PLACES TO WATCH

NORTHERN EXPOSURE

Seattle is the locale for NBC’s hit Emmy Award-winning comedy “Frasier.” The city was also the location for the 1968-70 ABC series “Here Come the Brides.” In fact, Perry Como scored a hit with the series’ theme song, “Seattle.” Josh Brand and John Falsey’s acclaimed 1987-88 NBC drama series “A Year in the Life” also was set in Seattle.

MOVERS

Some sitcoms changed locales during their run. “Laverne & Shirley” spent five seasons in Milwaukee, but after a ratings plunge during the 1979-80 season, the gals, Lenny and Squiggy and Carmine headed out to Hollywood.

The first two seasons of the 1971-74 CBS comedy “The New Dick Van Dyke Show” were set and produced in Phoenix, where Van Dyke was living at the time. During the final season, the production and the locale moved to Hollywood.

BRING PASSPORTS

A few series actually have ventured overseas to shoot. John Forsythe played a widower with three daughters in the 1969-71 CBS sitcom “To Rome With Love.”

ABC’s 1989 “A Fine Romance,” a screwball comedy about a divorced couple who hosted a TV travel series, was shot in various locales in Europe.

Shirley MacLaine’s only foray into the world of series TV, the 1971-72 ABC comedy “Shirley’s World,” was produced in England and filmed on location around the world. MacLaine played a photographer who worked for an international magazine.

BIG NAME

James Garner played the title role of “Nichols” in NBC’s 1971-72 comedy western. Nichols was the name of the Arizona town in which the series was set.

ALOHA

CBS’ “Hawaii Five-O” wasn’t the only series filmed in Hawaii during the 1970s. The 1972-74 NBC comedy “The Brian Keith Show” was produced on the island of Oahu. Perhaps the best-loved Hawaii series was Tom Selleck’s “Magnum, P.I.,” which aired on CBS from 1980 to ’88.

CITY VIEW

The 1989 NBC dramatic series “Dream Street” was filmed on location in Frank Sinatra’s hometown of Hoboken, N.J.

SECOND CITY

NBC’s hit “ER” is set in Chicago and stars George Clooney as a pediatrician. The 1984-85 CBS sitcom “E/R” was also set in Chicago and featured 1997’s sexiest man alive as an inexperienced young physician named Ace.

DON’T ASK

Both CBS’ “Petticoat Junction” and “Green Acres” were set in Hooterville.