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TV Shows by Year

The following tv shows were filmed in Chicago.

2011

• Nascar Weddings

• Max Final Cut

• Top 20

• Bait Car

• Shameless

• Deadly Women

• Morning Joe

• Take the Money and Run

• Playboy Club

• Cooper & Stone

• Mobs Biggest Hits

• Fashion Chicago

• Four Weddings

• Bar Rescue

• Heat Seekers

• Oprah

• Billy Connoly’s Route 66

• Boss

• Underemployed

• Against the Wall

• Mob Money

• Mike and Molly

• Rick Bayless

• Iconoclasts

• Dr. Laura Berman

• Cake Boss

• Powers

• Live Like an Animal

• The Rosie Show

• The Ellen Show

• Kitchen Crashers

• Chef Hunter

• Picture This

• Weiner Circle

• Decoded

2010

• Shameless
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Hit Squad
• Hackers
• On the Job
• Kate and Heathcliff
• Need to Know
• Matadors
• Be Good Johnny Weir
• Gangland
• Firsts
• Food Feuds
• Obese

  

• So You Think You Can Dance
• SuperNanny
• The Line
• Pleading Guilty
• Chicago Code (pilot)
• Good Morning America
• Jersey Couture
• The Glade
• America's Most Wanted
• Mexicans Out of Town
• House Crashers
• Bizarre Foods with Andrew Zimmern
• Biking the Boulevards
• Dr. Laura Berman
• Catch Me
• Yard Crashers
• Gangsters
• Chicago Code (series)
• American Idol
• Top Chef
• Colleen's Family Travel
• Rock the Route
• Cash Cab
• Red Bull Big Time
• Master Chef
• John Pinette at the Vic
• Kyle Busch Wedding

2009

• ER
• History Detectives
• Science of Interrogation
• Divide and Conquer
• America's Got Talent
• Tabatha's Salon Takeover
• Hitched or Ditched
• The Nick Lachay Project
• VH1 Storytellers w/ZZ Top
• Gangland
• Cities of the Underworld
• QVC Int'l Housewares Convention
• Hidden Potential
• Making his Band
• State of Romance
• Denise Richards: It's Complicated
• How do they do it?
• The Road to the White House
• Chef vs. City
• The Forgotten
• Most Wanted
• Adventures of an Incurable Optimist
• The Great American Road Trip
• The Oprah Winfrey Show
• Into the Scene
• Megalopolis
• The Rachael Ray Show
• Good Morning America
• Entertainment Tonight
• E! Entertainment News
• Access Hollywood
• Extra
• Wonderful World
• World's Funniest Commercials
• Mobsters
• The Very Funny Show
• Ellen Degeneres: Bigger, Longer, Wider
• Just for Laughs - Let Freedom Hum
• American Masters: The Day Carl Sandburg Died
• Comedy you can Believe in w/David Alan Grier
• Ghost Lab
• Giuliana & Bill
• Rivalry
• Holidate
• Kenny Chesney's Sun City Carnival Tour
• Yard Crashers
• Biography w/Bill Murray
• America's Worst Driver
• Limo Bob
• The LisaRaye Project
• Street Court
• Victoria's Secret Model Search
• Ellen Degeneres Show
• Clean House
• Connie Banks the Actor
• Jennifer Hudson I'll be Home for Christmas
• First 48: Missing Persons Chicago
• Second City 50th Anniversary Special
• Craving Comfort w/Art Smith

2008

• Al Capone & The Untouchables: The True Story
• Hidden Potential
• Dancing with the Stars
• News 23
• Stephen Fry in America
• Entrapment
• Easy Driver
• ER
• The Beast
• Ellen Degeneres Show
• Wheel of Fortune
• Gospel Dream
• QVC Housewares
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• The Tower
• The Bonnie Hunt Show
• All My Children
• Renovation Nation
• Peep Show
• Luxe TV
• Teen Dream
• City Science
• Border Security USA
• Making the Band
• MTV News
• Half Pint Brawlers
• TapouT
• What not to Wear
• The Media Project
• CBS Morning Show
• The Girls Next Door
• Escandalo
• Summer in the Sun
• Jeff Garlin @ Second City
• Telemundo Sports
• Faut Pas Rever
• Grow TV
• Soul Cities
• When Weather Changed History
• The Real Housewives of Orange County
• Crank that Vote
• Southern Belles
• What the Window Washer Saw
• Last Man Standing
• Mexico: One Plate at a Time
• The Rock of Love
• Style Changers
• Pie Nation
• Throw Down w/Bobby Flay
• Lowering the Bar
• She's got the Look
• Steve Wilkos Show
• Simply Ming

