# 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:** 5
**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, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/81 "2022-03-19T03:07:33Z")
So I was right, then! ---
**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, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/82 "2022-03-19T03:16:30Z")
_ **I Dream of Jeannie** _ (1965–1970) was set in Florida. ---
**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, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/83 "2022-03-19T03:17:26Z")
“Take a _ **peak** _”??? ---
**Author:** ![ThisSpaceForRent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisspaceforrent/32/345_2.png) [@ThisSpaceForRent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisSpaceForRent)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/84 "2022-03-19T03:20:33Z")
Damn it…. Came here to post that but wanted to read thread first. ---
**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, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/85 "2022-03-19T03:24:22Z")
Typo. Happens. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/86 "2022-03-19T04:24:44Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Evening Shade, 1990-1994 - Georgia Nope, Arkansas. Therefore _Designing Women_ ('86-'93), set in Atlanta, might fit for Georgia. ---
**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, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/87 "2022-03-19T04:41:40Z")
_ **The Chicago Teddy Bears** _ (1971) predated Bob Newhart’s show for Illinois by a year. ---
**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, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/88 "2022-03-19T05:13:45Z")
If we’re doing DC, _ **The Farmer’s Daughter** _ (1963–66) predates _ **Get Smart** _. _ **Mary Kay and Johnny** _ was the first _American_ sitcom, but _ **Pinwright’s Progress** _ predates it. > **[Pinwright's Progress](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinwright%27s_Progress)** > > Pinwright's Progress is a British television sitcom that aired on the BBC Television Service from 1946 to 1947 and was the world's first regular half-hour televised sitcom. The ten episodes, which aired fortnightly in alternation with Kaleidoscope, were broadcast live from the BBC studios at Alexandra Palace. Still photographs are all that remain of the show's transmitted form. > Pinwright's Progress was written by Rodney Hobson, produced and directed by John Glyn-Jones and the script editor was... ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/89 "2022-03-19T05:33:28Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > **Manhattan, AZ** , set in a a small town in Arizona, aired in 2000. That’s the later one then because _Alice_ was set in Phoenix and aired 1976 - 1985 Ninja’d by **suryani** because I searched for ‘Arizona.’ ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/90 "2022-03-19T11:23:59Z")
_The Phil Silvers Show_ was set in Fort Baxter, Kansas and premiered in 1955. The execrable _At Ease_ starring Jimmie ‘JJ’ Walker was set in Texas and aired in 1983. It was loosely based on Phil Silvers’ Sgt. Bilko character. ETA: Somehow I missed **terentii** ’s post above for _The Rounders_ from 1966 in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/91 "2022-03-19T11:39:27Z")
Is **Our Miss Brooks** set in Madison, WI? I know she teaches at “Madison High School”, but I’m not sure the state is ever mentioned (having never seen an episode) (my searches for “Our Miss Brooks state” don’t help. Brian ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/92 "2022-03-19T12:16:40Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > There is a Wikipedia page for South Carolina. Probably one for every state? I believe there is, but the problems for our task are that (1) the state categories aren’t subcategorized according to the type of show (sitcom, etc.), (2) many shows are missing from the categories, and (3) some shows are miscategorized, or at least are put into a category without any firm evidence that they really belong there. Regarding the first problem, clicking through to a show will often reveal whether it’s a sitcom (since sitcoms are put into a parallel category and/or are described as such in the text of the article) but who has time to click on thousands of shows to check? ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/93 "2022-03-19T12:51:31Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Is **Our Miss Brooks** set in Madison, WI? I know she teaches at “Madison High School”, but I’m not sure the state is ever mentioned (having never seen an episode) (my searches for “Our Miss Brooks state” don’t help. A “Madison High School” doesn’t mean much at all, because it’s quite common for schools to be named after presidents. Which makes Presidential-named schools convenient for fiction, because they could be any school, anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![kk\_fusion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kk_fusion/32/15276_2.png) [@kk\_fusion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kk_fusion)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/94 "2022-03-19T13:34:50Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > |Rhode Island|Family Guy|1999|Family Guy|ongoing If animated shows count, then _South Park_ (Colorado) is also still running. ---
**Author:** ![psychonaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psychonaut/32/4655_2.png) [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/95 "2022-03-19T15:02:09Z")
Animated shows count as long as they’re situation comedies. ---
**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/96 "2022-03-19T15:11:39Z")
Would _Cougar Town_ [(2009-2015)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441109/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt) work for Florida? The town doesn’t exist but it is set in Florida, and I believe it is a sitcom. ---
**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, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/97 "2022-03-19T15:24:41Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > Nope, Arkansas. Well, it still fills in an empty slot. 😜 ---
**Author:** ![nofloyd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nofloyd/32/2870_2.png) [@nofloyd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nofloyd)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/98 "2022-03-19T19:51:55Z")
New Jersey. Charles in Charge. 1984-90. New Brunswick A short lived one— We’ll Get By. 1975. Created by Alan Alda. ---
**Author:** ![lobotomyboy63](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobotomyboy63/32/2900_2.png) [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/99 "2022-03-19T21:10:11Z")
> [@psychonaut](#): > > Animated shows count as long as they’re situation comedies. 1959-1964: > Bullwinkle shared a house with his best friend [Rocket J. Squirrel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_the_Flying_Squirrel) in the fictional small town of Frostbite Falls, [Minnesota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota), a spoof of the real-life American town of [International Falls, Minnesota](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Falls,_Minnesota). But IDK…it was always “Rocky and Friends,” so it was a sketch among other sketches, may not qualify as a sitcom due to brevity. ---
**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, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/100 "2022-03-19T21:19:21Z")
Yes, but those sketches stretched over several shows, so that takes care of the “brevity” issue. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=6)