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What Television Show Best Represents Where You Live?

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Miscellaneous | Comments (68)

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You may recall that, a couple of weeks ago, we featured a post about what movies best represent your state. Now, a gentleman by the name of Andrew Shears has decided to create a similar map for television shows.

What do you think? Do these television shows best represent your state? I gotta say, “Murder She Wrote,” is not a flattering depiction of my current state of residence, but it beats the show that represents my home state, “The Duggars — 19 Kids and Counting.”


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Comments

I think Georgia should get The Walking Dead. They didn't have to zombiefy any of the downtown Atlanta buildings because they already looked like that.

Posted by: An Atlantan at November 16, 2010 9:06 AM

"Cheers"? Fucking "Cheers?" A show about a washed out baseball player and a bunch of drunks?

...

... shit. Never mind.

Posted by: TK at November 16, 2010 9:07 AM

Texas should be "King Of the Hill". Much closer to reality than that Chuck Norris tripe.

Posted by: Brave Sir Robin at November 16, 2010 9:09 AM

Couldn't come up with anything more clever than "Walker, Texas Ranger," eh?

Everywhere in the world that I have ever gone, people immediately start saying "Walker, Texas Ranger" in whatever crazy accent and doing little spins and kicks.

So I guess that works, actually.

Posted by: coryo at November 16, 2010 9:10 AM

Greater Chicagoland area nominates the Simpsons because the good city of Springfield has a government we long for. And a community spirit we already match

Posted by: In the Burbs at November 16, 2010 9:20 AM

Despite the title, Cougar Town is a little bit more representative of Florida - lots of time outside and a LOT of red wine.

Posted by: Byrd at November 16, 2010 9:28 AM

The Simpson's isn't set in a specific state, that was the point.

That 70's Show? Alright. If I cared, I might conjure up some kind of resistance. The notion that all those pretty people came from my wonderful state is fine.

Posted by: Sam at November 16, 2010 9:29 AM

So I've lived in The Wire and Family Guy. If I had lived in PA, I would have totally won the map (assuming we pretend the new episodes of Family Guy don't exist). Though to be fair I've spent most of my time in DC, and that doesn't get a show (maybe because it's obviously The West Wing).

And by the way, Billy the fucking Exterminator for Louisiana? True Blood is obviously a much better choice. And Baywatch for Cali is also a poor, poor decision.

Posted by: Zack at November 16, 2010 9:30 AM

Why the hell isn't Louisiana "True Blood"?!?

I'm in Nashville and I have no idea what "Memphis Beat" is/was, but at least they didn't give us "Hellcats." hee.

Posted by: Edith at November 16, 2010 9:35 AM

I have been to the central bus station in St. Louis, Missouri, and I can tell you that it looks nothing like the one in The John Larroquette Show.

I would've picked Twin Peaks for Washington, but I admit I've never been there.

Posted by: Todd at November 16, 2010 9:36 AM

No Eastbound and Down for North Carolina?

Posted by: henchman for hire at November 16, 2010 9:41 AM

Shoot. Of course it's The Sopranos. I just need to remind myself it could be a lot worse: Real Housewives of New Jersey, Jersey Shore, and Jersey Couture all come to mind as plausible alternatives.

Whatever. It beats my three year stay in the Seinfeld state. Not a fan of that show. And shouldn't Connecticut be The Martha Stewart Show?

Posted by: Robert at November 16, 2010 9:42 AM

The Andy Griffith Show???

Anyone else think this show represents me?!?!

*brandishes machete*

COME ON, MOTHERFUCKERS! SPEAK UP! That's what I thought. Now let me check what other show would be a better fit for North Carolina . . .

*checks Wikipedia*

Goddamnit. I guess it's better than dumbass kid's shows or One Tree Hill. *shudder*

Sorry about the machete. I get cranky when I'm sick and my sinuses are tightly packed with cement.

