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A curated set of articles from your team at San Diego Media Pros to share pertinent information with you from the production world.
Where’s the Beef director dies
Joe Sedelmaier, an award-winning director who oversaw an antic universe of television commercials — including the classic “Where’s the beef?” ad for Wendy’s — that featured average-looking nonactors deadpanning their way through weird situations, died May 8 at his home in Chicago.
Do you remember ‘H.R. Pufnstuf?’
One of the great minds in children's programming has passed away.
Middle Class Actors Being “Squeezed Out,” Says Kirk Acevedo. He Knows Because He Had to Sell Home
Actor Kirk Acevedo opens up on how the shifting economics of the industry and the loss of creative jobs have impacted his paychecks and opportunities.
A Slow-Motion Eulogy for the TV Industry
Now in shorter supply: Shows that involve real sets being built, fully staffed writers rooms, series regulars, dozens of recurring and guest roles and attention spent on production value.
AI-Generated Series on the American Revolution Debuts
Has a new revolution begun?
Acclaimed director Darren Aronofsky has raised eyebrows by releasing a series of AI-generated short films called ‘On This Day… 1776’ that mark the semiquincentennial anniversary of the American Revolution.
22 TV series to receive film tax credit
22 TV series to receive film tax credit. Applications to shoot in California increase 400% - LA Times
L.A. ON-LOCATION FILMING FALLS IN FIRST QUARTER
Down but not out!
FIlm and television production fell in the first quarter of this year, according to FilmLA.
Paramount TV Studios Shutting Down Amid Major Restructuring, Layoffs
The industry is definitely a state of flux, beyond the Flux Capacitor kind.
Remembering the First Black TV station manager in the U.S.
William H. Dilday Jr., a Boston TV executive who moved to Jackson, Miss., in 1972 to manage the city’s NBC affiliate, becoming the country’s first Black person to run a commercial television station, died July 27 in Newton, Mass. He was 85.