The animated television series King of the Hill was created by former Garland resident Mike Judge, who used elements of Garland as an inspiration for its setting. 3D Realms, the video game creator of Duke Nukem series, is in Garland. Some episodes of the Chuck Norris television series Walker, Texas Ranger were filmed here, as well as some scenes for Prison Break. Garland has a street called Star Trek Lane, the first and probably the only official place name of the Star Trek television series. Mitchel Musso, who is Oliver on Disney Channel's Hannah Montana, was born and raised in Garland.

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