# 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:** 7
**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, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/121 "2022-03-20T14:53:37Z")
Set In NY, King of Queens ran from 1998 to 2007 ---
**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, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/122 "2022-03-20T15:12:08Z")
Later still, Sons of Tucson ran in 2010 ---
**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, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/123 "2022-03-20T15:14:55Z")
Hearts Afire, also set in DC, was on from 1992 to 1995 ---
**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, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/124 "2022-03-20T15:19:36Z")
For Pennsylvania, The Goldbergs premiered in 2013 and is still running. American Housewife, set in Westport, Connecticut aired from 2016 to 2021 ---
**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, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/125 "2022-03-20T15:26:20Z")
And _ **Taxi** _ and _ **Night Court** _, no doubt among others ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/126 "2022-03-20T15:42:27Z")
Tacoma FD, which is still in production, should be the latest for Washington state. ---
**Author:** ![TRC4941](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trc4941/32/6792_2.png) [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2022, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/127 "2022-03-21T18:18:19Z")
Has anyone mentioned The Louie Show (1996)? Louie Anderson plays a psychotherapist in Duluth, MN. It was very short-lived but I remember liking it. I miss him. ---
**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 22, 2022, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/128 "2022-03-22T01:21:26Z")
For Nevada… > **[Reno 911!](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reno_911)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > Reno 911! is an American comedy television series airing on Comedy Central. It is a mockumentary-style parody of law enforcement documentary shows, specifically Cops, with comic actors playing the police officers. Thomas Lennon, Robert Ben Garant, and Kerri Kenney-Silver all starred in and are billed as creators of the series. > The series initially aired from 2003 to 2009 on Comedy Central. A revival of the series premiered on May 4, 2020 on the... ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/129 "2022-03-22T14:47:16Z")
**Vegas** (Nevada) - 1978 **Breaking Bad** (New Mexico) - 2008 ---
**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 22, 2022, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/130 "2022-03-22T14:56:44Z")
Neither was a sitcom. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/131 "2022-03-22T15:10:43Z")
D’oh! Of course 🤦‍♀️ ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/132 "2022-03-22T15:14:38Z")
The Dan Tanna show is spelled with a “$”, dear heart. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/133 "2022-03-22T15:16:22Z")
Holy Kesha! What is wrong with me today?! ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/134 "2022-03-22T15:35:55Z")
[Roc](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roc_(TV_series)) was about a Baltimore trash collector. It ran 1991-1994. Virginia has [The Millers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Millers) between 2013-2015. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/135 "2022-03-22T15:43:55Z")
Found a new one for Maryland, [Cuts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuts_(TV_series)) that ran from 2005-2006 on UPN. I’ve never heard of it before. ---
**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 22, 2022, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/136 "2022-03-22T15:56:33Z")
Charles S. Dutton and Rocky ([NCIS] “Director Vance”) Carroll – how could I forget that show? I hang my head in shame. ---
**Author:** ![planetcory](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/planetcory/32/1032_2.png) [@planetcory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/planetcory)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/137 "2022-03-22T16:50:48Z")
[Rel](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7677740/) was a Chicago-based sitcom that ran until January 2019 [South Side](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9272514/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) is also based in Chicago, is currently running and is a situational comedy. But possibly not the kind of traditional sitcom we’re looking for. ---
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/138 "2022-03-22T17:27:45Z")
Friends was later than Seinfeld, 30 Rock later than that, Rules of Engagement later than that, and 2 Broke girls, 2011-2017 was the latest I remembered, but just remembered Brooklyn 99, all set in New York (city). Barry has new episodes this month, set in California (is it a sitcom though?). ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/139 "2022-03-22T19:18:51Z")
Is _It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia_ a sitcom? Honest question; I’ve never really watched it. But it is still running, and it is obviously set in Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![madmonk28](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madmonk28/32/20811_2.png) [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311/140 "2022-03-22T21:40:51Z")
Washington DC has Veep. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earliest-latest-sitcom-set-in-each-us-state/961311.md?page=8)