# What's the largest US city that's never had a TV show/movie set there? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 21, 2015, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170 "2015-04-21T09:31:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/21 "2015-04-21T20:33:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Perhaps I need to spur my memory, but what was set in San Antonio? _ **Cloak and Dagger** _, starring Henry (ET) Thomas and Dabney Coleman. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/22 "2015-04-21T20:41:44Z")
PART of the horror sequel \*\*\*Revenge of the Creature \*\*\*(as in the Creature from the Black Lagoon) was set in Jacksonville, Florida. It starts in St. Augustine, at the old Marineland aquarium. That’s the best I can do for a movie or TV show in Jacksonville. ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/23 "2015-04-21T21:42:18Z")
For the sake of keeping the criterion clear, let’s restrict it to television shows that fictional television shows that have appeared on a US television channel (ie: no documentaries, reality shows or travelogues) and movies that have seen a domestic theatrical release. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/24 "2015-04-21T22:10:58Z")
> [@Shalmanese](#): > > For the sake of keeping the criterion clear, let’s restrict it to television shows that fictional television shows that have appeared on a US television channel (ie: no documentaries, reality shows or travelogues) and movies that have seen a domestic theatrical release. Fair enuf. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/25 "2015-04-21T22:16:00Z")
Isn’t there a Silicon Valley series now? That would be San Jose, no? ---
**Author:** ![Shalmanese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/26 "2015-04-21T22:24:57Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Isn’t there a Silicon Valley series now? That would be San Jose, no? Silicon Valley is set in Palo Alto which would be horrified to be considered part of San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2015, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/27 "2015-04-21T22:28:40Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Isn’t there a Silicon Valley series now? That would be San Jose, no? Nah, most everything seems to revolve around Palo Alto on that show. I don’t remember if Erlich’s house/Pied Piper HQ location has been specified exactly though. But it might very well be Palo Alto. Could as easily be Los Altos, Mountain View, Cupertino. Or San Jose… but probably not San Jose. ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/28 "2015-04-22T00:59:23Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > I’m going to guess Jacksonville, Florida. As a non-US citizen, Ive been wondering about Jacksonville. I have not heard anything at all about that city. In contrast I hear about the smaller San Francisco / Boston all the time. What’s the deal? Is it just a really boring city? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/29 "2015-04-22T01:15:25Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > Well, the OP says tv show OR movie. I’m fairly certain that every movie about the Alamo was set in San Antonio. We, uh, like to make things hard on ourselves by forgetting the obvious. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/30 "2015-04-22T01:18:31Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > As a non-US citizen, Ive been wondering about Jacksonville. I have not heard anything at all about that city. In contrast I hear about the smaller San Francisco / Boston all the time. What’s the deal? Is it just a really boring city? As of now, I can’t think of a reason why it would be mentioned in any history books, it’s just a nice, big port city with a large Navy presence, lots of flat land, and in a sunny climate. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/31 "2015-04-22T01:24:02Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > As a non-US citizen, Ive been wondering about Jacksonville. I have not heard anything at all about that city. In contrast I hear about the smaller San Francisco / Boston all the time. What’s the deal? Is it just a really boring city? I talked about the difference between central cities and metro areas before and Jacksonville is a prime example. In 1967, the city of Jacksonville and its county, Duval, essentially merged, one of only a handful of cities in the country to do so. That instantly inflated the size of the city without changing the size of the metro area. Metro Jacksonville is 1,394,624, 40th in size. Metro San Francisco is 4,594,060, 11th. Metro Boston is 4,684,299, 10th. (The differences in size, power, recognizability, and overall action are even more pronounced if you look at Consolidated Statistical Areas.) There’s no comparison. Jacksonville is a backwater even in Florida, fourth among Metro areas there. Nationally, it’s similar to other state capitals like Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, neither of which get any attention either. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/32 "2015-04-22T01:47:12Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Nationally, it’s similar to other state capitals like Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, neither of which get any attention either. Just to be clear - it isn’t our capital. That would be Tallahassee. I think Jacksonville is probably best known for its NFL team. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/33 "2015-04-22T01:50:54Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > Just to be clear - it isn’t our capital. That would be Tallahassee. Shoot. I used to know that stuff. :smack: ---
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> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Jacksonville is a backwater even in Florida, fourth among Metro areas there. Nationally, it’s similar to other state capitals like Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island, neither of which get any attention either. Well, at least they’ve had TV shows. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/35 "2015-04-22T03:02:21Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > Shoot. I used to know that stuff. :smack: No worries. You were spot on with the rest of the description. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Oedipus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Oedipus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oedipus)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/36 "2015-04-22T03:35:39Z")
Whats been set in Charlotte, NC besides NASCAR and professional wrestling? I know Homeland filmed here but certainly wasn’t _set_ here ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/37 "2015-04-22T04:10:35Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Whats been set in Charlotte, NC besides NASCAR and professional wrestling? I know Homeland filmed here but certainly wasn’t _set_ here Well, Kathy Reich’s “Bones” _books_ are (which surprised me mightily), but the show is set in D.C. I can’t think of any show or movie set in the Queen City. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/38 "2015-04-22T04:20:15Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Years ago I would’ve said Cleveland, but now we’ve had _The Drew Carey Show_ and _Hot in Cleveland._ I think you’re dating yourself. The Drew Carey Show was a lot of years ago. It started before this board was formed. ---
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/39 "2015-04-22T04:23:19Z")
What movie or TV show was set in OKC? ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170/40 "2015-04-22T05:06:59Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > What movie or TV show was set in OKC? TNTs Saving Grace. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-largest-us-city-thats-never-had-a-tv-show-movie-set-there/718170.md?page=3)