Posted by: Kballs at November 16, 2010 9:48 AM

And fuck you, Maryland. Your shitty city awarded you with the greatest show ever.

LONG LIVE OMAR!!!

Posted by: Kballs at November 16, 2010 9:50 AM

I live in SoCal and it is way more "Modern Family" than "Baywatch" around here.

Posted by: Cloukie at November 16, 2010 9:51 AM

YES! Florida got "The Golden Girls"! SUCK IT OTHER STATES. You wish you could be as awesome.

Posted by: stardust at November 16, 2010 9:54 AM

Thank Godtopous they didn't do CSI: Vegas for Nevada. Do they have a CSI: Vegas? Probably. Reno 911 is a very accurate portrayal of cops in this state.

Posted by: Paultera at November 16, 2010 9:54 AM

kballs it could've been Gomer Pyle USMC

Posted by: BigTodd at November 16, 2010 9:56 AM

Great, another show with a bumpkin dumbshit.

Posted by: Kballs at November 16, 2010 9:58 AM

Florida should be Dexter. Yeah, it sucks here.

Posted by: BWeaves at November 16, 2010 10:00 AM

kballs what do you think we outsiders deal with when we get stationed there?

Posted by: BigTodd at November 16, 2010 10:01 AM

Did this guy stop watching television in 1990? Roseanne? Seinfeld? Cheers? The Virginian???????

Posted by: PaddyDog at November 16, 2010 10:02 AM

Walker, Texas Ranger? Methinks not.

Friday Night Lights - as any Texan would tell you, high school football season is the best time of year.

Posted by: JH at November 16, 2010 10:03 AM

Kballs, isn't Dawson's Creek an NC show as well? I never fuckin' saw it, but I thought it was...

Yeah, Andy Griffith seems like the stone ages. Mayberry (Mt. Airy) had a quadruple homicide this year- I'd like to see Barney Fife fuck that crime scene up.

Ok, I just checked Wiki too, and I'll gladly take Andy over the Famous Jett Jackson... Dawson was filmed here, but whatever.

Posted by: EJ at November 16, 2010 10:04 AM

I like Seinfeld well enough, but the whole state is not NYC. I love NYC but I'm just 20 miles from Manhattan and even I don't feel like it's Seinfeldian around here. OK, there is the occasional Uncle Leo type but mainly it's a bunch of hippies and hardcore cyclists in my town. Oh, and people like me.

Posted by: pickled tink at November 16, 2010 10:05 AM

No Washington D.C.? West Wing? X-Files? Murphy Brown? NCIS apparently?

Posted by: Cree83 at November 16, 2010 10:12 AM

as any Texan would tell you, high school football season is the best time of year.

Posted by: JH at November 16, 2010 10:03 AM

Except when you're the one playing it.

Posted by: coryo at November 16, 2010 10:13 AM

And the Drew Carey show seems pretty spot on, but you can also look at Family Ties, for life in the 80's. Or WKRP for life in the 70's. I'm just glad they did'nt pick Glee.

Posted by: BigTodd at November 16, 2010 10:21 AM

Roseanne? Okay, so maybe that does reflect some of the working class, midwest folks, but the exteriors were shot in fucking Indiana.

Why can't we have The Good Wife? Hell, I'd take ER or the better written but quickly dead Chicago Hope. I live downstate, but there's fuck all around here, so it's no wonder there isn't a show to reflect the larger, but less populated, portion of the state.

Posted by: Reba at November 16, 2010 10:34 AM

Texas=Friday Night Lights. Period.

Posted by: Will at November 16, 2010 10:34 AM

I'm going to just enjoy that Michigan got Freaks and Geeks instead of something like Home Improvement.

Posted by: Optimus Rhyme at November 16, 2010 10:44 AM

What the hell is "Hawkins"?

Posted by: , at November 16, 2010 10:44 AM

Well I gotta say, The Wire is a pretty accurate picture of Bawlmor (where the folks live) from what I know about it (don't hurt me fellow Pajibians! It's on my list!). However the rest of the state doesn't really have a good representation.

