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F G Art Director Matthew Jacobs on the series: "After a series pickup of a successful pilot, the Art Department is generally tasked with designing and building stage sets of the major locations that were established in the pilot. In this case, the NYSE trading floor, the Jammer Group bullpen and Mo's penthouse were the substantial, large sets to do on three separate soundstages at Occidental Studios. "The trading floor set needed to resemble the large room where the pilot was shot, but the series version would be quite different as the stage was too small to rebuild what existed on the pilot. The set ended up occupying the entire large stage at Occidental from fire aisle to fire aisle, with only a small swing set area remaining. This huge set was designed with wild walls by the stage loading doors, so swing sets could be placed within the trading floor set. The kiosks and phone booths built for the pilot filled in the newly built set. "The large bullpen set for the Jammer Group filled another stage at Occidental. On one end of the bullpen, two large offices were added with massive windows looking out to a Manhattan skyline. The other end had doorways and rooms that led to a lobby with a break room, hallways and elevators. This set filled the second stage, wall to wall. "Mo's penthouse needed to be redesigned to make it fit into the third stage at Occidental, along with a couple of other sets. The ground plan needed to be reshaped in order to accommodate a bathroom and new dining area. Most of the walls were rebuilt and papered, and another massive backing of the Manhattan skyline was created for outside the substantial windows. "Dawn's penthouse was the other large set that needed to fit on the same stage as Mo's. This was a new set with large platforms, elaborate ceilings and walls of glass, to share the same backing as Mo's day/night translight. Justifying that they lived in a similar part of NYC, with the use of a long, curved track, different sides of the backing were featured for each set." E