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List of television shows set in New Jersey

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This page provides a partial list of television shows set in the State of New Jersey.

Contents

Live format

  • Brick City
  • Comic Book Men
  • Jersey Shore
  • Jerseylicious
  • Miss America Pageant (1954–2005), held in Atlantic City starting in 1921, first televised in 1954, moved to Las Vegas in 2006
  • MTV's Shore Thing (2002), live programming originated from the Seaside Heights Boardwalk and beach
  • MTV's Summer Share (1998), live programming originated from the Seaside Heights Boardwalk and beach
  • The Real Housewives of New Jersey
  • The Richard Bey Show (1987–1996), also known as People are Talking and 9 Broadcast Plaza; originated from Secaucus

    • Comedy, drama, and reality

  • Akkara Kazhchakal, popular Malayalam sitcom series
  • The Apprentice (2004–present), frequent tasks at Trump Organization properties in New Jersey
  • Aqua Teen Hunger Force (series run: 2000–2015; years set in New Jersey: 2000-2010), near the southern Jersey Shore
  • Batman (animated series), set in Gotham City, a fictional city of New Jersey
  • Boardwalk Empire (2010–present), new drama set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition Era
  • Cake Boss (2009–present), reality show set at Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken
  • Charles in Charge (1984–1990), near the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick
  • Down the Shore (1992–1993), Belmar, New Jersey on the Jersey Shore
  • Glam Fairy follows Jerseylicious star Alexa Prisco and her team of hair and makeup artists, also known as her "fairies" at the Glam Factory in Hoboken, New Jersey
  • House (2004–2012), fictional Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital (presumably in Plainsboro)
  • Hudson Street (1995-1996), short-lived sitcom starring Tony Danza and Lori Loughlin, took place at a fictional newspaper in Hoboken
  • Jersey Couture (2010–present), features Diane & Co., a dress shop in Freehold, NJ
  • Jersey Shore follows the lives of eight soon-to-be roommates living and working together for the summer in Seaside Heights, New Jersey
  • Jerseylicious (2010), reality show set at the Gatsby Salon in Green Brook
  • Jonas (2009–2010), starring The Jonas Brothers, who originate in New Jersey
  • Megas XLR (2004–2005), set in Jersey City
  • Method & Red (2004), unspecified New Jersey suburb (presumably near New York City)
  • Nikita (2010–2013), set in and around New Jersey and the primary fictional setting of the show is set in underground New Jersey
  • The Sopranos (1999–2007), various parts of Essex County (with occasional scenes in Manhattan)
  • Stand By Your Man (1992), set in "Franklin Heights"
  • That's Life (2000–2002), fictitious "Bellefield" (ostensibly Belleville or Bloomfield)

    • Game shows

  • Trump Card (1990–1991), filmed at Trump Castle (now Trump Marina) in Atlantic City

    • News

  • CNBC – most of its in-studio programming originates from Fort Lee
  • MSNBC – most of its in-studio programming originates from Secaucus
  • New Jersey Network – most of its in-studio programming originates from Trenton or Newark
  • News 12 New Jersey – central studio-office complex in Edison; with remote newsrooms in Newark, Trenton, Madison, Oakland and Wall Township

    • References

    List of television shows set in New Jersey Wikipedia
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