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who6489

02-26-2007, 07:38 PM

Just curious..... have all 50 states been represented in TV shows? Meaning... where a show is based. The town can be fictional, but a real State. Shows can be old or new. No reality shows (because COPS has been in all states I think) Of course, New York and California have been well represented, but what about the other 48? Let's see... (off the top of my head)  1. Law & Order(s) - New York2. Sopranos - New Jersey3. CSI - Nevada4. CSI:Miami - Florida5. Andy Griffith - North Carolina6. Hawaii 5.0 - Hawaii7. Northern Exposure - Alaska?8. A-Team - California 9. Dallas - Texas10. Waltons - Virginia11. WKRP - Ohio12. Cheers - Massachusetts13. Frasier - Washington14. ER - Illinois15. The Wire - Maryland  That's all I got. More please.<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/help.gif" border="0" />    

This message was edited by who6489 on 2-26-07 @ 11:40 PM

weekapaugjz

02-26-2007, 07:41 PM

its always sunny in philadelpia - pennsylvaniathe wire - maryland that 70's show - wisconsin

BoondockSaint

02-26-2007, 07:44 PM

Deadwood - South Dakota.Woops.  Already had florida.Family Guy - Rhode Island.

This message was edited by BoondockSaint on 2-26-07 @ 11:46 PM

legroommusic

02-26-2007, 07:46 PM

family guy-rhode islandsouth park- coloradodo cartoons count?

This message was edited by legroommusic on 2-26-07 @ 11:46 PM

who6489

02-26-2007, 07:47 PM

legroommusic wrote: family guy-rhode islandsouth park- coloradodo cartoons count? This message was edited by legroommusic on 2-26-07 @ 11:46 PM Yes , cartoons count.

tele7

02-26-2007, 07:48 PM

<img src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/msnbc/Components/Photos/060228/060228_simpsons_hmed_4p.hmedium.jpg" border="0" width="318" height="273" />Springfield,      damn it's late!  going to bed

legroommusic

02-26-2007, 07:56 PM

smallville is supposed to be in kansas, but i'm not sure that's a real town in kansas.family ties is supposed to be in ohio.the office is in pennsylvania.

BoondockSaint

02-26-2007, 07:57 PM

Gunsmoke - Kansas.

deeznutts

02-26-2007, 07:59 PM

Coach- Minnesota

ThePointer

02-26-2007, 08:01 PM

Mary tyler Moore ----- Minnesota

SinA

02-26-2007, 08:07 PM

big love - utahnewhart - vermont

BoondockSaint

02-26-2007, 08:12 PM

Designing Women - Georgia.

cougarjake13

02-27-2007, 02:36 AM

according to jim   illinoismontana and wyoming are going to be toughwhat about heroes and criminal minds, they can be in multiple states not just one central locale as a normal sitcom or tv show ???? are we counting them ???

who6489

02-27-2007, 03:59 AM

legroommusic wrote: smallville is supposed to be in kansas, but i'm not sure that's a real town in kansas.family ties is supposed to be in ohio.the office is in pennsylvania. Fake towns are fine.

who6489

02-27-2007, 04:00 AM

cougarjake13 wrote: according to jim illinoismontana and wyoming are going to be toughwhat about heroes and criminal minds, they can be in multiple states not just one central locale as a normal sitcom or tv show ???? are we counting them ???  If the State is mentioned by name it's OK, but I was goin' for the State the show is based in.

BoondockSaint

02-27-2007, 04:28 AM

Reno 911 - Nevada

jafter

02-27-2007, 04:51 AM

Alice -  ArizonaHappy Days - WisconsinGood times - IllinoisMurder She Wrote - MaineBoston Legal - Massachusetts   

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Rebel420

02-27-2007, 04:59 AM

In the Heat of the Night - Mississippi

Fezticle98

02-27-2007, 05:04 AM

Evening Shade - ArkansasThe District - D.C. (gotta include it)

Sheeplovr

02-27-2007, 05:14 AM

Coach - minnasota

Sheeplovr

02-27-2007, 05:17 AM

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Television_shows_set_in_the_United_States" target="_blank">Damn wikipedia has a catagory for everything</a> <h1 class="firstHeading">Category:Television shows set in the United States</h1>

Tall_James

02-27-2007, 05:32 AM

I am in Salt Lake City, UT as I type this.  That being said - I have yet to see a polygamist or an Osmond.  I feel cheated.Also, every bar in UT is considered a private social club and you have to be sponsored for membership before you can drink there.  Weird but true.  I drank at the hotel bar because since I was staying at the hotel, I could be sponsored.  I still had to fill out a form at the bar before the waitress would bring me a beer.

sailor

02-27-2007, 05:40 AM

west virginia - hawkins ( a james stewart, matlock-type show from 1973).  there is also a show supposedly coming out in 2007 - this hard land.  that's it  many more movies, but that's not relevant.

