With Alaska so much in the news these days, we thought we’d take a look at five TV series that have been set in the 49th state. (And we’re not yet counting “Terminator: The Sarah Palin Chronicles,” which undoubtedly will be proposed soon to the networks.)
THE ALASKANS (ABC, 1959-60) — A decade and a half before he played James Bond, Roger Moore starred in this drama set in 1890s Skagway as an adventurer/con man looking for action in the Klondike Gold Rush.
KLONDIKE (NBC, 1960-61) — Another Klondike Gold Rush adventure, this one starring James Coburn as a gambler and scoundrel.
NORTHERN EXPOSURE (CBS, 1990-95) — Classic fish-out-of-water story about a transplanted New York doctor (Rob Morrow) living in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska.
DEADLIEST CATCH (Discovery, 2005--) — Popular reality series that documents events aboard fishing boats in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and Opilio crab fishing seasons.
MEN IN TREES (ABC, 2006-08) — Another fish-out-of-water tale, this one focusing on about a New York “relationship coach” (Ann Heche) living the fictional Elmo, Alaska.
BONUS: TOUGHER IN ALASKA (History, 2008) — Geo Beach hosted this reality show demonstrating how living in Alaska is just plain harder than it is in the Lower 48.
KODIAK (ABC, 1974) -- One-month series starring Clint Walker as a member of the Alaska State Patrol.
AP photo of Sarah Palin
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Our hero, Andrew Jackson, would have loved her too; and put her to work. She trancends catagories and pidgenholes.