WHAT SITCOMS ARE BEING PRODUCED OUTSIDE OF LA AND OUTSIDE OF CALIFORNIA?

[tigerfire57]

Where are sitcoms being shot and produced these days, besides Los Angeles? What are the names of the sitcoms and where are they shooting?

[Coffeecup]

I would be interested in knowing the answer too. They has got a be a bunch. Must be some in New York. I don't watch much current tv so I really don't know but would interested in knowing.

[SitcomsOffline]

All of Tyler Perry's productions are filmed on a stage in Atlanta.

The Game is filmed and produced in Atlanta.

[James28]

There are so many film and TV productions that have to be filmed in Los Angeles and California, as well as New York City. Is filming/producing outside of those areas really that expensive?

[Vahan]

Originally Posted by James28

There are so many film and TV productions that have to be filmed in Los Angeles and California, as well as New York City. Is filming/producing outside of those areas really that expensive?

It is said that California is having problems with some film & TV production, because of unions taxing the hell out of that state like there is no tomorrow. Recently, New York City has been having more film and television production than ever.

So is New York City gonna be the new "Entertainment Capital of the World"?

[noveel]

Originally Posted by Vahan

It is said that California is having problems with some film & TV production, because of unions taxing the hell out of that state like there is no tomorrow. Recently, New York City has been having more film and television production than ever.

So is New York City gonna be the new "Entertainment Capital of the World"?

you can't get the talent to move to anyplace outside NYC or LA

[EmoJoe]

New York has had a pretty booming TV industry recently. They created a tax break for TV productions around the time The Sopranos and Sex and the City started filming there and it's gotten more and more prevalent since. 30 Rock is probably the most notable sitcom that filmed in New York. Lots of cable comedies do - Girls, Broad City, Louie, Inside Amy Schumer. There's a huge amount of dramas that film in New York, too. The Good Wife, The Americans, Person of Interest, Elementary, The Following, ect.

The amount of shows that film outside of LA and NYC is slim to none, although there's a few (The Walking Dead films in Atlanta, as do Tyler Perry's shows). There's also a handful of shows that film in Vancouver, Canada because I believe it's cheaper there. Mostly sci-fi/fantasy shows - Supernatural does, Fringe used to, I wanna say Grimm does as well?

I don't know that anywhere will ever take over LA though. LA is a) the center of Hollywood and likely always will be b) a perfect filming environment. They have the most studio space, you can shoot outside pretty much all year round, ect. I'm guessing LA will always be the entertainment capital of the world, but NYC is becoming a close second.

[ajgenard]

I'd be awfully surprised to learn of a major sitcom (broadcast sitcoms or higher profile cable sitcoms) that wasn't filmed in LA/California. Niche shows like Tyler Perry's stuff is one thing, but it's too impractical for the majority of sitcoms to be based elsewhere. Although I can easily see production start shifting back to NYC like the early days of television. Largely due to the taxes imposed, film production has been spreading out to many different urban centers across the country in recent years. I suppose in an industry like television where you're likely to be attached to projects that start and end quickly (and usually very short engagements, like mere weeks) then it makes perfect sense to have everybody in the business in the same vicinity.

The most demanding thing about shooting a multi-cam sitcom is the studio audience. California offers not only the most populous state in the Union, it's also boosted by tourism. Could you imagine trying to get an audience as diverse and easily available on a weekly basis to laugh at your jokes in Minneapolis? Shows without the requirement of a weekly live audience are much more portable. Unfortunately NYC is probably the only metropolis that could even come close to offering the advantages that LA has. I don't even think a city like Chicago, the 3rd largest media market in the country, could ever compete with LA.

And even if another place does eventually supplant California it won't be in our lifetime. I mean get real, the area has been active in an entertainment industry that has never seen it's product decrease in demand in over 100 years. There is so much history, tradition, clauses and whatnot grandfathered in that only the sands of time could pry it away from them.

[James28]

Would it be boring to have absolutely everything produced within the Los Angeles metropolitan area or California? Also, the soundstages/studios in New York City must be smaller than those in the LA area.

[EmoJoe]

Bump but I thought this article was interesting. For the first time ever, there were more drama pilots filmed in NYC this year than LA.


http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/new...a-drama-714311

[Yong Fang]

There was a show called "Memphis Beat" with Jason Lee. Cool, a cop show from my hometown! Well, the show wasn't filmed in Memphis, but in Louisiana.

The Blind Side also took place in Memphis, but was filmed in Georgia. I do not understand clearly why this is so, but professional films are regulated by the state of Tennessee. Which makes me mad as hell. A TV production hires hundreds of people, many who make good money and it would give an opportunity to show off the city. If I were a mayor of a city, I would bend over sideways and offer all kinds of tax incentives and what not to have people come.

But The Office is not filmed in Pennsylvania and it is interesting to see the California countryside.

[Coffeecup]

I saw Susan Lucci on a tv talk show and she said Devious Maids is filmed in Georgia. I was surprised but pleased that production companies can do very well outside California.