The Burbank Studios
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The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in
History
NBC Radio City Hollywood
NBC Radio City Hollywood, in Los Angeles.
The architect for the distinctive Streamline Moderne building at Sunset and Vine was John C. Austin.[7]
In January 1949, NBC launched its newest television station for Los Angeles, KNBH (Channel 4; now
NBC Color City Studios Burbank
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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.[8] 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 later years.
KNBC moved to a new building in 1962. In 1964, the Radio City Hollywood 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
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NBC's move to Universal City
In October 2007, NBC announced plans to move most of its operations from Burbank to a new complex across the street from
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.[13]
On March 13, 2014, Lawrence O'Donnell announced that his MSNBC broadcast that night would be the last nationally-televised program to be broadcast live from NBC's Burbank studio, with the move of the NBC News Los Angeles bureau to Universal City.
After NBC
On October 2, 2017, Studio 1 became the official home of
On April 15, 2019, WarnerMedia (now Warner Bros. Discovery) announced that it would purchase The Burbank Studios. The transaction was completed in late 2023.[15][16]
Program history
Today, the studio houses Days of Our Lives (the last remaining NBC series in production there) and the IHeartRadio Theater. Programs produced here over the years include:
Program | Network/Station | Years Taped | Studio | Notes |
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The All-New Jeopardy! | NBC | 1978–1979 | 3 | The present-day syndicated version of the show (which began in 1984) is taped at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. |
All Star Secrets | NBC | 1979 | ||
All That | Nickelodeon | 2019–2020 | 9 | Reboot series |
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 | CBS and first syndicated version taped at CBS Studio Center in 2020
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Celebrity Sweepstakes | NBC, Syndication | 1974–1977 | 9 | |
Chain Letter | NBC | 1966 | ||
Chain Reaction | NBC | 1980 | 2, 4 | USA Network version taped at CFCF-TV in Montreal, Quebec from 1986 to 1991; GSN version taped at Sony Music Studios in New York City from 2007 to 2008 and at an unknown location from 2015 to 2016
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Channel 4 News | KNBC | 1962–2014 | 5"N", 10 | KNBC moved to a studio near Universal Studios Hollywood in 2014 |
Chico and the Man | NBC | 1974–1978 | 3 | |
Classic Concentration
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NBC | 1987–1991 | 3 | |
Cousins for Life | Nickelodeon | 2018 | 9 | |
C.P.O. Sharkey | NBC | 1976–1978 | 3 | |
Days of Our Lives | NBC, Peacock | 1965–present | 9, 2 & 4 | The series moved to NBC's streaming service Peacock starting in September 2022. |
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 | |
Danger Force | Nickelodeon | 2020–2022 | 11 | |
The Don Rickles Show | NBC | 1968–1969 | 2 | |
Elvis Presley's '68 Comeback Special (TV special) |
NBC | 1968 | 4 | |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Syndication | 2003–2008 | 11 | Production moved to Warner Bros. Studios in 2008 |
Extra | Syndicated | 2019–present | Newsroom | |
The Fairly OddParents: Fairly Odder | Paramount+ | 2021 | 9 | |
Family Feud | Syndication | 2000-2003 | ||
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 | ||
Game Shakers | Nickelodeon | 2015–2018 | 9 | |
Generations | NBC | 1989–1991 | 11 | |
Go | NBC | 1983–1984 | 2 | |
The Gong Show | NBC, Syndication | 1976–1978 | 3 | |
Henry Danger | Nickelodeon | 2014–2019 | 11 | |
High Rollers | NBC | 1974–1976; 1978–1980 | 3 | 1987–88 version taped at Television City |
Hit Man | NBC | 1983 | 4 | |
Hollywood Squares | NBC, Syndication | 1966–1980; 1986–1987 | 1, 3, 4 | Production moved prior to 1987–1988 season; 1998–2004 version taped at Television City |
