For television episodes where the specific episode filmed in Santa Paula can't be found, the years dictate the show's run. Episodes are named in quotations.
Dr. Kildare 1960s
- need to confirm this
The Fugitive 1963 - 1968
- Filmed at Depot
Medical Center 1969 - 1979
- Corner of 8th and Pleasant Street
The Name of the Game 1970
- "Island of Gold and Precious Stones"
- Main Street
Barnaby Jones 1974
- "Death on Deposit"
- Main Street
- "The Deadly Jinx
Rockford Files 1976
- "Coulter City Wildcat"
- Santa Paula as Coulter City
- Steckel Drive and W Harvard Blvd
- Main Street
Lou Grant 1980
- "Pack"
- filmed at the Glen Tavern Inn
The Thorn Birds 1983
- filmed at the Depot
Hardcastle and McCormick 1983 - 1986
- Eric and Holidae were married at the Church on Railroad Avenue
Highway to Heaven 1988
- "Hello and Farewell: Part 1"
- filmed at the Santa Paula Airport
- "Hello and Farewell: Part 2"
- also filmed at Santa Paula Airport
The Outsiders 1990
- "Un Combat Inégal"
- Town streets, bowling alley exterior, movie theater
Matlock 1991
- "The Witness Killings"
- This TV special was a two-hour movie co-starring local resident and film actor Dion Anderson. Many locals were used as extras.
Melrose Place 1992 - 1999
- need to confirm
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1994
- After a 1994 fire destroyed their sets in nearby Fillmore, the TV series “The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles” filmed in various locations, including Santa Paula's Ebell (possibly the Teague Mansion).
Big Bad Beetle Borgs 1996 - 1998
- Main Street was backdrop for fictional Charterville
- Photos courtesy of John Nichols
Small Shots 2003
- "Teen Kong"
- Filmed at Santa Paula High School
The West Wing 2005
- On the television drama “The West Wing,” Santa Paula is the hometown of fictional presidential candidate Arnold Vinick (Alan Alda). In early 2005, Santa Paula Mayor Mary Ann Krause began a lobbying campaign to have Santa Paula declared Vinick's hometown. In a publicity move for the town, city officials officially "claim[ed] Senator Arnold Vinick as a resident of Santa Paula," in April 2005, and opened an official campaign headquarters for the fictional Republican Senator in the town's train depot. (Santa Paula for Vinick).
- On October 14, 2005, NBC released Vinick's official biography and revealed Santa Paula as the town in which he was raised.
Madmen 2007
- S1 E12 "Nixon vs. Kennedy" was filmed at the Depot
Glee 2012
- Season 3 finale, "Goodbye" highlighted the Depot as "Lima, Ohio"
NCIS 2013
- 2013
- Filmed several scenes at the Airport featuring runway, hanger, and the riverbed
Ghost Adventures 2013
- Filmed at Glen Tavern Inn
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. 2014
- "T.R.A.C.K.S."
- Used The Fillmore & Western Railway Co.
Retire My Room 2014
- "Airstream"
- "Airstream 2"
The Dead Files 2014
- filmed at the Glen Tavern Inn
True Blood 2014
- Seen in first three episodes of Season 7
- First Christian Church on Railroad Avenue
Last Man on Earth 2015
- "Alive in Tucson"
- filmed on Main and Oak Streets
Volkswagen Spoof on Jon Oliver 2015
- Main Street
American Horror Story: Roanoke 2016
- filmed in front of Goodwill on Main Street
Mayans M.C. 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023
- third season was filmed in October of 2020 and February 2021
- Article on 2018 filming
- Photos of Filming October 2020 courtesy of Vanessa Luna
- Newspaper Notice from February 2023Into the Dark 2021
- "Blood Moon"
- train depot and gazebo
Deez-Hyne Dream Team 2020 -
Jack Osbourne’s Night of Terror 2023
- in production
The Morning Show 2023
- SP Times Article regarding closing of streets
- Season 3 E 9, "Update Your Priors"
*see “Acknowledgments” for citations
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