the show brother-and-sisters is supposedly set in pasadena. i dont watch it consistently, so i cant comment on whether it uses real references or fiction. most scenes are set indoors anyway.

the movie real-genius was shot around caltech campus (actually several movies have used the atheneum as a hotel/restaurant entrance.

just driving around i see shots (for commercials i assume) being setup in pas (and so.pas), but never stop to find out what the actual thing is.

also, this past weekend was the doodah parade and i was surprised noone mentioned it here. i was a lurker (ie id bookmarked the tribe, not even joined) so havent felt like commenting until this particular post. you are right - this tribe is relatively silent and there truly are many many things that happen here.

itd be nice to collect some of the annual-type ones into a thread somewhere. like the open house at jpl or whatever it is that is interesting to folks here - the first day of public school?

dunno - other than that - just a howdee... btw - id never heard of the cbs comedy big bang theory - was it any good? :)

Brothers and Sisters is set in Pasadena. So far I think all of their references have been correct and anything shot outdoors has been Pasadena. Unlike the show titled Pasadena where much of the shooting was done in Canada. Booo!

The house used as the exterior shot of the mansion for Fresh Prince is on South El Molino or thereabouts. So is the house from the Father of the Bride movies.

That's all I can think of at the moment but there are a lot more.

I also remember the HBO (or was it Showtime?) show Huff, which had his mother living in Pasadena, and a few scenes were at her house. I think Huff lived more on the west side (though in a classic Pasadena style Craftsman house).

A lot of stuff is shot here, but I'm more interested in things that are set here, even if they were filmed elsewhere.

Well, not a TV show...but: Rumor Has It.

Not what I was originally asking about, but Amy Poehler's Parks and Recreation show uses Pasadena city hall as the Pawnee Indiana city hall building, and it gets some play in almost every episode.