"Welcome to Flatch" wasn't shot or set in Minnesota. But the new Fox sitcom leans heavily on the state — and two famous former residents — for its biggest laughs.
The series, filmed in the mockumentary style adapted by "Modern Family" and "The Office," is largely seen through the eyes of a onetime Minnesota couple adjusting to their new lives in fictional Flatch, Ohio, where youngsters amuse themselves by watching the local bus run over Big Gulps and grown-ups dream of winning a skillet-tossing contest.
The Rev. Joe Binghoffer (Seann William Scott) brings the same upbeat spirit to his new church assignment that helped his former Christian boy band become an international sensation.
