CBS Television City
| Television City | |
|---|---|
 CBS Television City in Los Angeles | |
  Location within Western Los Angeles | |
| Alternative names | CBS Television City |
| General information | |
| Type | Television studios |
| Location | Fairfax District, Los Angeles |
| Address | 7800 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036 |
| Coordinates | 34°04′28″N 118°21′36″W / 34.074444°N 118.36°W / 34.074444; -118.36Coordinates: 34°04′28″N 118°21′36″W / 34.074444°N 118.36°W / 34.074444; -118.36 |
| Inaugurated | November 16, 1952 |
| Owner | Hackman Capital Partners |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Pereira & Luckman |
| Website | |
| www.cbstelevisioncity.com | |
CBS Television City, alternatively Television City, is an American television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Fairfax Avenue. The studio along with Culver Studios is owned by Hackman Capital Partners. Designed by architect William Pereira,[1] it is one of two CBS television studios in southern California — the other is CBS Studio Center, located in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley, which houses additional production facilities and the network's Los Angeles local television operations (KCBS and KCAL). Since 1961, it has served as the master control facility for CBS's west coast television network operations which were previously based at Columbia Square.
Since its inauguration in 1952, numerous TV shows have been broadcast live or taped at Television City, including many shows not aired on CBS. It has also been the production site of several films such as the 1996 feature That Thing You Do!, starring Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler. During the opening credits of many of the shows taped here, a voice-over announced the phrase "from Television City in Hollywood". The complex currently houses a total of eight separate studios. The facility infrequently conducts backstage tours led by a CBS page.
Contents
1 History
2 Architecture
3 Shows produced at Television City
4 References
5 External links
History
CBS planned to move most of its entertainment operations to the Los Angeles area in 1950. As they needed additional space beyond its Columbia Square complex on Sunset Boulevard, CBS purchase the property at Fairfax Avenue and Beverly Boulevard that year. Hiring architect William Pereira, the company reported spend $7 million on the studio.[2] Television City opened on November 16, 1952. It was built on the site of a former football field and race track, Gilmore Stadium. Before the stadium, it was an oil field.
Studio 43 was equipped with RCA TK-40A color cameras in 1954, with cables allowing any of the original four studios to use those cameras. In 1956, Studio 41 was equipped with RCA TK-41s. However, CBS color broadcasts decreased in frequency until the following decade, when the 1964 production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella was recorded. CBS programs were, in general, in black-and-white until Norelco PC-60s were installed starting in 1964.[3]
Studio 33 is the current home of the long-running CBS game show The Price Is Right and the HBO late-night series Real Time with Bill Maher. This soundstage was also the home of The Carol Burnett Show for its entire 1967–1978 run, and The Red Skelton Show prior to that (1953–1970), as well as the notable game shows Match Game (the 1973–82 Gene Rayburn-hosted version, and the 1998 version), The $25,000/$100,000 Pyramid (the 1980s run), Hollywood Squares (hosted by Tom Bergeron), Wheel of Fortune, the 1986–1989 revival of Card Sharks, and the 1988–1995 run of Family Feud. On April 9, 1998, on the 5000th episode of The Price Is Right (actually number 5133), CBS named Studio 33 as the Bob Barker Studio in honor of the show's longtime host and executive producer.
When it became standard for sitcoms to tape in front of a studio audience in the 1970s, many shows were recorded on soundstages at Television City, such as All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times. The ABC sitcoms Three's Company and Welcome Back, Kotter were also taped at Television City.
CBS Television City is also home to CBS' visual effects studio, CBS Digital, and the CBS Records music label. "Television City" is a registered trademark of CBS for its TV production facilities.
In September 2017, CBS investigated selling the property due to a development boom in the Fairfax District.[4] As a result of this possibility, the city of Los Angeles is taking steps (as of May 2018) to officially declare the facility a historic and cultural monument.[5] CBS Corp. sold Television City to Los Angeles real estate investment company Hackman Capital Partners for $750 million in a deal finalized in mid-December 2018. The deal gives the buyer the right to use the Television City name. Programs produced at Television City, including The Price Is Right, The Young and the Restless and The Late Late Show with James Corden will continue to be based at Television City, as will the headquarters of the CBS international unit.[2]
Architecture
The stark modern architecture at Television City consists of black and white planes meeting at razor-sharp corners, with accents of dazzling red, the work of Pereira & Luckman of Los Angeles. The studio facility was built to handle the larger production needs for the network, most of which took place at the rather cramped Columbia Square. The building's black and white color scheme was also used to identify areas where it was designed to be expanded. Black walls and glass walls indicated "temporary" structure that could be removed during expansion, while white areas were "permanent".[6]
The building initially held four soundstages (Studios 31, 33, 41, and 43), but a renovation in the late 1980s added two new soundstages to the east of the original building (Studios 36 and 46), plus additional office/storage space and technical facilities. Later, another renovation further added two more studios (Studios 56 and 58) in what had been rehearsal halls in the original building. The original plans for Television City called for 24 soundstages, before CBS executives deciding to settle with just the initial four.
