 10 St. Luke's Place in the Village even though it was suppose to be Brooklyn Heights..10 St. Luke's Place is where the actual house is located.

For I Love Lucy the address was 623 E. 68th instead of 625..funny because that would end up being in the East River just north of the Queensboro Bridge. When they moved out to the country during the show that address was in Connecticut. A lot of them I'm unsure of but I did know these 3.

[lizzied2003]

My friend told me last nite out of the blue that Rob and Laura Petrie (dick van dyke) hailed from New Rochelle. This is my first time on this site so it's funny that this was a post.

[stache]

Her official address in the first 2 seasons of the show is: Apartment 4D, 344 West 78th Street, Manhattan, New York. For the remainder of the series run, she can be found at: 627 East 54th Street.

[ZippyTheChimp]

Amos 'n' Andy, set in Harlem, early 1950s.

It only ran for two years (1951-53, 78 episodes), when it was pulled. I saw reruns in the 1960s. but they were finally taken off the air due to pressure from civil-rights groups.

The theme music was "Angel's Serenade," played during the opening credits against a backdrop of Manhattan's more romantic 1940s night skyline.

One of the funniest sitcoms I have ever seen. Rich characters expertly portrayed by an all-black cast.
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