List of television shows shot in Pittsburgh

This list includes nationally or globally broadcast television shows shot either completely or partially in the Pittsburgh metropolitan area. Some of these are actually set in the city; others were shot in Pittsburgh but are set in another real or fictional location.

Title Year(s) Actor(s) Actress(es) Note(s)
One Dollar 2018 [1]
Man with a Plan 2016–2020 Matt LeBlanc
Banshee 2015 [2]
The Outsiders 2015 [3]
Today 2015 [4]
Undercover Boss 2015 Bill Peduto
Meet the Press 2014 Bill Peduto [5]
It Takes a Choir 2014 [6]
CNN 2014 [7]
Good Morning America
2 episodes
2014 [8][9]
Four Weddings 2014 [10]
ESPN: 30 for 30 Shorts
"The Hitting Glove"
2014
CNN @ThisHour 2014 [11]
Sunday Night Baseball 2014 Jon Hamm [12]
America's Newsroom 2014 [13]
For the Love of the Game 2014 [14]
The Chair 2014- [15]
MLB The Show: 2014 (commercial) 2014 Andrew McCutchen [16]
The O'Reilly Factor 2014 Ty Miller [17]
Farm Queens 2014 [18]
White Collar Brawlers 2013–present [19]
Bloomberg
"Market Makers"
2013 Luke Ravenstahl [20]
Food Paradise 2013 [21]
Hatfield & McCoys 2013 [22]
American Experience
Roberto Clemente
2013
ABC World News
2 newscasts
2013 [23][24]
MLB the Show
commercial
2013 Andrew McCutchen [25]
Kitchen Nightmares 2013 Gordon Ramsay [26]
Today
2 episodes
2013 [27]
MLB Play commercial 2013 Andrew McCutchen [28]
A Conversation with Justice Thomas 2013 Justice Thomas [29]
The Clemente Effect 2013
Those Who Kill 2013 James D'Arcy Chloe Sevigny [30]
Bloomberg Game Changers
Mark Cuban
2012 Mark Cuban
Farm Kings 2012–present [31]
Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood 2012–present [32]
Broadway or Bust 2012 [33][34]
The Colbert Report
2 episodes
2012 [35][36]
Outside the Lines 2012 Neil Walker
Restaurant: Impossible
Dell's
2012 Robert Irvine
Today 2012 Jenna Bush Hager [37]
Sullivan & Son 2012–present Dan Lauria Valerie Azlynn
Doomsday Preppers 2012 Joshua Wander [38]
The O'Reilly Factor
2 episodes
2012
Ink Master 2012 [39]
Kitchen Nightmares 2012 Gordon Ramsay [40]
2012 NHL Entry Draft 2012
Fox News Sunday 2012 Bill Hemmer [41]
How Booze Built America
"Westward Ho!"
2012
A Football Life
2 episodes
2012 Franco Harris
Progressive Insurance commercial 2012 [42]
NBC Super Bowl Commercial 2012
Best Sandwich in America 2012 Adam Richman [43]
Anea 2012 [44]
American Idol 2012 Steven Tyler Jennifer Lopez [1]
Antiques Roadshow 2012 Mark Walberg [45]
American History Television
"American Artifacts"
2012 Kathy Kean [46]
Elixir 2012 [47]
Mysteries at the Museum
Jonas Salk
2012 Don Wildman
Fox News Reporting
"Behind Obama's Green Agenda"
2012 Mark Levin
The Rachel Maddow Show 2011 Ricky Burgess Rachel Maddow, Meghan McCain [48]
NBC News 2012 [49]
Inventionland 2011
A Football Life
Al Davis
2011
C-SPAN: Lectures in History 2011 [50]
Modern Marvels
Pocket Tech
2011
Party on Fifth Ave.
music video
2011 Mac Miller
How the States Got Their Shapes
"A River Runs Through It"
2011 [51]
Supermarkets Inc.
