Tracker Relocates to LA with Record $48M Tax Credit

Production of the CBS drama "Tracker" is relocating from Vancouver, Canada, to Los Angeles for its fourth season after receiving California's largest-ever tax credit for a television series, worth $48 million from the California Film Commission.

The award, announced in March but publicly linked to "Tracker" this week, supports projected spending of more than $129 million over 176 filming days beginning this summer. The production will employ 250 crew members and 275 actors, including guest stars. Its wilderness-focused storyline qualifies it for an additional 5 percent bonus on top of the program's 35 percent base rate for expenditures outside the Greater Los Angeles 30-mile zone.

Produced by Disney's 20th Television, "Tracker" stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, a survivalist who tracks missing persons across the U.S. for reward money, based on Jeffery Deaver's novel "The Never Game." The series premiered in 2024 and has ranked among the top-watched programs on linear TV, placing fourth as of late April according to Nielsen data. Its third season is currently airing Sundays on CBS.

The move aligns with California's expanded $750 million Film and TV Tax Credit Program 3.0,...