Consider your answer to Question # 16. Why did this program convince networks to mostly abandon live, New York based programming? Group of answer choices The U.S. Steel Hour used on-location settings and Hollywood actors for their productions. Perry Mason was the first TV program to be written and produced by Hollywood screenwriters and producers. Gunsmoke was the first TV show to be shot principally out of doors. I Love Lucy was shot on film, which made TV series less expensive to produce and eliminated many of the risks of live television. In addition, shooting TV programs in Hollywood gave the networks access to former movie producers who could produce better TV than Broadway stage producers. See It Now was the first regularly scheduled TV news program, which used production techniques that comedy and drama producers adapted for their programming