‘America’s Got Talent’ could be next TV show to flee California…
“America’s Got Talent” is the latest long-running actuality sequence considering about ditching California.
The NBC show could depart the Golden State for Georgia or Tennessee, in accordance the TMZ. While no determination has been made up to now, Fremantle and Simon Cowell’s Syco are reportedly wanting to transfer ahead of Season 22.
The show is wrapping up its 21-season manufacturing run at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium this week, with half two of the finale airing Wednesday. The sequence is hosted by Terry Crews, alongside judges Howie Mandel, Mel B, Sofía Vergara, and Simon Cowell.
(L-R) Howie Mandel, Mel B, Terry Crews, Sofia Vergara and Simon Cowell are pictured for Season 21 of “America’s Got Talent.” Chris Haston/NBC by way of Getty Images
“America’s Got Talent” judges during the “Quarterfinals 1 Results” episode of Wednesday, August 19, 2026. Trae Patton/NBC by way of Getty Images
“American Idol” is also relocating its manufacturing from Los Angeles to the better Atlanta space ahead of its milestone twenty fifth season. Fremantle, which co-produces the sequence alongside Sony Pictures Television’s 19 Entertainment, confirmed the major transfer to Deadline last week.
Georgia’s profitable tax incentive program, which affords up to a 30% tax credit score for unscripted and actuality tv productions that spend a minimal of $500,000 in the state, is believed to be a major driver behind the singing show’s exit.
The strikes add to the struggling unscripted TV manufacturing has seen in Los Angeles. According to FilmLA data reported by The Wrap, local unscripted manufacturing dropped sharply in the second quarter of 2026, with actuality TV shoot days plunging 40% year-over-year.
America’s Got Talent is the latest show that could transfer manufacturing out of California for its next season. ZUMAPRESS.com
The Pasadena Civic Auditorium has been the venue for the NAACP Image Awards, Daytime Emmy Awards and America’s Got Talent. Steve Cukrov – inventory.adobe.com
While total tv filming noticed a quarter-over-quarter uptick, unscripted manufacturing in Los Angeles has plummeted 62.7% against its five-year common, according to the group.
The departures follows the same exit earlier this yr in May, when Fox Entertainment Studios announced it will now not produce “The Masked Singer.”
California lately expanded its tax incentive program under AB 1138 to cowl unscripted sequence for the first time, the state restricted eligibility strictly to large-scale competitors exhibits with per-episode budgets exceeding $1 million.
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