I'm not sure what WW means by "It carried the name of the city." Was the name of the city in the title or just referred to during the run of the show?
As for Raf's guesses, I'm not sure any of those shows ran five seasons. Powerless was obscure and might have been in-continuity with another DC offering, but it only went (part of) one season. It had Alan Tudyk from Firefly but no one from ST DS9.
Well, I've got the city and, I think, the three shows.
Adventures of Superman
21 Jump Street
Powerless
But I don't have ALL the clues for Jump Street, which took place in a city called...
Metropolis
No, that wasn't the city, nor any of the shows I mentioned, let alone the middle show whose name is the answer this round.
Get out, 21 Jump Street's city was Metropolis? *checks* It was, but it wasn't the same Metropolis as either of the other shows. But that's just a curiosity this round.
As for "Powerless", that took place in CHARM CITY. (Per the Wikipedia page.)
"It takes place in that city, which is frequently mentioned." If that had been the clue, then it would have said the name was referred to during the run of the show.
In fairness, it obviously takes place in that city, and the show names it, so that does apply, but it wasn't the clue to which you're responding.
Some cities are more popular than others as settings for shows, and have had multiple series set in them. In this case, I recall 3 live-action series set in this city. (This city does not have its own wiki, but it has a page in at least 13 wikis.) The last of those shows was a little obscure (but has its own wiki.) The first of those shows was famous (but does not appear to have its own wiki- it has pages in a more general wiki.) That's a lot of attention for a city that doesn't even exist.
In between those shows was a show with popularity between famous and obscure. (It has its own wiki.) It ran for 5 seasons. It carried the name of the city (lawyers may wrangle on whether or not I am correct.) It was written as a serious show, an action drama. It didn't really cross over with any shows, but was in-continuity with at least 1 show that aired after this show ceased production. (But not any cartoons, AFAIK.) The last episode of the series was planned to be the last episode. It was set a decade after the rest of the series, and was titled "The Beginning..." The show borrowed freely from other media, but was as much inspired by them as anything else, taking plenty of dramatic license, which resulted in a better show. Despite this show using largely unknown actors, it could be argued that they used at least 3 actors, well-known from science fiction, in recurring roles. One of those actors had been on television, and in a major movie series, (a trilogy, sorta.) The other 2, despite not having worked together previously, were both well-known from roles in well-known Science Fiction franchises (she was from "Firefly", he was from "Star Trek Deep Space 9.".) Across one season, an electric light shone outdoors was a significant item.
This show had good ratings and was probably watched regularly by al least 1/2 of the regulars in this thread.
(Again, this was not a legal/law firm show, nor does it contain "Law" or any variation in the name, nor do lawyers play any significant role in the story. If you still think they do after this, it's not because I didn't try to warn you off a dead end. None of this parenthesis is any sort of clue, I'm just trying to head off digressions into the wrong shows.)
Lawyers may argue whether the show "Gotham" is named after "Gotham City" because "City" isn't in the show's title. The rest of us can agree. The Batman 66 show does not have its own wiki, but it's part of the "Batman wiki" with entries for the "Dozier-verse" for William Dozier's show/movie. The obscure show was "Gotham Knights", which lasted a short time (and has its own wiki.)
So does GOTHAM. Gotham was an action drama, and was only in-continuity with the later show, "Pennyworth." It was not in-continuity with any of the cartoons.) The entire show was before Bruce Wayne became Batman- except for the final episode of the series, "The Beginning." In addition to Morena Beccarin as Leslie Thompkins and Sid as Ra's al Ghul (brilliant casting there, all he was missing was the beard things to look like he stepped off the pages), we had Fish Mooney played by Jada Pinkett-Smith, as seen on television and the Matrix movies (and the Oscars.) During the "No Man's Land" storyline, the only place with electricity was where the good guys had set up the generator, so they shone a light into the sky at night to show that someplace still had power, and as a symbol of hope. It was a simple light, not one with a bat symbol on it or anything. (Well, they weren't calling him or anything.) Except for Human and Waysider, I'm confident the rest of us watched the show at least intermittently.
