# Any Shows "take place" in your hometown? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 18, 2005, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092 "2005-03-18T02:14:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/21 "2005-03-18T12:26:05Z")
As **Scott** said, Homocide and The Wire are set here, and filmed here. Roc might have taken place in Baltimore. Roc (Charles Dutton) is from Baltimore. More and more movies are being filmed here, and set here. Recently. . Ladder 49, Sum of All Fears. Baltimore also played a big role in Enemy of the State, Sleepless in Seattle, As Good As It Gets, and most John Waters movies, and Barry Levinson movies. ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/22 "2005-03-18T13:07:08Z")
The short-lived **M.Y.O.B.** , about a teenager looking for her birth mother, was set in Akron. IMDB says it lasted four episodes. –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/23 "2005-03-18T13:12:33Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > Baltimore also played a big role in Enemy of the State, Sleepless in Seattle, As Good As It Gets, and most John Waters movies, and Barry Levinson movies. You sound like a water taxi Captain. 😛 “If you look to your right, you will see the Fells Point pier where…etc.” ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/24 "2005-03-18T13:21:07Z")
There was a show on Nickelodeon that took place in Charlotte, N.C. I don’t remember the name of it, but it was a sitcom about a black family. The movie **Nell** also took place in Charlotte, and portrayed the city _very_ well. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/25 "2005-03-18T13:27:28Z")
You can’t walk around NYC without tripping over a Law and Order set. I swear, I expect them to be filming in my bathroom soon. Law and Order: Special Shower Unit. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/26 "2005-03-18T13:31:52Z")
An uninspiring Australian drama series, _ **McLeod’s Daughters** _, is filmed about ten minutes from my place. It’s a shame the show is so dreadful, really, or it’d be kind of neat knowing they were filming so close by. ---
**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/27 "2005-03-18T13:37:34Z")
_Theodore Tugboat_. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/28 "2005-03-18T13:41:20Z")
> [@Rysler](#): > > There was a show on Nickelodeon that took place in Charlotte, N.C. I don’t remember the name of it, but it was a sitcom about a black family. I can’t remember much of it, but was it [My Brother and Me](http://www.tvtome.com/MyBrotherandMe/)? [HERE](http://www.cmstory.org/aaa2/keepsakes/portraits/p056.htm) is a picture of the writter in Charlotte. P.S. Does Showmars _really_ have the world’s best filet of flounder? ---
**Author:** ![todd33rpm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a5b964/32.png) [@todd33rpm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/todd33rpm)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/29 "2005-03-18T13:47:44Z")
**bodypoet** and I live in the town that Jeff Foxworthy’s short-lived sitcom supposedly took place in. I couldn’t be bothered to watch it, but friends of mine have said it’s wildly, wildly wrong. And up the road, in Indianapolis, you can find \*One Day At A Time \*, though what the hell the show had to do with Indy is still beyond me. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/30 "2005-03-18T14:05:47Z")
Ah, thank you, **Scott**! That’s it! > [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > P.S. Does Showmars really have the world’s best filet of flounder? I don’t know. I’ve been eating their lamb gyro since I was a little kid. I will say, it’s the best gyro I’ve ever had, and I’ve been far-flung since my Showmar days. That place is heaven. ---
**Author:** ![Southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a587f6/32.png) [@Southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southpaw)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/31 "2005-03-18T14:38:58Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Quite a few shows have been set in Chicago, including The Bob Newhart Show and ER. ER does a few days of location shooting here each year, but the only show I can think of that was filmed entirely on location here (as opposed to in a studio) was _Cupid_. [Early Edition](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115163/) was also filmed on location. As was Joan Cusack’s [short lived sitcom](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278255/). _Chicago Hope_, _Married With Children_, and _The Untouchables_, however were only set here. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/32 "2005-03-18T14:58:30Z")
Well, I live in _Dallas_, but off the top of my head, I can’t think of any shows that “take place” in _Dallas_. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/33 "2005-03-18T15:04:08Z")
One more show set in Miami: a short-lived sitcom called Dave’s World, starring Harry Anderson as Dave Barry, the humorist and _Miami Herald_ columnist. Ironically, even though it starred a hilarious lead actor and was based on the life and essays of one of the funniest writers of our time, it was a horribly formulaic “wisecracking wife/3 precocious kids/wacky neighbors/crazy boss” sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/34 "2005-03-18T15:13:12Z")
> [@Big Bad Voodoo Lou](#): > > One more show set in Miami: a short-lived sitcom called Dave’s World, starring Harry Anderson as Dave Barry, the humorist and _Miami Herald_ columnist. You forgot to mention: guitar hero/god. He preforms with Amy Tan, Roy Blount Jr., Matt Groening, and sometimes also-ran authors such as Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, and Mitch Albom in [The Rock Bottom Remainders](http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/35 "2005-03-18T15:15:08Z")
We had Houston Knights for a couple of years. Really, really lame cop show, but it was funny to watch as they would say something about where they were in town and the background showed that they were on the other side of town. Hilarity would ensue. And Chuck Norris’ movie Sidekicks was filmed here in Houston. I was an extra in it. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/36 "2005-03-18T16:02:18Z")
> [@Scott\_plaid](#): > > You forgot to mention: guitar hero/god. He preforms with Amy Tan, Roy Blount Jr., Matt Groening, and sometimes also-ran authors such as Bruce Springsteen, Stephen King, and Mitch Albom in [The Rock Bottom Remainders](http://www.rockbottomremainders.com/) Ah yes, I’ve heard about their band for years, but never actually heard them. To listen to Barry, he makes it seem like he’s a terrible guitarist and the band isn’t very good, but I’d still see them in concert. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/37 "2005-03-18T16:25:06Z")
Cheers Two Guys and a Girl Boston Common Boston Public Ally McBeal The Practice ---
**Author:** ![Guy\_Incognito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guy_incognito/32/3920_2.png) [@Guy\_Incognito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guy_Incognito)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/38 "2005-03-18T16:44:07Z")
> [@todd33rpm](#): > > **bodypoet** and I live in the town that Jeff Foxworthy’s short-lived sitcom supposedly took place in. I couldn’t be bothered to watch it, but friends of mine have said it’s wildly, wildly wrong. Don’t forget the short-lived series \*Breaking Away \* , which was based on the movie of the same name. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/39 "2005-03-18T16:53:19Z")
Part of an episode of [A Man Called Hawk](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096646/combined) was filmed outside a convenience store that I’ve shopped in. I didn’t see the episode myself but my brother saw them filming - his computer store was across the street at the time. Not a TV show but the parts [The Hunter](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080907/combined) took place in the area where I pretty much grew up. The payphone scenes were filmed in town. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2005, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092/40 "2005-03-18T16:56:14Z")
[Here](http://imdb.com/LocationTree)’s IMDb’s filming locations section. > [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Recently, only crappy ones: _Nash Bridges, Full House, Dharma & Greg, Presidio Med_. … **Monk** … Don’t forget _Girls Club_! Also, the _Chris Isaak Show_, _Full House_, plus Star Fleet Headquarters is on the other side of the Bridge. _Buffy_ could kinda count, since Sunnydale is kinda sorta Santa Cruz. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-shows-take-place-in-your-hometown/295092.md?page=3)