# 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:** 6
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/101 "2022-03-19T21:34:01Z")
The **Wet Hot American Summer** movie had 2 sequel series, those were set in Maine. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2022, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/102 "2022-03-19T23:56:51Z")
In 1989 [Doctor, Doctor](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096566/) became the first sitcom set in Rhode Island. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/103 "2022-03-20T00:32:58Z")
> [@chela](#): > > 1991-99 Michigan. Home improvement with Tim Allen. Martin was also set in Detroit, but came on in 1992. Just missed. [Joe’s World debuted in 1978 and was also set in Michigan.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%27s_World) ---
**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 20, 2022, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/104 "2022-03-20T00:55:02Z")
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, 1968-70, Maine ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/105 "2022-03-20T00:56:58Z")
Mary Kay and Johnny from 1947 was the first American sitcom and it was set in NYC: > **[Mary Kay and Johnny](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Kay_and_Johnny)** > > Mary Kay and Johnny is an American situation comedy starring real-life married couple Mary Kay and Johnny Stearns. It was the first sitcom broadcast on a network television in the United States. Mary Kay and Johnny initially aired live on the DuMont Television Network before moving to CBS and then NBC. > Plots centered around a bank employee and his "zany, but not dumb" wife and the problems that they encountered. Much of the activity occurred in the couple's apartment in Greenwich Village. > A rev... And there’s about a billion New York set comedies post-Seinfeld. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/106 "2022-03-20T01:02:56Z")
We really need an updated chart down here. Hot l Baltimore, 1975 - Maryland ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/107 "2022-03-20T01:20:01Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > FYI, the Connecticut episodes aired from December 1956 through May 1957. This is in reference to the Connecticut episodes of _I Love Lucy._ If you’re willing to count the continuation, _The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour_, that aired until 1960. Although it was a series of occasionally airing hour-long specials, not a weekly half-hour show, so maybe it doesn’t qualify. ---
**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 20, 2022, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/108 "2022-03-20T01:55:49Z")
[True Colors, 1990-92, Baltimore, MD](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098933/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_1) ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/109 "2022-03-20T02:58:11Z")
The Real McCoys, 1957-1963 - West Virginia ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/110 "2022-03-20T04:00:16Z")
Although the family is from West Virginia the show is set in California. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/111 "2022-03-20T04:05:47Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > And there’s about a billion New York set comedies post-Seinfeld. Not just post. _ **Amos ‘n’ Andy** _, _ **Car 54, Where Are You?** _, _ **Family Affair** _, _ **That Girl** _, and _ **The Odd Couple** _ immediately come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/112 "2022-03-20T04:07:16Z")
Well obviously. But he has Seinfeld from 1998 listed as most recent. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/113 "2022-03-20T04:09:11Z")
I don’t watch many sitcoms nowadays. Which are some more recent ones set in NYC? ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/114 "2022-03-20T04:13:26Z")
Not NYC proper, but I believe that _Ghosts_, which currently runs on CBS, is set in upstate New York. ---
**Author:** ![mtnmatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@mtnmatt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mtnmatt)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/115 "2022-03-20T04:13:50Z")
On Leave it to Beaver they don’t specify where Mayfield is, but in one episode Lumpy goes to the band contest at the State Capitol in Madison, and another they go to a Packers game so may be set in Wisconsin. ---
**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 20, 2022, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/116 "2022-03-20T04:59:23Z")
_ **Tammy** _ (1965-66) was apparently set in Mississippi, “within sight of Louisiana.” ---
**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 20, 2022, 9:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/117 "2022-03-20T09:57:00Z")
As does _Barney Miller._ ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/118 "2022-03-20T14:29:05Z")
Hey if you include US territories you could use **The Flying Nun** in San Juan PR 1967-70 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/119 "2022-03-20T14:48:13Z")
Also Ohio, The Drew Carey Show ran from 1995 until 2004 ---
**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 20, 2022, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/120 "2022-03-20T14:53:26Z")
United States of Al is a currently running CBS sitcom set in Ohio. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=7)