As studios drastically dial back the volume of film and television produced in the Los Angeles area, Hollywood workers have been under conditions that resemble a recession: there was a 30 percent drop in employment off the late 2022 peak for people who work in motion pictures and television, as the number of newly started productions in the US collapses from 251 in 2021 to just 159 today. Television has been the real killer for the workers in Los Angeles; while film production dropped from 3,406 days of on-location production activity in 2021 to 1,999 days in 2025, television production fell calamitously from 18,560 days of LA production to just 6,582 days.
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