Location of the studios

[danfling]

Could someone share with us where these various cancelled soap operas were produced?   The name of the studio and, if possible, an address?

[Paul Raven]

Some ABC New York info. ABC established themselves on West 66th St and continued to buy up  properties through the 50's. 60's and 70's. Several of them have now been sold off.

 

 

A Time For Us

TV 2 West 66^th St

 

 

A World Apart

TV 18 101 West 67^th St

 

All My Children

TV 2  7West 66^th St

TV 19 1970-90 101 West 67^th St

TV 23 1990-2009 320 West 66^th St

 

Best of Everything

TV 17 56 West 66^th St

 

The City

TV 24 320 West 66^th St

 

Dark Shadows

TV 2 June-Aug 66

TV 16 66-71 433 West 53^rd St

 

Edge of Night

Screen Gems East 44^th St

 

Loving

TV1 83-84

TV 23 84-95  320 West 66^th St

 

The Nurses

TV 1

 

One Life to Live

TV 1 1968

TV 18 68-76 101 West 67^th St

TV 17 76- 2009 56 West 66^th St

TV 23 2010-2012 320 West 66^th St

 

Ryan's Hope

TV 16 75-86 433 West 53^rd St

TV 23 86-89 320 West 66^th St

[watson71]

Another World, Somerset, Lovers & Friends/For Richer For Poorer, and Texas were filmed at the NBC Studios in Brooklyn, NY.

 

http://eyesofageneration.com/a-rare-and-detailed-look-at-nbcs-brooklyn-studios-part-1-of-2-for-me-these/

 

http://eyesofageneration.com/a-rare-and-detailed-look-at-nbcs-brooklyn-studios-part-2-of-2-today-we-wil/

 

As the World Turns would film there after Another World was canceled.

[danfling]

I was under the assumption that Our Five Daughters was also filmed in that studio and that Another World used some of its sets.

Also, that Search for Tomorrow taped in the same studio (Screen Gems East 44^th St ) after the cancellation of Edge of Night.

 

I wonder where The Edge of Night was taped when it aired on CBS?   I understand that it was a former movie studio.

 

Edited November 20, 2018 by danfling

[All My Shadows]

Wasn’t Love of Life once housed in what would become Studio 54?

 

By the early 70s, most of the soaps on CBS were done in the same building.

[danfling]

Do you mean all of the shows that CBS owned in 1970s (Love of Life, The Secret Storm, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing, and Where the Heart Is) or, in addition, the other shows that were airing on CBS (Search for Tomorrow, As the World Turns, The Guiding Light, and The Edge of Night)?

[Paul Raven]

In 1977 when Guiding Light expanded to 1 hour and needed extra studio space, Search for Tomorrow relocated to West 57th St from West 26th St in Manhattan.

[Paul Raven]

Tues August 18 1965 Guiding Light ceases production at 15 Vandebilt and moves to CBS Broadcast Center on 57th St.

15 Vanderbilt was part of Grand Central Station and was where CBS Television and WCBS  began.

Guiding Light's departure was the end of that location as a TV studio.

 

[danfling]

Here is some information about the studio in which The Doctors was produced throughout its run:

 

NBC News confirms plans to split Studio 3B into two spaces:

NBC will be splitting 30 Rockefeller Center’s Studio 3B, the former home of “NBC Nightly News,” “Dateline NBC, “Rock Center” and other programs, into two smaller spaces for WNBC and WNJU, a spokesperson confirms to NewscastStudio.

News of the potential split was first hinted at after public building records were discovered on the TV news fan site TVNewsTalk. NewscastStudio reporting has confirmed that the documents are authentic and NBC has confirmed that they do accurately represent plans to split the space.

 

In January 2022, NBC announced plans to move its owned Telemundo affiliate, WNJU, into 30 Rock so that it could share resources with WNBC, which it also owns.

At the time, plans indicated a new second-floor workspace for the two entities would be built, but no plans for studio space were included.

Now, an NBC spokesperson has confirmed that the space currently known as Studio 3B will be split into two, as indicated by the plans, with one dedicated to NBC News 4 New York and the other to Telemundo 42. Plans on public record with New York City show the space is divided into two essentially equal sizes, designated on the plans as Studio 3B-1 and Studio 3B-2. However, it’s not clear which one will be assigned to which affiliate or if those will be the final designators.

The plans also include two ghosted-out scenic design ground plans, but there is a note on the drawings that says these are meant for illustrative purposes only. It also appears that NBC will be adding a small enclosed workspace to each space, perhaps for robotics or teleprompter, and those rooms will be interconnected.

Studio 3B is a historic part of 30 Rock. It is reportedly one of the only studios to have never had its size or footprint significantly changed since the building was constructed in 1933, originally for radio production.

It’s also been the home to the “Huntley-Brinkley Report” and daytime serial series “The Doctors” (not to be confused with the present-day syndicated daytime talker). 

In the early 1990s, it became home to a sprawling studio set for “Nightly” that included a projection screen (which was state-of-the-art at the time), small in-studio workspace and an anchor desk at the center. It would also become home to “Dateline NBC” for a period of time.

