# List of television shows set in New Jersey

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

## 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

* 12 Monkeys (2015–2018), largely set in Raritan, New Jersey
* Akkara Kazhchakal, popular Malayalam sitcom series
* The Apprentice (2004–2015), 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: The Animated Series (1992–1995), set in Gotham City, a fictional city of New Jersey
* Boardwalk Empire (2010–2014), drama set in Atlantic City during the Prohibition Era
* Cake Boss (2009–2020), 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), sitcom starring Tony Danza and Lori Loughlin, took place at a fictional newspaper in Hoboken
* Jersey Couture (2010–2012), 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
* Makin' It (1979), set in Passaic, New Jersey
* Megas XLR (2004–2005), set in Jersey City
* Method & Red (2004), unspecified New Jersey suburb (presumably near New York City)
* Ms. Marvel (2022), starring Iman Vellani as Kamala Khan, a 16-year-old Pakistani-American high school student from Jersey City obsessed with the super hero Captain Marvel
* Nikita (2010–2013), set in and around New Jersey and the primary fictional setting of the show is set in underground New Jersey
* Point Pleasant (2005), Supernatural drama set in Point Pleasant
* Ramy (2019–2022), set in New Jersey
* The Sopranos (1999–2007), various parts of Essex County and other counties in New Jersey (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)
* WandaVision (2021), set in the fictitious town of Westview, New Jersey
* Yellowjackets (2021–present)

## Game shows

* Trump Card (1990–1991), filmed at Trump Castle (Now The Golden Nugget) 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