Vicki Mayer Knihy

The book highlights the often-overlooked contributors to television production, including assemblers, talent scouts, and community regulators. It sheds light on their vital roles and explores how these individuals operate outside of Hollywood's traditional industrial hierarchies, emphasizing their significance in the creation of television content. Through this lens, it challenges the conventional understanding of production work in the industry.

Early in the twenty-first century, Louisiana, one of the poorest states in the United States, redirected millions in tax dollars from the public coffers to become the number one location site globally for the production of Hollywood films and television series. Why would lawmakers support such a policy? This book deals with this topic.