2007

• Chicago Academy for the Arts
• Making the Band
• History Detective
• Nuestra Bellesa Latina
• House Smarts
• Mega Movers
• So you think you can Dance
• American Idol Extra
• National Open House
• American Inventor
• QVC Home
• The Big Give
• Health Line
• How the Lottery Changed my Life
• LA Ink
• Beauty and the Geek
• The Girls Next Door
• CBS News Sunday Morning
• I Love New York 2
• Center Stage
• Movie and a Makeover
• We Live Here
• My Boys
• In Search of Real Food
• My Super Sweet 16
• Family Practice
• Leverage
• Talking Turkey
• The Greensburg Project
• College Hills: Interns
• Top Chef
• What you get for the Money
• Today Show
• ESPN Nascar Race
• Hidden Potential
• My First Home
• Flavor of Love
• America the Wright Way
• ER
• John Ratzenberger's Made in America
• Mancow TV Pilot
• Legacy of China
• Wheel of Fortune
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• Student Body
• All Girl Getaway
• Make me a Supermodel
• Binky
• Fashion Makeover
• How do they Do it?
• Pros vs. Joes
• Home Made Simple
• Gold Coast Reality
• Cities of the Underworld
• Mexico, One Plate at a Time
• Undocumented
• Diary of a Foodi
• Ask God
• Our Generation
• Big Ideas for a Small Planet
• CSI: New York
• Utopia
• The Beast 

2006

• Design to Sell
• Prison Break
• Hot Cup of Joe
• Good Morning
• Ultimate Blunders
• My Fair Brady
• I See God
• Life in Progress
• The Great Outdoors
• America's Got Talent
• Late Night with Conan O'Brien
• Small Spaces, Big Style
• Sports Action Team
• National Open House
• American Inventor
• On the Road with Cars
• Habla Mas
• The Kids are in Charge
• Road Tasted
• Mexico: ONe Plate at a Time
• El Grito
• Fan
• Craft Lab
• Sucker Free
• Tommy Tiernan Walk around Chicago
• My Boys
• Dancing with the Stars
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• Five Takes
• Rachel Ray's Tasty Travels
• Design on a Dime
• Real Simple
• The Nick Lachay Show
• Enemies
• Project Runway
• So you think you can Dance
• Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D List
• ER
• Giada's Weekend Getaway
• What's on Tap
• Summer House
• The Look for Less
• Backyard Habitat
• Chicagoland
• The Kings Brunch
• Turn up the Heat
• The Greg Behrendt Show
• American Idol Rewind
• Jackpot@ More Overnight Millionaires
• We Live Here
• Sunday Spectacular
• Bite and Smile
• I Want That!
• America's Most Wanted
• Hungry Detective
• Take Home Chef
• See the World by Train
• The O'Reilly Factor
• You're the One that we Want
• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

2005

• The Turnaround
• ER
• House Hunters
• Small Spaces/Big Style
• A More Perfect Union
• Beyond Tomorrow
• Judge Hatchett
• American Justice
• While you Were Out
• Bridezillas II
• The Today Show
• Fashion Avenue
• My Fair Brady
• Prison Break
• Fat Joe on MTV
• Live Pride
• Trading Spaces
• So you think you can Dance?
• Rick Bayliss Mexico: One Plate at a Time
• Hamburg Cell
• Muslim Brotherhood
• Ready for the Weekend
• DEW Circuit Breakout
• A Great American Christmas
• Dear Santa
• Wrigleyville
• The Girls Next Door
• The Tony Danza Show
• Modern Man
• 21 UP Elimidate
• Survival of the Richest
• Travel Spies
• Design to Sell
• Design on a Dime
• Nick @ Nite Road Show
• Hubbard Street 2
• Freddie
• Tonight w/ Trevor McDonald
• Good Eats
• Access Hollywood
• American Idol
• Metro Scene
• Cultivating Life
• People, Places and Plans
• Pulpit Masters
• E2
• Views from the Backfield
• I wanna be a Soap Star
• BET - New Faces Search
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• Latin Awards
• Eat This
• House & Garden Generation Renovation
• Tele Fortuna
• Misconception
• Amazing Stories
• The Rachel Ray Show
• Dead Famous

