California Awards $296 Million in TV Tax Credits, Expands to Animated and Competition Shows

As seen in Variety:

The doctors at the fictional Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center will be getting an infusion of cash from the California Film Commission when they return for Season 3 of The Pitt.

The show, which films in Burbank, will get $24.2 million in state subsidies, up from the $12.2 million awarded for each of the first two seasons.

Gov. Gavin Newsom more than doubled the state’s film subsidy to $750 million last year in response to a dramatic downturn in production. But as “The Pitt” shows, that extra money does not translate to a proportional increase in jobs.

While the state’s investment in the HBO Max show will double, the show’s below-the-line budget will increase only slightly, from $66 million to $69 million. And “The Pitt” will employ the exact same number of crew — 180 — as it did in Season 2.