The set was modified numerous times, including removing the smaller projection screen in favor of rear projection cubes in the mid-1990s and several changes to the primary background, eventually settling on newsroom duratrans. 

The set was also used, over the years, for various other NBC News productions, including “Sunrise.” Many elements, such as header signage, could be changed out as needed depending on the production.

In 2000, “Nightly” moved out of 3A, relocating to its own dedicated set in Studio 3C. The set in 3B was removed and replaced with a sprawling, wraparound set for “Dateline” that included multiple venues, a balcony and stairway. This set was repurposed during election coverage, most memorably during the 2000 election.

In 2011, “Nightly” would move back to Studio 3B, again sharing with another program — this time it was the newly-created magazine show “Rock Center.” 

That set featured two areas that could be used separately or together, roughly following how 3B would be sub-divided in the proposed plans. The west side of the space was primarily used for “Nightly” while the east side was for “Rock Center,” though portions of the opposite side of the space would show up on both programs.

Eventually, the set was heavily modified to remove the built-in seating and coffee table, and once “Rock Center” was canceled, would eventually move “Nightly” over to that side of the space in 2014, presumably to take advantage of the rear projection screens.

It remained that way until moving back to 3C in 2017. Since then, the studio has largely been used for pre-taped segments and interviews. 

WNBC has also hopped around Rockefeller Center. For years, it was based in Studio 6B, featuring a large blended rear projection background that used specially-engineered mirrors to eliminate the need for standard throw distance behind the set. That space is now home to “The Tonight Show.”

The local news would then move to the 7th floor next to a new newsroom for the station, as part of NBC’s plans to create a local 24-hour news channel in major markets that would share resources with its existing news team.

After that plan was walked back on, WNBC would eventually wind up in Studio 3C in between the times “Nightly” occupied it. It then moved to Studio 3K, where it is based today.

NBC has confirmed that WNBC will now move into one-half of the space formerly known as simply 3B sometime in the relatively near future, though the exact timing was not announced.

This would mean that Studio 3K will become available, perhaps for use by NBC’s increasing needs for production for its digital platforms. It’s also possible it could become home to a new syndicated show produced by the network. 

WNJU is licensed to New Jersey and will maintain the physical presence there required by its license. Although not in name, the station is still considered part of the New York metro market and covers the city and New Jersey as well as other nearby communities. 

 

 

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The current WNBC set in Studio 3K.

 

The ‘NBC Nightly News’ side of Studio 3B around 2011.

 

The WNBC set and newsroom in 2008.

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NBC News confirms plans to split Studio 3B into two spaces

NBC News confirms plans to split Studio 3B into two spaces

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NBC News confirms plans to split Studio 3B into two spaces

[danfling]

Here is something that I found on the original studio where Dark Shadows was produced:  It was dated TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2016.

"Well, this is depressing.

The location of the studios where the original DARK SHADOWS television series was taped is scheduled for demolition, according to The Real Deal. I've spent the last few years pouring over the history of the television show, and have seen hundreds of photos of cast members interacting with fans outside during breaks in filming. While I wasn't part of this community, it's difficult not to feel a sense of sadness on hearing about the building's pending demise.

The 10,000 square-foot block-thru property, located at 442 West 54th St., is expected to be demolished to make way for a pair of six-story residential buildings. Emmut Properties paid $25 million for the property, it was announced in January.

A deadline for construction on the new properties has not yet been disclosed so, if you've ever wanted to get a gander at where DARK SHADOWS was taped, you'd better move fast.

(Take a virtual tour of the neighborhood courtesy of Google Streetview.)"

[Bright Eyes]

Those residential buildings finna be haunted 

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[Paul Raven]

In 1966 The Doctors relocated for six months to 1481 Broadway while NBC Sudio 3A was being renovated.

[danfling]

Where was The Nurses (during its ABC daytime run) taped?

The original primetime series was produced at Filmways Studios in East Harlem.  Was the daytime version also taped there, or had the production moved somewhere else?

"Another World, Somerset, Lovers & Friends/For Richer For Poorer, and Texas were filmed at the NBC Studios in Brooklyn, NY."

Wasn't Our Five Daughter produced there also?    And, where were Ben Jarrod, Attorney at Law and (later) Hidden Faces and (still later) How to Survive a Marriage produced?

[Paul Raven]

How To Survive a Marriage was Metromedia production and I have the feeling they had a studio in NY. I'll see what I can find  out.

I would assume Ben Jerrod was taped at the NBC Burbank studio where Days of Our Lives was later taped.

[Paul Raven]

When A World Apart and Best of Everything began ABC had to find outside facilities to produce them.

A World Apart- Reeves Telecom  Lincoln Square

Best of Everything - Metromedia WNEW TV East 67 th St.

This information from Variety contradicts what was posted above, so I can only surmise that ABC moved them back to their own studios during their runs. Although BOE was shortlived, so it seems odd that a move would have happened in those months.