Not a lot of tv shows set in this city, which has two "major league" professional sports teams (three if you include soccer, which the rest of the world counts but we don't because we're snobs, and four if you count women's soccer).
Using wikipedia for this, so if I'm missing a series, I blame them for the error.
There are five series set in this very real city. The most famous is a sitcom and the city's name is part of the title. That is such a giveaway as a clue that getting the series right won't win the round. That would be too easy.
You would be forgiven if you could not name any of the other series even on pain of having to sit next to Allan at Thanksgiving in an election year.
One series is a legal dramedy, but not one that lasted more than two seasons.
Three are reality-esque (a famous pop star's exploits opening a drinking establishment with his brother, no one this group is interested in; a show about female cops; and a show about a school for the performing arts once attended by the aforementioned pop star).
Two win this round, name the legal dramedy that only ran for two seasons AND the city. Hint: It stars an Oscar winning actress as a female character with a traditionally male name. The presence of one guest character/actress establishes this series as set in the same fictional universe as two other more famous series in the genre. Both earlier series were the (singular) answer to a much earlier clue in, I believe, this thread).
OR name any of the reality series AND the city. (One of them featured the city in the name, Don't get redundant.
Note: Wikipedia lists a sixth series, but it's an anthology and only one episode was set in this city
Since almost any city large enough to have a pro sports team has an NBA team, having only two non-soccer pro teams rules out larger cities like Chicago, Houston, LA, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta...
Milwaukee had famous sitcoms (Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days), but none that I can think of with Milwaukee in the title.
Dallas had "Dallas," but I'm not sure that would meet any of the other clues. It wasn't a sitcom, and I'd hardly call it a dramedy.
Supposing the women cops are "Cagney and Lacey", the city might be NYC. The High School for the Performing Arts was very important in the movie and the TV show, "FAME." I seem to recall some show based on the real school, some reality show. So, IF I have the right city (which is a big "if"), that could be the reality series and the city, New York City.
Unfortunately, NYC has a LOT of professional sports teams (two baseball, two basketball, one or two football, depending on how you count the Jets), so it really shouldn't be the setting, here. I still have nothing.
Ok: "Nota lot of tv shows set in this city, which has two "major league" professional sports teams (three if you include soccer, which the rest of the world counts but we don't because we're snobs, and four if you count women's soccer)...
"Thereare fiveseries setin thisveryreal city. Themost famous is a sitcomand thecity's nameis part of thetitle."
We can name five NYC series in our sleep. Boston, maybe not AS easy, but David E. Kelly alone has at least four, plus Cheers. So five, very quickly.
Los Angeles? I think it goes without saying, more than five.
This one ONLY HAS FIVE.
One is a sitcom with that takes place "in" the city.
I mean, in a specific place in the city, but still, in the city, which is part of the title.
I genuinely thought that clue made it so easy that it would be unfair.
I am all but certain the show has been a relatively recent answer to a game question (another reason I did not want to make this series the answer to THIS one.
Two of the reality series feature Nick Lachey, former husband of Jessica Simpson.
The third is one of the "female cops of" city genre.
The drama/dramedy stars an Oscar-winning actress as a female character with a typically male name. The city is NOT part of that title.
One problem is, I don't watch any reality shows, so that eliminates several of the clues. Maybe it's one of those "Housewives of..." shows. The last clue reminds me of "Murphy Brown," but that wasn't a legal show and went several seasons.
OK, I can identify ALL the clues, and name all the shows, but I had to do research to do it. For the record, I knew the first show, but none of the others in this round before I did any research. Acceptable to post the answers?
OK, I can identify ALL the clues, and name all the shows, but I had to do research to do it. For the record, I knew the first show, but none of the others in this round before I did any research. Acceptable to post the answers?
Exercising This Has Gone On Long Enough prerogative, go ahead.
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I forgot Lois n Clark, which invalidates my guess i think
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I'm not sure what WW means by "It carried the name of the city." Was the name of the city in the title or just referred to during the run of the show?
As for Raf's guesses, I'm not sure any of those shows ran five seasons. Powerless was obscure and might have been in-continuity with another DC offering, but it only went (part of) one season. It had Alan Tudyk from Firefly but no one from ST DS9.
