For a while at least, the Ninja Warrior and Total Wipeout shows were not being filmed in the US due to insurance/liability issues, but I think they worked that out
On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 9:26 AM Jim Ellwanger <[email protected]> wrote: > Wasn't another reason for starting these expatriate productions so that > they could get full audiences of people not wearing masks? U.S. audiences > (at least in the Los Angeles area) were being required to wear masks until > recently, due to the unions' Covid safety agreements with the studios. > > > On May 4, 2023, at 8:50 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 4:18 PM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> And as to why Ireland, it's either because facilities in the U.S. are >> still being taken up by Peak TV or they're trying to save money (even if >> they have to fly contestants from the U.S. and put them up in a hotel, >> since there aren't enough U.S. expats in Ireland in the key demos who want >> to be contestants). >> > > It's surely just a money thing. > > While Ireland does offer some significant tax credits to productions - > 32%-34% according to https://www.screenireland.ie/filming/section-481 - I > can't see that a US gameshow fits into any of their categories. But I just > bet that hiring out a big studio with all the lights and cameras in place > makes economic sense. Hosts and contestants were going to need some > accommodation anyway, and while it might be more to send someone from, say, > Dallas to Dublin than Dallas to LA, the other cost savings may be more than > big enough to make sense. > > See also Ru Paul and Lingo being shot in Manchester (UK) rather than the > US. In that instance there are added savings with the same set doing > double-duty for the UK version, although Ru Paul only presents the > primetime "celebrity" version in the UK with a different presenter doing > the daytime one. And from what I can see, that UK celebrity version has now > been cancelled. Again, while the UK offers significant tax breaks, they > tend to be for dramas and children's shows, not game shows. > > These multi-country productions make more sense when there's a really > elaborate set. Wipeout/Total Wipeout had a massive fixed set in Argentina > that many countries used, flying in presenters and contestants to shoot > episodes for a couple of weeks before the next country took over. I > remember once being in Iceland where I saw the national TV company > promoting their upcoming Wipeout run. A country of just 250,000 people > would never have been able to produce a series like that on their own. > > Similarly, many countries' versions of The Wall game show used a fixed set > in Poland. The UK version definitely flew contestants and the presenter > there. I was left wondering how they filled the audience with enough people > who understood what was going on, could understand the language and had any > interest whatsoever in proceedings... > > > Adam > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBOcOa786rszS%3D9gAHo4s591r29wmNz689gdBLGbTgS8w%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGBOcOa786rszS%3D9gAHo4s591r29wmNz689gdBLGbTgS8w%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BDE48A37-807D-4186-87F2-BE1ED5CE2DC6%40ellwanger.tv > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/BDE48A37-807D-4186-87F2-BE1ED5CE2DC6%40ellwanger.tv?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4B%2BSzKuZzrLsjgxLgQ19EMh_HEZB70X5BpCa78BRe%3DJhQ%40mail.gmail.com.
