After the viral success of a map assigning each state its own movie comes this new graphic, which does the same thing for TV shows. Since the movie map provoked much debate, we’ve done some in-house analysis of the TV version as a conversation starter. See a bigger version here, read our observations after the jump, and discuss amongst yourselves in the comments.
Genre
Comedy: 20
Drama: 17
Reality: 5
Western: 4
Mystery: 2
Sci-fi: 1
Horror: 1
Regional trends
The Midwest has a pretty strong comedy block, with Coach (MN), That ’70s Show (WI), Freaks & Geeks (MI), The Drew Carey Show (OH), Parks & Recreation (IN), and Roseanne (IL).
Unsurprisingly, Westerns dominate the Northwest (although not the Pacific Northwest).
A solid line of drama extends down the Eastern seaboard, from CT (Gilmore Girls) to Virginia (The Waltons).
Particularly strong choices
Freaks & Geeks – MI
Golden Girls – FL
Big Love – UT
Northern Exposure – AK
Hawaii Five-O – HI
States defined by their most famous city
New York (Seinfeld)
Washington (Frasier)
Maryland (The Wire)
Nevada (Reno 911!)
Questionable choices
Oregon (Little People, Big World)
Louisiana (Billy the Exterminator) — over Treme? Really?
Colorado (Mork and Mindy)
California (Baywatch) — as far as we’re concerned, CA is all 90210 all the time
Other notes
My Secret Identity, the North Dakota show, was actually made for Canadian TV
What’s up with Evil Dead in Tennessee? As far as we can tell, Sam Raimi’s horror film series was never a TV show…
[via Vulture]
Comments (8)
Mork and Mindy took place in Boulder, Colorado. Duh.
Jenny, that’s obvious. Question being, does it actually say much about CO? I’m going with no.
When I first saw this list I looked at Washington. They did not choose “Twin Peaks.” Therefore, this list is terrible.
Since when is “Reno” Nevada’s most famous city?
In Plain Sight for New Mexico? I’ve never been there, but I’ll bet you a tortoise with a human head riding on top that Breaking Bad is more representative.
The Simpsons for Oregon! Nearly all the characters are named after streets in Portland.
Little People, Big World? Never seen it.
Coach for Minnesota = fine. Mary Tyler Moore for Minnesota = great.
Nevada’s ‘most famous’ city is Las Vegas–not Reno
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