"Inside a $500 Billion Money Machine"
2011 Tyler Mathisen
Dance Moms 2011–present
Scammed 2011 [52]
Frick Park Market
music video
2011 Mac Miller
Only in America 2011 Larry the Cable Guy
A Football Life 2011 Mike Ditka
Off Limits 2011 Don Wildman [53]
Outrageous Food
2 episodes
2010-11 [54]
My First Place 2011 [55]
NatGeo Presents
"Pioneers turned Millionaires: Heinz"
2011
Mylan Golf Classic 2011 Gary Christian
American Greed
"Computer Hacking Masterminds"
2011
Locke & Key 2011 [56]
Suits 2011 [57]
NHL Winter Classic 2011
AFC Playoffs
2 games
2011
Black and Yellow
music video
2010 Wiz Khalifa
NHL Legends Game 2010
Bridgeville by Chevy 2010 [58]
Mylan Golf Classic 2010 Kevin Kisner
"Pioneer" by Levi's 2010 [59]
HBO 24/7 2010 Liev Schreiber
BBC-TV 2010 [60]
Biography on CNBC
"Heinz: the Ketchup Kings"
2010
Ghost Lab
"The Betrayal"
2010
History Detectives 2010 [61]
Romantically Challenged 2010 Alyssa Milano
Breakout
"The Pittsburgh Six"
2010
U.S. Women's Open Championships 2010
C-SPAN
Pennsylvania Senate Debate
2010 Pat Toomey [62]
As the World Turns 2009 Tamara Tunie [63]
Justified 2009 Timothy Olyphant Joelle Carter
AFC Playoffs
2 games
2009
Forrest Wood Cup 2009 Greg Hackney [64]
Three Rivers 2009-10
Today
2 episodes
2009 Amy Robach [65][66]
The Daily Show
4 episodes
2009 John Oliver, Nicolas Sarkozy [67][68]
[69][70]
Naked Science 2009
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 2008 Steelers
2009
Bragging Rights 2009 John Cena Melina Perez
Stanley Cup Finals
3 games
2009
A Ride Along the Lincoln Highway 2008 Rick Sebak
Modern Marvels
"Crashes"
2008
Penn & Teller: Bullshit!
"Going Green"
2008 Al Gore
Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
5 episodes
2008-09 [71]
Waffle Shop: A Reality Show 2008-12
Good Morning America 2008 Robin Roberts, Diane Sawyer [72]
AFC Playoffs
1 game
2008
Modern Marvels 2008
Future of Broadband and Digital Media 2008 [73]
Hannity & Colmes 2008 Sean Hannity Sarah Palin [74]
Man v. Food 2008 Adam Richman
Stanley Cup Finals
3 games
2008
Modern Marvels
"Carbon"
2008
NEC Basketball Championship 2008
MythBusters 2008 [75]
The Daily Show 2008 Barack Obama [76]
Modern Marvels
Night
2008
Back to You 2007–08 Kelsey Grammer Patricia Heaton
Bam's Unholy Union 2007 Bam Margera April Margera
60 Minutes 2007
Armageddon 2007
PBS Exposé:
America's Investigative Reports

2 episodes
2007
Heartland 2007 Treat Williams, Dabney Coleman Morena Baccarin
KOMO NEWS 2007 [77]
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 1975 Steelers
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 1975 Steelers
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 1974 Steelers
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 1978 Steelers
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 2005 Steelers
2007
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
The 1972 Dolphins
2007
U.S. Open Championships 2007 Ángel Cabrera, Tiger Woods,
Jim Furyk
Modern Marvels
NASA
2007 [78]
C-SPAN: Judge Mansmann Award 2007 Justice Alito, Judge Scirica Marjorie Rendell [79]
The Kill Point 2007 Donnie Wahlberg
John Leguizamo
Tobin Bell
Jennifer Ferrin
The Today Show 2006 Matt Lauer Katie Couric
The Lost Room 2006 Kevin Pollock Julianna Margulies [80]
The Daily Show
2 episodes
2006 [81][82]
Smith 2006 Ray Liotta Amy Smart
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2006 Ben Curtis Michelle Wie
Scariest Places on Earth
Dixmont Hospital
2006 Linda Blair [83]
Prison Girl 2006
MLB All-Star Game 2006
Mr. Right Now
music video
2006 Ben Roethlisberger [84]
Vice President Speech to LaRoche College 2005 Dick Cheney
Conspiracy?
