
All around Dallas, streets and homes, restaurants and bars are becoming film sets. Photo by can turkyilmaz
New TV series ‘The Good Guys’ spotlights our neighborhood
Two cops burst into a back street and give chase to the bad guy who just robbed a pharmacy. A director yells “Cut!” and they do it again and again for the cameras.
This is not a Hollywood soundstage; it’s an Exposition Park alley. All around Dallas, streets and homes, restaurants and bars are becoming film sets. And our neighbors are getting into the act.
Matt Nix, creator of the television show “Burn Notice”, chose Dallas as the backdrop for his new Fox series, “The Good Guys”, which premieres June 7 at 8 p.m.
In an unusual move, Fox bought a 13-episode season of the action comedy without seeing a pilot. Since television revenues are declining, Nix is bringing the low-budget cable model to network television. Filming the show in Dallas — and making our city the setting — saves millions of dollars.
“We’re definitely cheaper than either coast,” says Janis Burklund, director of the Dallas Film Commission. “But we have D/FW airport, so you can get here within four hours from New York or L.A. We’re the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, and we’ve had the industry here for a long time.”
The film commission estimates that the show will, in its first season of filming, spend