Studio 60 (Studio 60 Location)
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Studio 60 is the fictional workplace of the characters of the US TV series Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip. The actual building exterior shown on the series is the Hollywood Palladium, with some alterations made via computer graphics. That building is actually on Sunset Boulevard, but is located in central Hollywood, not West Hollywood. Interiors are shot on a soundstage set at a different location.
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[edit] Early Years to 1926: Burlesque Theatre
Originally built as a burlesque theatre called The Addison, its stage hosted many productions that were described as a "populist blend of satire, performance art and adult entertainment". Among its notable performers was Gypsy Rose Lee, who signed her name on one of the basement walls.
Prior to 1926, the Addison was also host to such vaudeville greats as Don Ameche, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Eva Tanguay, Eddie Cantor and Abbott and Costello, who reportedly performed one of their first versions of their famous comedic routine Who's on First there.
[edit] 1926 to 1941: Movie Theatre
In 1926, Jack and Harry Warner used the Addison as a testing ground for a new kind of motion picture: those with sound. In October of 1927, the Addison was one of the theatres to premiere the revolutionary film The Jazz Singer. They bought the theatre, which became one of West Hollywood's premiere movie houses until it was sold on November 30, 1941 – exactly two weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor.
[edit] 1941 to 1959: NBS Radio and Television Studio
The National Broadcasting System, then a loose conglomerate of radio stations, bought the theatre for use in broadcasting hosted radio programs that used a live audience. During World War II, the most popular show recorded in the theatre was titled "Studio 60 Theater of the Air".
After the war, the radio studio was converted to a television studio where its premiere show "NBS Philco Comedy Hour" was cancelled after only a year. The show had several things working against its favour, the first of those being competition. The show was unable to compete with the popular Texaco Star Theater and The Colgate Comedy Hour. Additionally, many of the writers were falsely accused of Communism by the HUAC at its height and as a result were summarily blacklisted from working in the entertainment industry.
In 1959, the Addison was renamed in honor of its premiere NBS show to Studio 60.
[edit] 1986 to Present: Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
In 1986, to compete with rival station NBC, the NBS television network developed a late night sketch program that airs on Friday nights, naming it after the studio in which it was filmed.
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| STUDIO 60 ON THE SUNSET STRIP | ||
| EPISODES | AIRDATES | CHARACTERS | CATEGORY | ||
| Primary Characters |
Matt Albie | Danny Tripp | Jordan McDeere | Harriet Hayes Tom Jeter | Simon Stiles | Jack Rudolph | Cal Shanley |
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| Secondary Characters |
Ricky Tahoe | Ron Oswald | Wes Mendell | Martha O'Dell Jeannie Whatley | Samantha Li | Alex Dwyer | Dylan Killington Darius Hawthorne | Lucy Kenworthy | Andy Mackinaw | Wilson White |
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| Organizations | National Broadcasting System | Tunney Media Group | |
| Fictional Studio 60 | The Studio | The Show | News 60 | |
| Key Creators | Aaron Sorkin | Thomas Schlamme | W. G. Walden | |
