Take 5: Cities where hoop dreams are made

With March Madness under way, lets give props to the five cities that will be hosting the regional showdowns (which start Thursday) and final-four battles (April 2 and 4). Here are five TV shows associated with these fair cities:

1. NEWARK (East Regional) -- What else but "The Sopranos," which used the Jersey burg as a setting many times, most memorably for the famous Columbus Day Parade episode. (Honorable mention: "Brick City," Sundance Channel's reality show featuring Mayor Cory Booker.)

2. NEW ORLEANS (Southeast Regional) -- "Treme," HBO's gritty drama, captured what post-Katrina life is really like in the Big Easy.

3. SAN ANTONIO (Southwest Regional) -- The Texas city has never had a series set there (although "American Idol" held auditions there), but CBS is planning a neo-Western crime drama from "CSI" executive producer Anthony Zuiker. "Desperado" focuses on a group of contemporary lawmen who enact cowboy-style justice on San Antone's bad guys.

4. ANAHEIM (West Regional) -- "Disneyland," the 1950s Walt Disney-hosted anthology, was ABC's first hit series. Did you know that ABC actually paid Uncle Walt $500,000 to help finance his theme park?

5. HOUSTON (Final Four) -- "Reba," the WB/CW sitcom starring Reba McEntire as a single mom, took place in the Houston suburbs.