Yes, The Good Guys shoots in Dallas, not Austin, but we just can't resist a crouching-tiger Bradley Whitford (right).

Just a few short weeks after Belinda Acosta’s Chronicle cover story on Friday Night Lights wondered if Austin could become a sustainable center for television production, all signs point to yes. Okay, one sign.

Joe O’Connell just posted on his blog news that ABC has picked up new show My Generation, from Noah Hawley, who moved to Austin when his underrated cop dramedy The Unusuals wasn’t picked up for a second season.

So says Joe:

“It was called Generation Y until some boomer got ahold of it and retitled it My Generation for the Who’s song. The pilot was shot in Austin and it certainly appears the show will, too, since the story itself is set in Austin. This means the lovely Jaime King will be all over the place.”

But Austin’s getting some seriously steep competition: O’Connell also reports that two other network shows will shoot in Dallas this summer, Chase and Lone Star (which nabbed FNL graduate Adrianne Palicki), along with the already in production The Good Guys, starring Colin Hanks and Bradley Whitford.

This article appears in May 14 • 2010.

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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...