Productions shot at Universal Studios Hollywood

TV Series (146)
Title	Released	Director	IMDB
Shameless (US)	2011-	Paul Abbott
Old Mexico
The Voice	2011
Stage 12
Parenthood	2010-
Stage 43, Stage 44 [1st floor Zeke and Camilles house], New York Street
The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien	2009-2010
Stage 01
Community	2009	Dan Harmon
Old Mexico
The Mentalist	2008-	Bruno Heller
Chicken Ranch
True Blood	2008	Alan Ball
Little Europe (2012 season)
Carpoolers	2007-2008	Bruce McCulloch
Stage 35, Stage 36, Stage 37, Elm Street
The IT Crowd	2007-
Stage 42
Andy Barker, P.I.	2007	Jonathan Groff, Conan O'Brien
Stage 29
Life	2007	Rand Ravich
Stage 33, Stage 43, Stage 44
Heroes	2006-2010	Tim Kring
Little Europe (as India), Freeway Park (Season 4), Stage 33, Stage 34, Stage 37, Stage 43
Old Mexico and Elm Street (fire) (Season 2, Episode 8)
The Biggest Loser	2006 -
Stage 06
Thick and Thin	2006 -	Paula Pell
Stage 35, Stage 42, Stage 44
Ghost Whisperer	2005-2010	John Gray
Based on Courthouse Square, this series also filmed in the Chicken Ranch, on Colonial Street, on Elm Street, in the Underwater Tank and on Stage 05, Stage 06, Stage 18, Stage 19, Stage 20 at Universal.
Criminal Minds	2005-	Jeff Davis
New York Street (April 2012)
How I Met Your Mother	2005-	Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
New York Street
Weeds	2005-	Jenji Kohan
Shot on Stage 27 at Universal (Season 7 onwards)
Complete Savages	2004-2005	Mike Scully, Julie Thacker
Stage 34, Stage 35, Stage 41
LAX	2004-2005	Nick Thiel
Stage 20, Stage 36
House	2004 - present	David Shore
New York Street [coach crash episode], Old Mexico backlot.
Desperate Housewives	2004 -	Marc Cherry
Colonial Street and Elm Street as well as Stage 01 [production of season 3 started on Stage 1 then moved to other stages including larger Stage 41], Stage 03, Stage 04, Stage 05. In Season 1 Episode 18 the Log Cabin appeared as Camp Hennessey.
Scream Play	2004	David Basinski
Courthouse Square
The O.C.	2003-2007	Josh Schwartz
Old Mexico [as Tijuana]
Carnivale	2003-2005	Daniel Knauf
Six Points Texas
Rock Me Baby	2003-2004	Tim Kelleher
Stage 29
Run of the House	2003-2004	Betsy Thomas
Stage 41
Coupling	2003	Steven Moffat
Stage 35, Stage 42
Dragnet	2003	Dick Wolf
Stage 05
Monk	2002-2009	Various
Various episodes shot on New York Street and Elm Street on the backlot.
Without a Trace	2002-2009	Hank Steinberg
Old Mexico
Boomtown	2002-2003	Graham Yost
Elm Street
Crossing Jordan	2001-2007	Tim Kring
Elm Street, Square of Warriors, Falls Lake (Season 6 Finale), Stage 27, Stage 33, Stage 36, Stage 37, Stage 41, Stage 42, Stage 43, Stage 44
So Little Time	2001-2002	Eric Cohen, Tonya Hurley
Stage 42
Three Sisters	2001-2002	Eileen Heisler, DeAnn Heline
Stage 43
Scrubs	2001 - 2010	Various
CSI	2000-	Ann Donahue, Anthony E. Zuiker
Based on Stage 22, Stage 23, Stage 24, Stage 25 on the Universal front lot. Many sets on the backlot have also appeared including the Chicken Ranch (2005) and New York Street sets.
Angel	1999 - 2004	Various
18th Century flashback scenes were shot on the Little Europe set on the Universal backlot.
Providence	1999 - 2002	John Masius
The main Providence house can still be found on Colonial Street. The Chicken Ranch also featured. Interiors were shot on Stage 22, Stage 24, Stage 25 and Stage 36.
Hollywood Squares	1998-2004
Stage 37
Buffy the Vampire Slayer	1997-2003	Joss Whedon
Colonial Street
Ally McBeal	1997-2002	David E. Kelley
Brownstone Street / New York Street sets on the backlot.