"Kecksburg UFO"
2005
Blind Date 2005
AFC Playoffs
2 games
2005
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2005 Jason Gore
President & First Lady Address to CCAC 2005 George W. Bush Laura Bush
Bound for Glory 2005 Dick Butkus
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick 2005 Les Standiford [85]
Christopher Hitchens Special 2005 Christopher Hitchens [86]
The It's Alive Show 2005
SportsCentury: Curt Schilling 2005
No Way Out 2005 John Cena
Bassmaster Classic 2005 Kevin VanDam
Senior PGA Championship 2005
UFO Files
"UFOs and the White House"
2005
The Daily Show 2005 Gerald Schatten [87]
The War That Made America 2004 Graham Greene
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2004 Vijay Singh
Vice President Address 2004 Dick Cheney
Jeopardy! 2004 Alex Trebek
Skate America 2004 Brian Joubert Angela Nikodinov
The Daily Show 2004 Ed Helms
John Kerry
[88][89]
[90][91]
Cathedrals of the Game 2004
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2003 J. L. Lewis
AFC Playoffs
1 game
2003
Made in America 2003 John Ratzenberger
SportsCentury: Terry Bradshaw 2003 [92]
SportsCentury: Dan Marino 2003
The Daily Show 2003 George W. Bush [93]
U.S. Amateur Championship 2003
Good Morning America
June–November
2002 Charles Gibson Diane Sawyer [94]
The Daily Show 2002 Rob Corddry [95][96]
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2002 Dan Forsman
Sports Century: Clemente 2002
Hannity & Colmes 2002 Shawn Blake Eve Hibbits [97]
The Guardian 2002 Simon Baker
Dabney Coleman
Erica Leerhsen
Sports Century: Mario Lemieux 2002
The West Wing 2002 Rob Lowe
Martin Sheen
Emily Procter
The Pennsylvania Miner's Story 2002
NCAA men's basketball tournament 2002
AFC Playoffs
2 games
2002
SportsCentury: 1992 2002
President Bush Address 2001 George W. Bush
Marconi Golf Classic 2001 Robert Allenby
NCAA women's basketball tournament 2001
SportsCentury: Joe Namath 2001
Unforgiven 2001 Dwayne Johnson
SportsCentury: Pete Maravich 2001
SportsCentury: Barry Bonds 2001
SportsCentury: Stan Musial 2001
SportsCentury: Hank Greenberg 2001
Gore 2000 Rally 2000 Al Gore
Heavyweight Fight 2000 Cliff Eteinne
Lamon Brewster
84 Lumber Golf Classic 2000 Chris DiMarco
Modern Marvels
"Power Plants"
2000
SportsCentury: Johnny Unitas 2000
SportsCentury: Bill Mazeroski 2000
President's Ford Pardon of Richard Nixon 1999 Jerald F. TerHorst [98]
About Your House 1999
CBS Evening News
4 October Newscasts
1999 Dan Rather
The Daily Show
2 episodes
1999 Mo Rocca Beth Littleford [99][100]
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1998
Modern Marvels
American Steel
1998 [101]
King of the Ring 1998 Steve Austin Rena Mero
The Temptations 1998
Wheel Of Fortune 1998 Pat Sajak Vanna White
Fortune 500 Forum William Cohen 1998 Sec. Cohen [102]
NBC News Reports:
Blacks and Blue
1998 Geraldo Rivera
C-SPAN de Tocqueville
Democracy in America
1997 [103]
Modern Marvels
2 episodes
1997
NCAA men's basketball tournament 1997
AFC Playoffs
1 game
1997
The Christmas Tree 1996
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1996
