# 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:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![MadPoet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@MadPoet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MadPoet)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/41 "2000-03-31T11:12:00Z")
Heh… the one thing mentioning Oregon was someone leaving it to go to California… Methinks it shoulda been the other way around, perhaps. * * * [http://www.madpoet.com](http://www.madpoet.com) “I never meant to hurt you,” you said, And buried yourself in lies instead. Next time I would rather be slain, Than forced to bear your mercy again. ---
**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, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/42 "2000-03-31T14:22:00Z")
Oregon - Hello, Larry Utah - Encyclopedia Brown West Virginia - It’s a Man’s World (?) Which Great Plains state was afflicted by Pa Ingalls and his treacly family? * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/43 "2000-03-31T14:42:00Z")
Anyone know where **F Troop** was supposed to be set? I believe **Little House on the Prairie** was set in Kansas, but I am not 100% certain. ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/44 "2000-03-31T15:38:00Z")
_Little House on the Prairie_ was set in Walnut Grove, **Minnesota.** For Kansas, try _The Phil Silvers Show_ (a.k.a., _You’ll Never Get Rich_) set at beautiful Ft. Baxtor, Kansas. Sgt. Bilko and the gang later moved further west (California? Nevada?), but the first few years of the series were set in the proverbial “middle of nowhere.” ---
**Author:** ![dwtno](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@dwtno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwtno)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/45 "2000-03-31T15:43:00Z")
Re. _F-Troop_, no local was ever specified. Ft. Courage exists in the the mythical “west.” ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/46 "2000-03-31T16:07:00Z")
I think AfterM_A_S\*H was set in Missouri. * * * Chaim Mattis Keller [ckeller@kozmo.com](mailto:ckeller@kozmo.com) “Sherlock Holmes once said that once you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the answer. I, however, do not like to eliminate the impossible. The impossible often has a kind of integrity to it that the merely improbable lacks.” – Douglas Adams’s Dirk Gently, Holistic Detective ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/47 "2000-03-31T16:22:00Z")
**Wyoming** - Here’s a better one for Wyoming: “Cheyenne” (a 1950’s western series). **New Mexico** : “The Rifleman” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/48 "2000-04-02T15:50:00Z")
Still don’t have them all. Any more? * * * Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/49 "2000-04-02T16:11:00Z")
Looks like we’re down to: Alabama Idaho Nebraska New Hampshire North Dakota ---
**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:** [April 2, 2000, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/50 "2000-04-02T16:32:00Z")
:::cheating again::: ## Nebraska – [Heartland](http://us.imdb.com/Details?0096609) _I am Mr. Know-it-all I am so eloquent Perfection is my middle name And whatever rhymes with eloquent._ - Primus ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/51 "2000-04-02T16:51:00Z")
Pick a better example than _Scarecrow and Mrs. King_ for D.C. Both the office and the home scenes there were set in Virginia, which is where the C.I.A. is located. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/52 "2000-04-03T05:26:00Z")
Looks like we’re still missing **Alabama** , **Idaho** , **New Hampshire** and **North Dakota** I have racked my brain, and I just don’t believe any television series has ever been set in any of these states. A demographic wrong must be righted! We need to make a pitch to the TV studios for the following series: [ul][li] **Lost Highway** Serialized story of the young Hank Williams, growing up in and around Montgomery and Mobile, **Alabama**. (Similar to “Elvis: The Early Years”).[/li][li] **Tater Tots** The story of a group of angst-ridden teenagers in rural **Idaho** (in a nod to the “Party of 5” demographic), who refer to themselves, in mock derision, as “The Tater Tots”. (Alternate choice: A series based on the nutty hi-jinks of a group of strident and paranoid, but incompetent, militia members. Kind of F-Troop meets the militia movement. Title suggestions?)[/li][li] **New Hampshire**. OK. I’m stumped.[/li] **North Dakota** is easy. Just do a television series based on the movie **Fargo**. No-brainer, doncha know?[/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/53 "2000-04-02T19:42:00Z")
