50 State Trip Final -- the TV Shows

Along with watching movies in each state we visited in 2016, we’ve been watching television shows set and/or filmed in the state we were visiting. We’ve already posted the first 25 shows for the first 25 states. So here are the final 25, with a special note on how show #50 was picked.

26) Hawaii - Lost (2004) - Netflix

27) Washington State - Twin Peaks (1990) - Hulu

28) Connecticut - Gilmore Girls (2000) - Netflix

29) Rhode Island - Brotherhood (2006) - Amazon

30) Massachusetts - Cheers (1982)- Netflix

31) New Hampshire - The Path (2016) - Hulu

32) Maine - Dark Shadows (1966) - Hulu

33) Vermont - Newhart  (1982) - Hulu

34) Ohio - Fernwood 2night (1977) - Youtube

35) Michigan - Battle Creek (2015) - Netflix

36) Indiana - Parks and Recreation (2009) - Netflix

37) Illinois - Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974) - Youtube

38) Wisconsin - Happy Days (1974) - Hulu

39) Minnesota - The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970) - Hulu

40) Iowa - Drexell’s Class (1991)  & Double Trouble (1984) - Youtube

41) Nebraska - The Young Riders (1989) - Youtube

42) South Dakota - Deadwood (2004) - Amazon

43) North Dakota - Fargo (2014) - Amazon

44) Colorado - Community  (2009) - Hulu

45) Utah - Big Love (2006) - Amazon

46) Wyoming - Longmire (2012) - Netflix

47) Montana - Buckskin (1958) - Youtube

48) Idaho - The Grinder (2015) - Netflix

49) Oregon - Portlandia (2015) - Netflix

I picked out the show for each state throughout the year -- except for California. Since there are so many television shows set and especially filmed in California, I needed help in choosing, so I turned to the good listeners of the podcast TV Talk Machine. Throughout the year, I tweeted the show we were watching, and hosts Jason Snell and Tim Goodman would forward the information to their audience.

This week, there was a listener meet up at The 21st Amendment, a bar in San Francisco, and the group voted from a list of twenty California TV shows (five 20th century dramas, five 21st century dramas, five 20th century comedies and five 20th century comedies). Two shows received far more votes than any of the others. Silicon Valley (2014) received the second highest number of votes, and the biggest vote getter was:

50) California - Arrested Development (2003) - Netflix