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The states of television

Just as an exercise, I tried to come up with the greatest TV show that takes place in each state. I may have forgotten some, you may quibble on other selections, and I had to scrape the bottom of the barrel in some instances. Without Wikipedia, I would have been screwed.

You've got to love a list that has "A Different World," but not "The Cosby Show."

How did I do?

Alabama- Any Day Now
Alaska- Northern Exposure
Arizona- Alice
Arkansas- Evening Shade
California- Moonlighting/Curb Your Enthusiasm/Arrested Development
Colorado- Community
Connecticut- Gilmore Girls
Delaware- The Pretender
District of Columbia- Get Smart
Florida- The Golden Girls
Georgia- Designing Women
Hawaii- Hawaii Five-O (the first one)
Idaho- Napoleon Dynamite
Illinois- The Bob Newhart Show (Chicago), Roseanne (downstate)
Indiana- Parks & Recreation
Iowa- American Pickers
Kansas- The Phil Silvers Show
Kentucky- Justified
Louisiana- Treme
Maine- Murder, She Wrote
Maryland- The Wire
Massachusetts- Cheers
Michigan- The PJs
Minnesota- The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Mississippi- In the Heat of the Night
Missouri- The John Larroquette Show
Montana- Buckskin
Nebraska- The Young Riders
Nevada- Bonanza
New Hampshire- The Brotherhood of Poland, New Hampshire
New Jersey- The Sopranos
New Mexico- Breaking Bad
New York- Seinfeld (uptown), 30 Rock (midtown), Taxi (downtown), The Honeymooners (Brooklyn), Buffalo Bill (upstate)
North Carolina- The Andy Griffith Show
North Dakota- My Secret Identity (Canadian)
Ohio- WKRP in Cincinnati
Oklahoma- Hillbilly Handfishin'
Oregon- Eureka
Pennsylvania- It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Puerto Rico- The Flying Nun
Rhode Island- Family Guy
South Carolina- American Gothic
South Dakota- Deadwood
Tennessee- Davy Crockett
Texas- King of the Hill
Utah- Big Love
Vermont- Newhart
Virginia- A Different World
Washington- Frasier
West Virginia- Hawkins
Wisconsin- That '70s Show
Wyoming- The Virginian

posted by CM @ 6:46 AM