Which TV networks have been most supportive of Atlanta and Georgia?

By RODNEY HO/ rho@ajc.com, originally filed Monday, September 26, 2016

Since 2008, dozens of TV networks have taken advantage of sweetened tax credits that have brought in more than 100 different TV productions into the state.

Which ones have been most supportive? BET has been by far the most loyal to metro Atlanta, shooting a talk show ("Mo'Nique"), reality TV ('Frankie & Neffe"), reality competition ("Sunday Best"), comedies ("The Game"), dramas ("Being Mary Jane") and even a short-lived game show ("Pay It Off").

Other networks that have spent a lot of money in the state include Bravo, TLC, Lifetime and VH1, coincidentally or not all geared to women.

Here are 19 networks that have produced at least three shows in Georgia since 2008. This, I admit, may not be 100% complete. (Email me if you feel I missed anything.) I have been following TV since 2008 so I tried to include everything I've written about. I excluded movies and arbitrarily semi-excluded CNN and HLN, both of which have aired a lot of news programming in town.

Some shows listed below are in production and have not aired yet like "Little Miss Atlanta" on TLC and "Daytime Divas" on VH1.

Collectively, the 19 networks below have aired or plan to air at least 107 different TV series in Georgia since 2008.

I have only included those with three or more programs to date. AMC ("The Walking Dead," "Halt & Catch Fire") and Netflix ("Stranger Things," the upcoming "Ozark") are notable networks with two each.

BET (16)

Virtually all its scripted fare to date has been shot here.

"BET Hip Hop Awards," "Sunday Best," "The Game," "Let's Stay Together," "Being Mary Jane," "Music Moguls" "Frankie & Neffe" "Mo'Nique" "BET ComicView," "Reed Between the Lines," "Zoe Ever After" "Born to Dance' "Toya: A Family Affair" "Second Generation Wayans," "Ink, Paper, Scissors" "Pay It Off,' "The Yard"

The "Real Housewives of Atlanta' season 7 reunion crew with Andy Cohen, shot in March at the Georgian Ballroom.

Bravo (10)

"Married to Medicine," "Real Housewives of Atlanta," "Don't be Tardy," "The New Atlanta," "I Dream of NeNe," "The Kandi Factory," "Mother Funders," "Kandi's Ski Trip," "Kandi's Wedding," "Yours Mine or Ours"

Drop Dead Diva episode 413 photo credit: Russell Kaye/Sony Pictures Television "Drop Dead Diva" will retire after six seasons on Lifetime this year.

Lifetime (9)

"Drop Dead Diva," "Devious Maids," "Kim of Queen," "Little Women Atlanta," "The Rap Game," "Atlanta Plastic," "Double Divas," "Catering Wars Atlanta," "Pretty Wicked Moms"

"Single Ladies" will be gone forever after Monday's series finale March 24, 2014. CREDIT: VH1

VH1 (8)

'Single Ladies," "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta," "Daytime Divas," "Hindsight," "T.I. & Tiny," "Atlanta Exes," "Sorority Sisters," "What Chilli Wants"

TLC's "Too Close to Home" cast and Tyler Perry: (L-R Alpha Trivette, Tyler Perry, Annie Thrash, Ashley Love-Mills, Danielle Savre, Kelly Sullivan, Brock O'Hurn at Trace at W Midtown.

TLC (9)

"Too Close to Home," "Preacher Wives," "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo," "7 Little Johnstons," 'Say Yes to the Dress Atlanta," "Say Yes to the Dress Bridesmaids," "Pink Pastry," "Totally T-Boz" "Little Miss Atlanta"

The cast of TBS's "The Detour" (L-R): Jason Jones, Natalie Zea, Ashley Gerasimovich and Liam Carroll. CREDIT: TBS

TBS (7)

"The Detour," "Separation Anxiety," "ELeague," "Meet the Smiths," "Meet the Browns,"  "House of Payne," "'For Better or Worse"

Oprah Winfrey as Mavis McCready and Lynn Whitfield as Lady Mae in OWN's "Greenleaf"

OWN (6)

"For Better or Worse," "If Loving You Is Wrong," "The Haves and the Have Nots," "Love Thy Neighbor," "2 Fat 2 Fly," "Greenleaf"

Rickey Smiley hopes to show his personal and behind the scenes work life on "Rickey Smiley For Real" debuting November 10 on TV One. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com

TV One (5)

"Born Again Virgin," "R&B Divas Atlanta," "The Rickey Smiley Show," "Rickey Smiley For Real," "Here We Go Again"

SLEEPY HOLLOW: Ichabod (Tom Mison) in the "Tempus Fugit" Season Finale episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW airing Monday, Feb. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Brownie Harris/FOX SLEEPY HOLLOW: Ichabod (Tom Mison) in the "Tempus Fugit" Season Finale episode of SLEEPY HOLLOW airing Monday, Feb. 23 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX. ©2015 Fox Broadcasting Co. CR: Brownie Harris/FOX

Fox (5)

"Red Band Society," "24: Legacy" "Sleepy Hollow" "Home Free," "Star"

Back in 2009, CBS walled off a portion of a Kennesaw neighborhood for this reality competition show. CREDIT: Rodney Ho/ rho@ajc.com

CBS (4)

"MacGyver," "Hunted,' "There Goes the Neighborhood,' "The American Baking Competition"

CHRISLEY KNOWS BEST -- "Moving On" Episode 406 -- Pictured: (l-r) Julie Chrisley, Todd Chrisley -- (Photo by: Annette Brown/USA Network)

USA Network (4)

"Necessary Roughness," "Satisfaction,' "Complications,' "Chrisley Knows Best"

Aven Woods and Phillip Clay Barbosa await the big reveal for a future episode of "Property Brothers" with Jonathan Scott (right). CREDIT: Rodney Ho/rho@ajc.com

HGTV (4)

"Property Virgins," "Flipping Virgins,' "Elbow Room," "Property Brothers"

We-TV (4)

"Cutting it in the ATL," "Selling it in the ATL," "Match Made in Heaven," "Braxton Family Values"

ATLANTA -- “The Streisand Effect” -- Episode 104 (Airs Tuesday, September 20, 10:00 pm e/p) Pictured: (l-r) Donald Glover as Earnest Marks, Keith Standfield as Darius. CR: Guy D'Alema/FX

FX (3)

"Archer," "Atlanta," "Chozen'"

CONSTANTINE -- "Pilot" -- Pictured: Matt Ryan as John Constantine -- (Photo by: Quantrell Colbert/NBC) Matt Ryan plays John Constantine in an NBC drama that will run 13 episodes season. CREDIT: NBC

NBC (3)

"Game of Silence" "Spartan," "Constantine"

"Aqua Teen" preceded the tax credit sweetening of 2008 but lasted until last year. CREDIT: Adult Swim

Adult Swim (3)

"Squidbillies," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force,'"Your Pretty Face is Going To Hell"

The Vampire Diaries -- "Gods & Monsters " -- Image Number: VD722B_0113.jpg -- Pictured (L-R): Paul Wesley as Stefan and Ian Somerhalder as Damon -- Photo: Bob Mahoney/The CW -- © 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.

The CW (3)

"The Originals," "Vampire Diaries" "Containment"

Sundance (3)

"Rectify," "The Red Road," "Hap & Leonard"