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Television City opened its doors on November 15, 1952; it was built on the site of a former racetrack (Gilmore Stadium), and before that, it was an oil field. The stark modern architecture 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 initially held four soundstages (Studios 31, 33, 41 and 43), but a renovation in the mid-1980s added four new soundstages plus additional office space and technical facilities such as editing rooms and storage.

Its most famous soundstage is Studio 33, which is the current home of the long-running CBS game show, The Price is Right. This soundstage was also the home of The Carol Burnett Show in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as notable game shows, Match Game (the old 1970s - 1980s Gene Rayburn hosted version & 1998 version), Hollywood Squares (the recent version hosted by Tom Bergeron), Bullseye, Family Feud (the Ray Combs-hosted version) and the 1980s revival of Card Sharks. In March 1998, on the 5000th episode of The Price is Right, CBS re-dedicated the soundstage The Bob Barker Studio, in honor of the show's longtime host and executive producer.

When sitcoms were increasingly taped in front of a studio audience in the 1970s, many shows were recorded on soundstages at CBS Television City, such as All in the Family, Maude, and Good Times. The ABC sitcom Three's Company was also taped at CBS Television City.

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These are shows that originated from this historic television studio. All shows aired on CBS unless noted:

• The ($10,000/$25,000/$100,000) Pyramid (1973; 1982-88; 1991-1992)
• All in the Family (1971-79; first six seasons were taped here; remaining seasons taped at now-defunct Metromedia Square)
• American Idol (2002-present; airs on the Fox network)
• Archie Bunker's Place (1979-83)
• Art Linkletter's House Party (1952-69)
• Body Language (1984-86)
• Bullseye (1980-82; first six months originated from NBC Studios in Burbank)
• The George Burns & Gracie Allen Show (1950-58)
• Card Sharks (1986-89 on CBS, 1986-87 on syndication)
• Dancing with the Stars (2005-present; airs on ABC)
• Dennis Miller Live (1994-2002; aired on HBO)
• The Edsel Show (1957)
• Family Feud (taped here from 1988-95 and 1999-2000 and aired on syndication; aired on CBS, 1988-93)
• Gambit (1972-76)
• Gameshow Marathon (2006)
• Good Times (first two seasons, 1974-75, were taped here; aired on CBS, 1974-79)
• High Rollers (aired in syndication, 1987-88)
• Hollywood Squares (aired in syndication, 1998-2004)
• Match Game (1973-82 and 1998-99; aired on CBS 1973-79)
• Maude (1972-78)
• Password (West Coast shows while New York's set was remodeling to color)
• Pet Star (aired on Animal Planet 2003-2005)
• Pictionary (aired in Syndication, 1997-98)
• Playhouse 90 (1956-61)
• Politically Incorrect (aired on Comedy Central 1994-97; and later ABC 1997-2002)
• Press Your Luck (1983-86)
• Real Time with Bill Maher (2003-present; airs on HBO)
• (2005)
• Rodeo Drive (aired on Lifetime, 1990)
• So You Think You Can Dance (2005-present; airs on the Fox network)
• Tattletales (1974-78 and 1982-84)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (1987-present)
• The Ed Sullivan Show (West Coast shows)
• The Jack Benny Program (1950-65)
• The Jeffersons (first season, 1974-75, was taped here; aired on CBS, 1974-85)
• The Joker's Wild (aired on CBS 1972-75; was taped here 1972-75 and again in 1990)
• The Judy Garland Show (1963-64)
• The Larry Elder Show (aired in syndication, 2004-2005)
• Late Show with David Letterman (when the show tapes in Los Angeles)
• The Mike Douglas Show (aired in syndication, 1961-82; taped here from 1976-82)
• The Merv Griffin Show (1969-72)
• The Roseanne Show (1998-2000)
• The Pat Sajak Show (1989-91)
• The Price is Right (1972-present aired on CBS, 1985-1986 and 1994-1995 aired in syndication)
• The Red Skelton Show (1953-70)
• The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour (1967-70)
• The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971-74)
• The Tyra Banks Show (syndication; 2005-present)
• The Twilight Zone (original version aired 1959-64; selected episodes were produced here)
• The Young & The Restless (1973-present)
• Three's Company (aired on ABC, 1977-84)
• Tic-Tac-Dough (Aired on CBS briefly in 1978; taped here from 1978-1980; remaining seasons from KCOP's Chris Craft Studios)
• Wheel of Fortune (aired on CBS/NBC, 1989-91; taped here from 1989-95 and aired in syndication)
• Win, Lose or Draw (aired on NBC, 1987-89, and in syndication, 1987-90)

References

• [Behind the Scenes at CBS Television City]
• [CBS.com]
• [Internet Movie Database]

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