From 1990 to 1995, an obscure comedy-drama TV series about life in Alaska gained a cult-like following. Airing on CBS, Northern Exposure featured actor Rob Morrow, who played Dr. Joel Fleischman, a New York doctor who gives up city living for a small rural Alaskan town filled with eccentric residents. It was a classic fish-out-of-water story right from the start.
While viewers loved tuning in to get a taste of life in “The Last Frontier,” the television series was not really filmed in Alaska.
The fictional town where ‘Northern Exposure’ took place
The quirky show, which won seven Emmy awards, two Golden Globes, and two Peabody awards, took place in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska. The tiny backwoods locale had a population of 214, which changed to 215 when the new doctor arrived.
The opening credits of Northern Exposure featured a large moose walking down the center of Main Street in the quaint town.
While viewers loved tuning in to get a taste of life in “The Last Frontier,” the television series was not really filmed in Alaska.
The fictional town where ‘Northern Exposure’ took place
The quirky show, which won seven Emmy awards, two Golden Globes, and two Peabody awards, took place in the fictional town of Cicely, Alaska. The tiny backwoods locale had a population of 214, which changed to 215 when the new doctor arrived.
The opening credits of Northern Exposure featured a large moose walking down the center of Main Street in the quaint town.
- 4/13/2023
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