![]() ![]() The Glades and Magic City met their end this summer, making the loss of Burn Notice even tougher for the industry. In 2010, Tallahassee increased incentive funding from $5 million in 2009 to $242 million over five years, prompting a wave of shows and movies to head for Miami, including Charlie’s Angels (canceled by ABC in 2011 after one season), Magic City (canceled by Starz after two seasons) and The Glades (canceled by A&E after four seasons). Long one of the most popular series on cable television, Burn Notice revolved around Westen, a stoic ex-spy expelled (or “burned”) from the espionage business and forced to return home to a needy mother, reckless ex-girlfriend and a weekly series of hard-luck cases he inevitably rescued using his spy talents.īusiness picked up as Florida defied the economic downturn and ramped up its production incentives under then-Gov. In reality, Donovan’s character, Michael Westen, lived in the vacant Coconut Grove Convention Center, which producers Fox Television Studios rented from Miami for studio space after the show’s debut in 2007. Because Florida also offers shows and movies limited rebates on the state’s 6 percent sales tax, the savings were even greater for Burn Notice.įor Burn Notice, the end comes while its ratings remain strong and it has a fan base devoted enough that someone paid $625 at a recent auction for a set of spoons that star Jeffrey Donovan used to eat yogurt inside his fictional loft apartment by the Miami River. ![]() Burn Notice reported spending $31 million in Florida to qualify for the 2012 money.
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