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This is list of television shows that take place in the United States. Shows in which the recurring plot takes place in an identifiable location are identified under the particular state, or else in the category unidentified state.

Alaska

Northern Exposure - Cicely (fictional)

Arizona

Alice - Phoenix
Petrocelli - Tucson

Arkansas

Evening Shade - Evening Shade (fictional)

California

For Los Angeles, see List of television shows set in Los Angeles

7th Heaven - Glenoak (fictional)
Amy Prentiss - San Francisco
Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Sunnydale (fictional)
Call to Glory - Edwards Air Force Base
Charmed - San Francisco
CPO Sharkey - San Diego
Dharma and Greg - San Francisco
Eight is Enough - Sacramento
Falcon Crest - Napa Valley
Family - Pasadena
Fast Times - Ridgemont (fictional)
Full House - San Francisco
Gimme a Break! - Glen Lawn (fictional)
The Greatest American Hero - Palmdale and Saugus (now Santa Clarita)
Have Gun - Will Travel - San Francisco
Ironside - San Francisco
Just the Ten of Us - Eureka
Knots Landing - Knots Landing (fictional)
Kung Fu - San Francisco, Sierra Nevada Mountains
McMillan and Wife - San Francisco
Monk - San Francisco
My Three Sons - Orange County
The O.C. - Newport Beach
Out of this World - Marlowe, California
Party of Five - San Francisco
Phyllis - San Francisco
Presidio Medical - San Franscisco
Simon and Simon - San Diego
The Streets of San Francisco - San Francisco
Suddenly Susan - San Francisco
That '80s Show - San Diego
Too Close for Comfort - San Francisco
Trapper John, M.D. - San Francisco

Colorado

Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - Colorado Springs
Dynasty - Denver
Everwood - Everwood (fictional)
Father Dowling Mysteries - Denver
Mork and Mindy - Boulder
South Park - South Park (fictional as a town)

Connecticut

Bewitched - Westport
Gilmore Girls - Stars Hollow (fictional), New Haven
I Love Lucy - Westport (1957 season)
Judging Amy - Hartford
Who's the Boss?

Delaware

The Pretender - Blue Cove (fictional location of "The Centre")

District of Columbia

227
The District
The F.B.I.
Murphy Brown
The West Wing
The X-Files (FBI headquarters)

Florida

CSI: Miami - Miami
Empty Nest - Miami Beach
The Golden Girls - Miami Beach
Good Morning, Miami - Miami
I Dream of Jeannie - Cocoa Beach
Miami Vice - Miami
Nurses - Miami Beach

Georgia

Carter Country - Clinton Corners (fictional)
A Different World - Hillman College (fictional)
Dukes of Hazzard - Hazzard County (fictional)
Matlock - Atlanta
Designing Women - Atlanta

Hawaii

Byrds of Paradise
Hawaii Five-O - Honolulu
Hawaii (TV Series) - Honolulu
Magnum P.I. - Maui
North Shore (TV Series)- Maui
One West Waikiki - Honolulu

Illinois

According to Jim - Chicago
The Bob Newhart Show - Chicago
Chicago Hope - Chicago
Crime Story - Chicago (also Las Vegas)
ER - Chicago
Family Matters - Chicago
Good Times - Chicago
Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Chicago
Married... with Children - Chicago
Perfect Strangers - Chicago
Punky Brewster - Chicago
Roseanne - Lanford (fictional)
The Steve Harvey Show - Chicago
Still Standing - Chicago
The Untouchables - Chicago
Webster - Chicago
What About Joan - Chicago

Indiana

Eerie, Indiana - Eerie (fictional)
One Day at a Time - Indianapolis

Iowa

Apple's Way - Appleton (fictional)

Kansas

Gunsmoke - Dodge City
Paper Moon - Hays, and surrounding areas
Smallville - Smallville (fictional)

Kentucky

Daniel Boone

Louisiana

Frank's Place - New Orleans

Maine

Dark Shadows - Collinsport (fictional)
Murder, She Wrote - Cabot Cove (fictional)

