This is a list of television shows set in Washington, D.C.
Television shows Title Year(s) Channel Location Fellow Travelers 2023 Showtime Main setting 1600 Penn 2012–13 NBC Set at the White House 227 1985–90 NBC Main setting 24 2001–2010 FOX Season 7 main setting 24: Legacy 2017 FOX Main setting The Agency 2001–03 CBS Set in Langley, Virginia at CIA Headquarters Agent X 2015 TNT Main setting All's Fair 1976–77 CBS Main setting Allegiance 2015 NBC Main setting Alpha House 2013–14 Amazon Prime Main setting American Dad! 2005–present FOX, TBS Set in a fictional DC suburb of Langley Falls, Virginia, a combination of Langley and Great Falls, Virginia The Americans 2013–18 FX Mainly set in Falls Church, Virginia and Washington, D.C. Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations 2009 Travel Channel Season 5 Episode 3 Baby, I'm Back 1978 CBS Main setting Ball Four 1976 CBS Main setting The Best Thing I Ever Ate 2009 Food Network Season 4 Episodes 12 & 14, Season 5 Episodes 4 & 10 The Blacklist 2013–present NBC Main setting Bones 2005–17 FOX Main setting BrainDead 2016 CBS Main setting Bridges to Cross 1986 CBS Main setting The Brink 2015 HBO Main setting Built to Last 1997 NBC Main setting Capital News 1990 ABC Main setting Capitol 1982–87 CBS Main setting Capitol Critters 1992 ABC Main setting Charlie Lawrence 2003 CBS Main setting Chefs vs. City 2010 Food Network Season 2 Episode 13 Clarice 2021–present CBS Main setting Commander in Chief 2005–2006 ABC Set at the White House Cory in the House 2007–2008 Disney Channel Main setting The Court 2002 ABC Main setting Covert Affairs 2010–2015 USA Network Main setting Criminal Minds 2005–20 CBS Set in Quantico, Virginia, just south of DC at the FBI Academy Crisis 2014 NBC Main setting Cross 2024 Amazon Prime Main setting CSI: Cyber 2015–16 CBS Main setting DAG 2000–01 NBC Main setting D.C. 2000 The WB Main setting DC Cupcakes 2010–13 TLC Set at Georgetown Cupcake D.C. Follies 1987–89 Syndication Main setting Deaf U 2020 Netflix Set at Gallaudet University Designated Survivor 2016–19 ABC Main setting Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives 2015 Food Network Season 23 Episode 14 The Diplomat 2023 Netflix The District 2000–04 CBS Main setting Dr. Know 2005–06 Discovery Health Main setting E-Ring 2005–06 NBC Set at the Pentagon, in the DC suburb of Arlington County, Virginia Earth: Final Conflict 1997–2002 Syndication The Event 2010–11 NBC The F.B.I. 1965–74 ABC Main setting The Falcon and the Winter Soldier 2021–present Disney+ The Farmer's Daughter 1963–66 ABC Main setting The Firm 2012 NBC The First Family 2012–15 Syndication Set at the White House The First Lady 2022-present Showtime Main setting First Monday 2002 CBS Main setting FM 1989–90 NBC Main setting Freakazoid! 1995–97 The WB Main setting Get Smart (1965–70) 1965–70 NBC, CBS Main setting Get Smart (1995) 1995 FOX Main setting The Girlfriend Experience 2016–present Starz Season 2 main setting Goodtime Girls 1980 ABC Main setting Grandpa Goes to Washington 1978–79 NBC Main setting Hail to the Chief 1985 ABC Main setting The Handmaid's Tale 2017–present Hulu Hearts Afire 1992–95 CBS Main setting Homeland 2011–20 Showtime Main setting Hostages 2013–14 CBS Main setting The Hot Zone 2019–present National Geographic Season 2 Main setting House of Cards 2013–18 Netflix Main setting I Spy 1965–68 NBC Main setting Inside Job 2021–2022 Netflix Jack Ryan 