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 Teen Wolf Season 6 Budget

Teen Wolf Executive Producer Jeff Davis says production on the second half of Season 5 is moving into the final stretch, “We wrap, I think, on December 18.”

That’s only one month away but after shooting for the better part of a year Davis says, “It’s not close enough!”

Once they wrap, Davis and crew will have just a couple of months to rest up before they begin work on 20 new episodes for Season 6.

According to official documents filed with the State of California’s Film Commission, Season 6 of Teen Wolf will cost more than $41 Million. Of that, the state plans to rebate the production $10.3 Million in tax credits. Those can be used to offset the production companies’ own state tax burden or can be sold to other taxable entities for cash. The final budget will likely come in at quite a bit more than $41 Million. The state only accounts for “Qualified Expenses” in the tax credit program. That means this budget doesn’t include the salaries for Tyler Posey, Dylan O’Brien or the other main cast members returning for Season 6. The costs for writers and directors are also separate.

The “Qualified Expenses” Budget, listed officially at $41,307,000, is higher than what we saw for Season 5 which came in at $40,090,000. The Season 6 tax credit is $300 thousand dollars more than Season 5.

New episodes of Teen Wolf will air on a new night and time. Watch Tuesdays at 9pm starting on January 5, 2016.

 Viacom Making all the Wrong Moves

MTV’s parent company VIACOM plans to keep trying to prop up the failing cable television distribution system for the foreseeable future.

VIACOM CEO Philippe Dauman had this to say on Thursday “We believe it is extremely important to work with our long-term distributors in expanding the television experience for consumers. It’s good for the ecosystem, and we are working very closely with them as they invest capital in developing the technology for a better TV Everywhere experience to provide the underlying content and to assist in better consumer interfaces and assist in greater availability of video on demand.”

That all sounds great but the problem with VIACOM’s idea of “TV Everywhere” is that it comes attached to a cable provider. Cable and satellite companies are who Dauman is talking about when he says “our long-term distributors.” In order to access most MTV, Nickelodeon or Comedy Central programing, you first have to prove you pay a cable bill every month.

So, yeah, sure you can get their shows on your mobile device or set-top streaming box but you have to log in through your cable or satellite company first. In the rapidly expanding world of online entertainment offerings, the number of folks still tethered to cable is dropping faster than, than … a thing that drops really, really fast. Most of the recent stats place the loss of cable subscribers at about a half million a quarter. We’ve been seeing the effect of this drop in the traditional ratings system for years. Cable network ratings continue to drop an average of 20% a year.

<p class="MsoNormal">The financial fortunes of big media groups are dwindling as well. This year alone VIACOM lost almost one third of its market value and on Thursday Dauman announced the company’s revenues declined 5% due in part to lagging advertising sales and those falling traditional ratings.

<p class="MsoNormal">One reason Dauman, and others in his position, are keen on keeping the old cable-driven model alive is because it is still a consistent source of money. Cable and satellite providers pay VIACOM for the right to distribute their channels. That’s why every couple of years you lose MTV for a few days. VIACOM and the cable folks are renegotiating how much they’re willing to pay for the VIACOM bundle of channels.

<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t have stats on how much they get for a channel like MTV but I do know the folks over at Disney get more than $5 per cable subscriber for ESPN.

<p class="MsoNormal">Along with those fees, media giants can also require the cable folks to carry their less popular channels as a condition of getting ones everybody actually wants to watch. “You want Nickelodeon? Fine. All you have to do is carry Noggin and NickToons and you’ve got yourself a deal!” If VIACOM can force carriage of all their channels then they at least have a shot at more advertising revenue. That’s why Dauman needs the current cable distribution system to stay in place despite all the obvious signs pointing to its demise.

<p class="MsoNormal">The future of content distribution is still being shaped but already we know it will be dictated by what consumers want and not by what the media giants need.

<p class="MsoNormal">So far we’ve seen that folks actually want their programming à la carte and are willing to pay a reasonable monthly subscription fee.

<p class="MsoNormal">The irony for VIACOM is that they do have channels people want and content folks are willing to pay for through streaming services. As Wired.com pointed out recently, “three of the most popular networks on Hulu are Viacom properties: Comedy Central (South Park, Workaholics), Nickelodeon (SpongeBob SquarePants, The Thundermans) and MTV (Teen Wolf, Awkward).” <p class="MsoNormal">Unfortunately, in order to access those shows on the $8 streaming service or on the MTV app on your phone, they plan to continue requiring you to prove you pay a $120 monthly cable bill first.

<h2 style="padding:0.2em 0.4em; margin:0 0 -20px 0; font-family:Century Gothic,serif; color:#FF6600; font-size:100%; font-weight:bold; text-align:left;"> Teen Wolf Dummies

A bizarre thing keeps cropping up in Behind the Scenes pictures from the Teen Wolf set - Dummies.

We're not talking about the slower members of the crew. We've got a troup of dummies who seem to be all over the place.

The production filmed at Woodley Park in Van Nuys, California throughout the week.

This game they shot apparently comes towards the end of the season and features Beacon Hills' cross-town rivals Devenford Prep.