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No, that wasn't the city, nor any of the shows I mentioned, let alone the middle show whose name is the answer this round.
Get out, 21 Jump Street's city was Metropolis? *checks* It was, but it wasn't the same Metropolis as either of the other shows. But that's just a curiosity this round.
As for "Powerless", that took place in CHARM CITY. (Per the Wikipedia page.)
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"It takes place in that city, which is frequently mentioned." If that had been the clue, then it would have said the name was referred to during the run of the show.
In fairness, it obviously takes place in that city, and the show names it, so that does apply, but it wasn't the clue to which you're responding.
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Some cities are more popular than others as settings for shows, and have had multiple series set in them. In this case, I recall 3 live-action series set in this city. (This city does not have its own wiki, but it has a page in at least 13 wikis.) The last of those shows was a little obscure (but has its own wiki.) The first of those shows was famous (but does not appear to have its own wiki- it has pages in a more general wiki.) That's a lot of attention for a city that doesn't even exist.
In between those shows was a show with popularity between famous and obscure. (It has its own wiki.) It ran for 5 seasons. It carried the name of the city (lawyers may wrangle on whether or not I am correct.) It was written as a serious show, an action drama. It didn't really cross over with any shows, but was in-continuity with at least 1 show that aired after this show ceased production. (But not any cartoons, AFAIK.) The last episode of the series was planned to be the last episode. It was set a decade after the rest of the series, and was titled "The Beginning..." The show borrowed freely from other media, but was as much inspired by them as anything else, taking plenty of dramatic license, which resulted in a better show. Despite this show using largely unknown actors, it could be argued that they used at least 3 actors, well-known from science fiction, in recurring roles. One of those actors had been on television, and in a major movie series, (a trilogy, sorta.) The other 2, despite not having worked together previously, were both well-known from roles in well-known Science Fiction franchises (she was from "Firefly", he was from "Star Trek Deep Space 9.".) Across one season, an electric light shone outdoors was a significant item.
This show had good ratings and was probably watched regularly by al least 1/2 of the regulars in this thread.
(Again, this was not a legal/law firm show, nor does it contain "Law" or any variation in the name, nor do lawyers play any significant role in the story. If you still think they do after this, it's not because I didn't try to warn you off a dead end. None of this parenthesis is any sort of clue, I'm just trying to head off digressions into the wrong shows.)
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That leaves
GOTHAM
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By me, I think he's got it!
It did run five seasons and featured Morena Baccarin (Firefly) and Alexander Siddig (Deep Space 9).
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Lawyers may argue whether the show "Gotham" is named after "Gotham City" because "City" isn't in the show's title. The rest of us can agree. The Batman 66 show does not have its own wiki, but it's part of the "Batman wiki" with entries for the "Dozier-verse" for William Dozier's show/movie. The obscure show was "Gotham Knights", which lasted a short time (and has its own wiki.)
So does GOTHAM. Gotham was an action drama, and was only in-continuity with the later show, "Pennyworth." It was not in-continuity with any of the cartoons.) The entire show was before Bruce Wayne became Batman- except for the final episode of the series, "The Beginning." In addition to Morena Beccarin as Leslie Thompkins and Sid as Ra's al Ghul (brilliant casting there, all he was missing was the beard things to look like he stepped off the pages), we had Fish Mooney played by Jada Pinkett-Smith, as seen on television and the Matrix movies (and the Oscars.) During the "No Man's Land" storyline, the only place with electricity was where the good guys had set up the generator, so they shone a light into the sky at night to show that someplace still had power, and as a symbol of hope. It was a simple light, not one with a bat symbol on it or anything. (Well, they weren't calling him or anything.) Except for Human and Waysider, I'm confident the rest of us watched the show at least intermittently.
That's all the clues. It's Raf's turn!
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So, Raf was correct.
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Not a lot of tv shows set in this city, which has two "major league" professional sports teams (three if you include soccer, which the rest of the world counts but we don't because we're snobs, and four if you count women's soccer).
Using wikipedia for this, so if I'm missing a series, I blame them for the error.
There are five series set in this very real city. The most famous is a sitcom and the city's name is part of the title. That is such a giveaway as a clue that getting the series right won't win the round. That would be too easy.