The movie _Fargo_ is set in Minnesota, except for a single scene in Fargo. ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/54 "2000-04-02T19:51:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The movie _Fargo_ is set in Minnesota, except for a single scene in Fargo. OK, I’m stumped then. What the devil **is** North Dakota known for? Was **Dances With Wolves** set there? There must be **something** series-worthy there. ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/55 "2000-04-02T20:28:00Z")
\ ***Wendell Wagner:** Pick a better example than _Scarecrow and Mrs. King_ for D.C. Both the office and the home scenes there were set in Virginia, which is where the C.I.A. is located. \* OK, how 'bout “Six Million Dollar Man”, even though the out-of-town scenes are obviously neither Virginia nor Maryland. Better yet: “The West Wing”. There. As for other US Territories: “The Flying Nun” for Puerto Rico. * * * Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination. ---
**Author:** ![Fleetwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fleetwood/32/271_2.png) [@Fleetwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fleetwood)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/56 "2000-04-02T22:56:00Z")
How about the Simpsons for every state that has a Springfield? ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2000, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/57 "2000-04-02T23:19:00Z")
> [@](#): > > How about the Simpsons for every state that has a Springfield? Ah yes, but only Illinois, Tennessee, Kentucky and Missouri have both a Springfield **and** a Shelbyville. Of those, only in Kentucky are Springfield and Shelbyville in close proximity, **and** anywhere near the same size. The Simpsons set in Kentucky??? It would explane Cletus, the slack-jawed yokel, I guess… I’m kidding, I’m kidding! (I kid Kentuckians,'cause I love 'em!) 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/58 "2000-04-03T03:44:00Z")
_Murphy Brown_ or _The West Wing_ should do for DC. I came across an old western series called _The Dakotas_, set in “the Dakota Territory.” Close enough for North Dakota for me. One episode was called “Red Sky Over Bismark.” ---
**Author:** ![AWB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bb73d2/32.png) [@AWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AWB)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474/59 "2000-04-03T13:25:00Z")
## Recap: **BOLD - Nothing yet** _Italic - Questionable_ [ul][li] **Alabama - nothing yet** [/li][li]Alaska - Northern Exposure[/li][li]Arizona – Alice[/li][li]Arkansas – Evening Shade[/li][li]California - Three’s Company, etc.[/li][li]Colorado – Dynasty[/li][li]Connecticut - Soap[/li][li]DC - The West Wing[/li][li]Delaware - Pretender[/li][li]Florida - Miami Vice[/li][li]Georgia - Dukes Of Hazzard[/li][li]Hawaii - Magnum PI[/li][li]_Idaho – Amazing Grace - It was filmed in Idaho, and I figure why would they bother if it weren’t set there._[/li][li]Illinois – ER[/li][li]Indiana - One Day at a Time[/li][li]Iowa – Apple’s Way[/li][li]Kansas – Gunsmoke[/li][li]Kentucky – The Wonderful John Acton[/li][li]Louisiana – Bourbon Street Beat[/li][li]Maine – Murder, She Wrote[/li][li]Maryland - Homicide: Life on the Streets[/li][li]Massachusetts – Cheers[/li][li]Michigan - Home Improvement[/li][li]Minnesota – Coach[/li][li]Mississippi – In The Heat Of The Night[/li][li]Missouri – After M_A_S\*H[/li][li]Montana – Lonesome Dove[/li][li]Nebraska – Heartland[/li][li]Nevada - Vega$[/li][li]_New Hampshire – Peyton Place - The movie was based there, and a few characters are the same. And both the movie and TV show had sequels called Return to Payton Place._[/li][li]New Jersey - Down the Shore[/li][li]New Mexico - Quantum Leap (future scenes)[/li][li]New York – Friends[/li][li]North Carolina - The Andy Griffith Show[/li][li] **North Dakota – still nothing; see South Dakota** [/li][li]Ohio - Family Ties[/li][li]Oklahoma – The Torkelsons[/li][li]Oregon – Hello, Larry[/li][li]Pennsylvania – Angie[/li][li]Rhode Island – Providence[/li][li]South Carolina – American Gothic[/li][li]South Dakota – The Dakotas - It was based in the Badlands, so this goes to SD instead of ND, even though there was an episode in Bismark, ND.[/li][li]Tennessee – Christy[/li][li]Texas – Dallas[/li][li]Utah – Encyclopedia Brown[/li][li]Vermont - Newhart[/li][li]Viginia - The Waltons[/li][li]Washington – Frasier[/li][li]_West Virginia – The Real McCoys or It’s a Man’s World - I lean towards the latter, because part of it was filmed in WV. I say questionable because parts were also filmed in Ohio._[/li][li]Wisconsin - Happy Days[/li][li]Wyoming – The Virginian[/ul][/li] Wrong thinking is punished, right thinking is just as swiftly rewarded. You’ll find it an effective combination. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tv-trivia-states/15474.md?page=2)