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EXCLUSIVE: One of nan biggest shows connected tv is relocating to Los Angeles pinch nan biggest California taxation in installments for a bid to date. CBS‘ Tracker, starring Justin Hartley, will move from Vancouver, wherever nan first 3 seasons were shot. Its workplace 20th Television is presently locking down accumulation accommodation successful and astir L.A., pinch filming connected Season 4 slated to statesman successful precocious June.
While nan relocation determination was conscionable precocious finalized, it had been successful nan useful for awhile. It was telegraphed erstwhile nan California Film Commission successful March unveiled nan latest information of TV taxation credits to 16 caller and returning bid and pilots nether nan state’s $750 cardinal incentives program. There was 1 relocating show connected nan list, codification named “Untitled Disney Entertainment Television Project 13,” which was awarded an eye-popping $48M connected $129M successful qualified expenditures. (20th Television is portion of Disney Television Studios, itself a section of DET.)
Deadline tin uncover that nan show is Tracker, 20th Television’s biggest bid to beryllium lured backmost to California truthful far. Its $48M taxation in installments eclipses nan $42M handed to Season 3 of Amazon’s Fallout, which relocated from New York to Los Angeles pinch a taxation in installments for Season 2, and nan $42.8M fixed to different 20th Television series, Dan Fogelman’s upcoming NFL play The Land.
“I’m proud of what we built successful Vancouver. I’m besides very excited we’re bringing Tracker to L.A.,” prima and executive shaper Hartley said. “I’m looking guardant to continuing to show these stories alongside nan new, caller places we’ll beryllium heading to next. Most importantly, I want to convey nan fans for showing up for america each measurement of nan way. We couldn’t do this without you.”
By its quality — Tracker stars Hartley arsenic a lone-wolf survivalist who tracks down group crossed nan U.S. for reward money — nan action play is changeable chiefly connected location successful nan wilderness. A move to California would supply nan bid pinch a alteration of scenery and an opportunity to research caller locales spanning a coastline, mountains and desert.
“Location is simply a immense portion of nan storytelling connected Tracker,” executive shaper and showrunner Elwood Reid said. “We’re truthful grateful to nan unit and group of Vancouver who made nan first 3 seasons of this deed play possible, and are simultaneously thrilled to beryllium capable to footwear disconnected nan 4th play of Tracker by filming successful Los Angeles, acknowledgment to nan taxation inducement programme that supports bringing accumulation backmost to California.”
Tracker‘s remote, agrarian locations mounting would let nan bid to return afloat advantage of nan California incentives. TV shows tin gain an further 5% taxation in installments prize — connected apical of nan 35% guidelines in installments — for qualified expenditures incurred extracurricular nan L.A. 30-mile area that covers nan Greater Los Angeles area and surrounding communities.
Tax credits for relocating big-scale bid for illustration Tracker are being awarded for their projected outsized economical effect, creating jobs for L.A.-based crews and boosting auxiliary section businesses which person been deed difficult by runaway production.
For its first 2 and a half seasons, Tracker was nan astir watched broadcast series. It is presently No.2 down CBS’ caller breakout drama, Marshals, pinch 16.4M Live+28 multiplatform viewers successful nan U.S.. It ranks No.7 among each bid — web and streaming ones — complete nan 2025-26 broadcast season.
Based connected nan bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Tracker is group to return successful nan autumn for its 4th season. Reid and Hartley executive nutrient pinch Ken Olin, Connie Dolphin, Sharon Lee Watson and Alex Katsnelson.
