That Was Where Exactly? Trivia Quiz

"Designing Women" was created by Linda Bloodworth-Thomason and ran for seven seasons on CBS between 1986 and 1993. Set in the offices of Atlanta based interior design firm Sugarbaker & Associates, with Dixie Carter as Julia Sugarbaker, the company's founder and president. The original cast also included Delta Burke, Annie Potts and Jean Smart, with actor Meshach Taylor becoming a regular from season three onwards.

The show became notorious in later seasons for conflicts between the cast behind the scenes, with both Delta Burke and Jean Smart replaced in season six. Additionally, although the character of Julia was an outspoken liberal, Dixie Carter was herself a libertarian conservative, and agreed a deal with the show's producers that, after any liberal monologue her character delivered, in a subsequent episode she would be permitted to sing.

"Cheers" was created by brothers Glen and Les Charles and their collaborator, James Burrows, and ran on NBC for a total of 11 seasons from 1982 to 1993. Set in the eponymous beer hall in Boston, it originally starred Ted Danson as former Boston Red Sox pitcher turned owner and bartender Sam Malone, and Shelley Long as his highbrow waitress Diane Chambers, alongside an ensemble of employees and regular patrons.

The show initially performed poorly in the ratings, ranking 74th out of 77 at the end of its first season. Subsequently however, it became one of the most successful sitcoms of its time, eventually forming part of NBC's "Must See TV" lineup. The final episode, "One for the Road", broadcast in May 1993, was watched by an estimated 93 million viewers in the United States, making it the second highest rated series finale of all time. "Cheers" also spawned two spin-offs - "The Tortellis", which ran for 13 episodes in 1987, and "Frasier", which matched its parent show's run of 11 seasons between 1993 and 2004.

"The Drew Carey Show" was created by comedian Drew Carey, alongside writer and producer Bruce Helford, and ran on ABC for 9 seasons from 1995 to 2004. The show featured a fictionalised version of Carey, who works as a personnel director in the fictional Cleveland department store Winfred-Louder, alongside an ensemble of other characters in and around the same location, including Ryan Stiles, who was one of the regular players on ABC's "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", which was also hosted by Carey.

The show was a success after its first season, remaining in the Top 30 for four years between season 2 and 5 before its ratings began to slide, eventually seeing it slip out of the Top 100 rated shows in Season 8. Although ABC and Warner Brothers, the show's producers, had a contract up to Season 9, the network attempted to cancel the show after Season 8. Unable to get out of the deal, ABC showed all 26 episodes of the final season between June and September 2004.

"Family Ties" was originally created by Gary David Goldberg, running for 7 seasons on NBC from 1982 to 1989. The show was intended to display the drift from cultural liberalism of the 1960s to the conservatism of the 1980s through the prism of a suburban family, the Keatons, living in Columbus - the parents, Steven and Elyse, played by Michael Gross and Meredith Baxter, are liberal baby boomers with three children embodying the materialism and conservatism of the 1980s. This is especially shown in the eldest, Alex, played by Michael J. Fox, who embraces the idea of Reaganomics.

The show was a major success for much of its run, and gained significantly after Fox was cast as Marty McFly in the film "Back to the Future" in 1985. However, its ratings began to decline when it was moved from its original Thursday night timeslot to Sundays with Season 6. This decline, which coincided with Michael J. Fox, who had been the breakout star in the show, receiving more movie offers, saw the final episode of "Family Ties" broadcast in May 1989.

"Sister, Sister" was created by Kim Bass, Gary Gilbert, and Fred Shafferman, and originally broadcast by ABC from April 1994 to April 1995, before moving to The WB the following September. Starring Tia and Tamera Mowry as separately adopted twins Tia Landry, from inner city Detroit, and Tamera Campbell, who has a comfortable life in the suburbs, who by chance come across each other leading to their single adoptive parents electing to live together under the same roof.

The show was broadcast by ABC as part of its "TGIF" lineup on Friday nights during its first season. However, it was moved to a different timeslot in season 2, which led to a fall in ratings and cancellation by the network. However, The WB elected to pick the show up, putting it into its new Wednesday schedule from season 3. The WB aired an additional four seasons of "Sister, Sister" until the show was finally cancelled in May 1999.

