{"id":536547,"date":"2026-03-21T10:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536547\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T10:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:42:11","slug":"noah-wyle-tells-hearing-that-the-pitt-shows-us-tv-and-film-production-can-be-revived","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/536547\/","title":{"rendered":"Noah Wyle tells hearing that \u2018The Pitt\u2019 shows US TV and film production can be revived"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your support helps us to tell the story<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it&#8217;s investigating the financials of Elon Musk&#8217;s pro-Trump PAC or producing our latest documentary, &#8216;The A Word&#8217;, which shines a light on the American women fighting for reproductive rights, we know how important it is to parse out the facts from the messaging.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-1uza6dc-0 iCTyfe\">The Independent is trusted by Americans across the entire political spectrum. And unlike many other quality news outlets, we choose not to lock Americans out of our reporting and analysis with paywalls. We believe quality journalism should be available to everyone, paid for by those who can afford it.<\/p>\n<p>Your support makes all the difference.Read more<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/extras\/indybest\/gadgets-tech\/television\/the-pitt-uk-release-date-b2942504.html\" title=\"Everyone\u2019s talking about The Pitt, here\u2019s when you can watch the gritty medical drama in the UK\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Pitt<\/a>\u201d has won praise and a gurney full of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/emmys\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Emmys<\/a> for bringing a dose of classic episodic TV to the prestige streaming era. <\/p>\n<p>Noah Wyle, its star, executive producer and sometimes director, said Friday that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hbo-max\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HBO Max<\/a> hospital series actually shoots in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> at a time when film and television production has shifted to other places with more favorable economic conditions. <\/p>\n<p>Wyle said \u201cThe Pitt,\u201d which won the Emmy for best drama for last year&#8217;s first season, is \u201cproof of concept\u201d that the model can work. <\/p>\n<p>Wyle spoke at a hearing organized by California Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/adam-schiff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Adam Schiff<\/a> held at City Hall in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/burbank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burbank<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a>-adjacent city that is home to most major studios, including the Warner Bros. lot where \u201cThe Pitt\u201d shoots. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was asked to participate in today\u2019s hearing to tell a success story,\u201d Wyle said. \u201cI\u2019m happy to report we\u2019ll commence shooting season three this summer, and that a rising tide has indeed lifted all boats.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wyle said California&#8217;s recent tax breaks for production made making the series in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/burbank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burbank<\/a> possible. He said the show&#8217;s first season brought nearly 600 production jobs, and its ripple effects brought $125 million to the state economy. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/US_Film_Production_43132.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Actor Noah Wyle attends a hearing on the challenges facing the film industry\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Actor Noah Wyle attends a hearing on the challenges facing the film industry (AP)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is proof of concept,\u201d he said. \u201cThat is replicable. And it is vital to the strength of our industry and to our city to support these incentives.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Wyle, 54, played a central character on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/nbc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBC<\/a>&#8216;s \u201cER\u201d from 1994 to 2009. His return to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> hospital \u2014 fictionally in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/pittsburgh\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh<\/a> \u2014 with \u201cThe Pitt\u201d won him an Emmy for best actor in a drama. <\/p>\n<p>Lean years came in between, when he had to go to increasingly far-off places smaller roles took him. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll speak from personal experience and say that I haven\u2019t slept in my own bed in 15 years while I\u2019ve been working as an actor. Since the end of &#8216;ER,&#8217;\u201d Wyle said. \u201cIt\u2019s hard on families, and I can speak to that. It is hard to fracture your industry that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Schiff and other members of Congress who spoke said they are working on nationalizing production tax breaks that states have instituted. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, whose district includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/burbank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burbank<\/a> and its studios, addressed objections to cozy treatment for a business snuggled in wealth.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/US_Film_Production_74812.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the hearing\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., speaks during the hearing (AP)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe give tax credits to many industries. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> is not asking for special treatment,\u201d she said. \u201cThis is something that is standard across the United States for industries that we have determined that we care about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Matthew Loeb, president of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, which represents most behind-the-scenes crew members, lamented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/marvel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marvel<\/a> recently moving its production hub from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/georgia\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Georgia<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/england\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But he said the same project-by-project production model that can be difficult for his members can make change more possible. It\u2019s not as hard for film to come back as it might be for other industries. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/paramount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount<\/a>&#8216;s pending acquisition of Warner Bros. was a running theme, with all expressing worry that its consolidation will mean loss of production and jobs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/US_Film_Production_57768.jpg\"  loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. and Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., look at a presentation board during the hearing\" class=\"sc-1mc30lb-0 ggpMaE inline-gallery-btn\"\/>Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. and Rep. Lou Correa, D-Calif., look at a presentation board during the hearing (AP)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis merger could define whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles<\/a> remains the entertainment capital of the world or becomes an afterthought,\u201d Friedman said. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/paramount\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paramount<\/a> leaders have given a broad commitment to making 15 major motion pictures for both studios each year. That was welcomed, but skeptically. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe big missing piece is that there is no commitment about where they\u2019re going to shoot 30 films,\u201d Loeb said. <\/p>\n<p>Wyle, Schiff and others emphasized the jobs that thrive around entertainment entities, from hotel workers to equipment vendors to food servers to dry cleaners. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll those livelihoods are tied to a production shop setting up in their community,\u201d Schiff said. <\/p>\n<p>U.S. Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove said workers of all sorts from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/los-angeles-county\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles County<\/a> district have an interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/hollywood\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hollywood<\/a> thriving. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter my acupuncturist took the needles out of my back, she said, \u2018Can you do anything to help bring back entertainment jobs?\u2019\u201d Kamlager-Dove said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536548,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88],"class_list":{"0":"post-536547","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536547\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}