Where are the accents?

Speaking of The Practice, why did so few people on there speak with a Boston accent? (Same goes for Ally McBeal, Boston Public, Boston Legal, etc.) Except for the occasional judge, or ruffian from Southie, nobody on there was dropping their R's. I wanted to heah some real cleah regional dialect, but no. Same deal with King of the Hill--ingenious show, except for the dearth of authentic American Southern English. Some of the actors are good at it--like Stephen Root (always excellent), and the incredible Kathy Najimy--but most couldn't pass as Southerners. A nadir was reached when both Hank and Peggy mispronounced "Vidalia" (the onion variety, of course) as though it were a Spanish word. For the record: It's vy-DAY-lee-uh. Surely any real Texan would know how to say "Vidalia"? Even I know how, dammit!

But yeah, I know why we don't get more "local color" from American TV, or any TV for that matter. Big Entertainment is afraid we won't "identify." Interesting to see the bias against certain areas, though: Jeff Foxworthy can't get on Letterman because he's "too regional," and The Sopranos is . . . a megahit.

Y'all take care, now.