JC Studios

JC Studios was a film and television studio located at 1268 East 14th Street in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. The facility can trace its history back to around 1903, when it served as a studio for Vitagraph and Florence Turner, its first Vitagraph girl.[1] (Vitagraph's main Brooklyn facility was located across East 14th Street on property that is now occupied by the Shulamith School for Girls.)

NBC bought the site in 1953 from Warner Brothers and converted the studio into a state-of-the-art color broadcasting facility. Notable television shows originating at JC Studios include Peter Pan with Mary Martin, the Kraft Music Hall and Mitch Miller.

In 1956, NBC filmed its famous “The Esther Williams Aqua Spectacle” at the studio. The swimming pool constructed for the show still remains, hidden under the floor of Studio 1.

JC Studios played host to a number of popular and long-lasting television shows, The Cosby Show, Another World and As the World Turns which was cancelled by CBS in December 2009. The final episode was taped on June 23, 2010 and aired on September 17, 2010.[2]

In 2014 JC Studios closed. In June 2015 OHEL Children's Home and Family Services began creating offices in the former Studio 1 on Locust Avenue, part of the original Vitagraph Studios. Studio 2, built by NBC, will become a self-storage facility.

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References

  1. ↑ Lewis, Kevin (June 2005). “As the World Turns Nonlinear”. Editors Guild.
  2. ↑ De Meglio, Michèle (December 11, 2009). “ ‘As The World Turns’ to leave Brooklyn”. New York Post.

Coordinates: 40°37′06″N 73°57′40″W / 40.61834°N 73.96107°W / 40.61834; -73.96107

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