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
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Syndication | 1980–1981 | 2 | |
Just Men! | NBC | 1983 | 2 | |
Late Night with David Letterman | NBC | 1985 | 11 | |
Late Night with Conan O'Brien | NBC | 1999 | 1 | |
Last Call with Carson Daly | NBC | 2005–2009 | 9 | |
Let's Make a Deal | NBC, Syndication | 1963–1968; 1984–1985; 2003 | 1, 4 | CBS version tapes at Sunset Bronson Studios from 2010 to 2014
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Letters to Laugh-In | NBC | 1969 | 2 | |
Lotsa Luck | NBC | 1973–1974 | ||
Match Game–Hollywood Squares Hour
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NBC | 1983–1984 | 3 | |
Make Your Own Kind of Music | NBC | 1971 | ||
The Midnight Special | NBC | 1972–1983 | 2, 4 | |
Mindreaders | NBC | 1979–1980 | 3, 4 | |
The Nat King Cole Show | NBC | 1956–1957 | 2 | |
Night Court | NBC | 1984–1991 | Production moved to Warner Bros. Studios in 1991–92 | |
Overwatch League | ABC, Disney XD, ESPN, ESPN2[17] | 2018–2019 | 1 | |
PDQ | Syndication | 1965–1969 | ||
Password Plus | NBC | 1979–1982 | 1, 2, 3, 4 | |
People are Funny
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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
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NBC, Syndication | 1983–1989 | 3 | |
Saturday Night Live | NBC | 1982 | 1 | For the season premiere of Season 8 (1982-83), host Chevy Chase performed the cold open and all his other sketches from Burbank via satellite. His segments were done from the then-set of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson; at Studio 8H in New York, a TV monitor was set up on each stage where Chase's Burbank-originated image appeared as the rest of the cast performed as usual, in person.
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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 | 2009 | 11 | |
Super Password | NBC | 1984–1989 | 1, 3 | 2008 incarnation known as Million Dollar Password taped at Kaufman Astoria Studios in New York City, then CBS Studio Center |
Supermarket Sweep | Pax TV | 2001–2003 | 11 | |
Three for the Money | NBC | 1975 | ||
This Is Your Life | NBC | 1958–1961 | 3 | |
Time Machine | NBC | 1985 | ||
To Say the Least | NBC | 1977–1978 | ||
To Tell the Truth | NBC, Syndication | 1990–1991; 2000–2002 | 1, 11 | |
Tomorrow | NBC | 1973–1974; 1977–1979 | 1, 5 | |
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson | NBC | 1972–1992 | 1[18] | |
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | NBC | 1992–2009; 2010–2014 | 1, 3,[19][20] 11[21] | Since 2014 as The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon taped at Rockefeller Center NBC Studios in New York City |
Truth or Consequences | NBC | 1960–1965 | 1, 3 | |
Twenty One
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NBC | 2000 | 1 | |
Vicki! | Syndication | 1992–1994 | 3 | |
The Weakest Link
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NBC, Syndication | 2001–2003 | 1 | |
The Weird Al Show | CBS | 1997–1998 | 11 | |
Welcome Back, Kotter | ABC | 1975–1976 | Pilot recorded at CBS Television City; Seasons 2 to 4 recorded at ABC Television Center | |
What's This Song? | NBC | 1964–1965 | ||
Wheel of Fortune
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NBC, Syndication | 1975–1989 | 2, 4 | Taped at CBS Television City from 1989 until 1995. Since 1995, has been taping at Sony Pictures Studios |
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 |
Geography
The Burbank Studios is located on West Alameda Avenue, in Burbank, California. It lies across the street, on Bob Hope Drive, from Johnny Carson Park, the busiest park in Burbank.[22][23][24][25][26][27]
See also
- 30 Rockefeller Plaza
- NBC Tower
- NBC Radio City Studios
References
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- ^ "Warner Bros. Plans to buy Burbank Studios and occupy new Frank Gehry 'iceberg' towers". Los Angeles Times. April 15, 2019.
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