"Ellen" was originally created as a vehicle for stand-up comedian Ellen DeGeneres in 1994, when producers Neal Marlens, Carol Black and David S. Rosenthal started work on a show they called "These Friends of Mine", starring DeGeneres as Ellen Morgan, a neurotic bookstore owner in Los Angeles, and her life alongside her group of friends. Following the broadcast of the first season on ABC, the cast was revamped, with a number of characters dropped and replaced. At the same time, to both focus more on the character of Ellen, and avoid confusion with NBC's new sitcom "Friends", the title of the show was changed to "Ellen".

During Season 4, a plot thread began to be established leading up to the two-parter entitled "The Puppy Episode", in which Ellen came out as gay. The character became one of the first on US television to come out, which caused a surge in media and viewer interest in the show, whose ratings had slowly declined. However, following this, the ratings again fell during Season 5, which eventually led to the network cancelling the show, with the final episode airing in July 1998.

"Nurses" was created by Susan Harris as a spin-off the sitcom "Empty Nest", which itself was a spin-off of "The Golden Girls". The show, first broadcast on NBC in 1991, was set in the same Miami hospital as that where paediatrician Harry Weston, the lead character of "Empty Nest", was employed, and focused primarily on a group of nurses - Annie, Sandy, Julie and Gina - together with various other staff members of the hospital. The show was initially planned as a vehicle for Stephanie Hodge, who played Sandy, but during its run began to evolve into more of an ensemble piece.

In an effort to improve ratings after the first season, a number of characters were dropped and others introduced, with David Rasche, known for his starring role in the sitcom "Sledge Hammer!", cast as white-collar criminal Jack Trenton, who is performing community service at the hospital. However, the show continued to fare poorly in the ratings - Stephanie Hodge left after the second season, while the show was eventually cancelled in 1994 at the end of its third year.

"Laverne & Shirley" was created by Garry Marshall, Lowell Ganz and Mark Rothman as a spin-off of "Happy Days", featuring the eponymous characters, played by Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams, who had begun life as acquaintances of Arthur "The Fonz" Fonzerelli. The show, which began on ABC in January 1976, featured the pair, employed at the fictional Shotz Brewery, as roommates in Milwaukee during the 1950s and 1960s, contemporaneous with the parent show for the first five seasons. However, in Season 6, the entire setting of the show was transferred to Burbank in California.

Following the move to Burbank, the show continued for another three seasons, with Cindy Williams eventually departing after the second episode of Season 8; although the character of Shirley was written out, the show retained its name during this period. While ratings had begun to dip, they remained strong enough for ABC to offer a ninth season; Penny Marshall agreed on condition that production move from California to New York City. The cost of this dissuaded the network, and they instead opted to cancel it, with the final episode broadcast in May 1983.

"Mad About You" was created by Paul Reiser and Danny Jacobson as a sitcom focusing on newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman, played by Reiser and Helen Hunt, dealing with all of the various issues, small and large, of being a newly married couple living in Greenwich Village in New York City. The show originally debuted in September 1992 on NBC, and featured actress Lisa Kudrow in the recurring role of Ursula, the flaky waitress at Riff's Bar. Two years after "Mad About You" debuted, Kudrow was cast as Phoebe in "Friends", which became part of NBC's Thursday night line-up, and which saw the character of Ursula crossover as Phoebe's identical twin.

"Mad About You" eventually ran for seven seasons on NBC, although, by the final season in 1999, ratings had begun to drop significantly. Added to the expense of the two stars, both of whom were paid around $1m per episode, the show saw its final episode broadcast in May 1999. However, in 2019, Spectrum Originals, a streaming service operated by Charter Communications, announced that a new limited revival of "Mad About You" had been commissioned, with both Reiser and Hunt reprising their roles. Season 8 was released in November and December 2019.

"Hangin' With Mr Cooper" was originally created by writer and producer Jeff Franklin , and was broadcast by ABC as part of a regular hour alongside "Full House", which was also created by Franklin. The show starred Mark Curry as former basketball player Mark Cooper, who is hired as a substitute teacher and gym coach at a high school in his home town of Oakland, with Holly Robinson as his roommate Vanessa.

The show ran for a total of five seasons following its debut in 1992, with seasons 2 to 4 seeing it broadcast as part of the network's 'TGIF' lineup on Friday night. However, the fifth and final season, which totalled just 13 episodes, was moved to a Saturday timeslot. Although the show was cancelled after season 5, ABC had a plan to renew it as a mid-season replacement in the event that one of its two new shows for 1997-98, "Sabrina The Teenage Witch" or "Clueless", was a failure. In the event, "Hangin' With Mr Cooper" was the only 'TGIF' show that was cancelled after the 1996-97 season.

