Wherrrrrrrres Johnny? NBC 6B After The ‘Tonight’ Move…

Wherrrrrrrres Johnny? NBC 6B After The ‘Tonight’ Move…

The photo I posted yesterday taken from behind Johnny in 6B was from March 8, 1972. These two great shots were taken by our friend Glenn Mack a year later in March of ’73.

In Carson’s monologue of November 13, 1972 he said “this is our first show back in New York, since moving to Burbank”. So, beginning that Monday night, they returned for at least one week. Notice in the photo that shows the audience area, the ‘Tonight’ sound baffle panels are still on the band area wall. In the other photo, behind the camera with the lit tally lights, you can see on the floor, the outline of where the Homebase set was.

In that same photo, you can also see the huge column which supported the dimmer room, which has been removed now that ‘Tonight’ is back in 6B. Like all the other NBC studios at 30 Rock, this is a two story tall structure, except for the back rear third where the dimmer room is. You can see the end of the dimmer room just to the right of the column, but you can’t see the windows in it in this shot. Across the hall in 6A, that studio is a mirror image of B but the column is still there. I wonder if they will remove it too before Meredith Viera’s show starts there this fall?

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