The Visitor	1997	Kevin Kerslake
Chicken Ranch
The Steve Harvey Show	1996-2002	Winifred Hervey
Stage 41
The Pretender	1996-2000	Steven Long Mitchell, Craig W. Van Sickle
Brownstone Street
Something So Right	1996-1998	John Peaslee, Judd Pillot
Stage 41, New York Street
Mr Rhodes	1996-1997	Mark Brazill, Jennifer Heath, Peter Noah
Stage 37
The Burning Zone	1996-1997	Coleman Luck
New York Street, Square of Warriors, Stage 33, Stage 34
Sabrina the Teenage Witch	1996 - 2003
Season 1 shot at Universal Studios [Stage 44]. Seasons 2 - 7 were shot at Paramount.
JAG	1995-2005	Donald P. Bellisario
Brownstone Street, Little Europe
Sliders	1995-2000	Tracy Tormè, Robert K. Weiss
Denver Street, Mediterranean Square, Little Europe
Cybill	1995-1998	Chuck Lorre
New York Street
E.R.	1994-2009	Michael Crichton
Old Mexico
Weird Science	1994-1997
Courthouse Square, Singapore Lake
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad	1994-1995
Stage 29
NYPD Blue	1993-2005	Steven Bochco, David Milch
Brownstone Street (Armored Car Robbery), New York Street
Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman	1993-1998	Beth Sullivan
Courthouse Square, New York Street
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman	1993-1997	Joe Shuster, Jerry Siegel
New York Street
Seaquest DSV	1993-1996	Rockne S. O
Stage 28 (underwater sequences done in the pit), Stage 50, Underwater Tank, Old Mexico, Little Europe
Front Page	1993-1994
Stage 24
The X-Files	1993 - 2002	Chris Carter
New York Street
Message from Nam	1993	Paul Wendkos
Old Mexico
Martin	1992-1997	Martin Lawrence, John Bowman, Topper Carew
Stage 31, Stage 44
Harry and the Hendersons	1991-1993
Stage 42, New York Street on the backlot.
Beverly Hills 90210	1990-2000	Darren Star
Little Europe backlot sets used for scenes set in Paris, France
Seinfeld	1990-1998	Jerry Seinfeld, Larry David
Brownstone Street featured in the episode where Jerry, Elaine, George and Kramer get trapped in a parade day celebration.
Underwater Tank
Wild and Crazy Kids	1990-1992	George Elanjian Jr., Steve Feld
This Nickelodeon game show was shot around the backlot and other LA locations.
Big Break	1990
Stage 28
Coach	1989-1997	Barry Kemp
Stage 43, Log Cabin at Falls Lake
Quantum Leap	1989-1993	Donald P. Bellisario
Brownstone Street, New York Street, Collapsing Bridge (Studio Tour)
Father Dowling Mysteries	1989-1991
Stage 01
Married With Children	1987-1997	Ron Leavitt, Michael G. Moye
New York Street
The Munsters Today (aka The New Munsters)	1987 - 1991	Arthur Annecherico
3-camera sitcom filmed in front of a live studio audience at Universal. Special effect sequences were filmed in advance and played back to the audience during the shoot.
Colonial Street Munster house exteriors
Matlock	1986-1995	Dean Hargrove
Seasons 1 to 6 filmed at Universal. The Matlock house is on Colonial Street. Singapore Lake and Elm Street were also featured.
Blacke's Magic	1986	Peter S. Fischer, Richard Levinson, William Link
Denver Street
Amazing Stories	1985-1987	Steven Spielberg
Colonial Street [various episodes], Old Mexico [as The Alamo in 1985 episode Alamo Jobe]
MacGyver	1985 - 1992	Various
The Train Station in Little Europe featured in one episode.
Moonlighting	1985 - 1989	Glenn Gordon Caron
Atomic Shakespeare episode was filmed at the Court of Miracles on the Universal backlot. Stage 747 was also used.
North and South	1985
Old Mexico
Murder She Wrote	1984-1996	Various
"Incident on Lot 7" - Season 8, Episode 13 (1992) - Psycho House
"Jessica Behind Bars" - Season 2, Episode 9 (1985) - Square of Warriors / Spartacus Square Embassy building appears as the Prison exterior.
