# Help me ID a recent TV show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 9, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809 "2010-05-09T14:24:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/1 "2010-05-09T14:24:11Z")
It was a show that revolved around a male main character trying to unravel a mystery about a town. I think it was on one of the networks for a season possibly two sometime between 2000-07 but might have been as far back as 1996. I really don’t have much more. Can anyone ID this show? ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/2 "2010-05-09T15:15:49Z")
Rather vague. I’ll guess [\*\*American Gothic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/)\*\*, but it could be several others. ---
**Author:** ![Sr\_Siete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Sr\_Siete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sr_Siete)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/3 "2010-05-09T15:19:14Z")
I hope this is not one of those threads where everyone is naming obscure shows and at the end it will turn out that the OP was looking for “twin Peaks” all along… ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/4 "2010-05-09T15:24:13Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I hope this is not one of those threads where everyone is naming obscure shows and at the end it will turn out that the OP was looking for “twin Peaks” all along… What you said, plus a stab with _Jericho_. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/5 "2010-05-09T15:26:49Z")
> [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I hope this is not one of those threads where everyone is naming obscure shows and at the end it will turn out that the OP was looking for “twin Peaks” all along… Twin Peaks was my guess as well. Two seasons (plus a movie), aired in the early 90’s I believe. Star studded cast. But I’m almost done rewatching it so it’s the first thing to come to mind for me. ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/6 "2010-05-09T15:46:45Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > What you said, plus a stab with _Jericho_. > [@Sr\_Siete](#): > > I hope this is not one of those threads where everyone is naming obscure shows and at the end it will turn out that the OP was looking for “twin Peaks” all along… It wasn’t Twin peaks or Jericho. I don’t think it was obscure, though. I remember a good bit of advertising for it. > [@RealityChuck](#): > > Rather vague. I’ll guess [\*\*American Gothic](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111880/)\*\*, but it could be several others. American Gothic’s IMDB summary seems about right it that there was a guy, a love interest sort of looking after him and a sheriff protecting the ‘secret’ of the town. But, I recall it being set in a desert town. I’m looking through the videos on youtube anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/7 "2010-05-09T15:55:31Z")
I’m wondering if it is _Push, Nevada_. It was an interactive show in that the audience could find clues and win money. It lasted about a season. > **[Push, Nevada (TV Series 2002) ⭐ 7.3 | Crime, Drama, Mystery](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315701/)** > > 1h ---
**Author:** ![Alienhand](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8edcca/32.png) [@Alienhand](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alienhand)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/8 "2010-05-09T16:03:34Z")
> [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](#): > > I’m wondering if it is _Push, Nevada_. It was an interactive show in that the audience could find clues and win money. It lasted about a season. > > [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315701/](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315701/) Yes, thank you. Thank you all for putting up with my horrid description. ---
**Author:** ![Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e68b1a/32.png) [@Abby\_Emma\_Sasha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abby_Emma_Sasha)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-id-a-recent-tv-show/538809/9 "2010-05-09T16:22:05Z")
Glad to be of help.