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America's Most Wanted 2006 Crime; Drama; TV In 2005, Boston’s homicide rate hit a 10-year high at 75. America’s Most Wanted visited Boston in February of 2006 to try to help solve one of those murders. The episode was slated to air on Feb 11, 2006

Jean Lampron, a 68-year-old South Boston woman died during a robbery in the fall of 2005 as s...
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American Idol 2006 Game-Show; Music; Reality-TV; TV Season 6, episode 6 brought American Idol to Boston in search of the next superstaaaaa. Filmed during the summer of 2005, the producers grabbed a bunch of shots of Boston including Faneuil Hall. The show aired on Feb 8, 2006.

Hollywood Trick.....The actual general auditions were held outside the...
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The Sopranos 2006 Crime; Drama; TV For the 2006 season, the Sopranos have a special episode taking place in the Boston area. According to the Boston Herald, one of the show’s big characters is going to meet his fate.

Some filming was done at the Russian Steam Bath location in Chelsea, MA on Feb 8, 2006. You'll be seeing Chelsea a ...
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The Way 2006 Crime; Drama; Fantasy; TV The pilot was filmed in Boston during the winter of 2005/06. Various places were used including a building at the corner of Joy/Mt Vernon Streets along the Boston Movie Mile. Details
Firehouse USA: Boston 2005 TV Follows the life of firefighters stationed at Engine Co. 37, Ladder Co. 26 located 560 Huntington Ave in the Roxbury part of Boston. Details
Boston Legal 2004 TV The law offices of James Spader and William Shatner are at 500 Boylston Street. Located in the historic Back Bay, the building shares a full city block with 222 Berkeley Street. But don't go there looking for the law firm as only the exteriors are used for the show. The rest of the show is filmed al... Details
The Amazing Race 6 2004 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
John Mayer Has a TV Show 2004 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
The Apprentice 2004 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Average Joe: Hawaii 2004 TV Brian Worth, Boston contestant and finalist from season 2, spends a night at Fenway Park with his date. Brian Worth also attended the Grand Opening of Boston Movie Tours in July 2005. Contestant Brian Glazer is also a local Bostonian. Details
Tru Calling 2003 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
It's All Relative 2003 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Crossing Jordan 2001 TV Filmed almost completely in Hollywood but the exterior of the medical examiner's office is located in the Financial District of Boston at the Ames Building at 1 Court St. Details
Insomniac with Dave Attell 2001 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Raising Dad 2001 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
School 2001 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Boston Public 2000 TV The show uses East Boston High for exteriors and depicts Doyles Cafe in Jamaica Plain for the teacher's hangout bar. Details
A History of Britain 2000 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Julia & Jacques Cooking at Home 2000 TV WGBH is a PBS station located in the Boston area and episodes of Julia Child's cooking show are filmed at their local location. Details
Home Movies 1999 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
GWF In Your Eye 1998 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place 1998 TV Boston is a pretty big part of the show. It shows lots of places in Boston - the row house they live in, the T, a hospital, etc., and featured, for several shows, Nomar Garciaparra. A couple of episodes take place in the T. and in a T station. Then there are the shows where Pete watches the Marat... Details
Ally McBeal 1997 TV Ally McBeal's law firm, Cage, Fish & Associates, does not exist. But the building used for exteriors is located in the Beacon Hill area of Boston right along the Boston Movie Mile on 14 Beacon Street. Details
The Practice 1997 TV Uses exteriors of Suffolk Superior Courthouse but almost everything else was filmed in Hollywood. The series did go on location to Fenway park during one of its episodes. Details
Antiques Roadshow 1997 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Boston Common 1996 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Real Rock TV 1996 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch 1996 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Real World 1992 TV The cast stayed in the famous firehouse along the Boston Movie Mile. Details
Scientific American Frontiers 1990 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Against the Law 1990 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Cops 1989 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Live with Regis and Kelly 1989 TV Filmed regularly in NY. But in June of 2005, Regis and Kelly shot in Boston for a day on a cruise line in the Boston Harbor. Boston local and ex New Kid on the Block member, Joey Mcintyre made an appearence. Details
Spenser: For Hire 1985 TV Local Bostonians love this show set back in the 1980s. It was one of the few shows that was actually shot on location all over the Boston area. The main character lived in the famous firehouse along the Boston Movie Mile in the Beacon Hill area that was also used in The Real World and What’s the Wor... Details
St. Elsewhere 1982 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Cheers 1982 TV The hit TV show Cheers is based on the classic Bull & Finch pub on Beacon Street in Boston right along the Boston Movie Mile. The outside of the building is used for the Cheers opening credits. The bar was recreated in Hollywood where all the interior scenes were filmed. The series itself ran for 1... Details
Evening Magazine 1976 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Victory Garden 1975 TV WGBH is a PBS station located in the Boston area and episodes of Victory Garden are filmed just outside their studios. Details
Beacon Hill 1975 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Zoom 1972 TV WGBH is a PBS station located in the Boston area and episodes of Zoom are filmed in and around Boston at their local location. Details
Banacek 1972 TV The series takes place in the Beacon Hill area of Boston along the Boston Movie Mile. Details
Evening at Pops 1970 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details
Say Brother 1970 TV Filmed partly in Boston and/or supposed to take place in Boston. Details


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