You would be forgiven if you could not name any of the other series even on pain of having to sit next to Allan at Thanksgiving in an election year.
One series is a legal dramedy, but not one that lasted more than two seasons.
Three are reality-esque (a famous pop star's exploits opening a drinking establishment with his brother, no one this group is interested in; a show about female cops; and a show about a school for the performing arts once attended by the aforementioned pop star).
Two win this round, name the legal dramedy that only ran for two seasons AND the city. Hint: It stars an Oscar winning actress as a female character with a traditionally male name. The presence of one guest character/actress establishes this series as set in the same fictional universe as two other more famous series in the genre. Both earlier series were the (singular) answer to a much earlier clue in, I believe, this thread).
OR name any of the reality series AND the city. (One of them featured the city in the name, Don't get redundant.
Note: Wikipedia lists a sixth series, but it's an anthology and only one episode was set in this city
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Fine. Name the sitcom.
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Since almost any city large enough to have a pro sports team has an NBA team, having only two non-soccer pro teams rules out larger cities like Chicago, Houston, LA, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta...
Milwaukee had famous sitcoms (Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days), but none that I can think of with Milwaukee in the title.
Dallas had "Dallas," but I'm not sure that would meet any of the other clues. It wasn't a sitcom, and I'd hardly call it a dramedy.
Just trying to see what sticks, here...
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The legal dramedy aired on CBS for two seasons, 34 episodes IIRC.
It takes place in the same fictional universe as The Practice [and therefore Boston Legal], which aired on ABC, and All McBeal, which aired on Fox.
Boston is not the city.
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OK, it wasn't Boston.
Supposing the women cops are "Cagney and Lacey", the city might be NYC. The High School for the Performing Arts was very important in the movie and the TV show, "FAME." I seem to recall some show based on the real school, some reality show. So, IF I have the right city (which is a big "if"), that could be the reality series and the city, New York City.
If that's not it, I have another guess.
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Unfortunately, NYC has a LOT of professional sports teams (two baseball, two basketball, one or two football, depending on how you count the Jets), so it really shouldn't be the setting, here. I still have nothing.
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The performing arts show could be "Fame L.A.", but I'm not sure about that at all. I thought the city was going to be Boston.
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Ok: "Not a lot of tv shows set in this city, which has two "major league" professional sports teams (three if you include soccer, which the rest of the world counts but we don't because we're snobs, and four if you count women's soccer)...
"There are five series set in this very real city. The most famous is a sitcom and the city's name is part of the title."
We can name five NYC series in our sleep. Boston, maybe not AS easy, but David E. Kelly alone has at least four, plus Cheers. So five, very quickly.
Los Angeles? I think it goes without saying, more than five.
This one ONLY HAS FIVE.
One is a sitcom with that takes place "in" the city.
I mean, in a specific place in the city, but still, in the city, which is part of the title.
I genuinely thought that clue made it so easy that it would be unfair.
I am all but certain the show has been a relatively recent answer to a game question (another reason I did not want to make this series the answer to THIS one.
Two of the reality series feature Nick Lachey, former husband of Jessica Simpson.
The third is one of the "female cops of" city genre.
The drama/dramedy stars an Oscar-winning actress as a female character with a typically male name. The city is NOT part of that title.
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One problem is, I don't watch any reality shows, so that eliminates several of the clues. Maybe it's one of those "Housewives of..." shows. The last clue reminds me of "Murphy Brown," but that wasn't a legal show and went several seasons.
Just not getting it. Sorry.
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Ok.
Deep breaths.
Knowing no other clues: name a famous sitcom with the name of a city in the title.
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Never watched it, but I've heard of it: Portlandia? Portland is IN the title.
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OK, I can identify ALL the clues, and name all the shows, but I had to do research to do it. For the record, I knew the first show, but none of the others in this round before I did any research. Acceptable to post the answers?
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Assuming I was wrong about Portlandia, I've got no problem with someone else (WW) moving this on.
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It's not Portlandia or Portland (neither Oregon nor Maine.) It is a FAMOUS sitcom.
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Exercising This Has Gone On Long Enough prerogative, go ahead.
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