# 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:** 18\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/22 "2014-03-22T04:07:25Z")
Detroit 187 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_jeffrey_lebowski/32/215_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Jeffrey\_Lebowski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Jeffrey_Lebowski)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/23 "2014-03-22T04:26:02Z")
Beverly Hills, 90210 ---
**Author:** ![Bellhorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@Bellhorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bellhorn)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/24 "2014-03-22T10:55:35Z")
_The Streets of San Francisco_, was filmed entirely on the streets of San Francisco. And after season 1, all interior scenes were shot in a SF studio. ---
**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 22, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/25 "2014-03-22T16:06:41Z")
> [@Bellhorn](#): > > _The Streets of San Francisco_, was filmed entirely on the streets of San Francisco. And after season 1, all interior scenes were shot in a SF studio. That’s mentioned in the OP. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/26 "2014-03-22T16:36:23Z")
Was _Hill Street Blues_ shot on Hill Street? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/27 "2014-03-22T16:43:05Z")
3rd Rock from the Sun:D ---
**Author:** ![JacobSwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@JacobSwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JacobSwan)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/28 "2014-03-22T18:40:41Z")
> [@Driver8](#): > > I remember seeing a Broadway show where an actor’s bio explicitly listed _not_ being in a Law and Order episode. In the uk almost all stage actors have appeared in ‘the bill’ at some point in their careers. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/29 "2014-03-22T19:59:28Z")
Chicago Code ---
**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:** [March 22, 2014, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/30 "2014-03-22T20:22:19Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Vega$ was shot entirely in Las Vegas. However _Vegas_, _Las Vegas_, and _CSI: Las Vegas_ were not. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2014, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/31 "2014-03-23T16:02:54Z")
> [@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: > [@bmasters1](#): > > Did not know that! That’s very interesting to learn. > [@SydneyPeterson](#): > > totally agree with you I also agree that \*\*bmasters1 \*\*did not know that. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/32 "2014-03-24T21:25:29Z")
_Cosmos_. ---
**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 27, 2014, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/33 "2014-03-27T20:17:15Z")
> [@bmasters1](#): > > 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). The current _Dallas_ series has more of its principal photography shot in Dallas than the original. ---
**Author:** ![HyacinthBucket](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hyacinthbucket/32/3063_2.png) [@HyacinthBucket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HyacinthBucket)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/34 "2014-03-28T03:03:36Z")
_Rome_ was actually filmed mostly in Rome, even if there was a 2000-year gap between the events in the story and the filming. The high cost of creating the indoor and outdoor sets at the Cinecitta studios helped bring what was supposed to have been a 5-year series to a premature end. Luscious and Tight-Ass, I miss you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/35 "2014-03-28T05:15:39Z")
Huh? I was fairly certain it was shot in Malta? Anyway [Tvtropes is your friend.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaliforniaDoubling) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/36 "2014-03-28T05:22:39Z")
> [@Bellhorn](#): > > _The Streets of San Francisco_, was filmed entirely on the streets of San Francisco. And after season 1, all interior scenes were shot in a SF studio. I remember some scenes being filmed in Burlingame about 20 miles south of the city. ---
**Author:** ![PeacePlease](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@PeacePlease](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeacePlease)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/37 "2014-03-28T09:38:22Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > 3rd Rock from the Sun:D Score! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/38 "2014-03-28T15:02:06Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > Anyway [Tvtropes is your friend.](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/CaliforniaDoubling) Isn’t that the opposite of what the OP is asking? Looking for shows shot in their namesake location, not supposed locations with obvious geographic flaws. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2014, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179/39 "2014-03-28T15:14:41Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > _Grimm_ > [@RealityChuck](#): > > All the **Law and Order** series > [@Athabasca](#): > > The Wire and Homicide :Life in the street I’m starting to worry that I don’t understand what _namesake_ means. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-that-were-done-in-their-namesake-areas/684179.md?page=1)