2018–present Amazon Prime JAG 1996–2005 NBC, CBS Main setting K.C. Undercover 2015–18 Disney Channel Main setting K Street 2003 HBO Main setting Karen 1975 ABC Main setting King & Maxwell 2013 TNT Main setting LateLine 1998–99 NBC Main setting Let's Be Real 2021–present FOX Main setting Lie to Me 2009–11 FOX Main setting Lil' Bush 2007–08 Comedy Central Main setting Linc's 1998–2000 Showtime Main setting Love Is Blind 2024 Netflix Main setting The Lyon's Den 2003 NBC Main setting Madam Secretary 2014–19 CBS Main setting Más sabe el diablo 2009–10 NBC Main setting A Man Called Hawk 1989 ABC Main setting The Man in the High Castle 2015–2019 Amazon Prime Video Mancuso, F.B.I. 1989–90 NBC Main setting The Millers 2013–15 CBS Set in the suburb of Leesburg, Virginia Mindhunter 2017–19 Netflix Minority Report 2015 FOX Main setting Mr. President 1987–88 FOX Main setting Mr. Smith Goes to Washington 1962–63 ABC Main setting Mister Sterling 2003 NBC Main setting The Monroes 1995 ABC Main setting Murphy Brown 1988–98, 2018 CBS Main setting Nancy 1970–71 NBC Main setting NCIS 2003–present CBS Main setting The New Adventures of Beans Baxter 1987 FOX Main settingThe Night Agent2023–presentNetflixMain Setting Outlaw 2010 NBC Our Cartoon President 2018–present Showtime Main setting The Oval 2019–present BET Set at the White House Parks and Recreation 2009–2015 NBC Setting for select episodes starting in Season 5 Powerhouse 1982 PBS Main setting The Powers That Be 1992–1993 NBC Main setting The President Show 2017 Comedy Central Main setting Quantico 2015–2018 ABC Set in Quantico, Virginia, just south of Washington, D.C. at the FBI Academy The Real Housewives of D.C. 2010 Bravo Main setting The Real Housewives of Potomac 2016–present Bravo Set in the DC suburb of Potomac, Maryland The Real World: Washington, D.C. 2009–2010 MTV Main setting The Round Table 1992 NBC Main setting Salvation 2017–2018 CBS Scandal 2012–2018 ABC Main setting Scarecrow and Mrs. King 1983–1987 CBS The Secret Diary of Desmond Pfeiffer 1998 UPN Main setting The Senator 1970–71 NBC Main setting Smart Guy 1997–99 The WB Main setting 'State of Affairs 2014–15 NBC Main setting Succession 2019 HBO Season 2 Episode 9 Szysznyk 1977–78 CBS Main setting Temperatures Rising 1972–74 ABC Main setting That's My Bush! 2001 Comedy Central Main setting That's My Mama 1974–75 ABC Main setting Top Chef: D.C. 2010 Bravo Main setting Top of the Hill 1989 CBS Main setting Unnatural History 2010 Cartoon Network Main setting UC: Undercover 2001–2002 NBC Main setting Veep 2012–2019 HBO Main setting Wanda at Large 2003 FOX Main setting The West Wing 1999–2006 NBC Set at the White House Women of the House 1995 CBS Main setting Wonder Woman 1975–79 ABC, CBS Main setting The X-Files 1993–2002, 2016–2018 FOX Main setting
Miniseries Title Year Channel Location The Assets 2014 ABC Main setting The Comey Rule 2020 Showtime Main setting Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways 2014 HBO Episode 2 From the Earth to the Moon 1998 HBO Episodes 1, 2, and 4 Gaslit 2022 Starz Main setting Impeachment: American Crime Story 2021 FX Main setting John Adams 2008 HBO The Looming Tower 2018 Hulu Set primarily in Washington, DC and New York City The Kennedys 2011 Reelz Main setting The Plot Against America 2020 HBO Episodes 3-5 Political Animals 2012 USA Network Main setting Tanner '88 1988 HBO Main setting White House Plumbers 2023 HBO Main setting
