The first few months of 2019 were wetter than usual for Los Angeles, and on-location filming in the City of Angels also got drenched.

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In the ever-shifting landscape of the Peak TV Era, some things stay the same and some things flip the script.

A new report out today from Film L.A. has a bit of both with Amazon the top dog for new TV projects last year, production for digital networks up almost 80% over 2017 and the great state of California…

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon A Time In Hollywood doesn't come out until July 26 but the flick is already a hit in Los Angeles.

Production of the Brad Pitt, Margot Robbie, Al Pacino and Leonardo DiCaprio starring Manson era movie in the City of Angels helped give on-location filming in Greater L.A. in 2018 a slight edg…

On-location filming in Los Angeles rose 3% in the third quarter of 2018 compared to the same period last year, with TV pilots (up 30%), TV dramas (up 21.6%) and feature films (up 11%) doing especially well. The overall numbers are also a nice rebound from last quarter's 5.2% decline in all on-location filming, accordin…

Despite the state's annual $330 million tax incentives program, on-location filming in greater Los Angeles fell for a third consecutive quarter, dipping 3.5% to 9,455 shoot days in the third quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year. On-location filming fell 4.7% in the second quarter and a whopping 36.3%…

On-location TV production is booming in Los Angeles, thanks in part to California's $330 million annual film incentives program. "Approximately one fourth of all local (on-location) TV drama and TV comedy production is incentive-driven," FilmL.A. said in its latest quarterly report released today. Even so, three-fourth…

Starting next Monday, it's going to be 17% more expensive for producers to hire uniformed fire safety officers in the City of Los Angeles. Currently, the city charges $64 an hour for the officers; beginning October 3, the rate will go up to $75 an hour, with a four-hour minimum. The officers often are required to be pr…

Despite California's expanded film incentives program, TV and digital pilots shot in Los Angeles actually declined 13% in the 2015-2016 development cycle compared to a year ago, according to a new report from FilmL.A., the city's film office. The culprit: Comedy pilots, which declined from 70 shot in L.A. last year to…

On-location filming in greater Los Angeles increased 5.8% in the second quarter of 2016 compared to the same time period last year, according to FilmLA, the city's film office. The group attributed much of the growth to California's new $330 million film incentives program. Altogether, there were 9,937 on-location film…

Runaway production and new broadcasting strategies have really cut into one of the backbones of Los Angeles’ TV industry, a new report out today from FilmL.A. says. For the first time since records have been kept, the home of Hollywood's share of total pilot production has fallen below 50% according to the nonprofit…

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