A heck of a town...

Hey, Freaks, guess where I am! New York City!

It's ok, you can be jealous.

In honor of that, let's do:


Ten Quintessential New York TV Shows


Law and Order (all eighteen million of them)

Probably the most recognizable New York show, the long running and seemingly never-ending franchise brought the mean streets of the city into America's living room, along with quipping detectives, beautiful ADA's, and Sam Waterston's eyebrows. There's a reason the one in LA didn't work.

He is Peter Gallagher's hero.

Seinfield

This is how the rest of America views you, New York residents. As shallow, cynical, selfish assholes. I know how broken up about that you must be.

The diners seem pretty rocking, though.

Mad Men

New York through the lens of the swinging 60's, when you could drink and smoke everywhere, and everybody wore hats. Oh, the good old days. (Unless you were black, or a woman, or in a crappy marriage, or....)

She would have been fine.

Dirty Sexy Money

This show fell victim to the writer's strike a few years ago, but the Peter Krause led soapy drama gave us a glimpse of the city's moneyed elite, and used the city's shiny exterior to hide the secrets and lies all those rich families have. That's what rich people are like, right?

No, some of them don't hide much...

NYPD Blue

The grittier version of Law and Order focused on the detective's personal lives, and brought us a plethora of naked male posteriors, some more exciting than others.

Nobody wants to see it, Ricky.

Friends

The exciting world of 20-somethings in the city had never looked more fun than in the gigantic apartments of our favorite sextet. Apparently you can make millions as a terrible coffee waitress.

And nobody ever steals your seat.

White Collar

This relatively new show might not be quite quintessential yet, but the city shines as the glossy, pretty, exciting backdrop of this fun show.

Also, it has other pretty things.

Will and Grace

Hey, there are gay people in New York! And sometimes they have best friends who are girls! And they live together and have wacky adventures with their crazy/rich alcoholic friends! I want to live in the big city too!

Small town alcoholic friends? Not as much fun.

How I Met Your Mother

More 20-somethings in the city, but this one seems to deal with the realities, like apartments near the sewage plant, mocking tourists, crazy taxis, and the fictional cockamouse. Those are made up, right? Right?

How have hipsters not put this on a T-shirt yet?

Sex and the City

The titular city is a character is this girly classic, and the show loves it as much as it does any of it's characters. Of course, I think the city is a lot cleaner than at least one of them....

Yep, I'm talking about you, Cooties.