Shows produced at Television City
Below is a partial list of programs that have taped episodes or broadcast live at Television City.[7]
The $10,000/25,000/100,000 Pyramid[8]
- All in the Family
- Amateur's Guide to Love
American Idol (2002–2016, 2018–present)
America's Got Talent (2006–2011)- Archie Bunker's Place
- Art Linkletter's House Party
Beat Shazam (2017–present)
Beat the Clock[9]
Blackout[10]
- The Bold and the Beautiful
Body Language[11]
- Bullseye
- The Burns and Allen Show
Can You Top This?[12]
- Capitol
Card Sharks[13]
- The Carol Burnett Show
Child's Play[14]
- Climax!
- Contraption
- Crosswits
Dancing with the Stars (2005–present)- The Danny Kaye Show
Deal or No Deal (2005)- Dennis Miller Live
- Dinah!
- Dirty Rotten Cheater
- Don Adams' Screen Test
Don't Forget the Lyrics! (2007–2009)
Double Dare[15]
- The Edsel Show
Family Feud (1988–95, 1999–2000)[16]- Celebrity (2015–) version
Follow the Leader (TV series)[17]
The Game Game[18]
- Game Show in My Head
- Game Show Moments Gone Bananas
Gambit[19]
- Gameshow Marathon
- Give-n-Take
The Gong Show[20]
- Good Times
- High Rollers
- The Hollywood Game
Hollywood Squares (1998–2004)- Hollywood's Talking
- I've Got a Secret
- Insight
- The Jack Benny Program
- The Jeffersons
- The Joker's Wild
- The Judy Garland Show
- Kids Say the Darndest Things
- The Larry Elder Show
The Late Late Show (1995–present)
...with Tom Snyder (1995–1999)
...with Craig Kilborn (1999–2004)
...with Craig Ferguson (2005–2014)
...with James Corden (2015–present)
The Lawrence Welk Show (1977–79)
Live to Dance (2011)
Love Connection (2017–present)- Mama's Family
- Match Game
- Matchmaker
- Maude
- Me and the Boys
- Meet Millie
- The Merv Griffin Show
- The Mike Douglas Show
- The Montel Williams Show
- Morris Cerullo Help Line
- My Friend Irma
- Now You See It
- One Day at a Time
- Osbournes: Reloaded
- Password
- The Pat Sajak Show
- Pet Star
- Pictionary
- Playboy After Dark
- Playhouse 90
- Politically Incorrect
- Press Your Luck
The Price Is Right (1972–present)- Real Time with Bill Maher
- The Red Skelton Show
Rock Star: INXS/Supernova
- Rodeo Drive
- The Ropers
- The Roseanne Show
- Rove LA
Show Me the Money (2006)
Skating With The Stars (2010)- Slide Show
- The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour
So You Think You Can Dance (2005–present)- The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour
- Spin-Off
- The Steve Harvey Show
- Stockard Channing in Just Friends
- Stump the Stars
Survivor Finale and reunion shows- Talking Bad
- Talking Dead
- Talking Preacher
- Talking Saul
- Tattletales
- That's My Line
- That's My Mama
- Three's Company
- Tic Tac Dough
- Tony Orlando and Dawn
- The Twilight Zone
- There's One in Every Family
- 3rd Degree
The Tyra Banks Show (2005–2007)- Vibe
- Video Village
- Welcome Back, Kotter
Wheel of Fortune (1989–1995)[21]
- Whew!
- Wild 'n Out
- Win, Lose or Draw
The X Factor (2011–2013)- Xuxa
- The Young and the Restless
- You Don't Know Jack
References
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^ ab James, Meg; Vincent, Roger (10 December 2018). "CBS sells Television City for $750 million to Los Angeles real estate developer". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
^ Reitan, Ed. "Early Color Television Studio Facilities". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
^ Chun, I-Chen (September 28, 2017). "CBS mulling sale of Television City studios in Los Angeles". Los Angeles business news. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
^ James, Meg (May 4, 2018). "CBS Television City moves closer to receiving historical landmark designation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2018-05-06.
^ Presenter: Edward R. Murrow (November 1953). "CBS Television City". See It Now. 2:05 minutes in. CBS.
^ "Shows–CBS Television City". CBS Broadcasting. Archived from the original on 13 July 2011. Retrieved 25 July 2011.
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 196. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 12. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 18. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 21. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 29. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 30. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 37. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 51. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 62. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 67. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 72. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 71. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. p. 75. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
^ Schwartz, David; Ryan, Steve; Wostbrock, Fred (1995). The Encyclopedia of TV Game Shows (2nd ed.). Facts On File, Inc. pp. 224–225. ISBN 978-0816030934. Retrieved October 8, 2018. (Subscription required (help)).
External links
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