Hugh Downs's "Concentration" taped in NYC. On Mon, Apr 2, 2018 at 4:34 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hugh Downs "Concentration" or Alex Trebek "Classic Concentration"? (Never > understood why that show was called "Classic Concentration" - other than > Coke's bungling of their own brand in the 80's seemingly make Classic > somehow cool again...) > > On Friday, March 30, 2018 at 12:55:18 PM UTC-4, daniel anderson wrote: >> >> *Concentration *used to tape in the studio that *Days* uses now. i can't >> remember but *Sale of The Century* and *Wheel of Fortune* taped in 3; >> did Jay Leno use that studio too? >> >> On Wednesday, February 14, 2018 at 12:27:17 PM UTC-5, Kevin M. (RPCV) >> wrote: >>> >>> Days is the last of the NBC shows still produced at what is now the >>> non-NBC “The Burbank Studios.” The old Johnny Carson studio is now an “e >>> sports” arena where people go to watch other people play games on their >>> phones. >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 14, 2018 at 2:34 AM daniel anderson <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Burbank did almost all of the NBC game shows in the 1980s- "Sale of >>>> the Century," "Wheel of Fortune," and "Scrabble" among others. Doesn't >>>> "Days of Our Lives" still film in Burbank? >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, February 13, 2018 at 5:29:33 PM UTC-5, Jim Ellwanger wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> > On Feb 13, 2018, at 1:26 PM, Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > There were a few hot buttons in the control rooms of a few of the >>>>> Nightly News studios that could be pressed to go live, bypassing Skypath. >>>>> I >>>>> know of a handful of instances when those buttons were pressed >>>>> accidentally; hilarity ensued. >>>>> >>>>> Yeah, the closed-captioner who was monitoring NBC's feed was always at >>>>> the ready to dial in to the modem for "studio 3B" (or whichever one was >>>>> being kept "hot" for special report purposes). >>>>> >>>>> I was never entirely clear on how things were working on the video >>>>> transmission side of things, but I do know that "Tonight Show" captions >>>>> went to a modem in Burbank, while "Late Night" (and "Later") captions went >>>>> to New York. Because there was a seamless transition between the shows, >>>>> there was some rigamarole involving the backup modem in the control room >>>>> and a production assistant -- by which I mean me -- being nervous about >>>>> accidentally disconnecting the wrong modem at the wrong time. (The >>>>> captions >>>>> for the late-night shows were prepared in advance via an audio feed of the >>>>> taping, but were sent out "live" as they aired.) >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected]. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> -- >>> Kevin M. (RPCV) >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
