# Largest City without a TV Show? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 13, 2001, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011 "2001-08-13T09:42:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/81 "2002-05-04T17:50:52Z")
The “Springfield” cat has been out of the bag for awhile. It’s in Kentucky. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/82 "2002-05-04T19:13:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bio-brat \* > \*\*Another one “Home Improvement” was actually set in a suburb of Detroit (they never specified which one) \*\* I’m guessing Birmingham or Bloomfield Hills, seeing that Tim Allen owned a home in the former during the time he spent with the show. I’m not sure if he still has a home there…??? ---
**Author:** ![socialxray](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/35a633/32.png) [@socialxray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socialxray)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2002, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/83 "2002-05-04T19:43:36Z")
Someone had mentioned Charlotte earlier, but the only entry I saw was _The Andy Griffith Show_. That was, of course, in the fictional town of Mayberry, NC, which was based on the tiny Northern North Carolina mountain town of Mt. Airy. Charlotte has had _one_ show based in it. It was the short-lived (and rather awful) Nickelodeon kids show, _My Brother and Me_. In fact, ex-Charlotte Hornet Kendall Gill guest starred on one episode as “returning” to Charlotte. The father of the kids on the show was a sports writer for a ficticious Charlotte newspaper. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Tan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/charlie_tan/32/12582_2.png) [@Charlie\_Tan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Tan)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/84 "2002-05-05T00:06:21Z")
Was McCloud really Forth Worth. I haven’t seen the show for over 20 years, but I distinctly remember him coming from Taos, NM. Also, Hill Street Blues was not set in a city. It was never named in the show (as well as with Ed McBain’s 87th, which is also in a fictional city), but the location shots are from Chicago. ---
**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:** [May 5, 2002, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/85 "2002-05-05T00:37:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Also, Hill Street Blues was not set in a city. It was never named in the show (as well as with Ed McBain’s 87th, which is also in a fictional city), but the location shots are from Chicago. If I recall correctly (after fifteen or so years) McBain’s fictional city was called Isola. It’s a large thriving city halfway between Gotham and Metropolis. Hill Street, on the other hand, was set in an unnamed city. Some of the exteriors and street names came from Chicago, but Daniel Travanti once refered to his character as being a New York City cop. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011/86 "2002-05-05T00:54:04Z")
I haven’t seen Reno, Nevada mentioned yet. Anyone? Ranchoth [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-a-tv-show/76011.md?page=4)