The current book series John Dies at the End does this. It purports itself to be set in our reality, in contemporary time, and so the main narrator consistently refers to the town they live in as "Undisclosed" to stop people from coming to the "most haunted town in the US" as tourists after reading the books.

I was planning to skip this show entirely, for the reasons being detailed in this comment section. Mainly, none of the original cast returning apart from Kelsey.

But then they announced that Nicholas Lyndhurst was joining the main cast, and I've always been a big fan of his. It'll be interesting to see him in an American sitcom.

So basically I'll be tuning in to watch the Nicholas Lyndhurst show, but I hear that Frasier character may make a few appearances on it.

Middleman, I think it was just a little ahead of it's time, and didn't find it's audience. It was a brilliant show that was super well done, and it deserves another chance.