2004

• Starting Over
• ER
• The Apprentice
• Prom Date
• Weird Travels
• Jimmy Kimmel Live
• The Once & Future City
• Conspiracy Theory
• Airline!
• A Wedding Story
• Good Day Live
• The Today Show
• My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss
• Let's Just Play
• Home Delivery
• Heir Hunters
• Renovate my Family
• Elimidate
• Red and Blues
• Switched
• Totally Obsessed
• Pat Croce Moving In
• Beyond Tomorrow
• Love's a Trip
• Road Trip
• Mondo Magic
• Best Damn Sports Show
• Naked Science
• Life!
• VH1 Top 20 Countdown
• The Wine Experience
• American Morning
• The Amazing Race
• Cop Show
• Jeopardy!
• America's Most Wanted
• Tech Effect
• The Tony Danza Show
• Still Standing
• Perfect Proposal
• Prison Break
• Quarter Life
• Making the Band
• Ambush Makeover
• Brady/Gluck Untitled Production
• The Bridal Shoppe

2003

• ER
• My Big Fat Greek Life
• The Next Action Star
• Where are they Now?
• This Week in History
• Girls Behaving Badly
• Dennis Miller Live
• Extreme Makeover
• American Juniors
• Date Plate
• eLOVE
• Kitchen Sessions w/ Charlie Trotter
• Fame
• Dance Fever
• Switched
• Ambush Makeover
• Ambush Roadshow
• A Dating Story
• Starting Over
• Street Smarts
• Elimidate
• Surprise by Design
• Kevin's Room 2
• Wild Card
• Coupling
• True Crime Authors
• Wild on Chicago
• The Fine Living Ultimate Gift Guide
• What not to Wear
• Extreme Dating
• At the Chef's Table
• The Bachelor
• A Makeover Story
• The Jamie Kennedy Experiment
• My Life is a Sitcom
• History Makers
• The Perfect Proposal
• While you were Out

2002

• Mind of the Married Man
• Wheel of Fortune
• American Idol
• Dinner at Eight
• Forensic Firsts
• Christmas Rush
• Normal
• High School Reunion
• A Wedding Story
• Ron Hazelton's House Calls
• Hits from the Streets
• Truth Booth
• Still Standing
• Kitchen Sessions with Charlie Trotter
• Street Smarts
• Elimidate
• ER
• Vital Signs
• TV-Tokyo News
• QVC on Location
• Food Fight
• Perfect Partner
• Faking It
• History Makers
• While you were Out
• The Company
• The West Wing

2001 

• Arrest and Trial
• What About Joan
• In the Kitchen with Bob
• ER
• The Mind of the Married Man
• Soul Food
• The Seasoned Gardener
• The Goods
• True Enough
• The Real World
• Pop Across America
• Secrets
• RIP - Great Cemeteries of the World Street Smarts
• Seb Fountain’s Big Weekend
• Elimidate
• Food Nation with Bobby Flay
• Trading Spaces

2000

• Early Edition
• ER
• Chicago Hope
• The Fugitive
• Silent Witness
• Street Smarts
• Good Morning America
• QVC
• Sound Effects
• Art Detective
• Charlie Trotter’s Cooking
• The Joan Cusack Show
• More Beautiful than a Flower
• The Mind of the Married Man
• Bands on the Run 

1999

• Turks
• Talk Soup
• Cupid
• Early Edition
• ER
• The Awful Truth
• The Appraisal Fair
• Trial of the Century
• Jeopardy!
• Emeril Live
• Martha Stewart Living
• Good Morning America
• Happiness Club
• Public Enemies
• The Tourist
• History of Al Capone
• Chicago Hope
• Cheaters

1998

• ER
• Early Edition
• Damon
• For Your Love
• Turks
• Cupid
• The Happiness Club
• Real Life
• Access Hollywood
• Home Shopping Network
• Judge Joe Brown
• Candid Camera
• Oprah Winfrey Show
• The Appraisal Fair
• Chicago Hope
• Wish You Were Here
• Hemingway's Travels

