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Shows That Didn't Originate From L.A. or New York

After being gone all day, then coming back and seeing all these responses - that is sooo cool! To all respondents, thank you! :)

Just to clarify, there were shows that used exteriors of the locales where their shows took place, but I tried to differentiate, i.e., Dallas was actually mostly filmed in Culver City, but used Texas exteriors, while Miami Vice was filmed entirely in South Florida. That was also the case of some Hawaii-themed programs.

KeithE4, Thanks for the corrections on Mike Douglas & Phil Donahue.

Some shows like Hee Haw, Siskel & Ebert, and Jenny Jones I should have remembered in the first place. I also forgot that The Muppet Show was done overseas. Of course, Jenny Jones is both a program and a personality that's very easy to forget about!

I did not know that The New Leave it to Beaver was done at Universal Studios Orlando. The old Cleaver "house" at the Uni lot in Hollywood is still standing.

mleach, I faintly remember Debbie Drake. If I remember right though, she was a hottie!

crainbebo, on The Diamondhead Game, I loved the way that everybody's hair on that show flew in all directions with those Hawaii trade winds, except for Bob Eubanks'. It always stayed in one place!

Tim L, I wasn't aware of Don Webster's Upbeat Rock and Roll Show. I'd love to learn more. Can you provide either more info or a good link? Thanks.

And again, thanks for all the response. If you got more, keep 'em coming! :)
 
Almost everything live action on Nickelodeon originates in Orlando AFAIK. The Judge came from Columbus OH and The Daily Buzz was in Dayton OH then Orlando
 
Judging Amy on CBS was set in the Hartford, CT area. Amy Brenneman was a 1982 graduate of Glastonbury High School. Very little in the way of exteriors were ever filmed here though.
 
RicoGregg said:
Tim L, I wasn't aware of Don Webster's Upbeat Rock and Roll Show. I'd love to learn more. Can you provide either more info or a good link? Thanks.
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The Show's official title was just Upbeat. It was originally called the Big 5 show when it premiered in September 1964..The show went into nationwide syndication from 1966-71. Don Webster was hired from Hamilton, Ontario to host the Upbeat Show,..after it's cancellation, he did weather, Academic Challenge, The Gene Carroll Show and even a version of Bowling For Dollars.

Upbeat got just about every major rock star/group that came through Cleveland to appear on the show, especially Motown acts..Otis Redding made his last TV appearance on Upbeat in 1967 before perishing in a plane crash..

Here are three video clips..2 from the WEWS Morning Exchange (1997) and one from WEWS' 50th anniversary (12-17-97)..about Don and Upbeat..

WEWS 50th anniversary special-Dec. 17, 1997-Ted Henry Narrates

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzyltTM8xdk


Morning Exchange-Dec. 17, 1997 (Part eight)-Interview with Don Webster-Fred Griffith and Connie Dieken

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld7uleGTdmA


Morning Exchange Dec. 17, 1997 (Part 9)-Interview Continues with Fred Griffith/Connie Dieken Don talks about his other duties at TV 5..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ot_Cy01ByQE
 
gr8oldies said:
A syndicated version of "Sea Hunt" in the 80s was filmed in Vancouver (where the water was really cold).
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I read somewhere that the underwater scenes were filmed in the Bahamas, while interiors were filmed in Vancouver.
 
KML-224 said:
Judging Amy on CBS was set in the Hartford, CT area. Amy Brenneman was a 1982 graduate of Glastonbury High School. Very little in the way of exteriors were ever filmed here though.
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...And some of those exteriors were filmed on a small lot about two blocks from where I live. I watched them filming there. :)
 
"Littlest Hobo" and "Rin Tin Tin K-9 Cop" originated
in Canada. "This Is Tom Jones" originated in London.
And, yes, many DuMont shows originated at WGN,
most notably the game show "Down You Go" and
the courtroom show "They Stand Accused."
 
Down You Go with Dr. Bergen Evans. I remember it well.

LOTS of wrestling on Dumont also originated from various remote locations around Chicago, some anchored by Jasck Brickhouse.
 
