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List of films and television series set in Palm Springs, California

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This is a list of films and TV series set in Palm Springs, California. It covers topical settings and storyline subjects set in Palm Springs and other nearby resort communities of the Coachella Valley. These communities, which include Palm Springs, Bermuda Dunes, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indian Wells, Indio, La Quinta, Mecca, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage, and the Salton Sea, are in Riverside County, southern California. Included are individual episodes of TV series.

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Films

1930s

  • Lucky Dog – 1933 film[1]
  • Palm Springs (a.k.a. Palm Springs Affair) – 1936 film[2]
  • Screen Snapshots – 1924–1958 short films
    • Series 15, No. 7 (1936)
    • Series 16, No. 6 (1937)
    • Series 17, No. 5 (1938)
  • Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs – 1936 film[3]
  • Three Wise Guys – 1936 film[4]

1940s

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

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Television and radio

1940s

1950s

  • The Bob Cummings Show – 1955–1959 TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 32, "Grandpa's Old Buddy" (1958)
  • The Bob Hope Show (radio) – March 11, 1952[68]
  • The Charles Farrell Show – 1956 TV series[69]
  • Date with the Angels – 1956–1957 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 8, "Little White Lie" (1957)
  • The Frank Sinatra Timex Show – 1957–1960 TV series[70]
    • Season 2, Episode 2, "You're invited to spend the afternoon at the Frank Sinatra Show" (1959)[71]
  • General Electric Theater – 1953–1962 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 30, "Into the Night" (1955)
  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show – 1950–1958 TV series[72]
    • Season 1, Episode 9, "To Go or Not to Go" (a.k.a. "Live Show #9") (1951)[citation needed]
    • Season 2, Episode 12, "Trip to Palm Springs" (1952)[citation needed]
    • Season 3, Episode 25, "Gracie Reports Car Stolen" (1953)[citation needed]
    • Season 7, Episode 21, "Going to Palm Springs" (1957)[citation needed]
  • I Love Lucy – 1951–1957 TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 26, "In Palm Springs" (1955)
  • It's a Great Life – 1954–1956 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 33, "The Palm Springs Story" (1956)[73]
  • The Jack Benny Program (also broadcast as The Jack Benny Show) – 1932–1965 radio and TV series[62]
    • "From Palm Springs California" (radio) – March 26, 1950 (with Bob Hope and The Guadalajara Trio)
    • "From Palm Springs California" (radio) – April 2, 1950 (with Al Jolson and Connie Barlow)
    • "How Palm Springs Was Founded" (radio) – February 11, 1951 (at the American Legion Hall)[65][74]
    • "Palm Springs Murder Mystery" (radio – AFRS rebroadcast) – December 9, 1951
    • "Jack Renews His Driver's License" (radio) – December 16, 1951[75]
    • "Palm Springs Steak Ride" (radio) – February 8, 1953
    • "How Palm Springs Was Founded" (radio) – March 15, 1953[76] (included Mel Blanc's Mexican gag)
    • "Steak Ride in Desert" (radio – AFRS rebroadcast) – May 24, 1953
    • "Golf Game – Discovery of Palm Springs" (radio – AFRS rebroadcast) – June 29, 1953
    • "To Palm Springs without Polly" (radio) – December 6, 1953
    • "Christmas Show from Palm Springs" (radio) – December 13, 1953
    • "Preparing for Palm Springs Vacation" (radio – AFRS rebroadcast) – May 10, 1954
    • "Preparing for Palm Springs" (also titled "In Palm Springs") (radio) – December 12, 1954
    • "Christmas at Palm Springs" (radio) – December 19, 1954
    • Season 6, Episode 13, "Jack Drives To Palm Springs" (1956)
  • The People's Choice – 1955–1958 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 16, "Sock's Master Plan" (1957)
  • Person to Person – 1953–1961 TV series
    • Season 5, Episode 17, (January 3, 1958)
  • The Phil Silvers Show – 1955–1959 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 34, "The Colonel Breaks Par" (1957)
  • Studio 57 – 1954–1956 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 6, "Palm Springs Incident" (1956)[77]

