# Series that were done in their namesake areas **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179 "2014-03-20T19:47:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/1 "2014-03-20T19:47:41Z")
Of those series in television history that were named for/set in a city or other area, how many of those were actually done in the cities/areas for which they were named? There are at least two that I know of: –the original _Hawaii Five-O_ from 1968-80 –_The Streets of San Francisco_ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/2 "2014-03-20T19:48:49Z")
_Grimm_ ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/3 "2014-03-20T19:50:45Z")
_Portlandia_ ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/4 "2014-03-20T19:58:41Z")
I’m thinking that _L.A. Law_ was done both in L.A. and at TCF studios there. Is that correct? I also recall, IINM, that the original _Dallas_ was divided between Dallas and L.A. (L.A. soundstages being used for interiors). ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/5 "2014-03-20T20:07:27Z")
Not a TV series, but the film [Nineteen Eighty-Four](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2) was filmed at the place _and time_ established by the novel almost 40 years earlier. According to IMDb: > [@](#): > > Many of the scenes were shot on the actual days noted in Winston Smith’s diary (The scene where Smith writes in his diary, dating the entry April 4, 1984, was shot on April 4, 1984). ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/6 "2014-03-20T20:12:38Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Not a TV series, but the film [Nineteen Eighty-Four](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087803/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_2) was filmed at the place _and time_ established by the novel almost 40 years earlier. According to IMDb: Did not know that! That’s very interesting to learn. ---
**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:** [March 20, 2014, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/7 "2014-03-20T20:24:14Z")
**Magnum P.I.** was shot in Hawaii. All the **Law and Order** series shoot in NYC. When you look at the credits of Broadway actors (especially those who aren’t stars), they almost always list it. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/8 "2014-03-20T20:33:26Z")
Chicago Fire Chicago PD ---
**Author:** ![Athabasca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Athabasca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Athabasca)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/9 "2014-03-20T20:34:21Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Magnum P.I.** was shot in Hawaii. > > All the **Law and Order** series shoot in NYC. When you look at the credits of Broadway actors (especially those who aren’t stars), they almost always list it. If we’re going that way, The Wire and Homicide :Life in the street were both set in Baltimore, and filmed there as well, IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Wolf333](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf333/32/3460_2.png) [@Wolf333](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolf333)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/10 "2014-03-20T20:36:39Z")
Treme Miami Vice ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/11 "2014-03-20T21:00:31Z")
Corner Gas was filmed at the corner of two roads in rural Saskatchewan. ---
**Author:** ![beagledave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6de8d8/32.png) [@beagledave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beagledave)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/12 "2014-03-20T23:19:06Z")
Friday Night Lights Walker, Texas Ranger Lone Star ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/13 "2014-03-20T23:42:48Z")
Nashville. StG ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/14 "2014-03-20T23:47:53Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Magnum P.I.** was shot in Hawaii. > > All the **Law and Order** series shoot in NYC. When you look at the credits of Broadway actors (especially those who aren’t stars), they almost always list it. > [@Athabasca](#): > > If we’re going that way, The Wire and Homicide :Life in the street were both set in Baltimore, and filmed there as well, IIRC These aren’t namesake shows, though. IOW, the locations aren’t mentioned in the titles. ---
**Author:** ![nevadaexile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@nevadaexile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nevadaexile)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/15 "2014-03-20T23:51:50Z")
The 1970s mid-season replacement series _ **Caribe** _, was filmed in Miami and throughout the Caribbean Sea. _ **Walker, Texas Ranger** _ filmed many of its exterior scenes in Texas. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/16 "2014-03-21T00:22:15Z")
Vega$ was shot entirely in Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/18 "2014-03-21T02:14:26Z")
I had said “The Sopranos” until I read the title again. Duh! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/19 "2014-03-21T02:51:27Z")
> [@bmasters1](#): > > –the original _Hawaii Five-O_ from 1968-80 The rebooted show also films primarily in Hawaii. ---
**Author:** ![bmasters1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5e925/32.png) [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/20 "2014-03-21T12:45:17Z")
> [@Geek\_Mecha](#): > > The rebooted show also films primarily in Hawaii. Didn’t realize that, either! ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/21 "2014-03-22T04:02:31Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > **Magnum P.I.** was shot in Hawaii. > > All the **Law and Order** series shoot in NYC. When you look at the credits of Broadway actors (especially those who aren’t stars), they almost always list it. I remember seeing a Broadway show where an actor’s bio explicitly listed _not_ being in a Law and Order episode. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179.md?page=2)