Crowded Block

The aliens from “3rd Rock From the Sun” live in Ohio. “Seinfeld” and his pals live in New York, not too far from the cops of “Brooklyn South.” And the losers on “Men Behaving Badly” bum around Indianapolis. Truth is, though, that they’re all in Studio City. Those, and a dozen other prime-time shows, are created at CBS Studio Center’s 19 sound stages.

Soaking Dr. Quinn

Rains from El Nino could disrupt a lot of things--including “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman,” which films at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills, above. About half of the shooting takes place outside, said producer John Liberti. Unless it’s a real downpour, they’ll film in the rain, he said, but just in case, alternate interior locations have been jotted in the script.

Family Fare

The Valley was once home to the prototypic suburban clan “The Brady Bunch,” whose split-level home was in North Hollywood. These days, the Valley is home to the Bradys’ antithesis: the highly dysfunctional Malloys of Van Nuys on the show “Unhappily Ever After.”

East Meets West

The ABC drama “Nothing Sacred” is set in the Northeast--but is filmed in the West Valley. A sound stage in Canoga Park contains the cathedral and parish offices for Father Ray (Kevin Anderson). Why not have Father Ray’s parish be in Los Angeles? “Those of us who live here tire of L.A. as a location because it’s been used so much,” said executive producer David Manson.