Is Hollywood losing relevance?

For more than a century, the word "Hollywood" has been synonymous with "movies." That reality is changing. Television and film productions are moving to other states and countries, leaving America's glamour capital to ponder its place in the pop culture firmament.

The steep drop in Hollywood -based productions has begun to "spark panic and anger within the industry," said The Guardian . The number of shows and films being made in California has dropped more than 30% over five years, a wound inflicted by COVID, writer and actor strikes and even the wildfires that devastated Los Angeles over the winter. Just 20% of shows made for North American audiences are filmed in the Golden State. Those numbers are "an emergency" for Hollywood, said Alexandra Pechman, a Los Angeles-based writer