American Idol Moves Production From Los Angeles to Georgia for Season 25
The ABC singing competition series will relocate its production from Los Angeles to the Atlanta area in Georgia starting with its upcoming season.
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First reported by Deadline, 1h 26m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
6 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 15 Sept 2026. Deadline published first, on 15 September at 17:16 UTC; The A.V. Club followed 1h 26m later. The most recent article, from Billboard, appeared on 16 September at 11:39 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Variety (major outlet), Deadline, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Billboard.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Deadline‘American Idol’ Moving Production To Georgia As ABC Series Becomes Latest To Leave California
- The A.V. ClubAmerican Idol flees California for Georgia's cheaper pastures
- Rolling Stone‘American Idol’ Shakeup Will See Show Move From Hollywood to Georgia
- The Hollywood Reporter‘American Idol’ Moving Production From L.A. to Georgia
- VarietyAs ‘American Idol’ Leaves Los Angeles for Atlanta, More Concerns Emerge About the State of Local Production
- Billboard‘American Idol’ Production Leaving Los Angeles After 25 Years For Atlanta
Sources
Every article we clustered into this story. Headlines link to the publisher.
- As ‘American Idol’ Leaves Los Angeles for Atlanta, More Concerns Emerge About the State of Local Production Variety ·
- ‘American Idol’ Moving Production From L.A. to Georgia The Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘American Idol’ Production Leaving Los Angeles After 25 Years For Atlanta Billboard
- ‘American Idol’ Shakeup Will See Show Move From Hollywood to Georgia Rolling Stone
- American Idol flees California for Georgia's cheaper pastures The A.V. Club
- ‘American Idol’ Moving Production To Georgia As ABC Series Becomes Latest To Leave California Deadline
In this story
- American Idol
- ABC
- Fremantle
- Los Angeles
- Georgia
- Atlanta