# IMDB's list of "most popular show set in every state (plus DC)" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 3, 2017, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421 "2017-07-03T11:24:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/21 "2017-07-03T19:42:02Z")
Well, I think they got Maryland right: even before I looked, I figured it had to be _The Wire_. ---
**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:** [July 3, 2017, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/22 "2017-07-03T19:51:33Z")
Before I looked, I figured **Home Improvement** would be Michigan’s. Yep. I wish it had been **Freaks and Geeks** , which was also set here in Mich. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/23 "2017-07-03T23:02:55Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > IIRC _The Drew Carey Show_ (set in Cleveland) or _Family Ties_ (set in Columbus) were more popular in Ohio than _Glee_. Also, _WKRP In Cincinnati_. Ever further back, _My Favorite Martian._ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/24 "2017-07-03T23:31:31Z")
I can’t really argue with New Jersey. I would have said The Sopranos but House works too. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/25 "2017-07-04T01:19:27Z")
_House of Cards_ over _The West Wing_? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/26 "2017-07-04T03:12:30Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > _House of Cards_ over _The West Wing_? These days, yes. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/27 "2017-07-04T03:38:47Z")
I’ve never even heard of the most popular show set in [New Hampshire](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5722214/). But it has had 16 episodes, which already makes it almost three times as successful than the [only other show](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0367298/?ref_=nv_sr_1) set in NH. No wait, it looks like there was a [third show](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodwin_Games) that bombed out in 7 episodes too. ---
**Author:** ![drad\_dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2017, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421/28 "2017-07-04T04:31:00Z")
Wow. Mary Tyler Moore loses to Little house. Who even knew where the little house was? A show set in a prison? They should have had a separate category for manhattan. I get that. But how about getting out of the house? And Happy Days was set in Milwaukee right? Rizzoli and Isles? What happened to Banacek, Paper Chase, ZOOM? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imdbs-list-of-most-popular-show-set-in-every-state-plus-dc/790421.md?page=1)