1960s

  • The Andy Williams Show – 1959–1971 TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 19, (March 21, 1966)
  • The Beverly Hillbillies – 1962–1971 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "The Clampetts Meet Mrs. Drysdale" (1962)
  • Good Morning World – 1967–1968 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 10, "Feet of Clay and a Head to Match" (1967)
    • Season 1, Episode 17, "First Down and 200 Miles to Go" (1968)
  • Happy – 1960–1961 TV series
  • I Spy – 1965–1968 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 1, "So Coldly Sweet" (1966)
    • Season 2, Episode 8, "Will the Real Good Guys Please Stand Up?" (1966)
  • The Jack Benny Program (also broadcast as The Jack Benny Show) – 1932–1965 radio and TV series[62]
    • Season 15, Episode 21, "Rainy Day in Palm Springs" (1965)
  • The Lucy Show – 1962–1968 TV series
    • Season 5, Episode 8, "Lucy and Carol [Burnett] in Palm Springs" (1966)[78]
  • Mannix – 1967–1975 TV series
  • Mayberry R.F.D. – 1968–1971 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 10, "Palm Springs, Here We Come" (1969)[80]
    • Season 2, Episode 11, "Palm Springs, Here We Are" (1969)[81]
    • Season 2, Episode 12, "Millie and the Palm Springs Golf Pro" (1969)[82]
    • Season 2, Episode 13, "Palm Springs Cowboy" (1969)[83]
  • The Merv Griffin Show – 1962–1963, 1965–1986 TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 169, (April 27, 1967)
    • Season 4, Episode 170, (April 28, 1968)
  • My Favorite Martian – 1963–1966 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 29, "Uncle Martin's Bedtime Story" (1965)
  • Pete and Gladys – 1960–1962 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 14, "Misplaced Weekend" (1960)
  • The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show – 1959–1964 animated cartoon series

1970s

  • City of Angels – 1976 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 7, "Palm Springs Answer" (1976)
  • Here's Lucy – 1968–1974 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 17, "Lucy's Vacation" (1971)
  • Columbo - 1972–1994 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 6, "Short Fuse" (1972)
  • Lou Grant – 1977–1982 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 20, "Convention" (1979)

1980s

  • It's a Living – 1980–1982 and 1985–1989) TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 10, "Critic's Choice" (1986)
  • L.A. Law – 1986–1994 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 9, "Divorce with Extreme Prejudice" (1987)
    • Season 5, Episode 18, "As God Is My Co-Defendant" (1991)
    • Season 6, Episode 19, "Silence of the Lambskins" (1992)
  • Murder, She Wrote – 1984–1996 TV series
    • Season 6, Episode 4, "The Error of Her Ways" (1989)
  • Too Close for Comfort – 1980–1986 TV series
    • Season 5, Episode 8, "The Two Faces of Muriel" (1985)
  • The Tracey Ullman Show – 1987–1990 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 20, "D.U.I." (1989)

