It’s Hollywood, but not made in America

Out of ‘la-las’: There’s a feeling we’re not in Hollywood anymore, say the writers. — Photos: Stella Kalinina/The New York Times

IT would have been simple to shoot the game show The Floor in Los Angeles. The city has many idle studios that could have easily accommodated its large display screen and the midnight-blue tiles that light up beneath contestants.

But Fox flies the show’s host, Rob Lowe, and 100 American contestants thousands of miles across the Atlantic Ocean to answer trivia questions about dogs, divas and Disney characters at a studio in Dublin. It makes more financial sense than filming in California.