Hm. Gotta get on that.

Posted by: grace b at November 16, 2010 10:45 AM

Oh for fuck's sake.

Posted by: Anna von Beav at November 16, 2010 10:48 AM

Oh and after attending college in Pennsyltucky for the last four years (Philadelphia being the only part of the state that I enjoy and a few other places are exempt because I have family there) I'll live anywhere else. Just not this backwards place. Ever again.

Posted by: grace b at November 16, 2010 10:51 AM

FUCK yeah Freaks and Geeks.

Posted by: buttercup at November 16, 2010 11:06 AM

What the hell is American Pickers?

Posted by: idiosynchronic at November 16, 2010 11:07 AM

Woo hoo! High five DammitJanet! Parks & Rec for the win!

Posted by: TylerDFC at November 16, 2010 11:08 AM

What the hell is "Buckskin"?

Posted by: grizzle at November 16, 2010 11:25 AM

the only reason CIS was not picked for WV is baecause in WV all the DNA is the same!

Posted by: waiting4godot at November 16, 2010 11:28 AM

As a lifelong Memphian, I think Memphis Beat is bullshit as it wasn't even filmed in Memphis but at least it's not The First 48 - you have to be thankful for the little things.

Posted by: Stacey at November 16, 2010 11:30 AM

Edith, I lived in Memphis for about 6 months (i.e. as long as one can live in Memphis without going insane). I watched the opening credits of Hellcats and the moment they said the fictional college campus was set "two blocks from Beale" I *may* have went in an apoleptic rage. Here are a list of things that are 2 blocks from Beale:

The river.
St. Jude's
Orange Mound (The absolute worst neighborhood in the city. NO ONE goes there, including the cops.)
I-40
Parkway (The road that is mentioned in every single Memphis rapper's songs. It's a very nasty place.)

That's IT. The mere idea of a lush, green college campus in the middle of the urban decay that is downtown Memphis is so utterly stupid I can't even think of an eloquent way to explain it.

Louisiana will be Swamp People for me. Oh Louisiana.

I really want to staple things to the moron who made this list's head for giving my state the frickin' unholy abomination that is the Duggars. That's NW ARKANSAS, NOT THE WHOLE STATE YOU INCOMPETENT JACKWAGON.

Posted by: Melody at November 16, 2010 11:33 AM

I can honestly say, before this moment I have never had any desire to live in Florida. Right now, I very strongly wish I did.

Also, fuck the Duggars.

Posted by: Gabs at November 16, 2010 11:40 AM

Oh, of course. The Office. Fucking Scranton is NEVER going to let the rest of us in PA forget that the show is set there. NEVER.

I guess I should look on the bright side... better than "Jon & Kate Plus 8."

Posted by: MelBivDevoe at November 16, 2010 11:50 AM

Baywatch? Fucking Baywatch?

Hanging With Mr Cooper is how we roll.

Posted by: krix at November 16, 2010 11:52 AM

the sopranos? oh for fuck's sake...


Posted by: maka at November 16, 2010 12:03 PM

The Office is great representation of Scrotum, Pa however we Philadelphians would have been happy with Cold Case, Hack, American Dreams, or Ryan Caufield: Year One (I'm the only one who remembers this show?)

Posted by: Sack Lodge at November 16, 2010 12:12 PM

Whoa whoa, In Plain Sight for New Mexico. There exists a little show, also set in Albuquerque, that has won at least 3 Emmy's. Breaking Bad people, breaking bad.

Posted by: e at November 16, 2010 12:16 PM

Yeah, we got Freaks and Geeks! MI rules!

Posted by: angie at November 16, 2010 12:17 PM

My first reaction was, "Dukes of Hazzard? Georgia gets DUKES OF FUCKING HAZZARD???" But then I reminded myself that I live in Atlanta, not Georgia, and frankly, what I know about the rest of the state fits in pretty well with the Dukes.