"Fresh Off the Boat" was created by writer and producer Nahnatchka Khan, and was loosely based on the life of chef Eddie Huang. The show was broadcast by ABC for a total of six seasons between 2015 and 2020, and starred Randall Park and Constance Wu as Louis and Jessica Huang, Eddie's parents, who move their family from Washington, DC to Orlando to open a cowboy themed restaurant.

Although Eddie Huang was directly involved during the first season, which included his acting as the show's narrator, he reduced his involvement following Season 1. As a result, the producers elected to drop the narration from Season 2 onwards. Additionally, the series was expanded to focus more on the family, rather than just Eddie, making the show more of an ensemble piece. "Fresh Off the Boat" finally ended with a two-part finale broadcast by ABC in February 2020.

"Boy Meets World" was originally created by Michael Jacobs and April Kelly, airing on ABC for seven seasons between 1993 and 2000. A 'coming-of-age' series, the show is based around the life of Cory Matthews, played by Ben Savage, a middle-school student in Philadelphia, and the events that take place in his life, alongside his family, his friends and neighbours, culminating in his wedding to his on/off girlfriend Topanga.

The show was commissioned for ABC's "TGIF" lineup, with strong ratings throughout its seven season run. With its cast of young actors, it depicted them as they grew older, with the final seasons depicting Cory and his friends as they left school and moved on to college. The final, two-part episode was broadcast on 5 May 2000. However, both Ben Savage and his co-star Danielle Fishel returned as Cory and Topanga in "Girl Meets World", a spin-off focusing on their teenage daughter that ran from 2014 to 2017 on The Disney Channel.

"Dharma & Greg" was created by producers Dottie Dartland and Chuck Lorre, and aired for a total of five seasons on ABC between 1997 and 2002. Starring Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as the eponymous couple, the series focuses on free-spirited yoga teacher Dharma and strait-laced lawyer Greg, who marry after their first date, and their life together in San Francisco, dealing with their vastly different upbringings and families.

The series was initially aired on ABC on Wednesdays for its first two seasons, before moving to Tuesdays when it followed the quiz show "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?", which lead to its ratings increasing significantly. However, this did not last, and ratings fell during the fourth season, which led to the network cancelling the show in its fifth season. The two part final episode was broadcast on 30 April 2002.

"The John Larroquette Show" was created by writer and producer Don Reo as a star vehicle for actor John Larroquette, following the end of the sitcom "Night Court", in which he had previously starred. The show, which aired on NBC for four seasons between 1993 and 1996, focused on recovering alcoholic John Hemingway, who was appointed as night shift manager of St Louis's bus depot, and his efforts to keep the station operating smoothly, while dealing not only with his own issues, but also the employees and other personalities inhabiting the station.

The series received initial critical acclaim, but ratings were poor during the first season, which almost saw it cancelled, until the star persuaded the network to allow the series to be reworked, with much of its black humour removed. The show continued for another three seasons, until it was cancelled in its fourth year. The cancellation left the final six episodes unbroadcast. NBC broadcast its last episode on 30 October 1996. The remaining episodes were eventually broadcast on the USA Network.

"Murphy Brown" was created by Diane English and aired on CBS for a total of ten seasons from 1988 to 1998. Starring Candice Bergen as the eponymous news anchor and investigative journalist for the fictional news show "FYI", based in Washington DC, the series focuses on Murphy's return from treatment for alcoholism, and her efforts to regain her place as one of the country's top media personalities, while facing life as a single woman in her 40s alongside the newly hired news anchor, young, blonde and perky Corky Sherwood, who was brought in to cover during Murphy's stint in rehab.

The long run of the series saw a number of changes occur over its course. In addition, it portrayed a number of significant storylines, including Murphy's becoming a single mother during the fifth season, while the entire tenth season was broadcast as a story arc featuring Murphy dealing with a diagnosis of breast cancer. The tenth season was the last, as ratings had dropped over the previous years, with the last episode broadcast on 18 May 1998. However, twenty years later, an eleventh season, featuring most of the original cast, was broadcast on CBS, with its final episode broadcast on 20 December 2018.