There’s No Place Like “Home”…Studio 33
Carol Burnett: Queen of Comedy
Here’s Carol Burnett with CBS Newsman Lee Cowan. In the clip linked above, you’ll see his 8 minute visit with her that ran on ‘Sunday Morning’. Nice piece with some interesting shots along the way. Enjoy!
The Fun Has Begun At Macy’s! Actually, It Started At Midnight… Here’s our friend Charlie Huntley on the job this morning about 3 AM. Charlie will be doing the honors on the host camera today, but for the past few weeks, and till December 4, he’s been rehearsing with about a dozen more top camera […]
The Story Of ‘The Hallmark Hall Of Fame’… If you want a story told right, let ‘CBS Sunday Morning’ tell it. From a few years back, here is their look back at one of television’s most watched and awarded programs ever. Did you know that over 25% of all of the Academy Award winners have […]
August 9, 1936…Jesse Owens Won His 4th Gold Medal In Berlin The first live television coverage of a sports event in world history occurred during the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany. These games were televised by two German firms, Telefunken and Fernseh. Telefunken’s two large stationary cameras were based on RCA technology and the […]
Later Today…Stephen Colbert’s Final Report On Comedy Central Over these last nine years, there has been a lot of water under the comedy bridge at 512 West 54th Street at NEP’s Studio 54. Stephen Colbert’s time there ends today with their last live to tape show. Speculation is he will take over for David Letterman […]
Wonderful memories
It’s a great piece. It always amazes me that until the 1990s Stage 33 was used constantly for different shows. One show would be there one day and another the next. During the run of “The Carol Burnett Show”, a few seasons of “All In The Family” were shot on the same stage.
Great piece by Lee Cowan-well done!!!
I think All in the Family was taped next door in Studio 31.
STUDIO 33 SCHEDULE IN THE 197OS
Mon thru Wed…The Price is Right
– Taped two shows per day
Thurs and Friday…Carol Burnett Show
– Taped on Friday evenings
Saturday and Sunday…Match Game
– Taped six shows each day – Five
for CBS and one for syndication
Match Game taped 12 shows every other weekend. Gene Rayburn commuted from the east coast.
Carol Burnett and company spent Monday thru Wednesday in one of the two rehearsal halls upstairs. The two rehearsal halls are now television studios. The larger of the two studios was built for the Pat Sajak talk show in 1990. The same studio is now used by Craig Ferguson.