# Earliest/latest sitcom set in each US state **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [March 18, 2022, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311 "2022-03-18T20:26:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/61 "2022-03-18T23:48:43Z")
The Last O.G. is a current TBS sitcom set in Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/62 "2022-03-18T23:55:29Z")
_Nikki_ was WB sitcom set in Las Vegas NV airing from 2000 to 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/63 "2022-03-18T23:57:52Z")
Evening Shade, 1990, Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/64 "2022-03-18T23:58:39Z")
_LA To **Vegas** _ (at least half the time) 2018 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/65 "2022-03-19T00:15:55Z")
Hart of Dixie, 2011-15, Alabama ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/66 "2022-03-19T00:21:33Z")
Evening Shade, 1990-1994 - Georgia Would you call _Portlandia_ a sitcom? Petticoat Junction gets us Missouri, 1963. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/67 "2022-03-19T00:35:19Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Petticoat Junction gets us Missouri, 1963. My understanding is that its location, as well as that for _Green Acres_ and the Clampetts’ original home in _The Beverly Hillbillies_ (all three shows shared characters) was never overtly stated, but references to nearby towns unofficially places them in southwestern Missouri. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/68 "2022-03-19T00:45:46Z")
Missouri, another state I ain’t ever been to. I remember the girls at PJ swam in a water tank! ---
**Author:** ![whitetho](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whitetho/32/1059_2.png) [@whitetho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whitetho)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/69 "2022-03-19T00:53:08Z")
For your consideration: _Community_, 2009-2014, Greendale, Colorado _The Middle_, 2009-2018, Indiana ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/70 "2022-03-19T00:55:38Z")
The most recent one for Missouri would be “Superstore” which was set in St. Louis. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/71 "2022-03-19T01:02:42Z")
There is a Wikipedia page for South Carolina. Probably one for every state? > **[Category:Television shows set in South Carolina](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_shows_set_in_South_Carolina)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > Television shows set in South Carolina: > This category has only the following subcategory. > The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/72 "2022-03-19T01:08:06Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > There is a Wikipedia page for South Carolina. Probably one for every state? Hopefully the SC page is better than the Illinois page, which lacks both _The Bob Newhart Show_ and _Good Times_. 😉 > **[Category:Television shows set in Illinois](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_shows_set_in_Illinois)** > > This category is for television series set in Illinois. > This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total. > The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/73 "2022-03-19T01:23:29Z")
For **Ohio** , _Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman_ aired from January 1976 to July 1977, which beats WKRP in Cincinnati. Its spin-off/summer replacement _Fernwood 2 Nigh_t aired from July 1977 to September 1977, also beats WKRP. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/74 "2022-03-19T01:49:36Z")
Wow…I remember this thread. I’d actually toyed with the idea of updating it. Nice to see someone else remembers it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/75 "2022-03-19T02:33:16Z")
_ **The Rounders** _ (1966–67) was set in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/76 "2022-03-19T02:53:04Z")
_ **Bless This Mess** _ (2019–20) was set in Nebraska. _ **Call Me Kat** _ (2021–Present) is set in Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/77 "2022-03-19T02:58:09Z")
We can do a lot better than Seinfeld for New York. _Brooklyn Nine-Nine_ (2013-2021) , for example, off the top of my head. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/78 "2022-03-19T02:59:05Z")
_ **Fernwood 2-Night** _ (1977) preceded _ **WKRP** _ for Ohio by a year. _ **Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman** _ (1976–77) was a year earlier than _ **Fernwood** _. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/79 "2022-03-19T03:00:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Evening Shade, 1990-1994 - Georgia No, that series was set in Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![caligulathegod](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caligulathegod/32/9685_2.png) [@caligulathegod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caligulathegod)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/80 "2022-03-19T03:06:14Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **Fernwood 2-Night** _ (1977) preceded _ **WKRP** _ for Ohio by a year. > > _ **Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman** _ (1976–77) was a year earlier than _ **Fernwood** _ . Take a peak about 5 posts ahead of this. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=5)