Every State is a TV Show
By Barry Ritholtz - November 18th, 2010, 3:04PM
How great is this? Every state in the US, as identified by their major TV show:
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Please use the comments to demonstrate your own ignorance, unfamiliarity with empirical data, ability to repeat discredited memes, and lack of respect for scientific knowledge. Also, be sure to create straw men and argue against things I have neither said nor even implied. Any irrelevancies you can mention will also be appreciated. Lastly, kindly forgo all civility in your discourse . . . you are, after all, anonymous.
November 18th, 2010 at 3:48 pm
Found this as well:
November 18th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
Red Dawn is a good one for Colorado, but that’s not my generation :). I’d go for South Park.
November 18th, 2010 at 5:04 pm
Of all the shows set in CA, Baywatch?
November 18th, 2010 at 6:44 pm
Wisconsin should be Happy Days.
November 18th, 2010 at 7:02 pm
Pah, Frasier? Might as well be set on the East Coast… it’s set in Seattle but they didn’t even film there. Very little reflected my experiences growing up there. Not glaringly wrong but not particularly right either.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frasier :
“Cherry believes that Frasier was able to stay fresh by not making any contemporary commentary, therefore allowing the show to be politically and socially neutral”
That concept seemed to extend to the locale on all but the most basic levels.
November 18th, 2010 at 9:32 pm
I nominate “The Good Wife” for Chicago, IL. Drama with good writing.
NJ as the Soprano state? Nah, it’s the property tax state. Something like 600 towns and 600 school boards.
November 18th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
What moron chose “Coach” over “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” to represent Minnesota?
And really — “Walker, Texas Ranger” over “Dallas?” I don’t think so.
November 18th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
“Mork & Mindy” over “Dynasty?” Uh-uh.
November 18th, 2010 at 11:31 pm
Gotta say that I never heard of a lot of these, but then there are a lot of obscure states in the US. Would have to 2nd Happy Days, Dallas and Mary Tyler Moore for WI, TX and MN.
BenJ: I thought Dynasty was set in SoCal.
Home Improvement is a way better pick for MI than Freaks and Geeks. Would also nominate One Day at a Time for Indiana over the newbie Parks & Rec. CSI or possibly “Vegas” seems more logical for NV. Drew Carey and WKRP would be a toss up for Ohio. Technically, Married with Children ran longer than Roseanne, though Roseanne was the bigger hit.
November 18th, 2010 at 11:34 pm
Should have check IMDB first, yep Dynasty was set in Denver.
November 18th, 2010 at 11:36 pm
Just hit me that The Bob Newhart Show is a way better choice than either Roseanne or MWC for IL
November 19th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Roseanne?!?! Seriously!?!? Illinois is the setting for some of the greatest TV shows in history — E/R, Married with Children, Bob Newhart, Good Times — and we get friggin’ Roseanne?!?! Damn, I’d rather claim Steve Urkel or Jim Belushi.