Jason English
Lunchtime Quiz: Sitcom Settings
by Jason English - June 30, 2008 - 10:30 AM

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Some shows are inextricably linked with their settings, like Seinfeld and New York, or Cheers and Boston. But other TV families could have lived just about anywhere. Do you remember where these 15 sitcoms called home?

Take the Quiz: Sitcom Settings

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Comments (8)

  1. Eau Claire WI was an option for the first question?!??! SWEET!!

    posted by Em on 6-30-2008 at 12:53 pm

  2. Are you an Eau Claire resident? Or just a fan?

    I’d originally put Milwaukee, but that city came up again in two other questions. I figured I had to expand into other parts of the Badger State.

    posted by Jason English on 6-30-2008 at 12:57 pm

  3. YAY Eau Claire!!! My hometown!! How bizarre.
    I always like to point out on sitcoms- people from WI are so often portrayed as stupid, naive, fat. Pick any two.

    posted by mrs.djs on 6-30-2008 at 1:37 pm

  4. 14/15 — I wonder if that means I have an exceptionally good memory for the arcane, or if I simply watch too much tv?

    posted by Lindsey on 6-30-2008 at 2:22 pm

  5. I missed Charles In Charge, and Hogan Family, but I think I might be able to forgive myself. :)

    I’ve never seen Freaks And Geeks, nor Sports Night.

    posted by Tdave on 7-1-2008 at 2:21 am

  6. Not only was Sports Night from Manhattan, CSC was located in one of the World Trade Center buildings.

    posted by Joe on 9-21-2009 at 6:59 pm

  7. Jason English you are wrong about “Three’s Company”, it took place in San Diego. I watched enough of that show while it was in prime time while having a pina colada at the Regal Beagle, before dinner at Jack’s Bistro.

    posted by Kevin on 4-26-2011 at 6:30 pm

  8. When I first started putting together this quiz, I thought ‘Three’s Company’ was set in San Diego, too. But it was definitely Santa Monica:

    From TVLand:
    Uptight Mr. Roper (Norman Fell) and his nosey wife Helen (Audra Lindley) may not take to the idea of the trio living together in the Santa Monica apartment, so they convince Jack to pretend he’s gay, which would be easy enough if he wasn’t an avid skirt chaser and didn’t enjoy hanging out at local hot spot The Regal Beagle with his best buddy Larry Dallas (Richard Kline).
    [tvland.com/shows/threescompany/]

    From The Museum of Broadcast Communication:
    Set in Santa Monica, California, the series chronicled the innuendo-laden, slapstick-prone misadventures of the affably klutzy bachelor Jack Tripper (played by John Ritter) and the two single, attractive women–one a cute, down-to-earth brunette named Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt), the other a sexy, dimwitted blonde named Christmas “Chrissy” Snow (Suzanne Somers).
    [museum.tv/archives/etv/T/htmlT/threescompa/threescompa.htm]

    From Wikipedia:
    The show was set minutes from the beach in Santa Monica, California, and mostly focused on three sets until the later seasons: the trio’s apartment, their landlord’s apartment and the neighborhood pub, The Regal Beagle. In later seasons more sets were used, frequently depicting Larry’s apartment, Angelino’s restaurant, Jack’s Bistro, and the hospital where Terri worked.
    (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%27s_Company)

    From SitcomsOnline:
    In this comedy, two contemporary young single girls found themselves in need of a roommate for their Santa Monica apartment so they decided to settle for the man they found sleeping in their bathtub–after a going-away party for their last roommate. Jack was harmless enough, but the problem was in convincing everyone else of that.
    [sitcomsonline.com/threescompany.html]

    posted by Jason English on 4-26-2011 at 9:22 pm

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