Apple TV+’s The Studio and a new HBO series from Larry David headline the first round of subsidies to Hollywood after California’s historic expansion of the state’s entertainment tax credit program, designed to woo productions back to their cultural home.

In total, 22 TV productions will get $256 million in incentives for shooting in California, the film commission announced on Wednesday. They’re projected to generate $1.1 billion in economic activity across multiple industries with ties to the entertainment industry and employ 6,500 cast and crew members, as well as 46,100 background performers. Most of the filming is expected to take place in Los Angeles, where workers have been experiencing a shortage of jobs since the dual writers and actors strikes.

Apple TV+’s The Studio and a

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