Basedow

02-27-2007, 05:44 AM

Taxachusettes - Wings Kentucky - The Simpsons Alaska - Northern Exposure arkansas - ??? ...i must be blind...most of this post has already been covered. 

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J.Clints

02-27-2007, 06:12 AM

King of Queens- Newyork

Knowledged_one

02-27-2007, 06:21 AM

Wiggum PI - Louisiana - it was a sub show during a simpsons showVirginia - NCISWings - Rhode Island?WKRP - OhioEerie Indiana - Indiana

KennethC

02-27-2007, 08:48 AM

Oregon - Hello Larry! <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=VAYPNF4aIf0">http://youtube.com/watch?v=VAYPNF4aIf0</a>

Furtherman

02-27-2007, 08:57 AM

Tall_James wrote: Also, every bar in UT is considered a private social club and you have to be sponsored for membership before you can drink there.  Weird but true.  I drank at the hotel bar because since I was staying at the hotel, I could be sponsored.  I still had to fill out a form at the bar before the waitress would bring me a beer. I've heard about this from friends who unfortunatley had to stay in Salt Lake City for one reason or the other.They might as well be in a different country.  Weirdos.

STC-Dub

02-27-2007, 09:01 AM

Tall_James wrote: I am in Salt Lake City, UT as I type this.  That being said - I have yet to see a polygamist or an Osmond.  I feel cheated.Also, every bar in UT is considered a private social club and you have to be sponsored for membership before you can drink there.  Weird but true.  I drank at the hotel bar because since I was staying at the hotel, I could be sponsored.  I still had to fill out a form at the bar before the waitress would bring me a beer. And it is illegal to transport liquor into the state, if you get pulled over with some without the Utah seal on it, it will be confiscated -- and then sold in the State owned stores.

ralphbxny

02-27-2007, 09:06 AM

I know One tree hill is in North Carolina cause my chick makes me suffer through it each week!

KennethC

02-27-2007, 09:10 AM

STC-Dub wrote: Tall_James wrote: I am in Salt Lake City, UT as I type this.  That being said - I have yet to see a polygamist or an Osmond.  I feel cheated.Also, every bar in UT is considered a private social club and you have to be sponsored for membership before you can drink there.  Weird but true.  I drank at the hotel bar because since I was staying at the hotel, I could be sponsored.  I still had to fill out a form at the bar before the waitress would bring me a beer. And it is illegal to transport liquor into the state, if you get pulled over with some without the Utah seal on it, it will be confiscated -- and then sold in the State owned stores.  My office is very much like Salt Lake City - Not only do they not let me drink at work, but if they catch me with my "medicine" they will confiscate it, only to raffle it off at the company picnic immediately following the three-legged race.Just to maintain the integrity of this thread. The Tim Reid classic "Frank's Place" was set in Louisiana.

Knowledged_one

02-27-2007, 09:16 AM

ralphbxny wrote: I know One tree hill is in North Carolina cause my chick makes me suffer through it each week! Yeah your chick sure <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/dry.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />

Fezticle98

02-27-2007, 09:19 AM

Basedow wrote: Kentucky - The Simpsons Not true.Gilmore Girls - Connecticut

ChimneyFish

02-27-2007, 09:21 AM

M*A*S*H - NYC

Wallower

02-27-2007, 01:37 PM

Georgia - MatlockFlorida - Golden GirlsTennessee - Hee Haw (kill me now)Rhode Island - Family Guy

ralphbxny

02-27-2007, 01:39 PM

Knowledged_one wrote: ralphbxny wrote: I know One tree hill is in North Carolina cause my chick makes me suffer through it each week! Yeah your chick sure <img src="/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/dry.gif" border="0" width="20" height="20" />This damn mod quote is killing me!

