NBC Studios (New York) - Other Locations

Other Locations

Some other New York originated programs are/were produced elsewhere in New York City, including:

  • Colonial Theater, 1887 Broadway at 62nd Street (original version of The Price is Right hosted by Bill Cullen, 1953–1963; Colgate Comedy Hour) Demolished 1977.
  • Hudson Theatre, 141 W. 44th Street (Tonight hosted by Steve Allen, 1954–1957).
  • Ziegfeld Theatre, 141 W. 54th Street at Sixth Avenue (The Perry Como Show, Concentration primetime 1961)). Demolished 1966.
  • 67th Street Studios, 101 W. 67th Street (the Home show with Arlene Francis 1954-1957, Concentration primetime 1958),NBC divested in 1961, later, Video Tape Center (1961-1970, independent production company), ABC Studio TV-18/19 (1970 to 1990, production facility for soap opera "All My Children",and "One Live to Live" prior to moving to TV-17) demolished 1995. Building originally had four studios, converted to two, later one. The site is now 50-story Millennium Tower apartment building.
  • Century Theater, 232 Seventh Avenue at 59th Street (Caesar's Hour with Sid Caesar, 1954–1957).
  • Brooklyn Studios* (now JC Studios), 1268 E. 14th Street in Midwood, Brooklyn (many 1950s color "Spectaculars" such as The Esther Williams Aqua Special,Peter Pan; it is also where The Perry Como Show (1960s), Mitch Miller Show (1960s), The Sammy Davis Jr. Show (1960s), Hullabaloo (1965–1966), Kraft Music Hall, The Cosby Show, and Another World were produced. It was the home of CBS's soap opera As the World Turns until the series ceased production in 2010. (The silent film-era Vitagraph Studios was located directly across E. 14th Street. That property is now occupied by the Shulamith School for Girls.)
  • International Theater, 5 Columbus Circle (Admiral Broadway Review 1949). Demolished 1954.
  • Ambassador Theater, 215 W. 49th Street. Now a theatre presenting Broadway shows.
  • Center Theater, 1236 Sixth Avenue at 49th Street (Texaco Star Theater with Milton Berle; Your Show of Shows, 1950–1954). Demolished 1954.
  • Uptown Studios (now Metropolis Studios), 105 E. 106th Street at Park Avenue.
  • NBC Universal Network Organization Center, in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (home of CNBC and CNBC World)
  • New Amsterdam Roof Theater, 214 W. 42nd Street.
  • WNBC-TV's LX: NY is produced in nearby 75 Rockefeller Plaza.
*Equipped for color production.

Most of these facilities are no longer used by NBC.

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