And An Atlantan is SO right about our downtown. When I was watching The Walking Dead, I thought, "Yup, that's Atlanta all right."

Posted by: jimbob at November 16, 2010 12:31 PM

Of dear lord....BigTodd is from...Ohio?

Posted by: Blank at November 16, 2010 1:31 PM

jimbob,
You are so right. We live in Atlanta, not Georgia. Also, I guess we should just be glad we didn't get RHoA.

Posted by: An Atlantan at November 16, 2010 2:05 PM

That's what I said, maka. We couldn't have House? Or Charles In Charge?

Posted by: Anna von Beav at November 16, 2010 2:17 PM

Wasn't there some recent hipster-quirky show about Portland, OR? Sadly that does represent the city, but the rest of Oregon would punch you square in the mouth for associating those types with them. So we're left with the little people show. Little known fact, our state is filled with little people. FILLED! You can't go more than a block without tripping over one. That's Oregon, annoying hipsters and little people.

Posted by: katy at November 16, 2010 2:45 PM

I have to say, I am totally OK with The Andy Griffith Show. A lot of NC is still very much like that, but not in the good, old-fashioned, home town kinda way. Too bad. As much as I hate living here, it's still a really beautiful state, full of mostly pretty nice people, they're just a lot fatter now.

Posted by: Mrs Smith at November 16, 2010 2:49 PM

Minnesota also takes home "Rocky and Bullwinkle"

Posted by: badhorse666 at November 16, 2010 4:12 PM

Fucking Frasier? Seeing as it would probably be Grey's Anatomy otherwise, I guess it will have to do. Fuck both of them though. Give me The 4400 or Twin Peaks any day.

Posted by: Johnnyseattle at November 16, 2010 5:01 PM

I'm ok with Roseanne, fits with my impression of a lot of the people I grew up with. Just moved to St Louis a few months ago, so I guess that means I need to catch up on the John Laroquette Show to see if it's accurate. Can anyone tell me of any other tv shows set in StL?

Also, Dawson's Creek was set in Capeside, MA, but filmed in NC.

Posted by: Austin asking for trouble at November 16, 2010 6:22 PM

Parks & Recreation, Alright!!

Posted by: The Other Mother at November 16, 2010 6:30 PM

North Carolina IS Eastbound and Down. I've never seen a movie or a show that was quite as spot-on modern North Carolina (Eastern Carolina, anyway).

But I grew up in Tennessee and I gotta object to Memphis Beat. Mostly because I've never heard of it and never been to Memphis, which is in Western Tennessee - a place I consider to be the butthole of Arkansas, tacked onto the end of my state.

Then again, I can't think of a show for Tennessee other than maybe assorted episodes of Cops?

Posted by: AM at November 16, 2010 6:40 PM

The Waltons? Really?

And X-Files wouldn't be DC. X-Files would be Virginia. I'd rather have The X-Files than The Waltons.

Posted by: DominaNefret at November 16, 2010 9:56 PM

This person hasn't watched TV in a while.

Posted by: ThingOfThings at November 16, 2010 10:07 PM

Rhode Island got robbed. Everyone knows that state is best represented by Doctor Doctor.

Posted by: Three-nineteen at November 16, 2010 10:08 PM

Drew Carey is pretty accurate, at least for NE/NW Ohio. Can't speak for the south.

Posted by: Jessica at November 16, 2010 11:16 PM

Omg the map has "The Pretender" listed. Afucking+

Posted by: Mari at November 17, 2010 5:57 AM

The Walking Dead for GA.

Posted by: Brittany at November 17, 2010 11:02 AM

19 Kids and Counting..........????
(she stabs her eyes with a pencil)

Posted by: artgal1990 at November 17, 2010 3:33 PM

MN gets Coach??? Why not Mary Tyler Moore??

Posted by: Faye at November 17, 2010 10:11 PM