MSN: 'United States of TV'

[Biffstunt]

I live in Maine - surprising to see Once Upon a Time as the Maine show.  Perhaps more popular shows like Dark Shadows, or even SyFy's recent Stephen King-based effort called "Haven" would be more appropriate.

[quadraphonic]

I live in Massachusetts.  They chose Dawson's Creek??  I just checked Wikipedia and found that DC was set in Massachusetts, didn't know that, never watched it.  On the other hand, the one thing I DID know about DC was that it was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.  I lived there in 1999 and 2000. 

For Massachusetts, if you want to go with shows from the 80s and beyond, I'd choose Spenser: For Hire, The Practice, or Boston Legal for starters. 

Ummm...CHEERS?!?!?!

The fact that that's not what's there invalidates the whole idea.

[WMC2006]

I live in Massachusetts.  They chose Dawson's Creek??  I just checked Wikipedia and found that DC was set in Massachusetts, didn't know that, never watched it.  On the other hand, the one thing I DID know about DC was that it was filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina.  I lived there in 1999 and 2000. 

For Massachusetts, if you want to go with shows from the 80s and beyond, I'd choose Spenser: For Hire, The Practice, or Boston Legal for starters. 

Ummm...CHEERS?!?!?!

Absolutely!  I knew I'd forget something like Cheers.  That'd work too.

[ding12]

Californication is a good show, but others on my CA list include

90210
Melrose Place
Arrested Development

Not just because they take place here (where I am in Callie) but because they are Califlavored!

BTW spent nearly my entire adult life in SoCal so I know the taste of the Golden State. I lived in the Delaware Valley as a kid and just recently so I know how the golden state tastes and these shows do represent. 

'The OC' also for California. The theme song was also 'California'
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Now, I watch 'Community' and apparently Greendale is a fictional town in Colorado, but I just don't see Colorado really represented or even talked about. Greendale could be pretty much anywhere.

[Corky Marlowe]

At least they didn't pick "One Day At A Time" to represent Indiana.

[Bob1370]

For New York, why not NYPD Blue or Law and Order?
Or if you want comedy, either Seinfeld, The Honeymooners,  or Friends?

And for Colorado--South Park?

[ding12]

For New York, why not NYPD Blue or Law and Order?
Or if you want comedy, either Seinfeld, The Honeymooners,  or Friends?

And for Colorado--South Park?

Also for NY, The Cosby Show, King of Queens,  Everybody Loves Raymond, Sex and the City, Louie among many others but Seinfeld is likely most wide known and felt NY. Friends seemed like fake set of apartment in NY, and with the types of jobs they had (atleast in the earlier seasons), the Friends couldn't afford such places in NY.

[tested]

And they didn't pick Dallas for Texas??
I'll admit,  Friday Night Lights is much more realistic than Dallas, but Dallas was/is a far bigger show.

[anotherguy]

Like I mentioned earlier the oldest shows listed started in the 80's or later. The oldest show I saw listed was Newhart. So there were a lot of older shows that would have been more fitting but were ignored.

[BlueWanderer]

I have two issues with their pick for Alabama. First, Big Shrimpin' focuses mainly on the Mobile area of Alabama, not the entire state. Second, their quote "It's hard work, but is there an accent more relaxing than an Alabaman's?". Um, yeah right.

Doesn't everybody outside of the state constantly make fun of that accent anyway? Well, I suppose they could've pick something way worse for Alabama than Big Shrimpin'.