Why ‘Tracker’ Season 4 Moved Filming from Canada to Los Angeles

CBS drama Tracker has launched its fourth season with a new production base in Los Angeles and a plan to put more pressure on Justin Hartley’s Colter Shaw. The changes follow a $48 million California tax credit that helped bring the series south after three seasons in Vancouver. The season premiered Oct. 4, 2026. Its opening case sent Colter to the Port of Los Angeles, where his search for a teenage boy’s missing father led to a criminal operation. The setting brought the show’s move into the story from the start. Showrunner Elwood Reid told ScreenRant that the team is “essentially repiloting” the series. That means rethinking parts of the show, including “the look of the show,” without dropping the missing-person cases that drive it. “My entire crew, which is the day-to-day people that make the show outside of the writers, it’s like a new show to them,” Reid said. The move comes with a sizable state incentive. Deadline reported that the California Film Commission awarded the production $48 million in tax credits on $129 million in eligible spending. The publication described it as California’s largest tax incentive for a television show to date when it reported the deal in May. Fo...