News Title Year(s) Channel Location CBS Evening News 2019–present CBS broadcast from the CBS News Washington bureau Face the Nation 1954–present CBS broadcast from the CBS News Washington bureau Fox News Sunday 1996–present Fox News broadcast from the Fox News Washington bureau Hardball with Chris Matthews 1994–2020 CNBC, MSNBC broadcast from DC Inside Politics 1992–present CNN broadcast from CNN Studios Washington The Lead with Jake Tapper 2013–present CNN broadcast from CNN Studios Washington Meet the Press 1947–present NBC broadcast from the NBC News Washington bureau at WRC-TV Pardon the Interruption 2001–present ESPN broadcast from Atlantic Media PBS NewsHour 1975–present PBS broadcast from the PBS Washington station WETA-TV The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer 2005–present CNN broadcast from CNN Studios Washington SportsCenter with SVP 2020–present ESPN broadcast from ABC News Washington Bureau State of the Union 2009–present CNN broadcast from CNN Studios Washington This Week 1981–present ABC select episodes broadcast from the ABC News Washington Bureau Washington Journal 1995–present C-SPAN broadcast from C-SPAN Washington Week 1967–present PBS broadcast from the PBS Washington station WETA-TV
Stand-up comedy Title Year Channel Location Bill Burr: You People Are All the Same 2012 Netflix Lincoln Theatre Bill Maher: Live from D.C. 2014 HBO Warner Theatre Chris Rock: Bring the Pain 1996 HBO Takoma Theater Chris Rock: Never Scared 2004 HBO DAR Constitution Hall Craig Ferguson: I'm Here to Help 2013 Netflix Warner Theatre Dave Attell: Captain Miserable 2007 HBO Lincoln Theatre Dave Chappelle: Equanimity 2017 Netflix Warner Theatre Dave Chappelle: Killin’ Them Softly 2000 HBO Lincoln Theatre Dave Chappelle: The Dreamer 2023 Netflix Lincoln Theatre Demetri Martin: Live (At The Time) 2015 Netflix Lincoln Theatre Dennis Miller: Live from Washington, D.C.: They Shoot HBO Specials, Don't They? 1993 HBO Lisner Auditorium Dennis Miller: Mr. Miller Goes to Washington 1988 HBO Lisner Auditorium Deon Cole: Cole Blooded Seminar 2016 Comedy Central Lincoln Theatre Eddie Murphy: Delirious 1983 HBO DAR Constitution Hall George Lopez: The Wall, Live from Washington 2017 HBO Kennedy Center Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity 2007 Comedy Central Warner Theatre Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe 2012 Netflix Warner Theatre Jim Norton: Monster Rain 2007 HBO Lincoln Theatre Leslie Jones: Time Machine 2019 Netflix Warner Theatre Lewis Black: Red, White & Screwed 2006 HBO Warner Theatre Louis C.K: 2017 2017 Netflix DAR Constitution Hall Matt Rife: Natural Selection 2023 Netflix DAR Constitution Hall Martin Lawrence: Runteldat 2002 Showtime DAR Constitution Hall Maz Jobrani: Immigrant 2017 Netflix Kennedy Center Mike Epps: Only One Mike 2019 Netflix DAR Constitution Hall Nick Kroll: Little Big Boy 2022 Netflix Warner Theatre Patton Oswalt: My Weakness Is Strong 2009 Comedy Central Lisner Auditorium Robin Williams: Weapons of Self Destruction 2009 HBO DAR Constitution Hall Trevor Noah: Lost In Translation 2015 Comedy Central Lincoln Theatre Wanda Sykes: I'ma Be Me 2009 HBO Warner Theatre Whitney Cummings: Can I Touch It? 2019 Netflix Sidney Harmon Hall Whitney Cummings: Money Shot 2010 Comedy Central Sidney Harmon Hall Yvonne Orji: Momma, I Made It! 2020 HBO Howard Theatre
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