The Assassination File 1996
Remember WENN 1996-98 Christopher Murney Dina Spybey
Hope and Gloria 1995–96 Alan Thicke Jessica Lundy
SummerSlam 1995 Vince McMahon
Sliders 1995 Jerry O'Connell Sabrina Lloyd
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1995
My So-Called Life 1994–95 Jared Leto Claire Danes
MLB All-Star Game 1994
Majors-Clinton U.K.-U.S. Summitt 1994 Bill Clinton
John Majors
The Piano Lesson 1994 Charles S. Dutton Courtney B. Vance
The Stand 1994 Gary Sinise
Rob Lowe
Molly Ringwald
Good Morning America 1994 [104]
Amazing America 1994
Backstreet Justice 1994
Breathing Lessons 1994 James Garner Joanne Woodward
A Promise Kept 1994
Skate America 1994
U.S. Open Championship 1994 Ernie Els
The American Revolution 1994
The X-Files
4 episodes
1993 David Duchovny Gillian Anderson
Sirens 1993–95 Jayne Brook
Adrienne-Joi Johnson
Quantum Leap
Series Finale
1993 Scott Bakula
Presidential Address 1993 Bill Clinton
Pittsburgh Crusade 1993 Billy Graham [105]
AFC Playoffs
1 game
1993
National League Championship
3 games
1992
Larry King Live 1992 Bruno Sammartino
Vince McMahon
[106]
Thatcher Address 1992 Margaret Thatcher
The Nation Speaks
first televised national "town hall"
1992 Bill Clinton [107]
Blind Spot 1992 Joanne Woodward
Innocent Blood 1992 Anthony LaPaglia
Robert Loggia
Anne Parillaud
Citizen Cohn 1992 James Woods Novella Nelson
Against Her Will: An Incident in Baltimore 1992 Walter Matthau
U.S. Women's Open Championship 1992
What She Doesn't Know 1992
Stanley Cup Finals
3 games
1992
NBC Nightly News 1992 Andrea Mitchell [108]
National League Championship
4 games
1991
Guilty Until Proven Innocent 1991 Martin Sheen
Brendan Fraser
Dead and Alive: The Race for Gus Farace 1991 Samuel L. Jackson
Tony Danza
Darrow 1991 Kevin Spacey
COPS
11 episodes
1991–93
Where in the World
is Carmen Sandiego?
1991–96 Lynne Thigpen
Stanley Cup Finals
2 games
1991
You Take the Kids 1990–91 Mos Def Nell Carter
Equal Justice 1990–91 Sarah Jessica Parker
NHL All Star Game 1990
National League Championship
3 games
1990
U.S. Senior Open 1989
Cappelli & Company 1989-92
Stuck With Each Other 1989
Remaking Cities Conference 1988 Charles, Prince of Wales
The American Experience 1988
Alone in the Neon Jungle 1988
Unsolved Mysteries 1987 Robert Stack
ArenaBowl I 1987
The Today Show
Several May newscasts
1987 Bryant Gumbel Jane Pauley
He's the Mayor 1986
The Bangles Live from Syria Mosque (MTV) 1986 Sussanna Hoffs [109]
1985 [110][111][112]
Silent Witness 1985 John Savage Valerie Bertinelli
Mr. Belvedere 1985–90 Bob Uecker Tracy Wells
Goodwill Tour 1984 François Mitterrand
The Leatherstocking Tales 1984
Democratic Party National Primary Debate
2-day debate
1984 Walter Mondale
Jesse Jackson
UnitedWay NFL commercial 1984 Art Rooney [113]
U.S. Figure Skating Championships 1983 Scott Hamilton Rosalynn Sumners
AFC Playoffs
1 game
1983
EPCOT Magazine 1983 [114]
Heart of Steel 1983 Melissa Gilbert
Reagan Jobs Address 1983 Ronald Reagan
Eastern 8 Basketball tournament 1982
U.S. Open Championship 1983 Larry Nelson
Fantasy 1982
Fighting Back 1982 Art Carney
