# State Television **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/21 "2006-03-28T19:48:23Z")
West Virginia - [The Real McCoys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050053/) (Not sure how many viewers in 1957 - I may have to drink. Dang.) ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/22 "2006-03-28T20:06:26Z")
> [@ThePCapeman](#): > > West Virginia - [The Real McCoys](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050053/) (Not sure how many viewers in 1957 - I may have to drink. Dang.) Actually, they were only from WV. The show was set in CA. BARTENDER! Another drink if you please. šŸ˜ƒ ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/23 "2006-03-28T20:41:50Z")
I cannot remember the name or the stateā€¦ but the sitcom with John Ritter and Billy Bob Thornton was about a Southern state senator if memory servesā€¦ I want to say Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/24 "2006-03-28T21:13:12Z")
Colorado - **South Park** Erā€¦ umā€¦ - **The Simpsons** ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/25 "2006-03-28T21:27:21Z")
> [@dwc1970](#): > > Montana- Bonanza Bonanza takes place in Nevada. The Ponderosa is near Virginia City. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/26 "2006-03-28T22:30:00Z")
I looked for something more mainstream but had no luck, so: Tennessee ā€“ Hee Haw (or The Grand Ole Opry) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/27 "2006-03-28T23:17:54Z")
Indiana: One Day At A Time has been mentioned. In this last year, there was a police show set in Indianapolis. I donā€™t know the name. Neither show was actually filmed in Indy, except for a few stock street shots. A Christmas Story, shown every year, was from Jean Shepherdā€™s stories, which were always set in northern Indiana. Another made-for-TV movie was set in Vevay, IN. It was about a little girl rescued from very primitive conditions (she didnā€™t know what toilet paper was for.) Cloris Leachman played a grouchy backwoods crone. For Gold and Glory was a documentary about a black auto racing circuit, mostly based in Indiana. Donā€™t worry about the drinks. Believe me, Iā€™m keeping up. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2006, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/28 "2006-03-28T23:24:31Z")
_Newhart_ has been mentioned, but _The Bob Newhart Show_ was set in Illinois, and _Newhart_ā€™s last episode ended there. ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/29 "2006-03-29T00:13:20Z")
The new comedy Free Ride takes place in Missouri ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/30 "2006-03-29T00:20:17Z")
Georgia: Dukes of Hazzard, Carter Country, Designing Women ---
**Author:** ![scotandrsn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a4c791/32.png) [@scotandrsn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scotandrsn)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/31 "2006-03-29T00:31:17Z")
Hereā€™s a couple Iā€™m really surprised no one jumped on right away, given who frequents this board: Kansas: Smallville New Mexico: Roswell And a few more, courtesy of IMDB Power Search: Alabama: Any Day Now Connecticut: Judging Amy, Whoā€™s the Boss? Mississippi - In the Heat of the Night ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/32 "2006-03-29T19:42:35Z")
A good question may be: is there a state that has had no (networked) TV show about it? ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2006, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/33 "2006-03-29T20:37:23Z")
Virginiaā€“The Waltons Minnesotaā€“Little House on the Prairie ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/34 "2006-03-30T02:34:15Z")
Floridaā€“Surfside Six, Penacola: Wings of Gold, CSI Miami, Nip/Tuck, Everglades, Flipper, I Dream of Jeannie, Gentle Ben. ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/35 "2006-03-30T05:18:55Z")
An oldie for Kentuckyā€“Daniel Boone! ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/36 "2006-03-30T05:52:28Z")
> [@jjimm](#): > > A good question may be: is there a state that has had no (networked) TV show about it? Iā€™m pretty sure Montana fits that bill. I wouldnā€™t lay money on it, but I cannot think of any TV shows set in Big Sky Country. ---
**Author:** ![Otanx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Otanx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otanx)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/37 "2006-03-30T06:16:44Z")
Nevada - Reno 911!, CSI: Las Vegas -Otanx ---
**Author:** ![SurrenderDorothy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/surrenderdorothy/32/1221_2.png) [@SurrenderDorothy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SurrenderDorothy)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/38 "2006-03-30T07:03:07Z")
Missouri has **Grace Under Fire** I think. ---
**Author:** ![cerberus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@cerberus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cerberus)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/39 "2006-03-30T07:26:39Z")
Mississippi: In the Heat of the Night\*\*\* TV series actually filmed south of Atlanta, but set in ā€œSparta, MS.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Tikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5daacb/32.png) [@Tikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tikki)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2006, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233/40 "2006-03-30T08:08:04Z")
Aha! I found one for Montana! According to [this](http://www.fiftiesweb.com/tv/flicka.htm) My Friend Flicka (1956-1958) was set there on the Goose Bar Ranch. Canā€™t seem to find anything for Idaho or North Dakota though. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/state-television/350233.md?page=3)