Exposition
I'm always fascinated with where TV producers decide to place their series. So much of a series' storyline generally revolves around the exposition; as a result, the decision can help determine the success rate of a series. Below I've listed the 50 states and coupled the ones I could think of off the top of my head with a TV show that was (predominately) located within its borders. Feel free to help me complete the list.
AL: Any Day Now
AK: Northern Exposure
AZ: ______________
AR: ______________
CA: Full House, C-H-I-P-S?
CO: South Park
CT: Judging Amy, Who's the Boss?
DC: West Wing
DE: ______________
FL: CSI: Miami; Miami Vice
GA: Designing Women
HI: Hawaii 5-0
ID: ______________
IL: Family Matters, Chicago Hope
IN: Close to Home
IA: ______________
KS: Jericho, Smallville
KY: Dukes of Hazzard
LA: ______________
ME: Murder, She Wrote
MD: Homicide: Life on the Street
MA: Cheers, Boston Legal
MI: Home Improvement
MN: Coach
MS: In the Heat of the Night
MO: The John Laroquette Show
MT: _____________
NE: _____________
NV: CSI, Las Vegas
NH: _____________
NJ: The Sopranos
NM: Roswell
NY: Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: NY
NC: The Andy Griffith Show
ND: ______________
OH: Drew Carey Show, WKRP Cincinnati
OK: ______________
OR: ______________
PA: The Class, The Office
RI: Providence, Family Guy
SC: _______________
SD: _______________
TN: Petticoat Junction
TX: Friday Night Lights
UT: Big Love
VT: NewHart
VA: A Different World, Alias, The Waltons
WA: Frasier, Grey's Anatomy
WV: Hawkins
WI: That 70's Show
WY: _______________
Was Dukes of Hazzard in Kentucky or West Virginia? Is there a real difference between the two? (Just kidding, Fish.) In what state was NewHart set? Zuska, you work around D.C., right? Try to fill in some of the mid-Atlantic gaps. Hey Brian, you're about to take the Alabama bar. At some point in television history, a show had to be set in Tuscaloosa or Birmingham. Where's Hillman College at from A Different World? And don't worry, Lisa Hutch, I'm well aware of the fact that most of our shows are actually filmed in Vancouver.
EDIT: Thanks to Fish and Brian, we've managed to expand the list. Only 17 out of 50 states remain. I'll pick up the search... keep sending in your comments!
EDIT REDUX: Added Alabama and West Virginia, thanks to some recent tips. Only 15 states left!
AL: Any Day Now
AK: Northern Exposure
AZ: ______________
AR: ______________
CA: Full House, C-H-I-P-S?
CO: South Park
CT: Judging Amy, Who's the Boss?
DC: West Wing
DE: ______________
FL: CSI: Miami; Miami Vice
GA: Designing Women
HI: Hawaii 5-0
ID: ______________
IL: Family Matters, Chicago Hope
IN: Close to Home
IA: ______________
KS: Jericho, Smallville
KY: Dukes of Hazzard
LA: ______________
ME: Murder, She Wrote
MD: Homicide: Life on the Street
MA: Cheers, Boston Legal
MI: Home Improvement
MN: Coach
MS: In the Heat of the Night
MO: The John Laroquette Show
MT: _____________
NE: _____________
NV: CSI, Las Vegas
NH: _____________
NJ: The Sopranos
NM: Roswell
NY: Everybody Loves Raymond, CSI: NY
NC: The Andy Griffith Show
ND: ______________
OH: Drew Carey Show, WKRP Cincinnati
OK: ______________
OR: ______________
PA: The Class, The Office
RI: Providence, Family Guy
SC: _______________
SD: _______________
TN: Petticoat Junction
TX: Friday Night Lights
UT: Big Love
VT: NewHart
VA: A Different World, Alias, The Waltons
WA: Frasier, Grey's Anatomy
WV: Hawkins
WI: That 70's Show
WY: _______________
Was Dukes of Hazzard in Kentucky or West Virginia? Is there a real difference between the two? (Just kidding, Fish.) In what state was NewHart set? Zuska, you work around D.C., right? Try to fill in some of the mid-Atlantic gaps. Hey Brian, you're about to take the Alabama bar. At some point in television history, a show had to be set in Tuscaloosa or Birmingham. Where's Hillman College at from A Different World? And don't worry, Lisa Hutch, I'm well aware of the fact that most of our shows are actually filmed in Vancouver.
EDIT: Thanks to Fish and Brian, we've managed to expand the list. Only 17 out of 50 states remain. I'll pick up the search... keep sending in your comments!
EDIT REDUX: Added Alabama and West Virginia, thanks to some recent tips. Only 15 states left!
Labels: Musings, television
Hazard is in eastern Kentucky but not far from West Virginia. It's actually a little closer to the western tip of Virginia.
In eastern Kentucky the Dukes of Hazard is considered an educational show.
Posted by
Fish-2 |
7:40 AM
New Hart was in Vermont, Andy Griffith Show was in NC, part of the Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction (I believe) were in TN, Texas has Walker, Texas Ranger, NJ has the Soprano's, Saved by the Bell was set in California and Indiana the first season (maybe I can have more later)
Posted by
B.C. Barnes |
8:24 AM
Did a little more thinking and here are some more.
CO - South Park
CT - Judging Amy, Who's the Boss
IL - The Simpsons
ME - Murder, She Wrote
MD - Homicide life on the Street
MN - Coach, Mary Tyler Moore
MI - Home Improvement
MO - John Larroquette show (I think it was a St. Louis bus station)
PA - The Office, The Class (2 of my favorite shows)
RI - Family Guy
VA - A Different World
WI - That 70's Show, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley
DC - West Wing, The District
Posted by
B.C. Barnes |
8:38 AM
I keep reading that there was only one show set in Alabama ever, but can't find its name.
Posted by
dawnsia |
8:59 PM
West Virginia was only in one series called Hawkins in 1973-74 starring James Stewart.
We're more famous as the home of the Mothman (Richard Gere movie).
You should add the Waltons to Virginia, too.
Posted by
Unknown |
5:55 PM
For Arizona:
Alice, Greetings from Tucson, Hey Dude, and Medium
And I think that Dukes of Hazard was actually set in Georgia. You should investigate that.
Posted by
Stacey |
4:52 PM