Earliest/latest sitcom set in each US state

Here’s an updated chart. Sorry for the delay; was off sick with the dreaded Lurgy (i.e., COVID-19). Again, I’ve added only those shows where posters were kind enough to specify the years. We’ve still got whole swaths of states to fill.

State Earliest sitcom Starting year Latest sitcom Ending year
Alabama
Alaska The Great North 2021 The Great North ongoing
Arizona Alice 1976 Sons of Tuscon 2010
Arkansas
California The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950 Fuller House 2020
Colorado Mork & Mindy 1978 Mork & Mindy 1982
Connecticut American Housewife 2016 American Housewife 2021
Delaware
Florida The Golden Girls 1985 Empty Nest 1995
Georgia Carter Country 1977 Carter Country 1979
Hawaii The Little People 1972 Big Wave Dave’s 1993
Idaho The Grinder 2015 The Grinder 2016
Illinois The Bob Newhart Show 1972 The Conners ongoing
Indiana One Day at a Time 1975 Parks and Recreation 2015
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland Hot l Baltimore 1975 Cuts 2006
Massachusetts Cheers 1982 Wings 1997
Michigan Home Improvement 1991 Home Improvement 1999
Minnesota The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970 The Louie Show 1996
Mississippi Tammy 1965 Tammy 1966
Missouri AfterMASH 1983 AfterMASH 1985
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada Reno 911! 2003 Reno 911! 2009
New Hampshire Willy 1954 Willy 1955
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York Mary Kay and Johnny 1947 Ghosts ongoing
North Carolina The Andy Griffith Show 1960 Bless the Harts 2021
North Dakota
Ohio WKRP in Cincinnati 1978 United States of Al ongoing
Oklahoma
Oregon Delta House 1979 Everything Sucks 2018
Pennsylvania Angie 1979 The Goldbergs ongoing
Rhode Island Family Guy 1999 Family Guy ongoing
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee Delta 1992 Still the King 2017
Texas King of the Hill 1997 King of the Hill 2010
Utah
Vermont Newhart 1982 Newhart 1990
Virginia The Millers 2013 The Millers 2015
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

Well, because it’s a bit difficult for me to keep track as it is with just US states. Maybe we can start a new thread for American sitcoms set abroad?

American Auto is current (2021-now) and set in Detroit, Michigan.

New Jersey - Charles in Charge 1984-1990

I’m appealing not counting Community (2009 to 2014), which Wikipedia calls a sitcom, located “in the fictional Colorado town of Greendale”. Also The Middle, Indiana, 2009 to 2018.

Oops… it seems I had inadvertently scrolled past a few pages of replies. Here’s a more complete chart. Would be nice to get some years for some of the other shows that people have mentioned by name only (provided that they would result in an addition or change to the table).

State Earliest sitcom Starting year Latest sitcom Ending year
Alabama Hart of Dixie 2011 Hart of Dixie 2015
Alaska The Great North 2021 The Great North ongoing
Arizona Alice 1976 Sons of Tuscon 2010
Arkansas Evening Shade 1990 Evening Shade 1994
California The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show 1950 Fuller House 2020
Colorado Mork & Mindy 1978 South Park ongoing
Connecticut American Housewife 2016 B Positive ongoing
Delaware
Florida I Dream of Jeannie 1965 Cougar Town 2015
Georgia Carter Country 1977 Carter Country 1979
Hawaii The Little People 1972 Big Wave Dave’s 1993
Idaho The Grinder 2015 The Grinder 2016
Illinois The Chicago Teddy Bears 1971 The Conners ongoing
Indiana One Day at a Time 1975 The Middle 2018
Iowa
Kansas The Phil Silvers Show 1955 The Phil Silvers Show 1959
Kentucky Call Me Kat 2021 Call Me Kat ongoing
Louisiana
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 Home Improvement 1999
Minnesota The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1970 The Louie Show 1996
Mississippi Tammy 1965 Tammy 1966
Missouri AfterMASH 1983 AfterMASH 1985
Montana
Nebraska Bless This Mess 2019 Bless This Mess 2020
Nevada Nikki 2000 LA to Vegas 2018
New Hampshire Willy 1954 Willy 1955
New Jersey Charles in Charge 1984 Charles in Charge 1990
New Mexico
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
Oregon Delta House 1979 Everything Sucks 2018
Pennsylvania Angie 1979 The Goldbergs ongoing
Rhode Island Doctor, Doctor 1989 Family Guy ongoing
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee Delta 1992 Still the King 2017
Texas The Rounders 1966 Young Sheldon ongoing
Utah
Vermont Newhart 1982 Newhart 1990
Virginia The Millers 2013 The Millers 2015
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

Young Sheldon is set in Texas.

Young Rock is set in Hawaii.

Wikipedia says Center of the Universe “is an American sitcom… that aired on CBS from October 27, 2004 until January 19, 2005… set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma”.

For Louisiana, there’s Frank’s Place (1 season, 22 episodes, 1987-1988), and set in New Orleans, LA:

Missouri The John Larroquette Show 1993-1996

The Tony Randall Show (1976-78) was set in Philadelphia, edging out Angie.

Down the Shore (1992) took place in New Jersey.

Undateable, a quickly forgotten sitcom was set in Michigan until 2016.

The Last Man On Earth ran 2015-8 and took place (in its first season) in Tucson, Arizona. It was a single-camera half-hour comedy.

Bob Hearts Abishola is a currently running sitcom set in Michigan. And I Love Lucy moved to Westport, Connecticut for episodes that aired from December 1956 to June 1957. And if that is overruled on a technicality, Who’s The Boss? was also set in Connecticut starting in 1977.

Soap (1977-1981) was set in Connecticut.

Blansky’s Beauties (1977) was set in Nevada.

Ichabod and Me (1961-1962) was set in New Hampshire.

A more recent Florida sitcom than Empty Nest is Fresh Off The Boat, which ended in 2020 (2015-2020).

Bob’s Burgers is a newer sitcom (animated) that takes place in an un-named town on the north Jersey shore. (2011-present)

Has anyone seen the show Joe Pera Talks With You? It’s a comedy but just pint-sized (11 mins as opposed to 22, and only 8 episodes per season), on Adult Swim. Episodes have plots, there is a set cast of characters. Is it considered a sitcom? Wikipedia calls it a “Comedy Show”. It’s not a sketch show or anything. Anyway it takes place in Marquette, MI. (2018-present)

Wikipedia calls that a “comedy-drama”. Is there a distinction between comedy-drama and sitcom? If so, I’m not sure what it is. But if there’s no distinction, then add this one

Alaska: Northern Exposure, 1990-1995, which it also calls a comedy-drama.

Similarly, Wikipedia calls this one an “action comedy”:

Georgia: The Dukes of Hazzard 1979-1985. Don’t know if that counts or not.

Filthy Rich (Dixie Carter, Delta Burke and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason before Designing Women) was set in Memphis from 1982-83. Those two and Still the King were the only Tennessee sitcoms I found in the appropriate Wikipedia category. (Gun Shy is listed there, but it sure seems to be set in California. I assume the confusion arose because Delta Burke appeared in it.)