Television Backdrop
The Plaza is mentioned and shown in numerous television shows, including:
- In the Family Guy episode "A Picture Is Worth a 1,000 Bucks", the Griffin family stays in this hotel.
- Friends
- Seinfeld
- The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
- Gossip Girl
- Sex and the City
- The Sopranos:
- The pilot and "Eloise" episodes refer to Carmela and Meadow Soprano's tradition of lunching under Eloise's portrait at the Plaza Hotel on Meadow's birthday.
- Several episodes, most notably "The Test Dream" (Season 5, Episode 11), feature scenes occurring in a suite at the Plaza.
- What I Like About You
- "Ugly Betty" Character Wilhelmina Slater owns an apartment facing Central Park at the Plaza.
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