Get the latest gossip
Los Angeles Production Down Sharply Again As Scripted TV Rebound Is Offset By Plunge In Reality Fare
Los Angeles on-location production in fell again during Q2 of 2024, off by 12.4% year-over-year as scripted TV’s rebound was offset by a plunge in reality fare
“Generally speaking, unscripted television is a location-heavy format that generates significant permit volume,” FilmLA VP Integrated Communications Philip Sokoloski said. FilmLA’s report also reminds that, while last year’s WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes hammered the local film and TV industry’s output, a sustained pattern of decline in production was evident before those labor actions. “Study participants reported that use of sound stages and backlots was something event producers, marketing agencies and other parties often pursue,” Sokoloski, “but in recent years many of these inquiries had to be turned away due to lack of space.”
Or read this on Deadline