1990s

2000s

  • $40 a Day – 2002–2005 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 15, "Palm Springs" (2003)
  • 90210 – 2008– TV series
  • America's Most Smartest Model – 2007 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 10, "Hit Me with Your Best Shot" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 11, "Never Trust a Rottweiler" (2007)
  • The Anna Nicole Show – 2002–2003 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 10, "Anna (Palm) Springs into Action" (a.k.a. "Gimme a Spring Break") (2003)[90]
  • Antiques Roadshow – 1997– TV series
    • Season 13, Episode 1, "Palm Springs: Hour 1" (2009)
    • Season 13, Episode 2, "Palm Springs: Hour 2" (2009)
    • Season 13, Episode 3, "Palm Springs: Hour 3" (2009)
  • Art Mann Presents – 2005– TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 2, "Palm Springs/NBA All-Star Mayhem" (2009)
  • The Bachelor – 2002– U.S. TV series
  • Bam's Unholy Union – 2007 TV series
  • Boy Meets Boy – 2003 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 1, "Boy Meets Boys and Overexuberant Host" (2003)
    • Season 1, Episode 2, "Where Have All The Possibly Straight Cowboys Gone?" (2003)
    • Season 1, Episode 3, "It's Raining Gay and Secretly Straight Men" (2003)
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "Yeah, But Do You LIKE Me?" (2003)
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "The Possibly Straight Cat's Out Of The Bag" (2003)
    • Season 1, Episode 6, "Finale" (2003)
  • Bump! – 2004– TV series
    • Season 5, Episode 4, "Palm Springs" (2011)
  • The Comeback – 2005 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 8, "Valerie Relaxes in Palm Springs" (2005)
  • Cops – 1989– TV series
    • Season 19, Episode 6, "Drug Arrests #2 Special Edition" (2006)
    • Season 19, Episode 24, "Coast to Coast #15" (2007)
  • Destination Tennis – 2006– TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "Palm Springs" (2007)
  • Dirty Jobs – 2003– TV series
  • Dweezil & Lisa – 2004 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 8, "Trip to L.A. and Palm Springs, CA" (2004)
  • Eddie Griffin : Going for Broke – 2009 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 6, "Going For Broke" (2009)
  • Eisenhower & Lutz – 1988 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 1, "The Whiplash Kid Returns (1)" (2008)
  • Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – 2003–2012 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 15, "The De'Aeth Family" (2006)
  • Family Guy – 1999– animated TV series
  • Flavor of Love – 2006–2008 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 7, "Flav's Trippin'" (2006)
  • Flipping Out – 2007– Bravo TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "The Inspector" (2007)
  • Getaway – 1992– TV series
    • Season 15, Episode 10, (2006)
  • Haunted Hotels – 2001–2005 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "Wandering Spirits" (2002)
  • Hello Paradise – 2004– TV series
    • 81 episodes total (which include non-Palm Springs and desert episodes)[citation needed]
  • Hidden Palms – 2007 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 1, "Pilot" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 2, "Ghosts" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 3, "Party Hardy" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "What Liza Beneath" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "Mulligan" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 6, "Dangerous Liaisons" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 7, "Stand By Your Woman" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 8, "Second Chances" (2007)
  • The Hills – 2006–2010 TV series
  • House Hunters – 1999– TV series
    • Season 15, Episode 1, "Palm Springs Dreamin'" (2005)[92]
    • Season 40, Episode 10, "Vacation Home in Palm Springs" (2010)[93]
    • Season 40, Episode 12, "Vacation Home in Palm Springs" (2010)[94]
    • Season 44, Episode 8, "Settling Down in Los Angeles" (2012)
    • Season 74, Episode 9, "Couple Clashes Over Style in Palm Springs" (2013)[citation needed]
  • Huff – 2004–2006 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 4, "Sweet Release" (2006)
  • I Love New York – 2007–2008 TV series
  • Intervention – 2005– TV series
  • The Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency – 2006–2008 TV series
  • Kathy Griffin: My Life on the D-List – 2005–2010 TV series