"Hooray for Homicide" - Season 1, Episode 3 (1984) - Front Lot & Studio Tour
Colonial Street, New York Street (as London), Tower of London set (as an amusement park), Little Europe (unknown episodes)
Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Singapore Lake (Jaws Lake) appeared in the opening titles as Cabot Cove, Maine.
"To Kill A Legend" (Season 11 Episode 3, October 1994) Circle Drive on Colonial Street is featured prominently as the location for the battle re-enactment. The church is seen in many shots.
"Seal of the Confessional" - Season 6 Episode 2 (1989) - Colonial Street Circle Drive church appears in the opening sequence. Jaws Lake appears as Cabot Cove.
Stage 20 [pilot], Stage 22, Stage 25 (interior Jessica Fletcher's house), Stage 29, the backlot Train Station appeared in one episode.
Who's The Boss	1984-1992	Martin Cohan, Blake Hunter
Stage 44
Airwolf	1984-1986	Donald P. Bellisario
Colonial Street, Denver Street, Little Europe, New York Street, Six Points Texas, Square of Warriors, Tower of London backlot sets, Stage 14 [helicopter interior mockup], Stage 20 [process shots], Stage 24 [Hawke Cabin set], Stage 27 [The Lair hideout], Stage 28 [process shots]
Still the Beaver	1983-1989
Colonial Street (the Cleaver house), Courthouse Square (Mayfield town square)
The A Team	1983-1987	Stephen J. Cannell, Frank Lupo
Little Europe, Six Points Texas
Silver Spoons	1982-1987	Martin Cohan, Howard Leeds, Ben Starr
Stage 37 [1982-1985]
Voyagers!	1982-1983	James D. Parriott
Colonial Street, Denver Street, Little Europe, Train Station, Mediterranean Square, Old Mexico, Square of Warriors
Knight Rider	1982 - 1986	Glen A. Larson
Along with soundstages, the backlot was used extensively including Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, Denver Street, Boragora and Six Points Texas. Stage 28 appeared in Season 4 Fright Knight episode. Stage 01 was also used.
Tales of the Gold Monkey	1982 - 1983	Donald P. Bellisario
The Blue Parrot Hotel was built on the backlot (known as Boragora) and Park Lake is featured frequently.
Simon and Simon	1981-1989	Philip DeGuere
Colonial Street, Courthouse Square, New York Street, Elm Street (as Industrial Street), Old Mexico, Six Points Texas, all on the Universal Studios backlot. Stage 25
Harper Valley P.T.A.	1981-1982
(TV series follow-up to the movie) Colonial Street
Masada	1981
Old Mexico appeared as Ancient Jerusalem in opening scenes, and sets were later seen on fire.
Galactica 1980	1980	Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw
Stage 747 (Viper Plane interiors)
The Facts of Life	1979-1988	Dick Clair, Jenna McMahon
Stage 37 [1982-1985]
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century	1979-1981
The backlot Tower of London castle set and Little Europe sets appear in the episode Golden Boy as a village on a distant planet.
National Lampoon's Delta House	1979
Colonial Street (Delta House exteriors were shot here).
Diff'rent Strokes	1978-1986	Dick Bensfield, Perry Grant, Jeff Harris, Bernie Kukoff
Stage 42 (1982 - 1985)
The Incredible Hulk	1978-1982
New York Street (various episodes). Interiors were shot on Stage 23.
Battlestar Galactica	1978-1979	Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw
The backlot Tower of London castle set featured in 1978 episode The Magnificent Warriors.
Little Women	1978
Colonial Street
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries	1977-1979	Edward Stratemeyer
Backlot sets Apartments and Colonial Street featured.
