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Some of those Tandem shows were taped in the Sunset Building (see the photo to the right), which once included a small swimming pool where they filmed the swimming sequences for some of the Esther Williams musicals, as well as the productions of B-Movie legend, Ed Wood. In 1986, Metromedia
sold KTTV and its operations to the Fox
broadcasting network, and this lot was renamed Fox Television Center
(although Metromedia held onto ownership of the real estate.) Fox was the newest
of the four major networks, the network which brought us such shows as
"The O.C.", "American Idol", "24,"
"The Simpsons," "Married...With Children,"
"Beverly Hills 90210," "Melrose Place,"
"The X Files," "In Living Color," "Party
of Five," "Ally McBeal," "Cops"
and "Martin." But virtually none of those Fox shows were taped before a live studio audience at this Sunset Blvd studio. "The X-Files," for instance, is taped at 20th Century Fox studios in Century City. Both "The O.C." and "Ally McBeal" were filmed at Raleigh's Manhattan Beach Studios. Their network sitcoms were taped at other studios in the Hollywood area. There have been
a few TV sitcoms taped here in the recent past (such as "Saved By
the Bell" and "South Central"), (Of course, that doesn't mean you can't get tickets to see Fox's shows taped elsewhere. For information about tickets to live tapings, check with Audiences Unlimited, or call (818) 506-0067 for recorded information.) In 1996, Fox affiliate KTTV (Channel 11), which called this building home for almost 47 years, moved to new digs on the west side (near Santa Monica) at the new Fox Television Center at 1999 Bundy Drive, in Los Angeles. (). The studio once again reverted to Metromedia, which, in 2000, sold the building to the L.A. Unified School District. Current plans are to turn the historic complex into a high school - which is somewhat ironic when you consider that the long-running high school comedy "Saved By the Bell" was one of the last shows taped here.
[For
more information on Fox Television, you can access their official website
at: http://www.fox.com/tv.html.
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