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 Teen Wolf News 082813



For all our Behind the Scenes Pics and Updates all in one place, check out our special Teen Wolf Season 3 Behind the Scenes Page.

You'll find a full chronological listing of the filming of Teen Wolf Season 3 right from the start.

This week - Hell Night and Halloween in Beacon Hills come to a close.

 MTV Revs up the Speculation Machine

The MTV Remote Control Blog is sometimes a great source for information about Teen Wolf while at other times they seem to have no idea what they’re talking about.

Telling the difference is often hard for fans.

This week they did an article that is pure fan fiction about the plot lines that could be coming in January.

Pure. Fan. Fiction.

It’s a fun read but do not take this as insider information about the show because it is not. They have no more idea of what's to come than you do.

Remote Control Blog

 Can Teen Wolf Survive the “Relocation Curse”?

When Teen Wolf brought their production to Los Angeles from Atlanta they were bucking a trend.

California’s share of primetime and cable dramas is dropping sharply because other states, like Georgia, offer tax credits that can help lower the cost per episode. In 2009, California lawmakers put a special tax credit in place for shows willing to relocate production to their state.

4 shows took the bait – only one, Teen Wolf, is still on the air. The others, Body of Proof (ABC), Torchwood (BBC) and Important Things with Demetri Martin (Comedy Central) all got cancelled shortly after their location shift.

Did the move have something to do with those shows getting cancelled? The answer is “probably not”.

Body of Proof was the “most watched new show” in the season prior to the move from Rhode Island to LA. Right before it was cancelled, the show’s ratings topped 8 million viewers, outperforming some of the network’s other primetime shows. It was cancelled because most of its viewers were old and there was a shift in network policy toward soap opera like nighttime dramas.

The Torchwood that got produced in California wasn't the same show that left the BBC Studios in Wales. The episodes produced stateside were damned by critics as incomprehensible and just plain bad. So the fact that it hasn't returned to TV since is not that surprising.

According to Demetri Martin, Comedy Central failed to properly market his show’s second season which ultimately resulted in cancellation.

Teen Wolf has none of these issues. Most critics agree that the writing is as sharp as ever, the ratings are growing year over year and MTV adores the show and produces effective network marketing that often surpasses anything on the other channels.

When it comes to any perceived “relocation curse” - Teen Wolf will likely continue to buck the trend.

 New Teen Wolf Locations

For Season 3(b) the production has filmed at a farm near Thousand Oaks, a wooded park in Agoura Hills and one of Joseph Eichler's mid-century modern homes in Granada Hills.

We've also seen lots of pumpkins, Halloween Decorations and an ax-wielding… something.

Here’s a sampling of images we’ve collected in the past couple of weeks as production continues around Teen Wolf Headquarters.

There’s more over at our Teen Wolf Behind the Scenes Page.