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"
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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"
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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"
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VH1 (8)
'Single Ladies," "Love and Hip Hop Atlanta," "Daytime Divas," "Hindsight," "T.I. & Tiny," "Atlanta Exes," "Sorority Sisters," "What Chilli Wants"
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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"
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TBS (7)
"The Detour," "Separation Anxiety," "ELeague," "Meet the Smiths," "Meet the Browns," "House of Payne," "'For Better or Worse"
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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"
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TV One (5)
"Born Again Virgin," "R&B Divas Atlanta," "The Rickey Smiley Show," "Rickey Smiley For Real," "Here We Go Again"
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Fox (5)
"Red Band Society," "24: Legacy" "Sleepy Hollow" "Home Free," "Star"
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CBS (4)
"MacGyver," "Hunted,' "There Goes the Neighborhood,' "The American Baking Competition"
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USA Network (4)
"Necessary Roughness," "Satisfaction,' "Complications,' "Chrisley Knows Best"
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HGTV (4)
"Property Virgins," "Flipping Virgins,' "Elbow Room," "Property Brothers"
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We-TV (4)
"Cutting it in the ATL," "Selling it in the ATL," "Match Made in Heaven," "Braxton Family Values"
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FX (3)
"Archer," "Atlanta," "Chozen'"
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NBC (3)
"Game of Silence" "Spartan," "Constantine"
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Adult Swim (3)
"Squidbillies," "Aqua Teen Hunger Force,'"Your Pretty Face is Going To Hell"
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The CW (3)
"The Originals," "Vampire Diaries" "Containment"
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Sundance (3)
"Rectify," "The Red Road," "Hap & Leonard"
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ID (3)
"Dead Silent," "Swamp Murders," "Your Worst Nightmare"
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