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NBC Cancels Night Court, Suits LA
Whatever little "TV" I see, the writing is atrocious, the sound is mumbled, and topics are mostly just boring and uninteresting.
The weekly game shows, as pointed out, became so expensive to produce in the US, it's cheaper to pack the planes with contestants and fly them to Ireland (or Eastern Europe) and back.
Besides destroying many suppliers, service and peripheral movie businesses during the strike, the productions in Hollywood are down by "existential" levels.
www.wvia.org - Hollywood is facing an 'existential moment' as production levels plummet - 2025-05-10
www.hollywoodreporter.com - Los Angeles Film and TV Soundstage Vacancies Reach Historically High Levels | A new FilmLA report shows studios reporting the fewest number of onstage shoot days in recorded history. - HR, 2025-04-03
Maybe "Hollywood" unions should have Trump's "tariff solution to everything" ("the most beautiful word") to the rescue... or have another strike demanding production to be done only in the US, of course with "fair share" and "living wages" and banning AI (except James Cameron) and...
variety.com - Trump's Movie Tariff Appeals to Some in Hollywood Who Lost Jobs to Foreign Subsidies - Variety, 2025-05-14
www.hollywoodreporter.com - Cannes: What Ever Happened to Tariffs? - HR, 2025-05-14
deadline.com - James Cameron Wants To Use AI To "Cut The Cost" Of Filmmaking Without "Laying Off Half The Staff - Deadline, 2025-04-09
Two years ago the unions were "winning!" taking the cue from Shawn Fain and UAW... "Short term pain, long term gain!" they said.
What are they saying now - "bail us out"? Another "American" industry being destroyed, by pricing itself out?
"Are you not entertained!"
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