Some of my favorite TV series have been set in small towns (mostly fictional towns). One of my all-time favorites was Northern Exposure, a CBS dramedy set in Cicely, Alaska. Another was Gilmore Girls, a WB drama set in Stars Hollow, Connecticut (now featured in a new short series on Netflix).
With most of these shows, the town was as much of a character as all the strange and wonderful people who dwelled in the town.
Some of my favorite TV series have been set in small towns (mostly fictional towns). One of my all-time favorite TV series was Northern Exposure, a CBS dramedy set in Cicely, Alaska. Share on XCedar Cove — Hallmark Channel drama set in Cedar Cove, Washington (fictional).
Eureka — SYFY science fiction drama set in Eureka, Oregon (fictional).
Evening Shade — CBS comedy set in Evening Shade, Arkansas (fictional)
Everwood — WB drama set in Everwood, Colorado (fictional).
Friday Night Lights — NBC drama set in Dillon, Texas (fictional), but based on the book and movie set in Odessa.
Gilmore Girls — WB drama set in Stars Hollow, Connecticut (fictional).
Granite Flats — BYUtv mystery set in Granite Flats, Colorado (fictional).
Hart of Dixie — CW romantic drama set in Bluebell, Alabama (fictional).
Haven — Syfy fantasy show set in Haven, Maine (fictional).
Longmire — A&E crime drama set in Absaroka County and Durand, Nebraska.
Men in Trees — ABC romantic comedy set in Elmo, Alaska (fictional).
Murder, She Wrote — CBS crime drama set in Cabot Cove, Maine (fictional).
Northern Exposure — CBS dramedy set in Cicely, Alaska (fictional).
Once Upon a Time — ABC fantasy drama set in Storybrooke, Maine (fictional).
Pretty Little Liars — ABC Family drama set in Rosewood, Pennsylvania (fictional).
Roswell — WB fantasy drama set in Roswell, New Mexico.
Royal Pains — USA drama set in the Hamptons, New York.
True Blood — HBO vampire drama set in Bon Temps, Louisiana (fictional).
Twin Peaks — ABC crime drama set in Twin Peaks, Washington (fictional).
Under the Dome — CBS fantasy drama set in Chester’s Mill, Maine (fictional).
The Vampire Diaries — CW fantasy drama set in Mystic Falls, Virginia (fictional).
Wayward Pines — Fox horror thriller set in Wayward Pines, Idaho (fictional).
Of course, there were many other TV series set in small towns but in most of those cases, the town played a small role. This is especially true of the many westerns which have been set in small towns (Bonanza, Gunsmoke, The Rifleman, Wyatt Earp, etc.).
I liked the TV show: Wayward Pines — Fox horror thriller set in Wayward Pines, Idaho. I miss it. Share on X