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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

No Fixed Location

 * B.J. and the Bear
 * The Fugitive
 * Highway to Heaven
 * The Hulk
 * Kung Fu
 * Maverick
 * Route 66