Television Shows Filmed in California

132 TV shows/series found (page 1/5):

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson(1962-1992)

1h per episode | Talk-Show

3.7/5 (with 28 votes)

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

With Johnny Carson

The Jennifer Hudson Show(2022-)

TV-PG

| Talk-Show

3.2/5 (with 3 votes)

Talented entertainer and newly-minted EGOT Jennifer Hudson takes on the daytime talk show landscape.

The X-Files(1993-2018)

TV-PG

| 45min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Crime, Drama, Documentary, Reality-TV

4.2/5 (with 1,426 votes)

The exploits of FBI Special Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving paranormal phenomena. Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a skeptic, is assigned to make scientific analyses of Mulder's discoveries that debunk Mulder's work and thus return him to mainstream cases.

Directed by Rob Bowman - With David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, Annabeth Gish, Mitch Pileggi, William B. Davis, ...

MAS*H(1972-1983)

TV-PG

| 25min per episode | War & Politics, Drama, Comedy

4.0/5 (with 296 votes)

The 4077th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital is stuck in the middle of the Korean war. With little help from the circumstances they find themselves in, they are forced to make their own fun. Fond of practical jokes and revenge, the doctors, nurses, administrators, and soldiers often find ways of making wartime life bearable.

Directed by Robert Altman - With Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, ...

Malcolm in the Middle(2000-2006)

TV-PG

| 22min per episode | Kids & Family, Comedy, Drama

4.2/5 (with 2,020 votes)

A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.

With Frankie Muniz, Jane Kaczmarek, Bryan Cranston, Christopher Masterson, Justin Berfield, Erik Sullivan, ...

The Mandalorian(2019-)

TV-14

| Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Action & Adventure, Drama

4.2/5 (with 4,799 votes)

After the fall of the Galactic Empire, lawlessness has spread throughout the galaxy. A lone gunfighter makes his way through the outer reaches, earning his keep as a bounty hunter.

Directed by Deborah Chow, Bryce Dallas Howard, Taika Waititi, Dave Filoni, Jon Favreau, Carl Weathers, ... - With Pedro Pascal, Giancarlo Esposito, Emily Swallow, Carl Weathers, Omid Abtahi, Werner Herzog, ...

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno(1992-2013)

1h 3min per episode | Talk-Show, Comedy

2.7/5 (with 40 votes)

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno is an American late-night talk show hosted by Jay Leno that initially aired from May 25, 1992 to May 29, 2009, and resumed production on March 1, 2010. The fourth incarnation of the Tonight Show franchise made its debut on May 25, 1992, three days following Johnny Carson's retirement as host of the program. The program originates from NBC Studios in Burbank, California, and is broadcast Monday through Friday at 11:35 PM in the Eastern and Pacific time zones. Unlike Carson or his predecessor Jack Paar, Leno only once utilized a guest host, preferring to host the series by himself. On April 26, 1999, the show began broadcasting in 1080i HDTV, becoming the first American nightly talk show to be shot in high definition. The show is shot in 16:9 aspect ratio. The series, which followed the same basic format as that of his predecessors, ran until May 29, 2009, after which Leno was succeeded by Conan O'Brien. NBC signed Leno to a new deal for a nightly talk show in the 10:00 pm ET timeslot. The primetime series, titled The Jay Leno Show, debuted on September 14, 2009, following a similar format to the Leno incarnation of Tonight.

With Branford Marsalis, Rickey Minor, Kevin Eubanks

The Ellen DeGeneres Show(2003-2022)

TV-G

| 45min per episode | Comedy, Talk-Show

2.9/5 (with 75 votes)

The Ellen DeGeneres Show, often shortened to just Ellen, is an American television talk show hosted by comedian/actress Ellen DeGeneres.

Conan(2010-2021)

1h per episode | Talk-Show, Comedy, News

3.5/5 (with 106 votes)

A late night television talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien.

With Andy Richter, Jimmy Vivino

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien(2009-2010)

1h per episode | Talk-Show, Comedy

3.5/5 (with 35 votes)

The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show that featured Conan O'Brien as host from June 1, 2009 to January 22, 2010 as part of NBC's long-running Tonight Show franchise. The program's host, Conan O'Brien, previously hosted NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien, which followed The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for 16 years, until O'Brien's brief succession over Leno. Many members of the Late Night cast and crew made the transition to The Tonight Show. The Max Weinberg 7, the house band from O'Brien's Late Night, served as the house band under the new name, Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band. Andy Richter returned to the show as announcer, and also began resuming his role as sidekick, shortly before the show's conclusion. The opening and closing theme song from Late Night was also carried over to Tonight, in a slightly altered form. In January 2010, after the show had been on the air for seven months, it was announced that NBC was intending to move Jay Leno from primetime back to his original timeslot at 11:35 pm, with O'Brien's show starting shortly after midnight. In response to the announcement, O'Brien released a press statement saying that he would not continue as host of The Tonight Show if it was moved to any time after midnight to accommodate The Jay Leno Show. He feared it would ruin the long and rich tradition of The Tonight Show. It had been on after the late local newscasts from the beginning. After two weeks of negotiations, NBC announced that they had paid $45 million to buy out O'Brien's contract, ending both his tenure as host as well as his relationship with NBC after 22 years.

With Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band

Murder, She Wrote(1984-1996)

TV-14

| 45min per episode | Mystery, Crime, Drama

3.8/5 (with 167 votes)

An unassuming mystery writer turned sleuth uses her professional insight to help solve real-life homicide cases.

With Angela Lansbury, Tom Bosley, William Windom, Ron Masak, Louis Herthum, Michael Horton, ...

Euphoria(2019-)

TV-MA

| 1h per episode | Drama

4.2/5 (with 4,617 votes)

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

With Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Eric Dane, Maude Apatow, Alexa Demie, Jacob Elordi, ...

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Little House on the Prairie(1974-1983)

TV-PG

| 45min per episode | Western, Drama, Kids & Family

4.0/5 (with 422 votes)

Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.

Directed by Victor French, Michael Landon, Leo Penn - With Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, Karen Grassle, Melissa Sue Anderson, Lindsay and Sidney Greenbush, Matthew Labyorteaux, ...

Ghost Whisperer(2005-2010)

TV-PG

| Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Mystery, Drama

4.0/5 (with 803 votes)

Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing. Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits from passing over.

With Jennifer Love Hewitt, Aisha Tyler, David Conrad, Camryn Manheim, Jay Mohr, Christoph Sanders, ...

True Detective(2014-)

TV-MA

| 1h per episode | Drama

4.2/5 (with 1,498 votes)

An American anthology police detective series utilizing multiple timelines in which investigations seem to unearth personal and professional secrets of those involved, both within or outside the law.

Directed by Cary Joji Fukunaga - With Matthew McConaughey, Adria Arjona

The Real Housewives of Orange County(2006-)

TV-14

| 44min per episode | Reality-TV

2.9/5 (with 27 votes)

A view into the lives of several women and their families who live in one of the wealthiest communities in the country with the viewer taken "inside the gates" to show their lives aren't always perfect.

With Vicki Gunvalson, Jeana Keough, Tamra Judge, Meghan King, Heather Dubrow

The Jay Leno Show(2009-2010)

1h per episode | Talk-Show, Comedy

2.0/5 (with 7 votes)

The Jay Leno Show is an American comedy show created by and starring Jay Leno, that aired at 10 p.m. from September 14, 2009 to February 9, 2010 on NBC, after Leno's initial retirement from hosting The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. In January 2010, NBC announced that due to affiliate concerns about its effect on their newscasts, The Jay Leno Show would be shortened to 30 minutes and moved from primetime to 11:35 p.m., the timeslot that had been occupied by The Tonight Show for nearly 60 years. The Tonight Show host Conan O'Brien released a public statement saying that he would not participate in moving Tonight to 12:05 a.m., asserting that it would damage the highly respected franchise. Despite much support for O'Brien from both the public and media professionals alike NBC maintained its plan to move Leno to 11:35. On January 21, 2010, NBC reached a $45 million settlement with O'Brien in order to end his contract. Leno resumed his duties as host of Tonight on March 1, 2010. Leno ended on February 9, 2010 after being on the air for only four months, with Entertainment Weekly calling the program television's "Biggest Bomb of All Time."

With Kevin Eubanks

Sanford and Son(1972-1977)

TV-PG

| 30min per episode | Comedy

3.7/5 (with 40 votes)

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

With Redd Foxx, Demond Wilson

The Lone Ranger(1949-1957)

30min per episode | Western, Action & Adventure

3.4/5 (with 13 votes)

The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator. Fred Foy served as both narrator and announcer of the radio series from 1948 to its finish and became announcer of the television version when story narration was dropped there. This was by far the highest-rated television program on the ABC network in the early 1950s and its first true "hit".

With Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, John Hart, Lane Bradford, Chuck Courtney, John Doucette, ...

The Good Place(2016-2020)

| 22min per episode | Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

4.0/5 (with 702 votes)

Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to shed her old way of living and discover the awesome (or at least the pretty good) person within.

With Kristen Bell, Ted Danson, Jameela Jamil, William Jackson Harper, Manny Jacinto, D'Arcy Carden, ...

