| THEOC | TV beach drama set in California |
| RESCUE | TV beach series, Bondi ... |
| BAYWATCH | L.A. beach drama whose stars included David Hasselhoff (8) |
| LALAW | 1980s US legal drama set in California (1,1,3) |
| THEBIRDS | Hitchcock thriller set in California |
| ENCINO | "___ Man" (Brendan Fraser comedy set in California) |
| HILLS | Old MTV reality show set in California, The ----- (5) |
| LANDING | '80s Dallas spinoff set in California, Knots ___ |
| TORTILLAFLAT | 1933 John Steinbeck novel set in California (8,4) |
| KNOTSLANDING | Old soap series set in California (5,7) |
| SANTA | "___ Barbara" (1980s soap opera set in California) |
| CREST | "Falcon ___" (1980s soap opera set in California wine country) |
| SUR | "Big ___" (novel set in California) |
| PALP | "___ Alto" (2013 film set in California) |
| PALO | "___ Alto" (2013 film set in California) |
| ITS | And 21. 1935 W.C. Fields comedy film set in California (3,1,4) |
| AGIFT | 1935 W.C. Fields comedy film set in California (3,1,4) |
| RHOBH | Set-in-california reality series for Lisa Rinna and Kathy Hilton [acronym] |
| EDEN | East of ___, 1952 novel by John Steinbeck set in California (4) |
| MAGNOLIA | 1999 film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, set in California |