DonInNC

02-27-2007, 02:47 PM

When I was in the Air Force and stationed in North Dakota, I read a newspaper editorial complaining that a TV show had never been set in the state. That was in 1992, I don't know if it's happened since.

KennethC

02-27-2007, 03:52 PM

DonInNC wrote: When I was in the Air Force and stationed in North Dakota, I read a newspaper editorial complaining that a TV show had never been set in the state. That was in 1992, I don't know if it's happened since. Remember "Fargo North, Decoder" on the old Electric Company show? I'm not sure whether he was Dakota-based.<img src="http://images.wikia.com/muppet/images/d/d1/Bigbirdfargo.jpg" border="0" width="300" height="251" />

whorehay

02-27-2007, 03:55 PM

Virginia - American Dad

cougarjake13

02-27-2007, 04:18 PM

who6489 wrote: cougarjake13 wrote: according to jim illinoismontana and wyoming are going to be toughwhat about heroes and criminal minds, they can be in multiple states not just one central locale as a normal sitcom or tv show ???? are we counting them ???  If the State is mentioned by name it's OK, but I was goin' for the State the show is based in. well thats what im saying criminal minds and heroes are all over the country not really focused in one place

K.C.

02-27-2007, 04:39 PM

Here's a master list I've compiled so farAlabama - Alaska - "Northern Exposure"Arizona - "Alice"Arkansas - "Just Jordan"California - "Arrested Development"Colorado - "South Park"Connecticut - "Who's The Boss"Delaware - D.C. - "The X-Files"Florida - "Miami Vice"Georgia - "The Dukes of Hazard"Hawaii - "Hawaii Five-O"Idaho - Illinois - "Perfect Strangers"Iowa - "Invasion Iowa"Kansas - "Gunsmoke"Kentucky - "Daniel Boone"Lousiana -Maine - "Murder She Wrote"Maryland - "The Wire"Massachusettes - "Cheers"Michigan - "Home Improvement"Minnesota - "Coach"Mississippi - Missouri - "The John Laraquette Show"Montana -Nebraska - Nevada - "CSI"New Hampshire - New Jersey - "The Sopranos"New Mexico - "Roswell"New York - "Seinfeld"North Carolina - "The Andy Griffith Show"North Dakota - Ohio - "The Drew Carey Show" Oklahoma - Pennsylvania - "It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia"Rhode Island - "Family Guy"South Carolina - South Dakota - "Deadwood"Tennessee - "Davy Crockett"Texas - "Dallas"Utah - "Big Love" Vermont - "Newhart"Virginia - "The Waltons"Washington - "Fraiser"West Virginia -Wisconsin - "Happy Days"Wyoming - Now, if you add movies into it, you can go 'Brokeback Mountain' for Wyoming, and 'JFK" for Louisiana, "Mississippi Burning' for Mississippi, and 'Forrest Gump' for Alabama. The rest are pretty difficult. Delaware, for example, I know has never been the basis for anything. The closest it comes is that some of the scenes throughout the X-Files run were set in some of the Delaware cities. 

This message was edited by K.C. on 2-27-07 @ 8:41 PM

Freakshow

02-27-2007, 05:00 PM

In the Heat of the Night was set in Mississippi.

If you are going to count movies you can use Napoleon Dynamite for Idaho.

cougarjake13

02-27-2007, 05:04 PM

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cougarjake13

02-27-2007, 05:18 PM

sorry about that i got fucked upheres the link<a href="http://homepage.mac.com/ijball/ratv/FAQL/section-4.4.html">http://homepage.mac.com/ijball/ratv/FAQL/section-4.4.html</a>

K.C.

02-27-2007, 05:21 PM

Freakshow wrote: In the Heat of the Night was set in Mississippi. If you are going to count movies you can use Napoleon Dynamite for Idaho. 'The Outsiders' would count for Oklahoma, too.

waltermitty

02-27-2007, 05:29 PM

BoondockSaint wrote: Designing Women - Georgia. Thank you for not putting The Dukes of Hazard....

who6489

02-27-2007, 07:58 PM

Bravo to K.C. and cougarjake13 <img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/drunk.gif" border="0" /> Well, that's that!Lock it up!Top of the pyramid!<img src="http://www.ronfez.net/messageboard/tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/happy.gif" border="0" />