# 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:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/41 "2013-03-02T18:52:12Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > Phoenix _Alice_ was set in Phoenix. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/42 "2013-03-02T19:19:26Z")
So is Jacksonville, Florida the largest city without a tv show? I don’t see any reference to Charlotte, N.C. either. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/43 "2013-03-02T19:33:21Z")
Define “major US city” Does Juneau, Aalaska count? True, it only has a tiny population, but it does have a huge area. And it’s the capital, whyich nhas to count for something. Any TV shows set in Juneau? ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/44 "2013-03-02T19:45:11Z")
Atlanta? Maybe there was something but I can’t recall. Actually, I think a lot of major southern cities are under-represented, even apart from the fact that new York and LA seem to host all the television series because, well, that’s where they’re filmed. I it’s not just a personal misperception, then it’s likely due to the fact that Southern cities tend tohave a more distinct culture, or at least some of them. Others have a very distinct physical environment. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/45 "2013-03-02T19:48:21Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Atlanta? Maybe there was something but I can’t recall. “Designing Women” ---
**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, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/46 "2013-03-02T20:15:50Z")
Juneau counts as “major”. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/47 "2013-03-02T20:22:24Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > First one I thought of, with Bonnie Franklin dying yesterday and all. Just yesterday, saw the _Simpsons_ episode “The Old Man and the Key” (Abe wants to start driving again to impress a woman who’s recently moved into the retirement home), which includes a revue about past-their-prime entertainers, including (more or less) the lyric: _We’ve got the stars you thought were dead Like Bonnie Franklin and Adrian Zmed_ “Franklin” does not speak, nor did the actress lend her voice to the episode. I’m not sure if it was coincidental or like other episodes that got jammed into the schedule because a featured voice actor had recently died, as happened for Michael Jackson and Elizabeth Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/48 "2013-03-02T20:40:27Z")
Of all people, why are you asking this question? Seems like [something you should already know](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=14747144&postcount=32) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/49 "2013-03-02T20:44:49Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > Hartford > Providence > Portland - either one Um…_Providence_ was set in Providence. _Brotherhood_ was too. There aren’t any major cities in New Hampshire, but the **only** show ever set in NH (_The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire_), or at least as far as I know it’s the only one, wasn’t even set in a real town. Poland’s a real town in Maine, like Derry is a real town in New Hampshire. ---
**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, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/50 "2013-03-02T20:53:39Z")
**Earl** -that username was a riff on my initials. 😉 BTW-well played. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2013, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/51 "2013-03-02T23:45:01Z")
> [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Atlanta? Maybe there was something but I can’t recall. “The Walking Dead” season 1 partially took place in Atlanta, and continues to take place in the immediate area. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/52 "2013-03-03T03:46:04Z")
> [@voltaire](#): > > 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. TJ Hooker was set in no city at all; the city was obviously LA but was never referred to as such, it was always called “LC.” ---
**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 3, 2013, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/53 "2013-03-03T04:43:47Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > 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… True, but Queer as Folk has some pretty glaring errors. For example the whole first season thing about Justin being jailbait since he was only 17 (age of consent in PA is only 16) or the 5th season plot about the omnibus anti-gay rights initiative (not only does PA not have ballot initiatives, & some of the protections Prop 14 was repealing were things PA never had in the first place). Giving Pittsburgh a gay village the size of Toronto’s pales in comparison. ---
**Author:** ![Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harvey_The_Heavy)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/54 "2013-03-03T10:02:12Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Denver? Can’t think of any. Mork & Mindy > [@smiling\_bandit](#): > > Atlanta? Maybe there was something but I can’t recall. I think just about every Tyler Perry sitcom was set in Atlanta. I understand if you’ve never seen any of them. > [@C.Montgomery\_Burns](#): > > While not set in Houston, King Of The Hill’s Arlen was a suburb of it. Pretty sure Arlen was supposed to be in the Dallas-FW area, what with all the Cowboys and Rangers references and whatnot. > [@etv78](#): > > San Antonio Well, one episode of _Davy Crockett_ was set at the Alamo. Strangely, it wasn’t the last one. ---
**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 3, 2013, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/55 "2013-03-03T10:54:56Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > Denver? Can’t think of any. > [@Harvey\_The\_Heavy](#): > > Mork & Mindy Boulder, CO, actually, home of the University of Colorado and about 25 miles outside of Denver. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/56 "2013-03-03T15:45:10Z")
> [@NitroPress](#): > > 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. Using the broader definition of “US cities”, this was badly inflicted upon San Juan, PR, in _The Flying Nun_. ---
**Author:** ![obfusciatrist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4af34b/32.png) [@obfusciatrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obfusciatrist)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2013, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796/57 "2013-03-03T16:39:53Z")
> [@garygnu](#): > > Tim Allen’s latest show, _Last Man Standing_, is set in the Denver area. Probably shouldn’t count but when they started making new Perry Mason TV movies he had relocated to Denver. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-cities-with-no-tv-set-there/651796.md?page=2)