# Where do TV shows take place? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 17, 2006, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882 "2006-07-17T17:04:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/61 "2006-07-18T21:46:23Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Rieux] [Under Suspicion](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108972/): Portland, Oregon. [/QUOTE] Hello, Larry was also set in Portland. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/62 "2006-07-18T21:46:45Z")
Due South takes place primarily in Chicago (but was filmed in Toronto, IIRC) JAG takes place primarily in Falls Church, Virginia, but also spends a lot of time in Washington, D.C. Stargate:SG1 takes place at Cheyenne Mountain, outside of Colorado Springs, and Stargate: Atlantis of course takes place in the fictional city of Atlantis Walker: Texas Ranger takes place primarily in and around Dallas, TX ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2006, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/63 "2006-07-18T22:00:08Z")
The John Larroquette Show took place in St. Louis, MO. ---
**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:** [July 19, 2006, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/64 "2006-07-19T03:27:48Z")
[QUOTE=Cardinal] Yes, but what state? [/QUOTE] North Tacoma. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2006, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/65 "2006-07-19T08:07:36Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] We don’t have Montana yet. [/QUOTE] Holding out for **CSI: Missoula**? ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/66 "2006-07-20T06:38:05Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] Holding out for **CSI: Missoula**? [/QUOTE] A recurring joke amongst my friends here is CSI: College Station. “Yep, looks like he got drunk and fell down in bottlecap alley. Cause of death: Severe tetanus.” There’s also CSI: AggieCon, but that’s more of an inside joke amongst the members of the sci-fi club concerning a hypothetical dead hooker. (We never said that any of our jokes were in good taste, or even that good 😃 ) ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/67 "2006-07-20T06:49:38Z")
_Neighbours_ is set in Melbourne (although the actual neighbourhood doesn’t exist in RL, AFAIK) and _A Country Practice_ was set in a fictional town called Wandin Valley, somewhere in NSW. _Shortland Street_ is set in Auckland, although there’s really no Shortland Street Medical Centre in Auckland. There’s also no such place as Sun Hill in London, either (from _The Bill_). Walmington-on-Sea (from _Dad’s Army_) doesn’t exist in RL but there was a Stalag 13 (from _Hogan’s Heroes_) in reality, which was based near the town of Hammelburg- just like the one in the series. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/68 "2006-07-20T20:08:45Z")
[QUOTE=BrainGlutton] Are there any major American cities/metro areas where there **haven’t** been any TV shows set? [/QUOTE] Any city in Montana. ---
**Author:** ![threeorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@threeorange](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/threeorange)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2006, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/69 "2006-07-20T23:42:02Z")
[QUOTE=Krokodil] NYC, but not Manhattan: **All in the Family** , Queens **King of Queens** , ditto **Grounded for Life** , Staten Island **Welcome Back, Kotter** Brooklyn **Good Times** , Bronx [/QUOTE] **Good Times** is set in **Chicago** ---
**Author:** ![The\_Shroud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/439d5e/32.png) [@The\_Shroud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Shroud)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/70 "2006-07-21T03:44:33Z")
[QUOTE=Big Bad Voodoo Lou] Was it ever revealed where Scrubs takes place? [/QUOTE] As others have said, the setting is intentionally unspecified, but looks a lot like North Hollywood. Interesting tidbit, however: Turk’s cell phone number, mentioned on a 4th-season episode, is 916-CALL-TURK. 916 is the area code for Sacramento. I assume they did this because they simply wanted CALL-TURK in whatever area code the digits were available. At the time, the number connected to a cell phone on the Scrubs set, and was answered by various cast and crew members. ---
**Author:** ![rock\_party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@rock\_party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rock_party)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/71 "2006-07-21T06:17:35Z")
“pensacola wings of gold” was actually filmed in san diego (you could see mountains in the background 😛 ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/72 "2006-07-21T16:25:26Z")
[QUOTE=Push You Down] They’ve addressed this on the show multiple times. Monica’s apartnent is affordable because it is rent controlled and officially Monica’s grandmother still “lives” there. [/QUOTE] But what about Chandler and Joey’s apartment? ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2006, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882/73 "2006-07-21T16:31:38Z")
Diagnosis Murder is the only one I can think of that changed its setting. It started in Colorado (Denver?), then moved to LA. Funny how so many of the staff moved simultaneously to the west coast to a hospital that happened to be named the same as the one they left in the Rockies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-tv-shows-take-place/364882.md?page=3)