1997

• ER
• Early Edition
• Chicago Hope
• The Montel Williams Show
• The American Girl
• The Fixer
• Chance of a Lifetime
• Road Rules
• Sports Bar
• History of St. Patrick’s Day
• America’s Most Wanted

1996

• ER
• Eazy Street
• Early Edition
• Stateside
• Since You've Been Gone
• Chicago Hope
• The David Letterman Show
• The Striaght Dope
• Politically Incorrect
• Jenny Jones
• Jerry Lewis Telethon
• Chicago Filmmakers
• For the People

1995

• Mike & Maty
• MTV's Upfront
• Personal Effects
• Tough Target
• Chicago Hope
• ER
• Due South
• Deep Secrets
• Bonnie Hunt Show
• The Bernie Mack Show
• Jerry Springer Show
• Unsolved Mysteries
• Second City Profile
• TV Nation
• To Sir With Love II

1994

• The Untouchables
• Missing Persons
• Tough Target
• ER
• Chicago Hope
• Due South
• Wild Oats
• Unsolved Mysteries

1993

• The Untouchables
• Missing Persons
• Love Hurts
• There Are No Children Here
• Comic Justice
• Two Fathers Justice II
• The New World
• America's Most Wanted
• Beach MTV
• Tom Snyder American Dream
• My Town

1992

• A New Day
• Polish Hill
• Unsolved Mysteries
• Excessive Force
• Overexposed
• Angel Street
• America's Most Wanted
• America's Funniest People
• Final Appeal
• The Home Show
• Deadly Matrimony
• The Untouchables
• Hoop Dreams

1991

• Wheel of Fortune
• Johnny B on the Loose
• Mobs & Monsters
• Eye for an Eye
• The Human Factor
• Mario and the Mob
• Reasonable Doubts
• Empire City
• Daddy
• Keeper of the City
• Legacy of Lies

1990

• Kid Who Loved Christmas
• Gabriel's Fire
• Women of Brewster Place
• Against the Mob
• The Wall
• Unsolved Mysteries
• Generations
• The Charles Stewart Project

1989

• Generations
• Family Matters
• The Howard Beach Story - Making a Case for Murder
• Soda Cracker
• Santa Barbara
• The Mary Thomas Story- The Road Not Taken
• David Letterman Show

1988

• Some Kind of Woman
• Nightshift
• Dreambreakers
• An Uneasy Silence
• Saturday Night Live

1986

• Jack and Mike
• Amerika
• Crime Story Our Fallen City
• Houston Knights
• Al Capone's Vault

1985

• Lady Blue
• Welcome Home Bobby
• T.J. Hooker
• Knight Rider
• Following the Footsteps
• Welcome to our Night
• Mary

1984

• Savage Beliefs
• Hawaiian Heat
• Hill Street Blues
• Toughest Man in the World
• First Steps Myra
• Two Fathers Justice
• The Great Pretenders
• My Father's Son

1983

• The Dollmaker
• Lost Honor of Kate Beck Story
• The Killing Floor
• The Last Leaf
• Through Naked Eyes
• A Matter of Principle
• Through a Keyhole Darkly
• Here's Chicago

1981

• Hill Street Blues
• A Change of Heart
• Real People
• Great American Bike Race
• It Takes Two

 

1980

• Chicago Story
• Continental Divide
• American Dream #2
• Skokie
• The Marva Collins Story
• Come Along With Me
• Concrete Cowboy
• The Coach
• Hill Street Blues
• American Dream
• Minnesota Strip

1979

• Torn Between Two Lovers
• Working Stiffs
• Miles to go Before I Sleep
• Life on the Mississippi
• Bio-Ethics
• The Chicago Maternity Center Story

1978

• Huckleberry Finn
• One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story
• Dummy
• Flesh and Blood
• The Chisholms
• The Duke 

1977

• The Awakening Land

 

1976

• The Million Dollar Rip-Off
• Sparrow 

1974

• Good Times
• Night Stalker

1972

• Night Stalker
• The Bob Newhart Show

1971

• The Murder of Fred Hampton

1970

• Trail of the Hunter

1962

• Route 66
• 1964
• The College
• The Inheritance
• 1969
• Wilderness Calling
• American Revolution 2

1957

• M Squad