Runaway Production Runs Faster

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A hit network TV show picks up, moves to New York and stirs up the enduring question: why doesn't California do something to staunch the flow of runaway production? We talk to the producer of the show that packed its bags and legislators who want to level the production playing field.

Image: Christian Kasperkovitz

Guests:

• Silvio Horta: Executive Producer, 'Ugly Betty'
• Anthony Portantino: Assemblyman, California's 44th District
• Wendy Greuel: President Pro Tempore, Los Angeles City Council

Links:

• Entertainment Partners' US tax incentive chart
• Variety article on Ugly Betty's possible move to New York

Host

Claude Brodesser-Akner

Host Claude Brodesser-Akner looks deep inside the business of entertainment in a half-hour of thoughtful and irreverent dialogue with Hollywood's top deal-makers, filmmakers, moguls, artists and agents. 

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Produced by

Matt Holzman

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