New TV Show Set in Minnesota Will Premiere Next Week

The Land of 10,000 Lakes will take center stage as the setting for a new TV that's set to make its debut on Fox next week.

That's right. A new TV medical drama series based in Minnesota is coming to your screen next Tuesday night, and we now know how and where you can watch it.

It's been a while since the North Star State has been the setting for a network TV show. Over the years, Minnesota has had its share of famous moments, courtesy of TV and movies, though. I mean, the classic movie filmed and set in our backyard-- Grumpy Old Men-- just celebrated its 31st anniversary over the holidays. As did another 90s classic, The Mighty Ducks.

There are also several classic sitcom characters that have been natives of the Bold North as well. In the 80's, the character Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls was from the fictional St. Olaf, Minnesota.

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Do you remember Brandon and Brenda Walsh from the 90's classic, Beverly Hills, 90210? The pilot noted how the whole series started when characters Jim and Cindy Walsh moved their family from Minnesota out to California.

Minnesota characters were also front and center in TV shows more recently too. If you watched the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, which ran from 2005 to 2014, you already know that the character of Marshal Ericksen was a proud native of St. Cloud, Minnesota.

Explore Minnesota says six other classic shows didn't just have characters from the North Star State, but were set right here in Minnesota:

• The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show - The cartoon series was set in fictional 'Frostbite Falls, MN'
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show - The 70s sitcom was set at a Minneapolis TV station
• Little House on the Prairie - The 70's drama was set near Walnut Grove, MN
• Coach - The 90's sitcom was set at the fictional 'Minnesota State' near Mankato
• The Bachelorette - Minneapolis boasts more "Bachelorette" contestants than any other destination. 
• Fargo - Season 5 of the FX TV version of the Cohen Brothers movie was set in Scandia, MN.

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And now, a new TV series will debut Tuesday night that's also set in Minnesota. According to this Fox TV news release, the new medical drama series Doc will be based on the adventures of Dr. Amy Elias, the Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at the completely fictional Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. (Sorry, Mayo Clinic!)

IMDB says the show, which stars Molly Parker as Dr. Elias, will air its debut episode, called 'If At First You Don’t Succeed…' on Fox at 8 pm central on Tuesday, January 7th, 2025. Here's how Fox describes the show's plot:

After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Dr. Elias must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the man she loves, or the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away.

While the show wasn't actually be filmed in Minneapolis (this Deadline story says production has already wrapped in Toronto), there likely *will* be some establishing shots of Minnesota to set the scene, as well as what I'm guessing will be other cultural references to our lifestyle here in the Land of 10,000 Lakes.

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Here's an official trailer of Fox's new 'Doc' drama...

While the show will likely focus on the characters and not its setting, I'm curious how accurately (or not) they will portray what it's like to live here in Minnesota. And, like the various mentions of 'The Clinic' on Grey's Anatomy (which is their way of referencing Mayo Clinic without actually mentioning Mayo Clinic), will this show also reference the world-famous hospital in Rochester?

And though it is set in here, as we noted, it wasn't actually filmed on location here. Nor apparently, will there be other Minnesota natives in the program. But our state does have its share of famous residents, however. Keep scrolling to check them out and where they went to high school here in the Bold North!

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