It should be pointed out that U.S. game shows, with a few exceptions, do not pay to fly in or put up contestants for a LA or New York recording. The best "Jeopardy!" contestants get is a discount at the Marriott near the Sony lot and the hotel's airport limo taking them over to the Trebek Stage and back.
And it is interesting that "The Wall" in the U.S. is still going without audiences, but instead of the hack sweetener Christian Shrader, they've called upon Sonofans, the "immersive crowd performance sound system" company that provided crowd noise for sports teams and Fox Sports during the pandemic. This article from a sound trade mag explains what they do, which they swear up-and-down is not "canned," even though everyone else says it is: https://www.sonofans.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LS2101_Sonofans-Final.pdf Mark Jeffries [email protected] On Thu, May 4, 2023 at 10:50 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/CAJ_uKi9QZk11dMwxDRmMRb7UfqHDV1vp4MUjd1uu-7Lga%3D9Zug%40mail.gmail.com.
