Declan Lowney directed the last two episodes of “Ted Lasso’s” third and final (for now) season, but that wasn’t the original plan. Lowney, who won an Emmy in 2022 as a producer on the show, was slated to helm the opening block of Season 3 until various delays and scheduling conflicts with another project caused him to drop out for what he thought was for good.
“It was a bit of a happy accident,” Lowney tells Gold Derby during our Directors Guild of America Awards TV nominees panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “Just before they were due to start prep on the first two episodes, the whole shoot got pushed a month. They weren’t quite ready. I had a clash with another job I already had, ‘The Big Door Prize,’ the other Apple show. So I had to pull out. I was contracted to the other show.
“It was a bit of a happy accident,” Lowney tells Gold Derby during our Directors Guild of America Awards TV nominees panel (watch the exclusive video interview above). “Just before they were due to start prep on the first two episodes, the whole shoot got pushed a month. They weren’t quite ready. I had a clash with another job I already had, ‘The Big Door Prize,’ the other Apple show. So I had to pull out. I was contracted to the other show.
- 2/2/2024
- by Joyce Eng
- Gold Derby
On-location television production in Los Angeles declined 36.4% year over year during the second quarter of 2023 as the Writers Guild of America put pencils down and went on strike after contract negotiations with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers fell apart.
Television production had an aggregate total of 2,630 shoot days, according to FilmLA, a partner film office for the city and county and other local jurisdictions. One “shoot day” is defined as one crew’s permission to film at one or more defined locations during all or part of any given 24-hour period.
TV drama and comedy shoot days totaled 360 and 84, respectively, down 36.4% and 72.8% compared to the same period in 2022 and 52.8% and 72.8% compared to the previous quarter. Scripted TV productions that filmed during the quarter prior to the strike included “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “S.W.A.T.” (CBS), “The Old Man” (FX), “Good Trouble” (Freeform), “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu), and “How to be a Bookie...
Television production had an aggregate total of 2,630 shoot days, according to FilmLA, a partner film office for the city and county and other local jurisdictions. One “shoot day” is defined as one crew’s permission to film at one or more defined locations during all or part of any given 24-hour period.
TV drama and comedy shoot days totaled 360 and 84, respectively, down 36.4% and 72.8% compared to the same period in 2022 and 52.8% and 72.8% compared to the previous quarter. Scripted TV productions that filmed during the quarter prior to the strike included “Grey’s Anatomy” (ABC), “S.W.A.T.” (CBS), “The Old Man” (FX), “Good Trouble” (Freeform), “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu), and “How to be a Bookie...
- 7/19/2023
- by Lucas Manfredi
- The Wrap
FilmLA has reported a sharp production decline in 2023’s second quarter.
On-location production was down 28.8 percent from April to June, with only 6,566 shoot days. The data captures the impact of the Writers Guild of America strike, which began on May 2. The actors union did not begin striking until July.
“Greater Los Angeles is the North American epicenter of scripted television production. Before long, this sector’s shutdown will be felt in every corner of the regional economy,” said FilmLA’s president Paul Audley. “Like all others watching with hope from the sidelines, we are eager to see the studios and unions reopen their contract negotiations,” Audley continued. “Much is at stake for WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, and also for the small business supply chain on which future filming depends.”
Feature film production dropped by 18.9 percent with only 728 shoot days, 26.6 percent below the category’s five-year average.
Nearly all feature projects...
On-location production was down 28.8 percent from April to June, with only 6,566 shoot days. The data captures the impact of the Writers Guild of America strike, which began on May 2. The actors union did not begin striking until July.
“Greater Los Angeles is the North American epicenter of scripted television production. Before long, this sector’s shutdown will be felt in every corner of the regional economy,” said FilmLA’s president Paul Audley. “Like all others watching with hope from the sidelines, we are eager to see the studios and unions reopen their contract negotiations,” Audley continued. “Much is at stake for WGA and SAG-AFTRA members, and also for the small business supply chain on which future filming depends.”
Feature film production dropped by 18.9 percent with only 728 shoot days, 26.6 percent below the category’s five-year average.
Nearly all feature projects...
- 7/19/2023
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
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