Gotham TV prod'n at record levels

Round the number of "Gossip Girl" at Silvercup Art galleries in New You are able to, Gotham mayor Michael R. Bloomberg introduced Thursday that 2011 was NY City's most widely used year for television production on record. "The Mayor's Office of Media & Entertainment is devoted to investing a lot time to make sure the is growing and expand in 2012, getting a lot more jobs for NYers," mentioned Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment commissioner Katherine Oliver. "Gossip Girl" is probably the 23 series that have been shot in NY City throughout the 2011-12 TV season -- a substantial uptick within the mere nine that shot in Gotham in 2002. The series spent $200 million on development in your town and employed some 6,300 people, according to stats within the Mayor's Office. Mayor Bloomberg remains all pervading on NY City's production scene for any very long time. Tubthumping the city's benefits ruffles some lower in Albany (there's some private grumbling that Bloomberg supplies a 5% tax break on top in the state's 30% and takes 100% in the credit), but his efforts regarding film and tv shoots have introduced concentrate on local companies inside an economy hammered with the decline of charitable giving on Wall Street following a housing crisis. The state's concentrate on tax credit issues remains important, too. This Season, the Empire State's legislature selected to totally fund the borrowed funds for four years, giving series producers some space carrying out a backlog of programs together with a few intransigent people in politics drove shows like "Fringe" in the city last season. Contact Mike Thielman at mike.thielman@variety.com