If the Statue of Liberty looks a little more authentic on your TV this fall, it's no accident — a slew of shows are filming in the Big Apple. We explore the grid to see which hoods are getting their close-ups.
1. UGLY BETTY
Now that Betty has moved production from Los Angeles greenscreens, the
crew can film in front of the Suarez home in Jackson Heights, Queens.
One recast: The Woolworth Building in lower Manhattan, built in 1913,
now serves as the exterior of Mode's home, Meade Publications.
2. LIPSTICK JUNGLE
Brooke Shields and cast often strut around Midtown East in tony shops
like Cartier and near the distinctively curved office building on 57th
and Lexington, where Nico (Kim Raver) works.
3. GOSSIP GIRL
It's no surprise that a show about the Upper East Side shoots there, but
production does look beyond that posh neighborhood to film at the latest
hot spots (like steakhouse STK). Watch for a big night out at club 1Oak
in Chelsea on Nov. 3.
4. LIFE ON MARS
Scouting locations for the retro ABC cop drama poses a unique obstacle:
How to find '70s-era architecture in a sea of Starbucks? Turns out the
Lower East Side provides a classic tenement look, and haunts like 7B
(the watering hole where Mars' officers hang) that match the show's tone.
5. 30 ROCK
Only a quarter of the sitcom is filmed near namesake Rockefeller
Center — the rest is shot at Silvercup Studios in Long Island City (also
home to Gossip Girl's sets). Watch for St. Cecilia in Brooklyn, which
doubles as the high school where Liz Lemon attends her 20-year reunion
during November sweeps.
6. FRINGE
J.J. Abrams' sci-fi series is set in Boston, but it's Brooklyn that
serves as stand-in. It has shorter structures, wider streets, and allows
the crew to easily avoid the New York skyline while shooting. Since
Harvard isn't moving its campus anytime soon, the Pratt Institute is
used to simulate the Ivy League grounds.
Street Heat
The number of series filming in NYC has been rising since a tax incentive program was launched in 2005 to attract new production.
2003: 8
2004: 9
2005: 8
2006: 14
2007: 13
2008: 19
$3 Mil: The average cost to shoot one episode of a network show in NYC
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