TV bites the big apple

New York, New York, it’s a helluva town…in which to set TV shows, apparently. ”New York is a place where all these fascinating worlds intersect,” says Darren Star, creator of the Big Apple-based Central Park West. ”You’ve got all these different characters. That creates a lot of story possibilities.” It’s going to have to: This season, NYC (or at least a Hollywood soundstage version of it) will be the hometown of no fewer than 9 new shows and 9 returnees on the big-four networks — as many as are set in L.A. (10) and Chicago (8) combined. Below, we’ve mapped out the shows’ (mostly) made-up addresses. Four of the series (Central Park West, Law & Order, New York Undercover, and New York News) are actually filmed in Manhattan. Guess that ”I Love New York” campaign really worked.

1. New York Undercover Harlem
2. Too Something Upper West Side
3. Seinfeld 129 W. 81st street
4. Central Park West 65 Central Park West
5. Ned and Stacey 5th avenue and 70th street
6. The Nanny 914 Park Avenue
7. Newsradio Midtown
8. New York News Chelsea
9a. Law & Order (Squad Room) West 23rd street
9b. Law & Order (Courthouse) 52 Chambers street
10. Can’t Hurry Love Chelsea
11. Mad About You 51 5th avenue
12. Friends 90 Bedford street
13. The Single Guy 126 W. 4th street
14. Caroline in the City Tribeca
15. NYPD Blue (Precinct House) 321 E. 5th street
16. Misery Loves Company Stuyvesant Town
17. Living Single Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill District
18. The Preston Episodes Unspecified Manhattan location

— with additional reporting by Kirsten McCumber