<P> NESN broadcasts the Boston Red Sox baseball and Boston Bruins hockey throughout the region, save for Fairfield County, Connecticut . Most of Connecticut, save for Windham county in the state's northeast corner, and even southern Rhode Island, receives the YES Network, which broadcasts the games of the New York Yankees . For the most part, the same areas also carry SportsNet New York (SNY), which broadcasts New York Mets games . </P> <P> Comcast SportsNet New England broadcasts the games of the Boston Celtics, New England Revolution and Boston Cannons . </P> <P> While most New England cities have daily newspapers, The Boston Globe and The New York Times are distributed widely throughout the region . Major newspapers also include The Providence Journal, Portland Press Herald, and Hartford Courant, the oldest continuously published newspaper in the U.S. </P> <P> New Englanders are well represented in American comedy . Writers for The Simpsons and late - night television programs often come by way of the Harvard Lampoon . Family Guy is an animated sitcom situated in Rhode Island, created by Connecticut native and Rhode Island School of Design graduate Seth MacFarlane (along with American Dad! and The Cleveland Show). A number of Saturday Night Live (SNL) cast members have roots in New England, from Adam Sandler to Amy Poehler, who also stars in the NBC television series Parks and Recreation . Former Daily Show correspondents Rob Corddry and Steve Carell are from Massachusetts . Carell was also involved in film and the American adaptation of The Office, which features Dunder - Mifflin branches set in Stamford, Connecticut and Nashua, New Hampshire . </P>

Where is new england on a map in usa