Wasn't another reason for starting these expatriate productions so that they could get full audiences of people not wearing masks? U.S. audiences (at least in the Los Angeles area) were being required to wear masks until recently, due to the unions' Covid safety agreements with the studios.
> On May 4, 2023, at 8:50 AM, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 4:18 PM Mark Jeffries <spotligh...@gmail.com > <mailto:spotligh...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >> And as to why Ireland, it's either because facilities in the U.S. are still >> being taken up by Peak TV or they're trying to save money (even if they have >> to fly contestants from the U.S. and put them up in a hotel, since there >> aren't enough U.S. expats in Ireland in the key demos who want to be >> contestants). > > It's surely just a money thing. > > While Ireland does offer some significant tax credits to productions - > 32%-34% according to https://www.screenireland.ie/filming/section-481 - I > can't see that a US gameshow fits into any of their categories. But I just > bet that hiring out a big studio with all the lights and cameras in place > makes economic sense. Hosts and contestants were going to need some > accommodation anyway, and while it might be more to send someone from, say, > Dallas to Dublin than Dallas to LA, the other cost savings may be more than > big enough to make sense. > > See also Ru Paul and Lingo being shot in Manchester (UK) rather than the US. > In that instance there are added savings with the same set doing double-duty > for the UK version, although Ru Paul only presents the primetime "celebrity" > version in the UK with a different presenter doing the daytime one. And from > what I can see, that UK celebrity version has now been cancelled. Again, > while the UK offers significant tax breaks, they tend to be for dramas and > children's shows, not game shows. > > These multi-country productions make more sense when there's a really > elaborate set. Wipeout/Total Wipeout had a massive fixed set in Argentina > that many countries used, flying in presenters and contestants to shoot > episodes for a couple of weeks before the next country took over. I remember > once being in Iceland where I saw the national TV company promoting their > upcoming Wipeout run. A country of just 250,000 people would never have been > able to produce a series like that on their own. > > Similarly, many countries' versions of The Wall game show used a fixed set in > Poland. The UK version definitely flew contestants and the presenter there. I > was left wondering how they filled the audience with enough people who > understood what was going on, could understand the language and had any > interest whatsoever in proceedings... > > > Adam > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > <mailto:tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBOcOa786rszS%3D9gAHo4s591r29wmNz689gdBLGbTgS8w%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBOcOa786rszS%3D9gAHo4s591r29wmNz689gdBLGbTgS8w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BDE48A37-807D-4186-87F2-BE1ED5CE2DC6%40ellwanger.tv.