Quincy M.E.	1976-1983	Glen A. Larson, Lou Shaw
Apartments, Colonial Street, Denver Street, New York Street, Stage 25
The Bionic Woman	1976-1978	Kenneth Johnson
Stage 30, Collapsing Bridge
The Jeffersons	1975-1985	Don Nicholl, Michael Ross, Bernard West
Stage 37 [1982-1985]
One Day At A Time	1975-1984	Whitney Blake, Allan Manings
Stage 37, Stage 43
Switch	1975-1978	Glen A. Larson
Stage 42
Ellery Queen Mysteries	1975-1976
Stage 25
Baretta	1975	Stephen J. Cannell
Robert Blake lived on New York Street
The Rockford Files	1974-1980	Stephen J. Cannell, Roy Huggins
Apartments, Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 30
The Six Million Dollar Man	1974-1978
New York Street, Stage 06, Stage 30, Ice Tunnel (Studio Tour), Collapsing Bridge (Studio Tour)
Big Brother episode shot on Brownstone Street (1976)
Kolchak: The Night Stalker	1974-1975	Jeffrey Grant Rice
Colonial Street
Lucas Tanner	1974-1975	Jerry McNeely
Colonial Street (Delta House)
Kojak	1973-1978	Abby Mann
Colonial Street, New York Street, Stage 22
Emergency!	1972-1979	Harold Jack Bloom, Robert A. Cinader
Apartments, Colonial Street, Stage 23, Stage 30, Stage 33, Stage 41
Banacek	1972-1974	Anthony Wilson
Backlot Apartments set was featured. Interiors were filmed on Stage 29.
Hec Ramsey	1972-1974	Harold Jack Bloom
Denver Street
The Night Stalker	1972	John Llewellyn Moxey
Stage 32
The Sixth Sense	1972	Anthony Lawrence
Stage 28 [opera house sets]
Columbo	1971-2003	Richard Levinson, William Link
New York Street (various episodes), Singapore Lake, Stage 28
McMillan & Wife	1971-1977	Leonard Stern
Interiors shot on Stage 44, the backlot Tower of London set appeared as a scottish castle.
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law	1971-1974	Jerry McNeely, David Victor
Stage 29
Alias Smith and Jones	1971-1973	Glen A. Larson
Denver Street, Old Mexico, Six Points Texas, Train Station, Stage 36
Marcus Welby, M.D.	1969-1976	David Victor
Stage 23, Stage 25, Stage 41, Colonial Street backlot set
Rod Serling's Night Gallery	1969-1973
Colonial Street
Adam-12	1968-1975	Robert A. Cinader, Jack Webb
Backlot Apartments set was featured, along with Colonial Street.
Here's Lucy	1968-1974
Seasons 3 onwards were shot at Universal (Stage 24). Seasons 1 & 2 were based at Paramount.
It Takes a Thief	1968-1970	Roland Kibbee
Stage 42
Ironside	1967-1975	Collier Young
Apartments, Colonial Street, Mediterranean Square, New York Street (as San Francisco). Interiors were shot on Stage 20.
Dragnet 1967	1967-1970	Jack Webb
Backlot Apartments and Colonial Street (Johnson Character's House) sets.
Pistols 'n' Petticoats	1966-1967	George Tibbles
Denver Street
Laredo	1965-1967
Denver Street, Stage 35
90 Bristol Court: Harris Against The World	1964-1965	Tom Adair, James B. Allardice
Backlot Apartments set
90 Bristol Court: Karen	1964-1965	Joe Connelly, Bob Mosher
Backlot Apartments set
90 Bristol Court: Tom, Dick and Mary	1964-1965
Backlot Apartments set
The Munsters	1964	Ezra Stone
Colonial Street - Munster home. Stage 32 was used for interiors.
Arrest and Trial	1963-1964
Colonial Street
The Virginian	1962-1971	Frank Price, Teddi Sherman
Colonial Street, Denver Street, Six Points Texas, Train Station, Stage 34
McHale's Navy / McHales Navy	1962-1966
Stage 06, Park Lake doubled as the Pacific Ocean, with a number of scale model ships on it.
Thriller	1960-1962
Colonial Street
The Twilight Zone	1959-1964	Rod Serling
Season 1 Episode 1
Laramie	1959-1963
Six Points Texas, Stage 36
Wagon Train	1957-1965	Lawrence Menkin
Denver Street
Bachelor Father	1957-1962
Colonial Street
Tales of Wells Fargo	1957-1962	Frank Gruber, Gene Reynolds, James Brooks
Denver Street, Stage 35
Leave It To Beaver	1957 - 1963	Various
Some scenes were shot on Stage 30, which was demolished in 2010. Stage 17 was also used. Exteriors for seasons 3-6 were shot on Colonial Street.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents	1955-1962
Colonial Street
The Jack Benny Program	1950-1965
Stage 01 [1961-1965]

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