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That's Not Where it Takes Place

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7.6

7.3

9-1-1: Lone Star (2020)

Takes place in: Austin, TX

Filmed in: Los Angeles

8.8

4400

Takes place in: Detroit

Filmed in: Chicago

273

8.4

The Americans (2013)

Takes place in: Washington, DC/Northern Virginia

Filmed in: New York

243

7.8

8.4

Banshee

Takes place in: Pennsylvania

Filmed in: North Carolina

6.5

7.4

The Big Leap (2021)

Takes place in: Detroit

Filmed in: Chicago

6.8

Big Sky

Takes place in: Montana

Filmed in: British Colombia

345

7.7

7.9

The Blacklist (2013)

Takes place in: Washington, DC

Filmed in: New York

947

8.4

8.5

Boardwalk Empire (2010)

Takes place in: Atlantic City, NJ

Filmed in: Brooklyn

466

7.2

8.5

Boston Legal

Takes place in: Boston

Filmed in: Los Angeles

7.5

Brockmire

Takes place in: Pennsylvania, New Orleans, Orlando and New York

Filmed in: Georgia

853

7.7

8.1

Castle (2009)

Takes place in: New York

Filmed in: Los Angeles

147

5.7

6.8

Chicago Hope (1994)

Takes place in: Chicago

Filmed in: Los Angeles

7.6

7.3

Claws

Takes place in: Palmetto, FL

Filmed in: New Orleans

738

7.5

Cold Case (2003)

Takes place in: Philidelphia

Filmed in: Los Angeles

188

7.2

7.3

Covert Affairs

Takes place in: Langley, VA

Filmed in: Toronto

3543

8.2

8.6

Dexter (2006)

Takes place in: Miami

Filmed in: Long Beach, CA

7.4

Empire (2015)

Takes place in: New York

Filmed in: Chicago

471

6.3

7.4

Everwood (2002)

Takes place in: Colorado

Filmed in: Utah

(The pilot was filmed in Alberta before production was moved to Utah)

340

7.1

7.2

Falling Skies (2011)

Takes place in: Boston, Charleston, SC and Washington, DC

Filmed in: Toronto, Hamilton, ON and Vancouver

571

8.4

8.9

Fargo

Takes place in: Minnesota and North Dakota (seasons 1-3 and 5), Kansas City (season 4)

Filmed in: Alberta (seasons 1-3 and 5), Chicago (season 4)

108

7.6

7.9

The Fosters (2013)

Takes place in: San Diego

Filmed in: Los Angeles

112

7.5

7.2

The Gifted (2017)

Takes place: Washington, DC (season 2)

Filmed in: Atlanta

1495

7.8

8.4

Fringe

Takes place in: Boston

Filmed in: New York (season 1) Vancouver (seasons 2-5)

6.7

The Girlfriend Experience

Takes place in: Chicago

Filmed in: Toronto

7.6

8.2

Good Behavior

Takes place in: Georgia

Filmed in: North Carolina

101

7.3

The Good Doctor (2017)

Takes place in: San Jose, CA

Filmed in: Vancouver

380

7.6

8.3

The Good Wife (2009)

Takes place in: Chicago

Filmed in: New York

113

7.7

8.4

Halt and Catch Fire (2014)

Takes place in: Dallas and San Francisco

Filmed in: Atlanta

259

8.2

8.4

The Handmaid's Tale

Takes place in: Boston

Filmed in: Toronto

180

7.5

8.3

Hell on Wheels (2011)

Takes place in: Nebraska and Wyoming

Filmed in: Alberta

171

6.4

6.7

Hellcats

Takes place in: Memphis

Filmed in: Vancouver

6.6

Ice (2016)

Takes place in: Los Angeles

Filmed in: Vancouver

259

7.7

7.8

iZombie (2015)

Takes place in: Seattle

Filmed in: Vancouver

Poor Seattle. It has so many great locations, but you'll never see any of them on TV since every show that takes place there is filmed in Vancouver.

121

7.3

7.9

Jane the Virgin (2014)

Takes place in: Miami

Filmed in: Los Angeles

394

7.8

8.2

The Killing (2011)

Takes place in: Seattle

Filmed in: Vancouver

7.1

Killing It

Takes place in: Florida

Filmed in: Louisiana

7.4

5.5

Kung Fu

Takes place in: San Francisco

Filmed in: Vancouver

249

7.9

Leverage

Takes place in: Boston (seasons 2-4)

Filmed in: Portland, OR

170

6.8

7.5

Life Unexpected (2010)

Takes place in: Portland, OR

Filmed in: Vancouver

1243

8.2

8.6

Mad Men (2007)

Takes place in: New York

Filmed in: Los Angeles

(The pilot was filmed in NY before production was moved to LA)

198

7.6

7.9

Masters of Sex (2013)

Takes place in: St. Louis

Filmed in: Los Angeles

1387

7.1

8.1

Monk (2002)

Takes place in: San Francisco

Filmed in: Toronto (season 1) Los Angeles (seasons 2-8)

7.8

Mr. Mercedes

Takes place in: Ohio

Filmed in: South Carolina

489

7.4

7.7

Nikita (2010)

Takes place in: New York/New Jersey

Filmed in: Toronto

269

7.2

8.2

Northern Exposure (1990)

Takes place in: Alaska

Filmed in: Washington State

186

7.8

8.5

Ozark (2017)

Takes place in: Missouri

Filmed in: Georgia

7.3

Paper Girls

Takes place in: Cleveland

Filmed in: Chicago

951

7.6

7.4

Pretty Little Liars (2010)

Takes place in: Suburban Philidelphia

Filmed in: Los Angeles

211

7.6

7.5

Reign (2013)

Takes place in: France

Filmed in: Toronto

(The pilot was filmed in Ireland before production was moved to Canada)

7.7

8.1

Resident Alien (2021)

Takes place in: Colorado

Filmed in: British Colombia

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TV shows that are filmed in a different location than where they take place. Sit-coms not included as they are almost always shot in LA. Shows set in fictional universes and fictional cities (Arrow, Gotham, etc.) are also not included.