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- Crain's New York Business
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- September 18, 2006
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Byline: edited by Valerie Block
NBC's New York shooting spree
The peacock network may have come in fourth in prime time last year, but this year, it's first--in the number of prime-time hours shot in New York.
NBC launches three Gotham-based prime-time shows this season, bringing the network's total to five and a half hours, more than that for any other broadcast channel. NBC's head of current programming, Erin Gough Wehrenberg, says that local production costs have come down, making New York more competitive.
According to the Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, location shooting days in New York were up 35% in 2005, to ...