Can you name the television shows set in each of the 50 U.S. States and the District of Columbia?

State	TV Show	Character(s)
Alabama		Mary O'Brien-Sims, Rene Jackson
Alaska		Dr. Joel Fleischman
Arizona		Alice Hyatt, Mel Sharples
Arkansas		Wood Newton
California		Mike Brady, Carol Brady, Alice
Colorado		Blake Carrington
Connecticut		Rory, Luke Danes
Delaware		Jarod, Miss Parker
District of Columbia		Josiah Bartlet
Florida		Sonny Crockett
Georgia		Julia Sugarbaker, Suzanne Sugarbaker
Hawaii		Steve McGarrett
Idaho		Dave Barret
Illinois		Dr. Mark Greene
Indiana		Ann Romano, Schneider
Iowa		Otis Drexell, Principal Francine E. Itkin
Kansas		Clark Kent, Lex Luthor
Kentucky		Rebecca Boone, Israel Boone
Louisiana		Sookie Stackhouse, Bill Compton
Maine		Jessica Fletcher
Maryland		John Munch, Beau Felton
Massachusetts		Sam Malone
Michigan		Tim Taylor, Randy Taylor
Minnesota		Lou Grant, Ted Baxter
Mississippi		William Gillespie, Virgil Tibbs
Missouri		Gil Favor, Rowdy Yates

State	TV Show	Character(s)
Montana		Ken McLaughlin, Flicka
Nebraska		Aloysius 'Teaspoon' Hunter, The Kid
Nevada		Dr. Gil Grissom
New Hampshire		Hank Shaw, Garrett Shaw, Waylon Shaw
New Jersey		Christopher Moltisanti
New Mexico		Liz Parker, Max Evans
New York		George Costanza
North Carolina		Opie Taylor, Barney Fife
North Dakota		Andrew Clements, Dr. Ben Jeffcoate
Ohio		Les Nessman, Dr. Johnny Fever
Oklahoma		Grace Hanadarko, Earl
Oregon		The Roloff Family
Pennsylvania		Michael Scott
Rhode Island		Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin
South Carolina		Sheriff Lucas Buck, Caleb Temple
South Dakota		Seth Bullock, Al Swearengen
Tennessee		Christy Huddleston, Dr. Neil MacNeill
Texas		J.R. Ewing
Utah		Bill Henrickson
Vermont		Dick Loudon, Joanna Loudon
Virginia		John Sr., Olivia, John Boy
Washington		Niles Crane
West Virginia		Billy Jim Hawkins
Wisconsin		Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman
Wyoming		Trampas, Judge Henry Garth

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TV Shows By State Quiz

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Created by: Booger -
Published: August 2nd, 2009
Category: Television
Plays: 61,070

Tags: Show Quizzes, State Quizzes, district, US States, set, columbia, character

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	ronnymexico:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:22 GMT	24 points
	Homicide was a great show but I wish Maryland could've been repped by the best show of all time: The Wire.

	estivator:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:31 GMT	9 points
	Wow very intricate quiz. Got most of what I had actually ever watched save one or two where the brain cells just dropped the title into oblivion though I knew the character names. But about half of these shows I've never watched.

	Kicking222:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:33 GMT	8 points
	Cool quiz. I didn't do well, but it was definitely a good idea.

	Kicking222:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:36 GMT	28 points
	Also, I half-expected to see "The Simpsons" show up as a bonus answer, with the state given as "???".

	cowfrappe:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:38 GMT	16 points
	Great quiz, but it was weird that some of the character clues included last or first names that were in the title of the show (Brady Bunch, Laverne & Shirley) and for others either more obscure characters were picked (Sopranos) or last names were not included (Gilmore Girls).

	Isstvan:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:41 GMT	12 points
	Happy Days should also work for the Wisconsin clue.

	zalagreensbury:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 16:56 GMT	10 points
	I guess it's only right that 'The Simpsons' sit this tv quiz out.

	Bartleby:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:08 GMT	7 points
	great balance of current and old shows. of all the shows that could have been used for california or new york, i like the answers here.

	ad808:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:09 GMT	3 points
	Tell me I wasn't the only one disappointed that the names Walter White and/or Jesse Pinkman weren't in the New Mexico entry. Other than that little detail this quiz was pretty fun.

	JohnJF:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:23 GMT	3 points
	Nothing makes me feel like a failure quite like not even getting my own home state's...

	hoot:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:29 GMT	11 points
	I like that the Virginian is the answer for wyoming :)

	PoisonSumac:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:41 GMT	18 points
	good quiz - but does anyone else find "little people big world" an odd inclusion since it isn't really a fictional show like the rest of them??

	midlineshift:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:56 GMT	4 points
	Don't worry JohnJF, not only did I not get my home state's show but I've never even heard of it. Some of them weren't hard to guess (West Wing, Hawaii Five-0) even though I didn't watch them. Great quiz!

	hornplayer:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 17:57 GMT	3 points
	good quiz, I like the range of shows.

