INTERNATIONAL US: Steve Harvey presents 100 new Chicago jobs

A new eponymous daily TV show due to be hosted by Steve Harvey and broadcasted on NBC will create around 100 jobs in Chicago.
Tues, 13 March 2012
A new eponymous daily TV show due to be hosted by Steve Harvey and broadcasted on NBC will create around 100 jobs in Chicago.

This is according to the office of Illinois governor Pat Quinn.The new show will be filmed at NBC 5’s studios, and NBC believes it will bring roughly 35,000 audience members and visitors to Chicago each year.

Barry Wallach, president of NBC Universal’s domestic television distribution, says: “I commend the state of Illinois – the Governor’s Office, the Film Office and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity – in their proactive efforts to attract film and television production to their state, and in particular making it possible to bring the Steve Harvey production to Chicago.”

According to Quinn’s office, the state of Illinois’ film industry saw a record $161m (£103m) spend in 2010.

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