The Burbank Studios
| The Burbank Studios | |
|---|---|
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Television Studios Complex |
| Location | Burbank, California United States |
| Completed | 1952 |
| Owner |
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| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 6 |
| Design and construction | |
| Developer | Radio Corporation of America |
| References | |
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The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California. The studio is home to Days of Our Lives, the IHeartRadio Theater, and the Blizzard eSports Arena (home of the Overwatch League).
Contents
1 History
2 NBC's move to Universal City
3 Program history
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
History
Radio City West was located at Sunset Boulevard and Vine Street in Los Angeles until it was replaced by a bank in the mid-1960s.
The West Coast Radio City opened in 1938 and served as headquarters to the NBC Radio Networks' West Coast operations. It served as a replacement for NBC's radio broadcast center in San Francisco, which had been in service since the network's formation in 1927. Since NBC never owned a radio station in Los Angeles, the network's West Coast programming originated from its San Francisco station (KPO-AM, which later became KNBC-AM, and is now KNBR).
The architect for the distinctive Streamline Moderne building at Sunset and Vine was John C. Austin.[2]
In January 1949, NBC launched its newest television station for Los Angeles, KNBH (Channel 4; now KNBC) from Radio City; the radio studios were later equipped for live television broadcasting in the transition phase from radio broadcasting. However, as television production was increasing for NBC, the network and its then-parent the Radio Corporation of America, decided to build a television studio, nicknamed NBC Color City, that would be exclusively equipped for color television broadcasting. For many of the same reasons why CBS eventually built Television City in the early 1950s, the television facilities at Radio City gradually became too small for NBC to produce its television broadcasts.
RCA's decision to expand television studio facilities required moving to the real estate market in the San Fernando Valley-Burbank area, with land purchased from Jack Warner.[3] The newly christened NBC Color City Studios opened in March 1955, as the first television studio designed specially for the origination of color television broadcasting, although their rivals, ABC and CBS would gradually add color broadcasting to their studio facilities in the later years.
KNBC moved to a new building in 1962. In 1964, the West Coast Radio City building was demolished, as NBC moved more of their West Coast television operations to the Burbank facility. The site is now occupied by a bank.
This studio hosted production of many of the best-remembered game and variety shows from the 1950s through the 1990s, including The Tonight Show beginning in 1972. In that year, Johnny Carson moved the show to California from New York where it remained until 2009, when Conan O'Brien briefly hosted the program. During the late 1960s, Carson's Tonight Show would move for periods to Burbank, using studio 1. After the permanent move to Burbank in 1972, Bob Hope's show taped in studio 1, with The Tonight Show taking a hiatus while Hope produced his specials.
The short-lived The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien taped a few miles away at Universal Studios in Studio One. Upon Jay Leno's return as host of The Tonight Show in 2010, the program returned to the Burbank facility utilizing the same studio and set as the previous primetime The Jay Leno Show, until his final departure from NBC in 2014.
On October 2, 2017, Studio 1 became the official home of Blizzard Arena Los Angeles and the Overwatch League, marking Burbank Studios' very first eSports broadcast. The inaugural season began on January 10, 2018, in which over 437,000 viewers tuned in live on opening night via Twitch and MLG.tv streaming platforms.[4]
NBC's move to Universal City
Administrative building in 2015
In October 2007, the network announced that it planned to move most of its operations from Burbank to a new complex across the street from Universal Studios in Universal City.[5] It would retain offices at the Burbank site until May 2013, though the studio complex was sold to Catalina/Worthe Real Estate Group in 2008 with NBCUniversal leasing space until 2013. The former Technicolor building on the Universal lot serves as the new home to NBC's West Coast Operations.[6] KNBC 4 and NBC News, along with KVEA Telemundo 52, began broadcasting from Universal Studios on February 2, 2014.
In preparation for the move, The Ellen DeGeneres Show moved to the nearby Warner Bros. Studios in 2008, and when Conan O'Brien assumed hosting duties, The Tonight Show moved to an all-digital studio on the Universal lot in 2009. The Jay Leno Show continued to broadcast from the NBC Burbank studios as Leno's Tonight Show had, though from Studio 11. From March 1, 2010 to February 6, 2014, Leno's second run as host of The Tonight Show taped at Studio 11.
