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hlthe2b

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8. Unless you are a Nielsen family, watching/not watching has no impact.

Reply to blueinredohio (Reply #7)

Wed May 15, 2019, 04:59 PM

May 2019

If you have cable or satellite service that allows you to drop the network, yes, but most don't.

That is why the studios need to boycott shooting there. Otherwise it is meaningless.

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Hollywood (liberals) need to pull out of GA, now! [View all] stopbush May 2019 OP

The one that really needs to do so is AMC (The Walking Dead)--they will face the most $$ in doing so hlthe2b May 2019 #1

Don't watch The Walking Dead or any movie made in any state that's trying to blueinredohio May 2019 #7

Unless you are a Nielsen family, watching/not watching has no impact. hlthe2b May 2019 #8

Or, do what Jordan Peele and J.J. Abrams are doing -- continue to shoot there, and donate the WhiskeyGrinder May 2019 #2

A drop in the bucket. The real hurt comes in the overall stopbush May 2019 #3

Wasn't there a similar situation where a lot of musicians and tours cancelled performing in a state? forgotmylogin May 2019 #11

North Carolina - bathroom bill. n/t OneGrassRoot May 2019 #13

The industry is really structurally embedded in GA now and it isn't just GA. aikoaiko May 2019 #4

ABSOLUTELY! TruckFump May 2019 #5

It would be extremely difficult at this point, but I would at least start with some symbolic moves DFW May 2019 #6

they get tax breaks there. we'll see where their priorities are. Kurt V. May 2019 #9

They got $800-million in tax breaks for 2017. stopbush May 2019 #12

Businesses with corporate offices in Georgia JAD May 2019 #10