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House of the Dragon(2022-)

TV-MA

| Science-Fiction & Fantasy, Drama, Action & Adventure

4.2/5 (with 1,839 votes)

The Targaryen dynasty is at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires crumble from such heights. In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins when King Viserys breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne. But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.

Directed by Miguel Sapochnik - With Paddy Considine, Matt Smith, Olivia Cooke, Emma D'Arcy, Steve Toussaint, Eve Best, ...

Days of Our Lives(1965-)

TV-14

| 1h per episode | Soap / Telenovela, Drama

3.0/5 (with 61 votes)

The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.

Directed by Albert Alarr, Grant A. Johnson, Phil Sogard, Randy Robbins, William Ludel - With Macdonald Carey, Eileen Davidson, Brynn Thayer, Elaine Princi, Deborah Adair, Lauren Koslow, ...

13 Reasons Why(2017-2020)

TV-MA

| 57min per episode | Drama, Mystery

3.8/5 (with 1,971 votes)

After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

With Dylan Minnette, Katherine Langford, Christian Lee Navarro, Alisha Boe, Brandon Flynn, Justin Prentice, ...

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Pacific Blue(1996-2000)

1h per episode | Drama, Action & Adventure, Crime, War & Politics

2.7/5 (with 39 votes)

Pacific Blue is an American crime drama series about a team of police officers with the Santa Monica Police Department who patrolled its beaches on bicycles. The show ran for five seasons on the USA Network, from March 2, 1996 to April 9, 2000, with a total of one hundred and one episodes. Often compared as "Baywatch on bikes," the series enjoyed a popular run among the Network's viewers, and was popular in France, Israel, Sweden, Bulgaria, Norway, Spain, Russia, Austria, Germany, Italy, South America, Canada, Denmark, Poland, and other foreign markets.

With Rick Rossovich, Jim Davidson, Darlene Vogel, Paula Trickey, Marcos Antonio Ferraez, David Lander, ...

The Middle(2009-2018)

TV-PG

| 22min per episode | Comedy

3.8/5 (with 295 votes)

The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.

With Patricia Heaton, Neil Flynn, Charlie McDermott, Eden Sher, Atticus Shaffer, Beau Wirick, ...

Dallas(1978-1991)

TV-14

| 45min per episode | Soap / Telenovela, Drama, Kids & Family

3.3/5 (with 89 votes)

The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked "Who shot J.R.?" A slow-burner to begin with, Dallas hit its stride in the 2nd season, with long storylines and expert character development. Dallas ruled the airwaves in the 1980's.

Directed by Michael Preece, Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Linda Gray, Robert Day, Russ Mayberry, ... - With Larry Hagman, Patrick Duffy, Charlene Tilton, Barbara Bel Geddes, Lesley-Anne Down, Linda Gray, ...

Las Vegas(2003-2008)

| 44min per episode | Drama, Comedy, Action & Adventure, Crime

3.5/5 (with 101 votes)

Ed Deline is a strict ex-CIA officer who went from being Head of Security to becoming President of Operations of the Montecito, whose job is to run the day-to-day operations of the casino. Following his departure, former Marine Danny McCoy, Ed's former protégé, becomes the Montecito's new President of Operations.

With James Caan, Josh Duhamel, Molly Sims, Nikki Cox, Marsha Thomason, Tom Selleck, ...

Legends of the Hidden Temple(1993-1995)

TV-Y

| 30min per episode | Reality-TV, Kids & Family

3.8/5 (with 10 votes)

In a Temple filled with lost treasures and protected by mysterious Mayan temple guards, six teams of two children compete to retrieve one of the historical artifacts in the Temple by performing physical stunts and answering questions based on history, mythology, and geography. After three elimination rounds, only one team remains, who then earns the right to go through the Temple to retrieve the artifact within three minutes and win a grand prize.

Justified(2010-2015)

TV-MA

| Crime, Drama

4.0/5 (with 318 votes)

A character drama based on the 2001 Elmore Leonard short story "Fire in the Hole." Leonard's tale centers around U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens of Kentucky, a quiet but strong-willed official of the law. The tale covers his high-stakes job, as well as his strained relationships with his ex-wife and father.

With Timothy Olyphant, Walton Goggins, Joelle Carter, Nick Searcy, Erica Tazel, Jacob Pitts, ...

Daniel Boone(1964-1970)

TV-PG

| 1h per episode | Action & Adventure, Western

3.4/5 (with 14 votes)

Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.

With Fess Parker, Patricia Blair, Albert Salmi, Ed Ames, Dallas McKennon, Rosey Grier, ...

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