ABC’s currently running version of The Wonder Years is based in Montgomery, Alabama.
But you can add The Haunted Hathaways (2013-2015) a “supernatural sitcom” set in New Orleans that aired on Nickelodeon.
I don’t know what to tell you. I watched it and I know what I saw. In particular the episode “Where’s Ed” was one of the funniest half hours I have ever seen, although it did borrow heavily from a particular episode of Fawlty Towers. Another sitcom.
The thing with comedy-dramas or dramedies is that every list I can find includes some shows that are unquestionably sitcoms ( like The Golden Girls and One Day at A Time ) and others that are definitely dramas ( like Parenthood or This is Us). They mostly seem to consider every show that both has comedy and and deals with serious issues to be a dramedy, to the point where some of the lists consider either All in the Family or MASH to be the first dramedy.
From my memory , Frank’s Place was on the sitcom side and it definitely used the 30 minute sitcom format. ( I don’t think I’ve ever seen a 30 minute network drama)
“Dramedy” was supposed to be more important than sitcom. A dramedy could do a Very Special Episode dealing with subjects like abortion (The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd), teen angst (Doogie Howser, M.D.), etc. without having to deal with that pesky laugh track.
Today, of course, you can have a sitcom like Mom whiplash between slapstick and drug overdoses, but 40 years ago, if you wanted a serious subject in a half-hour format you had to make up a new category to sell it to a network.
I can only think of two, though there may be more: “Firehouse” and “Chopper One,” both of which were half-hour dramas. They aired in early 1974, and neither lasted very long.
I watched both, and while they were entertaining, I had a feeling they wouldn’t last. One was about a fire station and firefighters (the obvious one), the other was about a police helicopter and its crew. There just wasn’t enough time in 22 minutes to develop a good dramatic storyline, and all their plots seemed rushed.
The Rat Patrol was a half-hour war drama on ABC. So was Blue Light, also on ABC. The 11-year-old me was very disappointed these weren’t a full hour long like Combat! and other WWII series.
I remember when Lou Grant debuted. TV Guide didn’t know how to categorize it, because it was nothing like the show from which it was spun off (MTM). It eventually settled on “comedy–drama,” and I think the word “dramedy” was coined soon afterward.
D’oh! Good call. I loved The Rat Patrol when I was a kid. And it was certainly no comedy.
As I recall, nobody (critics, audiences, other industry folks and organizations) quite knew what to make of Lou Grant (the show) when it came out. Wasn’t Lou Grant (the character) supposed to be a cantankerous old cuss, who kept a bottle of whiskey in his desk, provided a comedic foil to news people, and hated spunk? And now, we’re all supposed that Lou is a serious newsman, who is the city editor at a major newspaper in Los Angeles? There was some confusion, while the show found its footing.
But find its footing it did, and Lou Grant came to be regarded as a serious dramatic character. He had a backstory that came out over time, and included his experience as a TV news producer in Minneapolis, though it was made clear that he began his journalism career in the print medium. Thus, he was completely at home as city editor in the Los Angeles Tribune’s city room.
Great show. One of my all-time favourite dramas.
Well, speaking of emergency services Adam-12, and Dragnet come to mind, both half-hour dramas.
Have Gun – Will Travel
I find it interesting that two of the four shows set in Iowa involve an outsider getting involved with a veterinarian (the First Daughter and a vet in Nancy, a TV personality and a vet in Julie).
I also find it interesting that as a person who’s lived in Iowa most of my life, I have zero recollection of any of these shows.
Oklahoma - Reservation Dogs 2021
Looks like another “comedy drama” that emphatically isn’t a sitcom. But then again, I haven’t seen the show myself, so if you have and want to dispute Wikipedia’s categorization, feel free to make your case here.
Reservation Dogs is in the same vein as Atlanta, Baskets, Search Party, etc. That weird place between sitcom and drama.
What Zipper JJ said. And I wouldn’t say it’s emphatically not a sitcom. They’re only 30 minute episodes.
The Green Hornet (1966) was another half-hour series on ABC. So was Batman, though the two parts of each story were shown back-to-back on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the first year and a half.
Of course, opinions vary as to whether these were “dramas.” As far as TV Guide was concerned, Batman was definitely a “comedy,” which annoyed 11-year-old me no end. 
Just the same, I’m still holding off on adding it to the table, as there appears to be no consensus here yet. And besides, things often get changed when adapting a work to the small (or big) screen. Has anyone here actually seen either of the two Blondie TV shows? If so, maybe they could enlighten us as to whether the location was ever mentioned.
