{"id":2517,"date":"2007-07-19T07:15:14","date_gmt":"2007-07-19T15:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2007\/07\/the_idea_that_new_york_city_only_got_a_measly_77_percent_increase_in_anti-terror_money_from_homeland_is_absurd_when_you_think_about_all_the_filming_that_is_done_here.html"},"modified":"2007-07-19T07:15:14","modified_gmt":"2007-07-19T15:15:14","slug":"the_idea_that_n","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/archives\/2007\/07\/the_idea_that_n.html","title":{"rendered":"The Idea That New York City Only Got A Measly 7.7 Percent Increase In Anti-Terror Money From Homeland Is Absurd When You Think About All The Filming That Is Done Here"},"content":{"rendered":"

But at least now we know why New York has to have such a large police force<\/a>:<\/p>\n

New York is preparing to star as never before on prime-time TV this fall, thanks to a record number of new and returning shows being filmed on the city’s soundstages and streets.<\/p>\n

Producers and city officials agree that 2007 is the most robust year ever for TV production in New York.<\/p>\n

Six new network TV series have either started filming, or are preparing to start within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

“It’s really been incredible,” said Katherine Oliver, commissioner of the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting. “We had a record number of pilots shooting in New York last winter and six of the pilots were picked up [for fall].”<\/p>\n

Seven other series, on both broadcast and cable TV, are also in production here, creating a high demand for studio space at facilities in Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

“There’s an energy with shooting in New York,” said David Manson, executive producer of one of the shows, “New Amsterdam” on Fox.<\/p>\n

“It’s not only the city itself, but it’s the people you hire. There’s this terrific talent pool — actors, technicians, craftsmen, designers — and to have access to those people on a daily basis is a boon.”<\/p>\n

Also being produced here: CW’s “Gossip Girl,” a drama about a group of filthy-rich teens; NBC’s “Lipstick Jungle,” based on the best seller by Candace Bushnell (“Sex and the City”) and starring Brooke Shields and Kim Raver (“24”); and ABC’s “Cashmere Mafia,” with Lucy Liu and Bonnie Somerville (“NYPD Blue”) as part of a group of ambitious New York women.<\/p>\n

Shows already in production here include the FDNY drama “Rescue Me” and the new Glenn Close legal drama “Damage$” — both on FX; HBO’s “Flight of the Conchords NBC’s “30 Rock “Law & Order “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit” and “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” now moving to cable on NBC-owned USA Network.<\/p>\n

What’s driving the boom in New York TV production? Industry insiders credit the city’s “Made in NY” tax-incentive program, plus other city-provided perks such as free permits for on-location shooting and free police assistance.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

But at least now we know why New York has to have such a large police force: New York is preparing to star as never before on prime-time TV this fall, thanks to a record number of new and returning shows being filmed on the city’s soundstages and streets. Producers and city officials agree that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-i_dont_care_if_youre_filming_youre_in_my_goddamn_way"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2517\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}