	Dantonpix:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 18:04 GMT	8 points
	I enjoyed the quiz, but why not the longest-running Western for Kansas--Gunsmoke?

	chikka2:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 18:12 GMT	4 points
	Love quizzes combining three elements to get the titles: decade, characters and location. On my top ten Sporcle quizzes of all, for sure.

	rockhopperlad:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 18:30 GMT	-2 points
	29/51. I've never seen most of the shows I missed. "American Gothic" was the most obscure that I knew.

	cocky:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 18:47 GMT	2 points
	I've lived in Alabama most of my life and have never heard of that show. If you want a non-reality show for Oregon, then I think Hello, Larry, a short lived McClean Stevenson sitcom, was set in Portland.

	Rifsun:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 18:47 GMT	5 points
	I forgot that Seattle existed so I was sure that Twin Peaks would be the answer for Washington

	Keonyn:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 19:21 GMT	-1 points
	Mary Tyler Moore was any easy one. I don't think we've ever really had any other shows of any significance set here.

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State	TV Show	Character(s)
Montana		Ken McLaughlin, Flicka
Nebraska		Aloysius 'Teaspoon' Hunter, The Kid
Nevada		Dr. Gil Grissom
New Hampshire		Hank Shaw, Garrett Shaw, Waylon Shaw
New Jersey		Christopher Moltisanti
New Mexico		Liz Parker, Max Evans
New York		George Costanza
North Carolina		Opie Taylor, Barney Fife
North Dakota		Andrew Clements, Dr. Ben Jeffcoate
Ohio		Les Nessman, Dr. Johnny Fever
Oklahoma		Grace Hanadarko, Earl
Oregon		The Roloff Family
Pennsylvania		Michael Scott
Rhode Island		Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin
South Carolina		Sheriff Lucas Buck, Caleb Temple
South Dakota		Seth Bullock, Al Swearengen
Tennessee		Christy Huddleston, Dr. Neil MacNeill
Texas		J.R. Ewing
Utah		Bill Henrickson
Vermont		Dick Loudon, Joanna Loudon
Virginia		John Sr., Olivia, John Boy
Washington		Niles Crane
West Virginia		Billy Jim Hawkins
Wisconsin		Andrew 'Squiggy' Squiggman
Wyoming		Trampas, Judge Henry Garth

	johnlk:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 20:02 GMT	2 points
	I'm happy that most of the ones I missed were shows I'd barely heard of. I agree that Twin Peaks would've been more fun for Washington. Can't believe I missed CSI...

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	debbiedoesnothin:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 20:12 GMT	3 points
	@Keonyn: Coach was set in Minnesota - probably would've been harder for a lot of people to guess.

	Morbo:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 20:58 GMT	2 points
	@Keonyn: Little House on the Prairie was also set in Minnesota. That would've been a good one for that state.

	Melissa:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 21:00 GMT	5 points
	Loved the Roswell inclusion, one of my favorite shows of all time.

	xeju:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 21:15 GMT	4 points
	Good quiz. I was a little perplexed by the choices on some of the clues. I would have liked to see a range of years each show ran - something to put me in the ballpark for the ones I didn't know by the characters.

	SporcleAdmin:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 21:44 GMT	1 point
	@Isstvan: We altered the character for Wisconsin to as to reduce confusion.

	gushuss32:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 21:48 GMT	-2 points
	fantastic idea for a quiz. i hope for more. maybe i'm being snooty, but i was slightly disappointed with the choice for NY state. so many fantastic shows have taken place there....

	notsobaldbull:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 22:41 GMT	3 points
	I think i would have gone with Magnum P.I. for Hawaii, The Wire for Maryland.

	RedLIon:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 22:57 GMT	-3 points
	Aw man. There are better shows you could use for Wisconsin. Happy Days, That 70's show...

	jonnywardy:	Aug 2nd, 2009 at 22:59 GMT	3 points
	Wow, this is so much harder living in England, thank god for Family Guy and a few other good exports...

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	zalagreensbury:	Aug 3rd, 2009 at 01:06 GMT	2 points
	Zezzl put on your smart goggles and read the name of this quiz then get a V8 juice.

	Jon:	Aug 3rd, 2009 at 03:04 GMT	1 point
	some of these shows were canceled after 3 episdoes...

	jaspa:	Aug 3rd, 2009 at 03:32 GMT	2 points
	@gushuss32: Seinfeld isn't good enough? What would you replace what is often called one of the greatest sitcoms of all time with? If you don't want Seinfeld, Missouri will take it. They shot half of an episode here. You can have Rawhide.

	Hermes:	Aug 3rd, 2009 at 04:06 GMT	4 points
	Great Quiz. I would be interested in a sequel. Or perhaps ones dedicated entirely to New York or Cal?

	toocool:	Aug 3rd, 2009 at 04:39 GMT	6 points
	Why is it you have to type show in for Andy Griffith but not Mary Tyler Moore?

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