Television City

Television City
Television City Studios in Los Angeles
Location within Western Los Angeles
Alternative names	CBS Television City Television City Studios
General information
Type	Television studios
Location	Fairfax District, Los Angeles
Address	7800 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90036
Coordinates	34°04′28″N 118°21′36″W / 34.074444°N 118.36°W / 34.074444; -118.36
Inaugurated	November 16, 1952; 71 years ago (1952-11-16)
Owner	Hackman Capital Partners
Design and construction
Architect(s)	Pereira & Luckman
Website
televisioncityla.com

Television City, alternatively CBS Television City, is an American television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California, United States. The facilities are located at 7800 Beverly Boulevard, at the corner of Fairfax Avenue. Designed by architect William Pereira and Charles Luckman,^[1] Television City opened in 1952 as a dedicated electronic (video) production facility, the second CBS network show factory in Southern California, paralleling 35mm film production at CBS Studio Center in the Studio City section of the San Fernando Valley. Radford continues to house soundstage facilities for film-type TV show productions, and also now houses the network's Los Angeles local television operations (KCBS-TV and KCAL-TV). Since 1961, Television City has also served as a national backup master control facility for CBS's television network operations. In 2018, CBS sold Television City to the real estate investment company Hackman Capital Partners while continuing to exclusively lease its space.

Since its opening, numerous TV shows, specials and events have been broadcast live or recorded at Television City over the years, including many shows not aired on CBS. It has also been the production site of several films such as the 1996 feature That Thing You Do!, starring Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler. During the opening credits of many of the shows recorded here, a voice-over announced the phrase "from Television City in Hollywood". The complex currently houses a total of eight separate studios. The facility infrequently conducts backstage tours led by a CBS page.