Oklahoma City Native TV Series Creator Visits Hometown

I haven't watched the show but the creator of Saving Grace came to town on a promotion tour:

The Oklahoma City native executive producer of the TNT drama, Saving Grace, made a publicity visit to her hometown today to kick off the drama’s third season.

Based in Oklahoma City, the Nancy Miller-created drama will return to TNT March 2 at 9 p.m. Miller’s series debuted in 2007 as the summer’s most-watched cable series with plenty of cultural references to Oklahoma and many scenes filmed on location in Oklahoma City.

I understand much of the show has little to do with Oklahoma City except for a few passing references and even fewer scenes actually filmed here. That's to be expected and I don't fault the producers for that. What bothers me is this:

Although Miller would love to be able to film more of the series in Oklahoma City, budget constraints have prevented the series from being able to capture more Sooner State settings. For the cast and crew to travel to Oklahoma to film would require a steep investment from local and state officials along with businesses.

Budget constraints? Of local and state officials and businesses? Yes, by all means, film elsewhere because having a Hollywood production come to town and spill a little of its wealth around would be just too expensive. No thanks. Go film somewhere else.

No, when Hollywood says budget constraints they mean theirs not ours. They're just too cheap to come out here because, oh, I don't know, the cost of living out here is so high when you compare it to a place like, well, California, a bankrupt state where they, apparently, have no problem "investing" in television productions.