Robert Urich
Bonnie Bedelia
Eastern 8 Basketball tournament 1981
World Heavyweight Title Fight
Holmes v. Snipes
1981 Larry Holmes
The Silencers (American band)
"Rock'n'Roll Enforcers"
1981 [115]
1980 [116]
Eastern 8 Basketball tournament 1980
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1980 Bryant Gumbel
Death Penalty 1980
Skag 1980–81 Karl Malden Piper Laurie
Senator Kennedy from Cyclops Steel 1980 Ted Kennedy
GOP Annual Spring Dinner 1980 Ronald Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Eastern 8 Basketball tournament 1979
World Series
3 games
1979
National League Championship
1 game
1979
Real People 1979 Vic Cianca [117]
Allison and the Magic Bubble 1979
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1979
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye 1978
PGA Championship 1978
Eastern 8 Basketball tournament 1978
Previn and the Pittsburgh Symphony 1977 André Previn
ELVIS! New Year's Eve Concert 1976 Elvis Presley
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1976
Evening Magazine 1976–90 Dennis Miller Donna Hanover
Ryder Cup Championship 1975
National League Championship
1 game
1975
Bancroft Cup Finals 1975
AFC Playoffs
1 game
1975
MLB All-Star Game 1974
National League Championship
2 games
1974
U.S. Open Championship 1973 Johnny Miller
Arnold Palmer
AFC Playoffs
2 games
1973
National League Championship
2 Games
1972
World Series
3 games
1971
National League Championship
2 games
1971
Monday Night Football
22 games
1970-
2008
Howard Cosell
National League Championship
2 games
1970
U.S. Amateur Championship 1969
Planes, People and Paraphernalia 1969 [118]
Billy Graham Pitt Stadium Crusade 1968 Richard Nixon
Billy Graham
Pat Nixon
ABA Finals
4 games
1968
The Bell Telephone Hour
1 episode
1968 Louis Armstrong
Dizzy Gillespie
1967 Calder Cup Finals 1967
PGA Championship 1965
National Geographic Explorer 1964–86
Lyndon B. Johnson Civic Arena Address 1964
Candid Camera 1964 Vic Cianca [119]
Heavyweight Fight 1963 Muhammad Ali
Perry Como NBC Special 1963 Perry Como [120]
U.S. Open Championship 1962 Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood 1962–
2001
Fred Rogers
Route 66
2 episodes
1961 Lee Marvin Ethel Waters
World Series
4 games
1960
Adventure Time 1959
Studio Wrestling 1959-72
Ricki & Copper 1959-69
MLB All Star Game 1959
Western Golf Open 1958
Heavyweight Fight 1956 Bob Baker
Tommy Jackson
AHL All-Star Game 1956
Pittsburgh Open 1956
Presidential Address from Hunt Armory 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower [121]
Calder Cup Finals 1955
The Children's Corner 1953–61
U.S. Open Championship 1953 Ben Hogan
Happy's Party 1952-53
Billy Graham's Forbes Field Crusade 1952 Billy Graham
PGA Championship 1951
Roads to Romance 1951 [122]
Heavyweight Fight 1951 Rex Layne
Ezzard Charles
World Heavyweight Championship 1951 Joe Walcott
Ezzard Charles
Coaxial Cable
Opening Special

All 4 networks
3-hour Syria Mosque special
Connecting the Mid-West and
East Networks
1949

References

  1. ^ "'American Idol' Coming to Pittsburgh". 20 May 2011.