29-05-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
What is the best San Francisco TV show of all time?
From 'Nash Bridges' to 'Looking,' plenty of television shows have set their stories in San Francisco, using the city as a backdrop for police procedurals, fantasy dramas and classic sitcoms.
Chronicle Culture Critic Peter Hartlaub recently rediscovered what he says is the best, the short-lived 'Midnight Caller,' which followed a cop-turned-late-night-radio-host as he offered talk therapy to the Bay Area over the air waves and solved a crime or two.
Now, we're looking for Chronicle readers' picks. Choose your favorite scripted series set in San Francisco from the list below and tell us why it deserves the crown.