    • Season 5, Episode 10, "Kathy Is a Star...Kind Of" (2009)[96]
    • Season 6, Episode 7, "Getting My House in Order" (2010)[97]
  • Kathy Griffin: stand up specials – 1996– television and DVDs
  • The L Word – 2004–2009 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 11, "Looking Back" (2004)
  • A Lez in Wonderland – 2006 TV documentary[citation needed]
  • Lost Worlds – 2005–2006 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 5, "Secret U.S. Bunkers" (2007)
  • Mad Men – 2007– TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 11, "The Jet Set" (2008)
  • The Mentalist – 2008– TV series
  • My Super Sweet 16 – 2005–2008 TV series
  • National Open House – 2006– HGTV series
    • Season 1, Episode HNOH-105, "Palm Springs, Philadelphia, Asheville" (2006)[99]
    • Season 1, Episode HNOH-109, "New York, Missoula, Palm Springs" (2006)[100]
    • Season 2, Episode HNOH-204, "Palm Springs, Moorestown, Austin" (2007)[101]
    • Season 2, Episode HNOH-208, "Des Moines, Boston, Palm Springs" (2007)[102]
  • Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica – 2003–2005 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 13, "Celebrity Issues" (2004)
  • Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County – 2007–2008 MTV TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 101, "Crush...Interrupted" (2007)[103]
  • Notes from the Underbelly – 2007–2008 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 7, "The List" (2008)
    • Season 2, Episode 9, "Baby on Board" (aired 2010)
  • The O.C. – 2003– TV series
  • Palm Springs Week with Huell Howser – 2003–2011 TV series[104][105]
  • The Parkers – 1999–2003 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 18, "It's a Spring Bling Thing" (2000)
  • Private Practice – 2007– TV series
  • Property Ladder – 2005 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 3, "Desert DIY Disaster" (2005)
  • Real Chance of Love – 2008–2009 TV series
  • Road Rules – 1995–2007 TV series
  • Samantha Brown's Great Weekends – 2008– TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 5, "Palm Springs" (2010)[106]
  • Scott Baio Is 46...and Pregnant
    • Season 1, Episode 3, "Commitment" (2008)
  • Sell This House – 2003– TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 6, "Palm Springs, CA: Michael Trefun & Tom Mendel" (2005)
    • Season 5, Episode 24, "Palm Springs, CA: Tim & Andy" (2008)
    • Season 5, Episode 25, "Palm Springs, CA: Maria & Joe" (2008)
  • SexTV – 1998–2008 TV series
    • Season 10, Episode 4, "Desert Shadows/Joe Gallant/A Naked Portrait: The Cowboy" (2007)
  • Shootout – 2003–2008 TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 11, "Palm Springs Film Festival 2007 part 1" (2007)
    • Season 4, Episode 12, "Palm Springs Film Festival 2007 part 2" (2007)
    • Season 5, Episode 14, "Palm Springs Film Festival" (2008)
  • Sons of Hollywood – 2007 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "Making of a Male Actor" (2007)
  • Street Patrol – 2009 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 24, "Palm Springs/Kansas City/Riviera Beach" (2009)
  • The Surreal Life – 2003–2006 TV series
    • Season 2, Episode 5, "Nude Resort" (2004)
  • Totally Spies! – 2001– TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 18, "Evil Boyfriend" (2002)
  • Trading Spouses – 2004–2007 TV series
    • Season 3, Episode 4, "Solomon/Parodi (1)" (2006)
    • Season 3, Episode 5, "Solomon/Parodi (2)" (2006)
  • Trista & Ryan's Wedding – 2003 ABC miniseries (at The Lodge luxury resort in Rancho Mirage)[107]
  • Untold Stories of the E.R. – 2005– TV series
    • Season 4, Episode 8, "Too Close to Home" (2006)
  • The Wandering Golfer – 2004–2006 TV series
  • Welcome to the Parker – 2007 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 1, "Guess Who's Coming to (Criticize) Dinner?" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 2, "Let Them Eat Tarts" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 3, "Drag Queens and a Drama Queen" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "The Business of Pleasure" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "Making Up is Hard to Do" (2007)
    • Season 1, Episode 6, "Last Looks" (2007)
  • Work Out – 2006–2008 TV series
    • Season 1, Episode 2, Episode 102, (2006)
    • Season 1, Episode 4, "Jackie's Away, Trainers Will Play" (2006)
    • Season 1, Episode 5, "Inner Strength" (2006)

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