FILMING IN NYC: AUGUST EDITION

Filming in NYC: August Edition
Film and television crews are still taking advantage of the summer weather in August. This month’s offerings include returning shows like Law & Order: SVU and The Blacklist and up and coming Rebel Wilson movie Isn’t It Romantic. Read on for the full list.
The Blacklist
Starring: James Spader, Megan Boone
Filming: West 39th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan
Season 6 of The Blacklist is coming to NBC this fall, and fans are ready for it after all of the unresolved questions at the end of Season 5.
Manifest
Starring: Josh Dallas
Filming: Hillcrest Avenue and Hillside Avenue, Queens
In this new NBC high concept series, a group of passengers survive a three hour plane crash and find out that five years have passed in the world around them.
Ray Donovan
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Jon Voight, Susan Sarandon
Filming: 30th Avenue and 30th Street, Astoria
Ray Donovan is back for Season 6 and for the first time, these 12 episodes are filming in New York City. Season 6 is set to premiere on Showtime this fall.
Tell Me A Story
Starring: Billy Magnussen, Kim Cattrall
Filming: East 12th Street and 4th Avenue, Manhattan
This new psychological thriller TV series is set to premiere on CBS All Access this fall. The series is based on the Mexican show Habia una vez and is being developed for American audiences by Scream screenwriter Kevin Williamson.
God Friended Me
Starring: Brandon Michael Hall, Suraj Sharma, Joe Morton
Filming: 5th Avenue and 32nd Street, Manhattan
This new fantasy series is coming to CBS this fall, and it centers around Miles, a proud atheist who suddenly, as the title implies, gets a friend request from God on Facebook.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Starring: Rachel Brosnahan, Tony Shalhoub, Alex Borstein
Filming: Montaque Street and Hicks Street
After Season 1 of this Amazon Prime TV series won Golden Globes for Best Comedy Series and Best Actress in a Comedy, it was a no-brainer to renew for Season 2, currently filming. Both seasons are primarily filmed in New York, but made to look like 1958, when the show takes place.
Gotham
Starring: Ben McKenzie
Filming: New York Expo Center, Bronx
After Gotham City was evacuated at the end of last season, it will be interesting to see where the show goes from here. The fifth and final season of the superhero centred show is coming in early 2019 and you can see locations from the show on our Super Tour of NYC.
Law & Order: SVU
Starring: Mariska Hargitay
Filming: Pierpont Street, Brooklyn
Upcoming Season 12 of SVU will allow it to be tied with Gunsmoke for the longest running drama in the U.S., and we can’t wait for Olivia Benson to solve more cases in NYC.
Isn’t It Romantic
Starring: Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine, Priyanka Chopra, Liam Hemsworth, Betty Gilpin
Filming: South Street and South Macquesten Parkway, Mt. Vernon
Rebel Wilson stars as Natalie, a girl who wakes up one day and realizes she is in a rom-com full of clichés in this 2019 film.
The Sinner
Starring: Bill Pullman, Carrie Coon
Filming: Broadway Stages Greenpoint, Brooklyn
After the success of Season 1 starring Jessica Biel, Detective Ambrose is back in Season 2, this time starring Carrie Coon from Gone Girl, Fargo, and Avengers: Infinity War. The show premiered August 1st and the latter half of the season is currently filming.
FBI
Starring: Missy Peregrym, Jeremy Sisto
Filming: Midtown near Grand Central, Manhattan
From the creator of the Law & Order franchise, this new CBS show about America’s FBI premieres on September 25th and is filming all around NYC.
Crashing
Starring: Pete Holmes
Filming: West 3rd Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan
This Judd Apatow approved comedy series centers on a group of stand-up comedians, all playing fictionalized versions of themselves. After the first two well received seasons aired on HBO, it was renewed for a third season.
Instinct
Starring: Alan Cumming
Filming: Court Square, Long Island City
Based on the book Murder Games,Instinct is returning for a second season on CBS, Alan Cumming stars in this procedural thriller taking place in NYC.
Jessica Jones
Starring: Krysten Ritter
Filming: West 45th Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan
Jessica Jones is part of the Marvel Universe, acting as one fourth of The Defenders. Season 3 of the Netflix series is currently being filmed in New York. See Jessica Jones locations on our very own Super Tour.
Madam Secretary
Starring: Téa Leoni
Filming: 61st Street & 5th Avenue
Season 5 of the hit CBS political drama is set to premiere this fall, and we can’t wait to see what happens next.
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