# TV Show for Every State **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 2, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864 "2014-06-02T21:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/1 "2014-06-02T21:08:39Z")
I’ve been trying to come up with a TV show for every state, and I thought I’d post my list so far, and see if Dopers can fill in the blanks. The make it more interesting, I’m doing several major cities in California, and one for each borough in New York City, plus Long Island, and then trying to come up with a show set somewhere else in New York State, outside the metropolitan area. Any series counts, whether it was on a cable channel, or a network, but I’m trying to stick with fiction; no reality shows, news shows, talk shows, etc. Also, I’d like to try to list every US show I can think of that wasn’t set in the US. I know that will mostly end up being military shows, and shows with fantasy locations, but it’s still interesting, and I’d like to see how many we can come up with. Here’s my list so far: Alabama Alaska: Northern Exposure Arizona: Medium Arkansas California Los Angeles: Dragnet Sacramento San Francisco: Monk Colorado: South Park Connecticut: Soap DC: Bones Delaware Florida: CSI: Miami Georgia Hawaii: Hawaii-50 Idaho Illinois: Roseanne Indiana: One Day at a Time Iowa: Apple’s Way Kansas: Gunsmoke Kentucky Louisiana: The Big Easy Maine: Murder, She Wrote Maryland Massachusetts: The Practice Michigan Minnesota: The Mary Tyler Moore Show Mississippi: In the Heat of the Night Missouri: Switched at Birth Montana Nebraska Nevada: Reno 911 New Hampshire New Jersey: House New Mexico New York The Bronx : The Goldbergs (the old one, from the 1950s) Brooklyn : The Patty Duke Show Manhattan: Law & Order Queens : All in the Family Staten Island Long Island State North Carolina North Dakota Ohio: The Drew Carey Show Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania: Cold Case Rhode Island: Providence South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas: King of the Hill Utah Vermont: Newhart Virginia: The Waltons Washington State: Twin Peaks West Virginia: Wisconsin: Happy Days Wyoming Shows outside the US: Cafe American: France Embassy: England M_A_S\*H: Korea Hogan’s Heros: Germany (or was the camp somewhere else?) Combat!: Europe Fantasy Island: unknown Gilligan’s Island: uncharted island off Hawaii Lost in Space: outer space Star Trek: various made up planets, or just space, occasionally “alternate” earths The Love Boat: international water ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/2 "2014-06-02T21:13:22Z")
I tried to format that with indentations and tabs, but some formatting key posted it before I was done. Sorry. ---
**Author:** ![mcgato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@mcgato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mcgato)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/3 "2014-06-02T21:23:59Z")
[This thread may save some time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584986) ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/4 "2014-06-02T21:25:57Z")
I would switch House with either the Sopranos or Boardwalk Empire. In House the location is strictly incidental to the show. I think they only filmed here once during the entire run. ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/5 "2014-06-02T21:29:22Z")
“Daniel Boone” for Kentucky ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/6 "2014-06-02T21:31:26Z")
> [@mcgato](#): > > [This thread may save some time.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=584986) Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/7 "2014-06-02T21:35:26Z")
_Evening Shade_ appears to still be the only fictional series actually set in Arkansas, at least of shows that Wikipedia thinks are notable. I’ve never heard of the show, and my first thought was _The Simple Life_, a reality show. Yes, _Designing Women_ is listed there, but I’m not sure why. Yes, one of the exterior shots was a Little Rock house, and one of the characters previously lived in Arkansas, but the show makes no bones about being set in Georgia. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/8 "2014-06-02T21:37:48Z")
Maryland: _The Wire_, \*Homicide \* (both set in Baltimore) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/9 "2014-06-02T21:37:50Z")
_The Mentalist_ takes place in Sacramento. _Three’s Company_ took place in San Diego. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/10 "2014-06-02T22:06:24Z")
> [@Gangster\_Octopus](#): > > _The Mentalist_ takes place in Sacramento. I believe _Eight is Enough_ may have been the only other show set in Sacramento. For Nevada, I’d recommend \*Bonanza \*over _Reno 911_. And for New Mexico, _Breaking Bad_, set (and actually filmed) in Albuquerque. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/11 "2014-06-02T22:23:03Z")
_Friday Night Lights_ over _King of the Hill_ for Texas, definitely. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/12 "2014-06-02T22:43:20Z")
North Carolina: The Andy Griffith Show/ Mayberry RFD ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/13 "2014-06-02T22:48:29Z")
Miami Vice is not about [Miami, Oklahoma](http://www.miamiok.org/) [Saving Grace for Oklahoma](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saving_Grace_%28TV_series%29) . ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/14 "2014-06-03T02:28:36Z")
New Mexico is definitely _Breaking Bad_. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/15 "2014-06-03T02:38:48Z")
Can we (finally) upgrade Wisconsin from Happy Days. Since then we had Laverne & Shirley, The Young & The Restless, Step by Step and finally ended up with That 70’s Show. I’d like to submit That 70’s Show as a suitable replacement for Happy Days. Coincidentally, they’re both set in the same period, but That 70’s Show modernizes us by a generation…sort of. I’m not sure why Mork & Mindy wasn’t set in Milwaukee as well, I only watched the reruns here and there in the late 80’s, but somehow it ended up on Colorado. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/16 "2014-06-03T02:47:20Z")
Long Island would be Everybody Loves Raymond ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/17 "2014-06-03T12:50:46Z")
Without looking at the other threads on this subject or Wikipedia, I can come up with… Michigan - Home Improvement Staten Island - Blue Bloods Oregon - Hello, Larry (a short-lived sitcom starring McLean Stevenson) Tennessee - Nashville Utah - Big Love Wyoming - The Virginian ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/18 "2014-06-03T12:58:57Z")
Thought of another one: Ontario, Canada - Flashpoint (it aired on CBS for part of its run, but they were a bit coy about where it was set during that period) ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/19 "2014-06-03T13:52:47Z")
Isn’t GRIMM set in Oregon as well? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2014, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-show-for-every-state/689864/20 "2014-06-03T14:04:25Z")
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