Maryland

Homocide: Life on the Street - Baltimore
Joan of Arcadia - Arcadia (fictional)

Massachusetts

Ally McBeal - Boston
Banacek - Boston
Boston Public - Boston
Cheers - Boston
Crossing Jordan - Boston
Dawson's Creek - Capeside (fictional)
James at 15 (aka James at 16) - Boston
The Paper Chase - Cambridge/Boston
Peyton Place - Peyton Place (fictional)
Sabrina, the Teenage Witch - Boston
St. Elsewhere - Boston
Spenser for Hire - Boston
Wings - Nantucket

Michigan

8 Simple Rules
Home Improvement - Detroit

Minnesota

Coach - Mankato, obstensibly (Minnesota State University)
Mary Tyler Moore - Minneapolis
Little House on the Prairie - Walnut Grove, Mankato

Missouri

AfterMASH - General Pershing Veterans Hospital (fictional)
The John Laroquette Show - St. Louis
Grace Under Fire - Victory (fictional)
Lucas Tanner - Webster Groves, in suburban St. Louis

Nevada

Bonanza - Ponderosa Ranch (fictional) outside Carson City.
Crime Story - Las Vegas (also Chicago)
Vega$ - Las Vegas
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation - Las Vegas
Las Vegas - Las Vegas

New Hampshire

The Brotherhood of Poland, N.H. - Poland (fictional)

New Jersey

Big Shamus, Little Shamus - Atlantic City
Makin' It - Passaic
Charles in Charge - New Brunswick
House M.D. - Princeton (at Princeton-Plainsboro Hospital)
The Sopranos - Verona, and surrounding areas
That's Life - Bellefield (fictional, obstensibly Belleville or Bloomfield)

New Mexico

Quantum Leap

New York

For New York City, see List of television shows set in New York City

Dear John - New Rochelle
The Dick Van Dyke Show - New Rochelle
The Don Rickles Show - Long Island
Everybody Loves Raymond - Long Island
The Facts of Life - Peekskill
Growing Pains - Long Island
Jesse - Buffalo
Maude - Tuckahoe

North Carolina

The Andy Griffith Show - Mayberry (fictional)
One Tree Hill - Tree Hill (fictional)

Ohio

3rd Rock from the Sun - Rutherford (fictional)
The Drew Carey Show - Cleveland
Family Ties - Columbus
Normal, Ohio - Normal (fictional)
WKRP in Cincinnati - Cincinnati

Oklahoma

Hec Ramsey - New Prospect (fictional)

Oregon

Hello, Larry - Portland

Pennsylvania

Amen - Philadelphia
American Dreams - Philadelphia
Angie - Philadelphia
Cold Case - Philadelphia
Ed - Stuckeyville (fictional)
Grand - Grand (fictional)
The Guardian - Pittsburgh
Hack - Philadelphia
Hill Street Blues - Pittsburgh, obstensibly

Rhode Island

Family Guy - Quahog (fictional)
Providence - Providence

South Dakota

Deadwood - Deadwood

Texas

Dallas - Dallas
Houston Medical - Houston
King of the Hill - Arlen (fictional)
Reba - Houston
Texas Wheelers
Walker, Texas Ranger - Fort Worth

Vermont

Newhart

Virginia

The Agency - Langley (CIA Heaquarters)
The Waltons - Walton's Mountain (fictional)

Washington

Frasier - Seattle
Millennium - Seattle
Twin Peaks - Twin Peaks (fictional)

Wisconsin

Happy Days - Milwaukee
Laverne and Shirley - Milwaukee
A Minute With Stan Hooper - Waterford Falls (fictional)
Picket Fences - Rome (fictional)
That 70's Show - Point Place (fictional)

Undisclosed State

Batman - Gotham City
Batman: The Animated Series - Gotham City
Father Knows Best - Springfield
Green Acres - Hooterville
Leave it to Beaver - Mayfield
Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman - Metropolis
Mama's Family - Raytown
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis - Central City
Petticoat Junction - Hooterville
The Simpsons - Springfield
Superman: The Animated Series - Metropolis
The Wonder Years - possibly in California