The Tonight Show moved back to New York City in 2014 when Jimmy Fallon replaced Leno as host, marking the end of the 42-year era in which the show had taped from Southern California.[7]
The Burbank facility was one of the few television-specific studio facilities in Hollywood that offered tours to the general public until they ceased July 6, 2012.[8]
On March 13, 2014, Lawrence O'Donnell announced that his MSNBC broadcast that night would be the last nationally televised network show to be broadcast live from NBC's Burbank studio, with the move of the NBC News Los Angeles bureau to Universal City.
Program history
Today, the studio houses Days of Our Lives, Overwatch League, and the IHeartRadio Theater. Programs produced here over the years include:
| Program | Network/Station | Years Taped | Studio |
|---|---|---|---|
Access (U.S. TV series) | Syndication | 1996–2015 | 1, 5 |
Access Hollywood Live | Syndication | 2010–2015 | 1 |
The All-New Jeopardy! | NBC | 1978–1979 | 3 |
All Star Secrets | NBC | 1979 | |
Amen | NBC | 1986–1991 | |
The Andy Williams Show | NBC | 1962–1967; 1969–1971 | 4 |
An Evening with Fred Astaire (TV special) | NBC | 1958 | 2 |
Baffle | NBC | 1973–1974 | |
Battlestars | NBC | 1981–1982; 1983 | 3 |
The Big Game | NBC | 1958 | 4 |
Blank Check | NBC | 1975 | 4 |
Blockbusters | NBC | 1980–1982; 1987 | 1, 2, 3, 4 |
Bullseye | Syndication | 1980–1981 | 3,4 |
Card Sharks | NBC | 1978–1981 | 3, 4 |
Celebrity Sweepstakes | NBC, Syndication | 1974–1977 | 9 |
Chain Letter | NBC | 1966 | |
Chain Reaction | NBC | 1980 | 2, 4 |
Channel 4 News | KNBC | 1962–2014 | 5"N",10 |
Chico and the Man | NBC | 1974–1978 | 1 |
Classic Concentration | NBC | 1987–1991 | 3 |
C.P.O. Sharkey | NBC | 1976–1978 | 3 |
Days of Our Lives | NBC | 1965–present | 9, 2 & 4 |
The Dean Martin Show | NBC | 1965–1974 | 2 |
Dream House | NBC | 1983–1984 | 3 |
Dog Eat Dog | NBC | 2002–2003 | 1 |
The Don Knotts Show | NBC | 1970–1971 | 2 |
The Don Rickles Show | NBC | 1968–1969 | 2 |
Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special (TV special) | NBC | 1968 | 4 |
The Facts of Life | NBC | 1987–1988 | |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Syndication | 2003–2008 | 11 |
Fight Back! with David Horowitz | Syndication | 1980–1992 | 5"P" |
The Flip Wilson Show | NBC | 1970–1974 | 2 |
Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (TV special) | NBC | 1965 | 4 |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | NBC | 1993–1996 | 11 |
The Funny Side | NBC | 1971–1972 | |
Generations | NBC | 1989–1991 | |
Go | NBC | 1983–1984 | 2 |
The Gong Show | NBC, Syndication | 1976–1978 | 3 |
Henry Danger | Nickelodeon | 2014–present | 11 |
High Rollers | NBC | 1974–1976; 1978–1980 | 3 |
Hit Man | NBC | 1983 | 4 |
Hollywood Squares | NBC, Syndication | 1966–1980; 1986-87 | 3 |
Hot Potato | NBC | 1984 | 2 |
The Howie Mandel Show | Syndication | 1998-1999 | 1 |
iHeartRadio Theater | The CW | 2013–present | 3 |
In the House | NBC, UPN | 1995–1999 | |
I'll Bet | NBC | 1965 | |
It Could Be You | NBC | 1956–1961 | |
It Pays to Be Ignorant | Syndication | 1973–1974 | |
It Takes Two | NBC | 1969–1970 | |
It's Anybody's Guess | NBC | 1977 | 3 |
It's Your Bet | Syndication | 1969–1973 | |
The Jay Leno Show | NBC | 2009–2010 | 11 |
The John Davidson Show | Syndication | 1980–1981 | 2 |
Just Men! | NBC | 1983 | 2 |
Last Call with Carson Daly | NBC | 2005–2009 | 9 |
Let's Make a Deal | NBC, Syndication | 1963–1968; 1984–1985; 2003 | 1, 4 |
