Network shows that Boston was home

[Kevin Vahey]

No there have been a ton of shows that were set in Boston, in fact it is 
a tossup between Chicago and Boston of which city has been the setting 
for a prime time show after LA and NY.

I excluded PBS from the mix, we just talking the 3 full time nets.

Boston was not the home of a network owned TV outlet until recent which 
is probably the main reason very few shows came from here. I *suspect* 
WHDH Channel 5 was thrown a bone by NBC to host Captain Bob in return 
for piking up the NBC Saturday kids block.

Channel 5 BTW was the home of the Tonight Show for years as WBZ was 
forced to take Group W offerings at night instead of NBC.



On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 1:38pm, *Bill wrote:
> Going back earlier, although not much was really filmed in Boston was 
> the
> Detective Show "Banacek"
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068044/plotsummary   One of the Opening 
> Scenes
> was similar to
> Spenser with shot of the Charles River
>
>
> Bill Dunn   N1KUG
> http://home.earthlink.net/~ecps92/cruise_ships.htm
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Vahey" <kvahey@tmail.com>
> To: "Boston Radio Mailing List" <bri@bostonradio.org>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 13:01
> Subject: Network shows that Boston was home
>
>
>>  Somebody asked me a question this week if Boston was home for any
>>  regular network show.
>>
>>
>>  There were some syndiated shows based in Boston, but I can not think 
>> of
>>  anything else on a network level.