50 TV Shows for 50 States: An Analysis

From FlavorWire:

But wait. They did one for movies?

Hey, I made a list of 50 movies for 50 states years ago here [suggestions from reader comments]:

ALABAMA 
Forrest Gump

ALASKA 
Into the Wild

ARIZONA 
Raising Arizona

ARKANSAS 
A Face in the Crowd
Suggestion: Sling Blade, True Grit

CALIFORNIA 
Chinatown

COLORADO
The Shining
Suggestion: Dante’s Peak

CONNECTICUT 
Mystic Pizza

DELAWARE 
TBD
Suggestion: Fight Club

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 
All the President’s Men

FLORIDA 
Key Largo

GEORGIA 
Gone With the Wind

HAWAII 
Pearl Harbor

IDAHO 
Napoleon Dynamite

ILLINOIS 
Blues Brothers

INDIANA 
Breaking Away
Suggestion: Hoosiers

IOWA 
Field of Dreams

KANSAS 
The Wizard of Oz

KENTUCKY 
Coal Miner’s Daughter

LOUISIANA 
The Big Easy

MAINE 
Cider House Rules
Suggestion: On Golden Pond, Pet Semetary, Stand By Me

MARYLAND 
Diner

MASSACHUSETTS 
Alice’s Restaurant
Suggestion: A Perfect Storm, Good Will Hunting, The Departed

MICHIGAN 
8 Mile

MINNESOTA 
A Prairie Home Companion

MISSISSIPPI 
O Brother, Where Are Thou?

MISSOURI 
King of the Hill

MONTANA 
A River Runs Through It

NEBRASKA 
About Schmidt

NEVADA 
Viva Las Vegas

NEW HAMPSHIRE 
TBD

NEW JERSEY 
Atlantic City
Suggestion: Garden State, Good Fellas

NEW MEXICO
The Milagro Beanfield War 

NEW YORK 
King Kong

NORTH CAROLINA 
Bull Durham

NORTH DAKOTA 
Fargo

OHIO 
Major League

OKLAHOMA 
Oklahoma!

OREGON
My Own Private Idaho

PENNSYLVANIA 
The Deer Hunter
Suggestion: Philadelphia

RHODE ISLAND 
Dumb and Dumber

SOUTH CAROLINA 
The Big Chill

SOUTH DAKOTA 
North by Northwest

TENNESSEE 
Nashville

TEXAS 
Lone Star
Suggestion: No Country for Old Men, Giant, The Last Picture Show

UTAH 
Broken Arrow
Suggestion: SLC Punk

VERMONT 
Dead Poet’s Society
Suggestion: White Christmas

VIRGINIA 
Shenandoah

WASHINGTON 
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Suggestion: Sleepless in Seattle

WEST VIRGINIA 
Matewan

WISCONSIN 
The Straight Story

WYOMING 
Red Rock West

Okay, I missed New Hampshire. I’ll grab What About Bob from FlavorWire and call it a day. Or open it up for your suggestions. What movies should I consider swapping out on the 50 state list?

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