# State Television

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 28, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233 "2006-03-28T11:58:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/1 "2006-03-28T11:58:32Z")

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Alabama  
Alaska - **Northern Exposure**  
Arizona  
Arkansas  
California - **LA Law**  
Colorado  
Connecticut  
Delaware  
Florida - **Miami Vice**  
Georgia  
Hawaii - **Hawaii Five O**  
Idaho  
Illinois  
Indiana  
Iowa  
Kansas  
Kentucky  
Louisiana  
Maine  
Maryland  
Massachusetts - **Cheers**  
Michigan  
Minnesota  
Mississippi  
Missouri  
Montana  
Nebraska  
Nevada - **Las Vegas**  
New Hampshire  
New Jersey  
New Mexico  
New York - **Friends**  
North Carolina  
North Dakota - **Deadwood** (or South?)  
Ohio  
Oklahoma  
Oregon  
Pennsylvania  
Rhode Island  
South Carolina  
South Dakota  
Tennessee  
Texas - **Dallas**  
Utah  
Vermont  
Virginia  
Washington  
West Virginia  
Wisconsin  
Wyoming

Your game, your rules (just an idea!).

Best supply only single answers rather than quote or copy whole list to save bandwidth.

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**Author:** ![RandomLetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8edcca/32.png) [@RandomLetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandomLetters)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/2 "2006-03-28T12:49:29Z")

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Deadwood is in South Dakota.

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**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/3 "2006-03-28T12:49:56Z")

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I’m pretty sure this has been done before, but never mind…

Washington - **Frasier**  
Pennsylvania - **The Office** (or do remakes not count?)  
New Jersey - **The Sopranos**  
Illinois - **ER**

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**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/4 "2006-03-28T13:10:24Z")

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Arizona- Alice  
Montana- Bonanza  
Ohio- WKRP  
Wisconsin- Laverne and Shirley

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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/5 "2006-03-28T13:23:47Z")

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Maryland - **Homicide**

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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/6 "2006-03-28T13:30:57Z")

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Pennsylvania: **thirtysomething, Amen**

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**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/7 "2006-03-28T14:54:42Z")

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Michigan- Home Improvement  
Minnesota- Mary Tyler Moore, Coach  
Colorado- Mork & Mindy

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**Author:** ![Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Eleanor\_of\_Aquitaine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eleanor_of_Aquitaine)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/8 "2006-03-28T14:56:28Z")

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Utah - HBO’s **Big Love**

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/9 "2006-03-28T15:11:18Z")

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[_Invasion Iowa_](http://www.starpulse.com/movie/Invasion_Iowa_%5BTV_Series%5D/V335334/0/2/) (2005), William Shatner’s 4-part reality miniseries, had him filming a phony sci fi epic in Capt. Kirk’s future hometown of Riverside (pop. \<1,000).

[_Apple’s Way_](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070967/) (1974-75), an ultra-sappy family show, had Ronny Cox moving his brood from LA back to his fictional hometown of Appleton. Even Iowa viewers in 1974 thought this one creaked like a condemned covered bridge.

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**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/10 "2006-03-28T15:14:01Z")

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Please excuse the geek ‘n’ critique –if unwelcome, mod may delete.

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**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/11 "2006-03-28T15:21:47Z")

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Can we give one if the state has been stated already?

Ohio - Drew Carey Show

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**Author:** ![SentientMeat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/43a26b/32.png) [@SentientMeat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SentientMeat)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/12 "2006-03-28T15:35:52Z")

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OK, maybe a couple of rules are needed - I was thinking of it as a kind of drinking/dinner party game, so …

Already done - DRINK  
Incorrect state- DRINK  
Not fictional (ie. news or reality something) - DRINK  
Obscure (\<1 million viewer threshold, say) - DRINK  
Fleeting as a mayfly (2 series or 10 episodes required) - DRINK

Feel free to add your own.

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**Author:** ![Dusty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@Dusty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dusty)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/13 "2006-03-28T15:54:06Z")

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Vermont - _Newhart_  
Maine - _Murder She Wrote_ (so I understand–I’ve never seen it)

Where was _Roseanne_ set?

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**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/14 "2006-03-28T15:55:54Z")

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North Carolina – The Andy Griffith Show (Mayberry is a parody of 1950s Mount Airy, NC, Andy’s actual home town)

Maine – Murder, She Wrote

Pennsylvania – Queer as Folk is set in Pittsburgh (!)

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**Author:** ![BluePitbull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@BluePitbull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BluePitbull)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/15 "2006-03-28T15:58:56Z")

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Family Guy-- Rhode Island  
King Of the Hill–Texas  
Golden Girls—Florida

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**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/16 "2006-03-28T16:15:28Z")

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Wisconsin – That 70’s show

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**Author:** ![homeskillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/7ba0ec/32.png) [@homeskillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/homeskillet)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/17 "2006-03-28T16:21:54Z")

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**Iowa** - Double Trouble  
**Illinois** - Roseanne  
\*\*Indiana \*\* - One Day at Time

WOO HOO! Midwest Trifecta!

…I’ve never played a drinking game! Is the object to get drinks, or to not have to drink?

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**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/18 "2006-03-28T16:27:46Z")

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Minnesota – The Rocky and Bullwinkle show (Frostbite Falls, albeit immaginary, was in Minn.)

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/19 "2006-03-28T19:13:46Z")

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Rosanne would be Illinois.

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**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/20 "2006-03-28T19:15:39Z")

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D’oh! Must read more carefully. I see Roseanne was already covered.

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