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karctrkrzy
10-20-2003, 06:10 PM
Hi,

Im looking for a list of the sitcoms that were set in Chicago. Thanks in advance.

Heather
*GoodMorningCalgary*
10-20-2003, 06:18 PM
Next to L.A and New York, Chicago is like the most popular place they set sitcoms. why is this??? whats so special about it?
hawaii five-o
10-20-2003, 06:18 PM
"Good Times"

"Family Matters"

"Perfect Strangers"
TJL
10-20-2003, 06:29 PM
The Bob Newhart Show

Webster

Working Stiffs
peter may
10-20-2003, 06:34 PM
i believe "Coupling" is set in Chicago
TJL
10-20-2003, 06:48 PM
How could I forget "Chigaco Sons," a short lived 1997 sitcom starring Jason Bateman and one of the reigning queens of one-season wonders, Paula Marshall.
Brent88
10-20-2003, 07:47 PM
Originally posted by *GoodMorningCalgary*
Next to L.A and New York, Chicago is like the most popular place they set sitcoms. why is this??? whats so special about it?

Most populated cities.
Sitcomwriter
10-20-2003, 11:16 PM
Life With Bonnie
What about Joan?
donald snl
10-20-2003, 11:56 PM
joanie loves chachi
DetectiveGriffin
10-21-2003, 12:12 AM
The setting of a show is often chosen by how large a cities market is. Thats why Chicago is so popular. They hope by setting a show there, everyone in Chicago will want to watch. I cant remember all the exact details, but there was an article about it when the drew carey show came out, about how cities were chosen like that.


set in chicago

Married with Children

21 jump street -- there is debate whether this is set in Chicago or detroit. i dont believe it was ever mentioned, but Toms friends all went to the University of Michigan, so, I choose Detroit.

this isnt a sitcom, but can anyone remember if hill street blues was set in Chicago. I always thought it was and my friend disagrees.
James
10-21-2003, 01:19 AM
Originally posted by DetectiveGriffin
this isnt a sitcom, but can anyone remember if hill street blues was set in Chicago. I always thought it was and my friend disagrees.

Hill Street Blues (whose theme song I LOVE!!! :D ) was set in New York City, yet it was filmed in the Windy City.
boechsner
10-21-2003, 01:33 AM
The Hogan Family. Actually takes place in a suburb of Chicago, Oak Park.
TJL
10-21-2003, 05:21 AM
Originally posted by James
Hill Street Blues (whose theme song I LOVE!!! :D ) was set in New York City, yet it was filmed in the Windy City.

Actually, they never were very specific about what city the show was set in.
If they filmed the extertiors in Chicago, why didn't they just set it in Chigaco?
TJL
10-21-2003, 05:28 AM
Originally posted by TJL
Actually, they never were very specific about what city the show was set in.
If they filmed the exteriors in Chicago, why didn't they just set it in Chigaco?

Of course I could be wrong, It's been a while since I've seen the show, but I don't think they ever mentioned the city they worked in by name. I guess they wanted people to think this show could have taken place in any Eastern City.
Janice
10-21-2003, 02:00 PM
I'm not positive, but I think Still Standing is set in Chicago. The family are big Cub fans. They wear the hats and shirts with the Cub's logo.

Also, the short-lived HBO show, The Mind of The Married Man was set in Chicago.
*PinkLady*
10-21-2003, 03:05 PM
According to Jim? Jim is a fan of the Chicago Bears, so I assume that's where the show is set.
Mrs. Ducky
10-21-2003, 03:07 PM
According to Jim.
musicradio77
10-21-2003, 08:29 PM
"Two of a Kind" was set in Chicago. It was a short-lived sitcom.
TheHappyBurgerMeister
11-06-2003, 09:20 PM
Punky Brewster, because at the beginning of the show they always showed Punky and Henry at Wrigley Field.