{"id":62203,"date":"2025-11-20T16:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62203\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T16:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T16:07:07","slug":"17-tv-projects-including-baywatch-reboot-get-a-california-film-tax-credit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62203\/","title":{"rendered":"17 TV projects, including &#8216;Baywatch&#8217; reboot, get a California film tax credit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>More than a dozen TV shows were awarded production incentives for filming in California, including several that are relocating from other states, such as action series \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith\u201d and a reboot of \u201cBaywatch.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Together, the 17 series are expected to generate $1.2 billion in economic activity for the state. The shows are estimated to employ a collective 5,165 cast and crew members, as well as more than 35,000 background actors.<\/p>\n<p>In total, the shows were awarded about $313 million in tax credits, with season 3 of the post-apocalyptic series \u201cFallout\u201d receiving the largest credit ($166 million). \u201cBaywatch,\u201d which relocated from Hawaii, was awarded a credit of $21 million, while \u201cMr. and Mrs. Smith,\u201d returning from New York and Italy, was allocated nearly $80 million. The Netflix show \u201cForever\u201d got nearly $63 million.<\/p>\n<p>These shows are the second round of TV projects to receive incentive awards under the state\u2019s revamped film and television tax credit program. Approved by state legislators and <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-07-02\/gov-gavin-newsom-signs-bill-increasing-the-cap-for-californias-film-and-tv-tax-credit-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this year<\/a>, the new program now has a cap of $750 million, up from $330 million.<\/p>\n<p>Eligibility criteria was also expanded to allow more types of shows to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The changes to the program came after <a class=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/business\/story\/2025-04-25\/california-production-incentive-program\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">intense lobbying<\/a> from Hollywood unions, studios and other insiders amid an exodus of filming to other states and countries with more generous production incentives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalifornia\u2019s creative economy isn\u2019t just part of who we are \u2014 it helps power this state forward,\u201d Newsom said in a statement. \u201cAnd when we make smart investments like our film tax credit, we\u2019re keeping talent here at home, supporting good-paying union jobs, and strengthening an industry that defines the California brand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaywatch\u201d executive producer and showrunner Matt Nix noted that the wildfires in January encouraged him to want to film in the Golden State. He said in a statement that the fires nearly destroyed his home, but that the \u201cheroism of the first responders who fought to save our community\u201d inspired him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaywatch was born in Los Angeles,\u201d Nix said. \u201cI\u2019m so glad we can bring it home again.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"More than a dozen TV shows were awarded production incentives for filming in California, including several that are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62204,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[37568,7,14138,9,8,37583,1073,37582,37581,37580,37579,13049,14142,37578,1860,225,3025,37577],"class_list":["post-62203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-california","tag-baywatch","tag-california","tag-california-film-tax-credit","tag-california-headlines","tag-california-news","tag-hollywood-union","tag-home","tag-large-credit","tag-mr","tag-mrs-smith","tag-new-program","tag-other-state","tag-production-incentive","tag-reboot","tag-show","tag-state","tag-statement","tag-tv-project"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62203","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62203\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}