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"Ugly Betty" dumps Hollywood for Gotham green (Reuters)
Reuters - After simmering for the past couple of years, the issue of California's lack of production subsidies boiled over last week when ABC said that its hit series "Ugly Betty" will pack its makeup kit for the greener pastures of New York.
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Ugly Betty Dumps Los Angeles
Evil Beet Gossip — ... Ugly Betty is leaving LA for New York . Following the trend of productions leaving Hell-Ay, Ugly Betty’s producers decided to move the show because of new tax legislation passed in New York state and NYC that makes it cheaper to produce the show there. 150 LA-based employees will lose their jobs. The high-profile move puts additional pressure Gov. Schwarzenegger to increase incentives for production in California. This entry was posted on Thursday, May 15th, 2008 at 1:32 am and is filed under ...

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