Editing Wilmington, Delaware (section)

===Portrayal of Wilmington in popular culture===
* Wilmington's skyline and other aerial shots of the city stood in for the fictional town of Arcadia in the television program ''[[Joan of Arcadia]]''.<ref>{{Cite news| last = Mullinax| first = Gary| title = TV version of God hanging out in Wilmington| newspaper = The News Journal| location = Wilmington, Delaware| pages = A1| publisher = Gannett Corporation| date = October 31, 2003| url = https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1819848181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+31%2C+2003&author=GARY+MULLINAX&pub=The+News+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=TV+version+of+God+hanging+out+in+Wilmington| access-date = July 8, 2010| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120624221835/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/delawareonline/access/1819848181.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+31%2C+2003&author=GARY+MULLINAX&pub=The+News+Journal&edition=&startpage=A.1&desc=TV+version+of+God+hanging+out+in+Wilmington| archive-date = June 24, 2012| url-status = dead}}{{subscription required}}</ref>
* The 1999 film ''[[Fight Club]]'' (adapted from [[Chuck Palahniuk]]'s [[Fight Club (novel)|novel of the same title]]) is set in Wilmington. City officials rejected the filmmakers' request to film in Delaware, so the movie's exterior shots were filmed in Los Angeles.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}
* ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'' (SNL) skits portraying [[Joe Biden]] often mention his residency in Wilmington. For example, in the [[cold open]]ing of the May 12, 2012, episode, Biden pouts in his Washington, D.C., bedroom, which features an aerial picture of the downtown Wilmington skyline with "DELAWARE" printed along the bottom.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hulu.com/watch/360884#s-p6-sr-i1 |title=Cold Opening: Obama visits Biden |date=May 12, 2012 |work=Saturday Night Live |publisher=[[Hulu]] |access-date=July 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120629065258/http://www.hulu.com/watch/360884#s-p6-sr-i1 |archive-date=June 29, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref>
* In November 2015, ABC announced a pilot for a legal drama starring [[Jada Pinkett Smith]] set in Wilmington. The show would have been called ''Murder Town''. Mayor Dennis Williams reacted strongly, calling the actors in the show "has beens". The pilot was passed over by ABC in August 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title = New ABC drama 'Murder Town' set in Wilmington|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/11/tv-wilmington-murder-town/75601032/|website = USA TODAY|access-date = February 6, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180114161405/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/11/tv-wilmington-murder-town/75601032/|archive-date = January 14, 2018|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/12/murder-town-tv-show-probably-dead-point/88614690/|title='Murder Town' TV show 'probably dead at this point'|access-date=January 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160925002521/http://www.delawareonline.com/story/entertainment/2016/08/12/murder-town-tv-show-probably-dead-point/88614690/|archive-date=September 25, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>