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Favorite New York TV Shows
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items To me, these shows capture the real vibe of New York City.
One of my favorite New York shows ever made. I just wish there were more of it.
How To Make It In America
Insanely good. I'm overdue for a rewatch. Such a perfect picture of a bunch of awful, complicated, young adults just trying to figure it all out. One of the most “New York” tv shows ever made.
Girls
One of the all-time best comedies about two best friends in their 20s navigating NYC. This show is so well written and so funny. And somehow even the most ridiculous and absurd things in this show feel the most real and accurate about New York City l...
Broad City
It's about this cannabis dealer in Brooklyn who delivers his products on bicycle to random clients across the city. It sounds like a relatively simple stoner show, but it's sort of a deep-dive into humanity and NYC culture, but without judgement. It'...
High Maintenance
This show is such an accurate representation of NY in the early to mid 2010s. Almost every New York location seen in this show is somewhere I was actually a regular at during this time. Such a good, funny, authentic show all around. The Thanksgiving ...
Master of None
Watching miserably rich and powerful people living in luxury has never been so fun.
Succession
This show is intense and really good. It's about middle age and all of the complicated, fucked up stuff that happens in this phase of life, career, friendships, and family. I've never read the book, so I don't know how it lines up with that, but I di...
Fleishman Is in Trouble
This show is hilarious. Somewhat of a slow burn but worth it. It's about a young novelist with writer's block who starts moonlighting as an amateur private detective and goes on stupid adventures and assignments for clients and his boss, played by Te...
Bored to Death
From what I can tell this isn't that far off from the real Madison Avenue in the 1960s. One of the most memorable, quotable, and rewatchable shows ever made. I'm definitely haunted by some of the lines in this script.
Mad Men
This show was so good! Another one that ended too soon. I loved these (somewhat true) stories about the record business and music scene in 1970s New York. The look and feel is insanely cool.
Vinyl
So bummed they pulled this show from streaming apps, because I would be rewatching the shit out these 2 seasons. Each season follows a different person, with a narrator helping to tell their story, and jumping back and forth between timelines of all ...
Love Life
Gen z trauma and drama set in a Brooklyn public high school. It feels gritty, chaotic, and very real.
Grand Army
Get ready to have a Harry Nilsson song stuck in your head. This show rules. Original, unpredictable, funny, real. Love seeing East Village in this.
Russian Doll
Inspired by personal essays from the New York Times column called Modern Love, this anthology series weaves together diverse, real-life stories of modern romance in New York City. Every episode is must-watch and the cast is truly insane: Anne Hathawa...
Modern Love
This is a documentary series about real couples in New York seeking the help of psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik. It's broadly appealing and fascinating for a lot of reasons, but it also feels very “New York” to me. In addition to the inside look into...
Couples Therapy