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The long-running TV show "American Idol" is moving its production from Los Angeles to Georgia for its 25th season due to the state’s lucrative tax incentive program offering up to a 30% tax credit. This move comes as unscripted TV production in Los Angeles has significantly declined, with reality TV shoot days dropping 40% year-over-year and overall unscripted production plummeting 62.7% compared to its five-year average.
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"American Idol," a long-running singing competition show, is moving its production from Los Angeles to the greater Atlanta area for its upcoming 25th season. Fremantle and Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment co-produce the series. This move follows another exit in May when Fox Entertainment Studios stopped producing “The Masked Singer.” Georgia's tax incentive program, which offers up to a 30% tax credit for productions spending at least $500,000, is a key factor behind the relocation. The shift marks a significant blow to unscripted TV production in Los Angeles; according to FilmLA data, reality TV shoot days dropped by 40% year-over-year in the second quarter of this year, with overall unscripted production plummeting by 62.7%.
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“American Idol” is packing up Hollywood and heading across the country.
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The long-running singing competition is relocating its production from Los Angeles to the greater Atlanta area ahead of its milestone 25th season.
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Fremantle, which co-produces the series alongside Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment
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A primary driver behind the exit is Georgia’s lucrative tax incentive program, which offers up to a 30% tax credit for unscripted and reality television productions that spend a minimum of $500,000 in the state, the news outlet reported.
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outlet → offer → state
The high-profile relocation marks the latest blow to unscripted TV production in Los Angeles, an industry segment that has been suffering for a prolonged period.
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According to FilmLA data reported by The Wrap, local unscripted production dropped sharply in the second quarter, with reality TV shoot days plunging 40% year-over-year.
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While overall television filming saw a quarter-over-quarter uptick, unscripted production in Los Angeles has plummeted 62.7% against its five-year average, according to the organization.
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The departure follows a similar exit earlier this year in May, when Fox Entertainment Studios announced it would no longer produce “The Masked Singer.”
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Eureka Productions took over the series and moved operations to New Jersey to take advantage of the state’s tax incentive program, which offers a 30% tax credit on qualified expenses and up to 40% on specific studio projects.
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Although California recently expanded its tax incentive program under AB 1138 to cover unscripted series for the first time, the state restricted eligibility strictly to large-scale competition shows with per-episode budgets exceeding $1 million.
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