No that’s not a still from Dr. King’s malpractice trial.
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Dr. Robby wants more shows to film in L.A., like The Pitt. Noah Wyle was one of several Hollywood professionals who testified before Adam Schiff at a hearing on current challenges facing the entertainment industry. Those challenges include, but are not limited to: production moving overseas, the Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, and the Trump administration’s targeting of journalists and the networks who employ those journalists.
In Burbank Friday, Wyle outlined how The Pitt could be a model for bringing work back to Los Angeles. “It’s really hard to shoot a tv show in LA. And it’s really expensive. Prohibitively so,” he said. “Unless you adopt an economic model which takes full advantage of the California tax incentive, and in our case asks personnel to accept reductions in rates in the hopes that the speculation will pay off.” He added that The Pitt brought in an estimated $125 million to California’s economy, and they were able to do that by taking advantage of California’s tax credits. IATSE chief Matthew Loeb urged lawmakers to consider a federal tax credit to keep production in the U.S., especially in the wake of further industry consolidation. Noting Paramount’s promise to shoot 30 WB films should the Paramount-Warner merger go through, Loeb said “A commitment to 30 pictures doesn’t mean anything unless they’re done here.”
Schiff called the proposed Paramount-Skydance-Warner Bros.-Discovery merger an “unprecedented consolidation.” Unprecedented consolidation often precedes unprecedented job loss. Just today, CBS announced the complete closure of CBS News Radio after 100+ years on the air, a decision that came from the Skydance acquiring CBS parent company Paramount.
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