Letters to Laugh-In | NBC | 1969 | 2 |
Match Game–Hollywood Squares Hour | NBC | 1983–1984 | 3 |
Make Your Own Kind of Music | NBC | 1971 | |
Mindreaders | NBC | 1979–1980 | 3,4 |
The Midnight Special | NBC | 1972–1983 | 2, 4 |
The Nat King Cole Show | NBC | 1956–1957 | 2 |
Night Court | NBC | 1983–1991 (moved to Warner Bros. Studios for final season in 1991–92) | |
Overwatch League | Twitch, MLG.tv | 2018-present | 1 |
PDQ | Syndication | 1965–1969 | |
Password Plus | NBC | 1979–1982 | 1,2,3,4 |
People are Funny | NBC | 1956–1961; 1984 | 3 |
People Will Talk | NBC | 1963 | 3 |
Punky Brewster | Syndication | 1987–1988 | 11 |
Real People | NBC | 1979–1984 | |
The Robert Irvine Show | The CW | 2016–2018 | 1 |
Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In | NBC | 1968–1973 | 3 |
Sale of the Century | NBC, Syndication | 1983–1989 | 3 |
The Sammy Davis, Jr. Show | NBC | 1966 | 2 |
Sanford and Son | NBC | 1972–1977 | 3 |
Santa Barbara | NBC | 1984–1993 | 11 |
Saved by the Bell | NBC | 1989–1993 | |
Saved by the Bell: The New Class | NBC | 1993–2000 | |
Scrabble | NBC | 1984–1990; 1993 | 2, 3 |
Sonny with a Chance | Disney Channel | 2008–2009 | 11 |
Super Password | NBC | 1984–1989 | 3 |
Supermarket Sweep | Pax TV | 2001–2003 | 11 |
Time Machine | NBC | 1985 | |
To Say the Least | NBC | 1977–1978 | |
To Tell the Truth | NBC, Syndication | 1990–1991; 2000–2002 | 1, 11 |
The Tonight Show (Johnny Carson and Jay Leno) | NBC | 1972–2009; 2010–2014 | 1, 3, 11 |
Three for the Money | NBC | 1975 | |
This Is Your Life | NBC | 1958–1961 | 3 |
Truth or Consequences | NBC | 1960–1965 | 1, 3 |
Tomorrow | NBC | 1973–1974; 1977–1979 | 1, 5 |
Twenty One | NBC | 2000 | 1 |
Vicki! | Syndication | 1992-94 | |
The Weakest Link | NBC, Syndication | 2001–03 | 1 |
The Weird Al Show | CBS | 1997-98 | 11 |
Welcome Back, Kotter | ABC | 1975–76 | |
What's This Song? | NBC | 1964–1965 | |
Wheel of Fortune | NBC, Syndication | 1975–1988 | 2, 4 |
Wordplay | NBC | 1986–1987 | 4 |
You Bet Your Life/The Groucho Show | NBC | 1960–1961 | 3 |
You Don't Say! | NBC | 1963–1969 | 3 |
Your Number's Up | NBC | 1985 | 2 |
See also
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- NBC Tower
- NBC Radio City Studios
References
^ The Burbank Studios at Emporis
^ "International Directory of Company Histories-The Austin Company". International Directory of Company Histories. Retrieved 15 July 2011..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ http://www.emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/thomas-w-sarnoff
^ Wolf, Jacob (17 Jan 2018). "Overwatch League outperforms Thursday Night Football livestream on opening day". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-02-23.
^ Schneider, Michael (10 October 2007). "NBC moving from Burbank to L.A." Variety. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
^ Miller, Daniel (4 January 2012). "NBCUniversal to Build New Broadcast Center". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
^ Memmott, Mark (3 April 2013). "It's Set: Jimmy Fallon To Replace Jay Leno On 'Tonight Show' In Spring 2014". Must Reads. NPR. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
^ Flint, Joe (6 July 2012). "The Morning Fix: Big web for 'Spider-Man' and 'Ted.' WikiLeaks race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2013-08-22.
External links
- Official website
Coordinates: 34°09′15″N 118°20′01″W / 34.15408°N 118.33348°W / 34.15408; -118.33348
