American TV situation comedy geography

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While many television shows are situated in unnamed or imaginary places, many others are located in specific cities and towns across the county. This following list identifies the metropolitan areas where TV situation comedies were/are located geographically. Not surprisingly, Greater New York City and Southern California (LA Region) lead the list with the most shows taking place there. Chicago appears in third place. The San Francisco Bay Area and Philadelphia round out the top five. The state with the most metro areas where sitcoms were based is Ohio with four (Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, and Toledo), followed by California with three.

Fyi – The list does not include animated shows, nor hour-long shows. 

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Atlanta

• Atlanta
• Designing Women

Baltimore

• Hot L Baltimore

Boston

• Cheers
• Sabrina the Teenage Witch
• Wings

Chicago

• According to Jim
• The Bob Newhart Show
• Family Matters
• Good Times
• Kenan & Kel
• The League
• Married…with Children
• Mike & Molly
• Perfect Strangers
• Superior Donuts
• Webster

Cincinnati

• WKRP in Cincinnati

Cleveland

• The Drew Carey Show
• Hot in Cleveland

Columbus, OH

• Family Ties

Denver- Boulder

• Last Man Standing
• Mork & Mindy

Detroit

• Eight Simple Rules (Ann Arbor)
• Home Improvement

Houston

• Reba

Indianapolis

• One Day at a Time (original series)

Kansas City

• Mama’s Family (Raytown)

Miami

• Empty Nest
• Golden Girls

Milwaukee

• Happy Days
• Laverne & Shirley
• Step by Step (Port Washington)

Minneapolis

• The Mary Tyler More Show

New York City Region

• 2 Broke Girls (Brooklyn)
• 30 Rock
• All in the Family (Queens)
• American Housewife (Westport, CT)
• Archie Bunker’s Place (Queens)
• Barney Miller
• Bewtiched
• Brooklyn 99 (Brooklyn)
• The Cosby Show
• The Danny Thomas Show
• The Dick Van Dyke Show
• Diff’rent Strokes
• Everybody Loves Raymond (Long Island)
• The Facts of Life (Peekskill)
• Family Affair
• Friends
• Girl Meets World
• Grounded for Life (Staten Island)
• Herman’s Head
• The Honeymooners
• How I Met Your Mother
• Kate & Allie
• Kevin Can Wait (Long Island)
• The King of Queens (Queens)
• I Love Lucy
• The Jeffersons
• ‘Living Single
• Mad About You
• Master of None
• Maude
• The Nanny
• NewsRadio
• Night Court
• The Patty Duke Show (Brooklyn)
• Rhoda
• Seinfeld
• Sex and the City
• Spin City
• Sports Night
• Suburgatory (Connecticut near New York City)
• The Odd Couple
• Taxi
• That Girl
• Welcome Back Kotter (Brooklyn)
• Who’s the Boss? (Fairfield, CT)
• Will & Grace

Orlando

• Fresh Off the Boat

Philadelphia

• Angie
• The Goldbergs (Jenkintown)
• It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
• Schooled

Phoenix

• Alice

Pittsburgh

• Man with a Plan

San Francisco Bay Area

• Dharma & Greg
• Full House
• Fuller House
• Mom (Napa)

Scranton

• The Office

San Diego

• CPO Sharkey

Seattle

• Frasier

Southern California (LA Region)

• ALF (San Fernando)
• Arrested Development (Newport Beach)
• The Beverly Hillbillies (Beverly Hills)
• Big Bang Theory (Pasadena)
• The Brady Bunch
• Chico and the Man (East Los Angeles)
• The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
• Cybill
• The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
• Gidget
• Grace & Frankie
• Hannah Montana (Malibu)
• Joey
• Modern Family
• The Monkees
• My Favorite Martian
• The Neighborhood (Pasadena)
• New Girl
• One Day at a Time (new version)
• Room 222
• Sanford & Son
• Three’s Company
• Topper
• Two and a Half Men (Malibu)

St. Louis

• Superstore

Toledo

• AP Bio

Washington, DC

• Get Smart
• Veep

SOURCES:

• personal knowledge
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_comedy_television_series
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_situation_comedies
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Comedy_television_series_by_decade