Sure, as long as it’s set in a location that is within the modern borders of Montana, I think it’s allowable.
Updated table. I’ve added Frank’s Place per the discussion and references here, but still holding off on Blondie pending better evidence. I’ve also added an entry of my own—Napoleon Dynamite (Idaho, 2012).
| State | Earliest sitcom | Starting year | Latest sitcom | Ending year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Hart of Dixie | 2011 | The Wonder Years | ongoing |
| Alaska | The Last Frontier | 1996 | The Great North | ongoing |
| Arizona | Alice | 1976 | The Last Man on Earth [first season only] | 2015 |
| Arkansas | Evening Shade | 1990 | Evening Shade | 1994 |
| California | The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show | 1950 | Grown-ish | ongoing |
| Colorado | Mork & Mindy | 1978 | South Park | ongoing |
| Connecticut | I Love Lucy [last season only] | 1956 | B Positive | ongoing |
| Delaware | Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones? | 2000 | Whatever Happened to… Robot Jones? | 2003 |
| Florida | I Dream of Jeannie | 1965 | Fresh off the Boat | 2020 |
| Georgia | Carter Country | 1977 | Designing Women | 1993 |
| Hawaii | The Little People | 1972 | Big Wave Dave’s | 1993 |
| Idaho | Napoleon Dynamite | 2012 | The Grinder | 2016 |
| Illinois | The Chicago Teddy Bears | 1971 | The Conners | ongoing |
| Indiana | One Day at a Time | 1975 | The Middle | 2018 |
| Iowa | Nancy | 1970 | Drexell’s Class | 1992 |
| Kansas | The Phil Silvers Show | 1955 | The Phil Silvers Show | 1959 |
| Kentucky | Call Me Kat | 2021 | Call Me Kat | ongoing |
| Louisiana | Frank’s Place | 1987 | The Haunted Hathaways | 2015 |
| Maine | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1968 | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir | 1970 |
| Maryland | Hot l Baltimore | 1975 | Cuts | 2006 |
| Massachusetts | Cheers | 1982 | Wings | 1997 |
| Michigan | Home Improvement | 1991 | Bob Hearts Abishola | ongoing |
| Minnesota | The Mary Tyler Moore Show | 1970 | The Louie Show | 1996 |
| Mississippi | Tammy | 1965 | Tammy | 1966 |
| Missouri | AfterMASH | 1983 | The John Larroquette Show | 1996 |
| Montana | Best of the West | 1981 | Best of the West | 1982 |
| Nebraska | Bless This Mess | 2019 | Bless This Mess | 2020 |
| Nevada | Blansky’s Beauties | 1977 | LA to Vegas | 2018 |
| New Hampshire | Willy | 1954 | Ichabod and Me | 1962 |
| New Jersey | Charles in Charge | 1984 | Bob’s Burgers | ongoing |
| New Mexico | Guestward Ho | 1960 | Guestward Ho | 1961 |
| New York | Mary Kay and Johnny | 1947 | Ghosts | ongoing |
| North Carolina | The Andy Griffith Show | 1960 | Bless the Harts | 2021 |
| North Dakota | ||||
| Ohio | Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman | 1976 | United States of Al | ongoing |
| Oklahoma | The Torkelsons | 1991 | Center of the Universe | 2005 |
| Oregon | Delta House | 1979 | Everything Sucks | 2018 |
| Pennsylvania | The Tony Randall Show | 1976 | The Goldbergs | ongoing |
| Rhode Island | Doctor, Doctor | 1989 | Family Guy | ongoing |
| South Carolina | ||||
| South Dakota | ||||
| Tennessee | Filthy Rich | 1982 | Still the King | 2017 |
| Texas | The Rounders | 1966 | Young Sheldon | ongoing |
| Utah | ||||
| Vermont | Newhart | 1982 | Newhart | 1990 |
| Virginia | American Dad! | 2005 | American Dad! | ongoing |
| Washington | Here Come the Brides | 1968 | Tacoma FD | ongoing |
| West Virginia | The Real McCoys | 1957 | The Real McCoys | 1963 |
| Wisconsin | Happy Days | 1974 | That '70s Show | 2006 |
| Wyoming |
Sorry, not in the spirit of the original question, but I had to mention It’s About Time (1966-1967) by Sherwood Schwartz (the fine person who brought you Gilligan’s Island). The first episodes were set in prehistoric times. If you can accept that the modern people sent back in time were shifted in time but not place - it would be a VERY early Florida sitcom.