# US cities with no TV set there **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 2, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796 "2013-03-02T04:44:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/1 "2013-03-02T04:44:53Z")
I was thinking about major US cities with no TV set there. Here’s a list I came up with. Please add (or subtract) from it. Pittsburgh Memphis Indianapolis San Antonio Houston New Orleans Birmingham St. Louis Kansas City (MO) San Diego ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/2 "2013-03-02T04:51:57Z")
Pittsburgh–Mr. Belvedere Indianapolis–One Day at a Time Houston–Houston Knights (late 80s) New Orleans–Frank’s Place (same era) San Diego–Simon and Simon I don’t think Salt Lake City has hosted any sitcoms or dramas (although “Donny and Marie” did air from Utah for a season). ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/3 "2013-03-02T04:58:13Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Pittsburgh–Mr. Belvedere > Indianapolis–One Day at a Time > Houston–Houston Knights (late 80s) > New Orleans–Frank’s Place (same era) > San Diego–Simon and Simon > I don’t think Salt Lake City has hosted any sitcoms or dramas (although “Donny and Marie” did air from Utah for a season). :smack: Thanks! I loved _Mr. Belvedere_! Didn’t watch \*Houston Knights \*or _Frank’s Place_. Too young for others. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/4 "2013-03-02T05:00:44Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > I was thinking about major US cities with no TV set there. Here’s a list I came up with. Please add (or subtract) from it. > > Pittsburgh > Memphis > Indianapolis > San Antonio > Houston > New Orleans > Birmingham > St. Louis > Kansas City (MO) > San Diego Memphis had the TV series _Memphis Beat_ set there as well as the guilty pleasure _Hellcats_. New Orleans also had the TV adaptation of\* The Big Easy\*. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/5 "2013-03-02T05:06:01Z")
Birmingham -[Any Day Now](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Any_Day_Now_(TV_series)) And how could you forget [CSI:San Antonio](http://kgnb.am/news/csi-san-antonio-tv-series-development)? I guess because it was never made. ---
**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:** [March 2, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/6 "2013-03-02T05:08:42Z")
Birmingham: _Any Day Now_ St. Louis: _The John Larroquette Show_ Kansas City: _Apple Pie_ Just look in this list: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_American\_television\_series\_by\_setting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_by_setting) ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/7 "2013-03-02T05:08:49Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > I don’t think Salt Lake City has hosted any sitcoms or dramas (although “Donny and Marie” did air from Utah for a season). [Big Love](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_love#Plot) was set in a suburb of Salt Lake City. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/8 "2013-03-02T05:09:55Z")
I had to think a minute about what you meant—my first instinct was, “Hey, don’t lots of people in those cities have TV sets?” Then I thought, “If professional sports (e.g. ballgames) count, there are plenty of broadcasts that are set in most of those cities.” ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/9 "2013-03-02T05:14:09Z")
It took a little thinking to decipher the OP. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/10 "2013-03-02T05:17:28Z")
Sorry gang! I also was limiting it to scripted shows. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/11 "2013-03-02T05:26:08Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > Indianapolis–One Day at a Time First one I thought of, with Bonnie Franklin dying yesterday and all. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/12 "2013-03-02T05:26:29Z")
Thanks **Wendell**! The link had me :smack: constantly. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/13 "2013-03-02T05:45:02Z")
Another show set in Pittsburgh was _Queer As Folk_ on Showtime. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/14 "2013-03-02T06:57:02Z")
New Orleans: > **[Longstreet (TV series)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longstreet_(TV_series))** > > Baynard Kendrick > Longstreet is an American police procedural that was broadcast on the ABC in the 1971–1972 season (see 1971 in television). A 90-minute pilot movie of the same name aired prior to the debut of the series as an ABC Movie of the Week. > The series starred James Franciscus as insurance investigator Mike Longstreet. After a bomb (hidden in a champagne bottle) kills his wife, Ingrid, and leaves him blind, the title character pursues and captures the killers. He then continues his care... ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/15 "2013-03-02T08:33:51Z")
New Orleans also has Treme. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/16 "2013-03-02T10:46:38Z")
How about San Jose? Don’t see that in the Wiki-list. Any TV shows set there? No one’s come up with a San Antonio show. That would make it the largest city with no show, followed by San Jose, if that has none. ---
**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/17 "2013-03-02T11:16:36Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > Birmingham: _Any Day Now_ > St. Louis: _The John Larroquette Show_ > Kansas City: _Apple Pie_ > > Just look in this list: > > [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List\_of\_American\_television\_series\_by\_setting](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_television_series_by_setting) Just take that list with a grain of salt. On a quick glance, a few entries were questionable. For example, I’m pretty sure that TJ Hooker was not set in Miami. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/18 "2013-03-02T11:23:07Z")
Fargo, ND (Wow…they have cities in North Dakota? I kinda assumed there were just spots where the missile silos were slightly more thick on the ground. 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/19 "2013-03-02T14:27:25Z")
> [@dtilque](#): > > How about San Jose? Don’t see that in the Wiki-list. Any TV shows set there? > > No one’s come up with a San Antonio show. That would make it the largest city with no show, followed by San Jose, if that has none. According to _The Complete Directory of Prime Time Network and Cable TV Show_ for San Antonio there is: _The Brothers Garcia_ (2000-2004 on Nickelodeon, 2004-2005 on CBS Saturday mornings). Found three previous threads on this topic here on SD and all determined that San Jose was the largest city without a show set in it. But that might be coming to an end. HBO has a new comedy series coming called _Silicon Valley_. Now, “Silicon Valley” is more than San Jose but San Jose is part of Silicon Valley. So I guess it depends on how loose we want to be. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Greenjeans](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr.greenjeans/32/551_2.png) [@Mr.Greenjeans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Greenjeans)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/20 "2013-03-02T14:48:44Z")
For New Orleans, don’t forget “Chief Wiggum, P.I.” (Oh, I’m sorry. You were only asking about real TV shows.) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796.md?page=2)