# TV Trivia: States **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 29, 2000, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474 "2000-03-29T22:57:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/21 "2000-03-30T06:58:00Z")
Utah - Donny and Marie? ---
**Author:** ![hightechburrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f6c823/32.png) [@hightechburrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hightechburrito)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/22 "2000-03-30T07:07:00Z")
_Coach_ could also be counted for Florida. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/23 "2000-03-30T07:24:00Z")
That sappy show with Kelly Martin, _Christy_ was filmed in Tennessee and I believe was supposed to take place in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee. * * * I always try to do things in chronological order. ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/24 "2000-03-30T09:21:00Z")
I remember an old detective series called BOURBON STREET BEAT set in New Orleans, Louisiana. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/25 "2000-03-30T13:22:00Z")
The younger sister on My Sister Sam" (the girl that got killed, can’t think of her name right now), was supposed to have moved from Oregon to live w/her sister in San Fran. A stretch, but better than nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/26 "2000-03-30T14:05:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by plnnr: > **The younger sister on My Sister Sam" (the girl that got killed, can’t think of her name right now)** Rebecca Schaeffer. ## Man, I watched way too much TV growing up… TMR LETS RIDE THIS SAUCER FULL OF SupErlovE INTO OUR FORTOLD UTOPIAN MILLENIUM… ---
**Author:** ![don\_Jaime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b4bc9f/32.png) [@don\_Jaime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_Jaime)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/27 "2000-03-30T14:38:00Z")
“Newhart” was set in Vermont. “The Torkelsons” was short-lived and deserved it, but it was set for a while in Oklahoma. And I’m sure that “Wild Bill Hickock” would have been set in Deadwood, South Dakota. But it was on before I was born, so I don’t know. Indiana wants me. Lord, I can’t go back there. ---
**Author:** ![dekayx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@dekayx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dekayx)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/28 "2000-03-30T14:48:00Z")
wasn’t there a TV series “The Big Easy” after the movie with Dennis Quaid? That would be ok for Louisiana. * * * I am diagonally parked in a parallel universe. ---
**Author:** ![KSO](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@KSO](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KSO)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/29 "2000-03-30T17:48:00Z")
Judging Amy is set in Hartford, Connecticut. Of course, nothing has been filmed here and in every episode it’s fall. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/30 "2000-03-30T19:05:00Z")
For Louisiana… in addition to the already mentioned _The Big Easy_ and \*Bourbon Street Beat \*(nice one, kawliga, BTW), add: _Frank’s Place_ (w/Tim Reid) _Orleans_ (w/Larry Hagman) _Longstreet_ (w/ James Franciscus) _NOPD_ (an early 50s syndicated crime drama) Actually, all are specifically set in New Orleans. Don’t recall if any series used any other part of Louisiana as the setting. The first season of _In the Heat of the Night_ was shot with Hammond, La. doubling for Sparta, Miss., but that’s not quite the same thing. And here’s one from the past… anyone recall _Carter Country_? Late 70s sitcom, set near Plains, Georgia. It actually lasted a two full season. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/31 "2000-03-30T19:23:00Z")
On a whim I decided to look up _Carter Country_ to see if there was anything else interesting about the show I was not remembering… Get a load of this: One of the cast members during the second season was Melanie Griffith(!); and the fictional Georgia town in the show was Clinton Corners! Hmmmm… _Carter Country_… Clinton Corners… It’s a tenuous link, I admit, but anyone out there willing to put money on the next democratic adminsitration being led by “President Evening?” (A big tip 'o the hat to the first person to unravel **that** obscure reference!) ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/32 "2000-03-30T20:32:00Z")
Evening Shades, Arkansas. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/33 "2000-03-30T21:11:00Z")
**Tennessee** : Petticoat Junction and, I believe, Green Acres, plus several individual episodes of The Beverly Hillbillies ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/34 "2000-03-30T21:12:00Z")
**West Virginia** : The Real McCoys ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/35 "2000-03-30T21:15:00Z")
**Kentucky** : Daniel Boone ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/36 "2000-03-30T21:19:00Z")
**Wyoming** : Kind of a reach, but if you assume Jellystone National Park = Yellowstone National Park, then the Yogi Bear cartoon series is set there. ---
**Author:** ![Joe\_Cool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecb155/32.png) [@Joe\_Cool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joe_Cool)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/37 "2000-03-30T21:23:00Z")
Better example for New Mexico: Roswell. The show sucks, but it’s definitely set in NM. Because of Roswell, I’m sure there are X-Files episodes set there too. * * * ## There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust. – Demosthenes Joe Cool ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/38 "2000-03-31T02:56:00Z")
Well, first of all, the show for Md. was called Homicide: Life _ON_ the Street, not _IN_the street. And Roc was set in B-more too. * * * Cecil said it. I believe it. That settles it. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/39 "2000-03-31T03:18:00Z")
I always had the impression that _The Lawman_ was supposed to have been placed in Montana, but I can’t find anything to back that up. OTOH, _Lonesome Dove_ (the series) was definitely set in Montana (at least in the beginning. * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/40 "2000-03-31T08:27:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by spoke-: > **West Virginia: The Real McCoys** The Real McCoys was set in California. From the theme song: “Want you to meet the family that’s known as The Real McCoys. From West Virginee they came to stay in sunny Californi-ay.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474.md?page=3)