# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/21 "2013-03-02T14:58:21Z")
Wasn’t Sanford & Son set in St. Louis? It’s been a long time since I watched it on a regular basis, so forgive me if I’m wrong. While not set in Houston, King Of The Hill’s Arlen was a suburb of it. ---
**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, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/22 "2013-03-02T15:47:01Z")
> [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > Wasn’t Sanford & Son set in St. Louis? It’s been a long time since I watched it on a regular basis, so forgive me if I’m wrong. No. It’s actually set in Watts, so Los Angeles. Fred Sanford was FROM St. Louis, though. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/23 "2013-03-02T15:49:21Z")
Hartford Providence Portland - either one ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/24 "2013-03-02T15:59:11Z")
Denver? Can’t think of any. ---
**Author:** ![LibrarySpy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f9ae1b/32.png) [@LibrarySpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LibrarySpy)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/25 "2013-03-02T16:01:33Z")
Portland, OR is the new Vancouver. I thought of Leverage and Portlandia off the top of my head, and [Wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_shows_set_in_Portland,_Oregon)shows more, including the brand new Monday Mornings. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/26 "2013-03-02T16:03:04Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Hartford > Providence > Portland - either one _Portlandia_ ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/27 "2013-03-02T16:04:34Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Hartford > Providence > Portland - either one [Scratch Providence off your list.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(TV_series)) And what about _Portlandia_? [simulpost!] ---
**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, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/28 "2013-03-02T16:19:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Denver? Can’t think of any. Dynasty ---
**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, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/29 "2013-03-02T16:21:25Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Hartford Judging Amy ---
**Author:** ![C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecd19e/32.png) [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C.Montgomery_Burns)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/30 "2013-03-02T16:28:11Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > No. It’s actually set in Watts, so Los Angeles. Fred Sanford was FROM St. Louis, though. I see. I knew it was in there someplace… ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/31 "2013-03-02T16:32:46Z")
The short-lived Fox sitcom Back to You, starring Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, was set in Pittsburgh. ---
**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, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/32 "2013-03-02T17:07:05Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > [Scratch Providence off your list.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Providence_(TV_series)) Long before that [Doctor Doctor](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096566/)was set in Providence. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/33 "2013-03-02T17:19:43Z")
> [@Accidental\_Martyr](#): > > Another show set in Pittsburgh was _Queer As Folk_ on Showtime. Though they never filmed there and the city in QaF bore very little resemblence to the actual Pittsburgh. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/34 "2013-03-02T17:50:34Z")
Wasn’t “Matt Houston” set in Houston? ---
**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, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/35 "2013-03-02T17:51:28Z")
Most TV shows weren’t shot in the city that were set in, except for maybe a shot or two in the opening titles. Most TV shows have no resemblance to the city they are set in. Most TV shows are apparently entirely written, directed, and acted by people that have never been out of Southern California. That’s one of the most irritating thing for me about Glee. They finally make a TV show set in a city (Lima, Ohio) only 25 miles from where I grew up, and it has no connection with the actual city. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/36 "2013-03-02T17:53:02Z")
Phoenix Santa Fe I can’t think of anything set in either of those… 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/37 "2013-03-02T17:56:08Z")
Well, I’ve given adequate evidence that I haven’t watched 1 in 20 TV shows over the last couple of decades… and it’s only that high because we got into the habit of sampling the top-drawer stuff on DVD. Of course, the city a show is supposedly set in is about as significant, in most cases, as the color of the family’s house. Other than a series of stock shots and a proper name to drop the script when needed, most shows could be set anywhere at all. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/38 "2013-03-02T17:59:26Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > They finally make a TV show set in a city (Lima, Ohio) only 25 miles from where I grew up, and it has no connection with the actual city. One of the things my wife and I find amusing about Sons of Anarchy is that they do a pretty good job of showing the “Charming” area in a recognizable way. My wife long lived right about where Charming would be located, and although the show is almost entirely shot in SoCal, the houses, streets, and locations are dead-bang for that part of the Central Valley. ---
**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, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/39 "2013-03-02T18:20:38Z")
**Phoenix** _Medium_ (the lead was a consultant with the Phoenix district attorney’s office) **Santa Fe** _Law of the Plainsman_ was an early '60s Western in which a Harvard-educated Apache returned to Santa Fe as a U.S. Marshall. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/40 "2013-03-02T18:45:25Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Denver? Can’t think of any. Tim Allen’s latest show, _Last Man Standing_, is set in the Denver area. San Jose is probably the biggest city without a show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796.md?page=3)