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D E & Lacey..."), it must have made headway because even our production supervisor Karen Getchell made it a rallying cry. (...and absolutely nothing against Cagney & Lacey...!) Eventually, Chris Baugh and I found what seemed to be the one and only perfect spot at the One Cal Plaza. The location was willing to let the production stand up a fully rendered 12-foot tall facade of the 48th Street side entrance plaza to Fox News—complete with large posters replicating Fox's leading news anchors. As important, the building across the street was similar enough that when those wider shots in NYC were eventually taken, it would be a good match. The Times Building essentially became the production's stage. Kate McKinnon's studio apartment was built there (based on my friend Suzanne's studio on Barrow Street), as well as Trump's office and a Russian cube farm. The Outnumbered studio set (built in the raw basement space ) was transformed four times: once as an earlier version under construction, once as The Five (Ellen found the exact double pedestal anchor table—at Target—completely out of stock everywhere. Somehow she tracked another down.) Lastly, it was transformed into a Busby Berkeley fantasy set of Manhattan, where Megyn completes a tour explaining the inner workings of Fox News. She displays (Vanna White style) a lit, scale model of the News Corp. office tower. This meta reinterpretation of the studio set lent itself well to this moment—and helped stretch the budget. Her tour also included the 8th floor, home to the C Suite of Rupert Murdoch and his sons Lachlan and James. While the Times location was ideal for a number of sets, it didn't have everything. The C Suite set was fashioned on a more elegant floor than the Times could provide, at the Bank of America Building, with yet more repurposed window columns to continue the News Corp. rhythm. Recreating the authenticity of these events was of highest priority. Millions of people watch Fox News every day, and even more had the events and settings of the film easily recalled. The 5th Avenue entrance to Trump Tower was built under the eave of the AT&T Building and framed accordingly. I was greatly relieved to discover that The Kelly File, The Real Story and America's News Headquarters all occupied the same studio set—Fox News simply changed the graphics and switched out Lucite D. AMERICA'S NEWS HEADQUARTERS DESK. MODEL STUDY BY ARIELLE NESS-COHN. E. AMERICA'S NEWS HEADQUARTERS SET. PRODUCTION STILL BY LIONSGATE/HILARY GAYLE. C