Quote Originally Posted by illwill View Post
It seems as though every TV sitcom these days is based in Chicago or New York.
Really? I can't think of a single show presently based in Chicago, to say nothing of sitcom. Oprah's left for Cali [[new studios) and NYC [[magazine and new cable network) and the very short-lived Chicago Code was cancelled.

NYC has many sitcoms and other shows, as does obviously LA, but that's always been the case, since the dawn of television. It's hardly newsworthy that these two cities have a television presence.

And I don't think there's much of a relationship between tv shows and regional images. I mean, when Detroit had Martin and Home Improvement, did it really do anything to the national consciousness?

And did anyone outside of Michigan know or care where these shows were actually filmed?