Several 1950's Network TV shows were originated in Cincinnati:

Midwestern Hayride - Basically a summer replacement show in numerous years on both NBC and
ABC from WLW-T (and in later years from WLW-D in Dayton).

The Paul Dixon Show - Pantomime & variety show on ABC-TV in 1951 & 1952 from WCPO-TV.

Girl Alone - Music pantomime show in 1953 on DuMont starring Dotty Mack (who would later marry New
City D. J. William B. Williams) originated from WCPO-TV.

The Dotty Mack Show - The same kind of show with Miss Mack along with Bob Braun and Colin Male that
was shown on ABC-TV from 1953-1956 originated from WCPO-TV.

This is Music - A 1958-1959 pantomime show on ABC-TV also originated from WCPO-TV.


Uncle Al Town - A children's show on Saturdays in the summer of 1959 on ABC-TV originated from WCPO-TV.
 
FreddyE1977 said:
The Jackie Gleason Show

....Live, from Miami Beach
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Um, guess you didn't see the very first post in this thread.

Keep the wheels turning, though.
 
Do the Sunday news-interview shows count?
If so, "Meet The Press," "Face The Nation,"
and "This Week With George Stephanopoulos"
all originate in Washington. Ted Koppel used
to do "Nightline" from there as well.
 
Life With Bonnie was taped in Chicago. Very rare for a sitcom to be done outside of New York or Los Angeles.

The original Flipper was made in the Miami area.

Lots of syndicated country music shows were taped in Nashville: That Good Ole Nashville Music, Pop Goes The Country, Porter Wagoner, Wilburn Brothers and many others.
 
"HEY LET'S GO WITH THE UPBEAT SHOW!!!!"

....with your host DON WEBSTER!

(taped at WEWS,Cleveland)

Another Top 40 variety show "Scene Seventy" taped in Indy (at either WTTV or WRTV) and hosted by WIFE-AM good guy Jay Reynolds had a breif run in the early 70s

Also,the original Phil Donahue Show was done live (with a 10 or 20 second delay for callers) at the former WLWD...now WDTN in Dayton.

The Ruth Lyons 50-50 Club, a longtime staple on WLWT,Cincinnati had a breif run on NBC in 1951...but contunued on regional network "WLW Television" until her retirement in 1967.Bob Braun continued the show from Cincy well into the end of the 1970s.
 
Limp73 said:
Another Top 40 variety show "Scene Seventy" taped in Indy (at either WTTV or WRTV) and hosted by WIFE-AM good guy Jay Reynolds had a breif run in the early 70s
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Jay Reynolds was actually at NYC's WABC Radio in the early 70s. Come to think of it I am pretty sure there is an aircheck of Jay's all night show from either 1970 or 1971 on that WABC Music radio tribute site. I wonder if Jay did this TV show after he had left WABC?
 
KeithE4 said:
Sneak Previews/Siskel & Ebert/At the Movies - Chicago (WTTW & WLS-TV)
McLaughlin Group - Washington (WRC-TV, although the show was on PBS in most markets)
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Siskel and Ebert (and Roeper) did their shows at four different Chicago stations:
Sneak Previews (WTTW)
At The Movies (WGN)
Siskel & Ebert (WBBM)
Ebert & Roeper (WLS)

WRC was also home to "The George Michael Sports Machine."

And the 1980-81 revival of "Let's Make A Deal" originated in Vancouver, Canada; it got little syndication in the U.S.
 
"The American Woodshop" (aka:"American Homeshop") is co hosted and co produced by Scott and Suzy Phillips and originates from their very own woodshop (and on numerous occasions from their own house) outside of Piqua, Ohio just north of Dayton and at remote locations.

It is videotaped on location in Piqua and on the road by KUHT Channel 8,the PBS affilliate in Houston,TX (wonder why WPTD in nearby Dayton doesn't handle the production and post-production chores?)

"Big Time Wrestling" hosted by Bob Finnegan (and later by Lord Athall Layton) was videotaped at WNEM-TV in Bay City,MI in the late 1960s.

Also have a question..where did the defunct network TVS (TV Sports Inc.) have its base?

(was it Detroit,Toledo or Cleveland?)

They aired a lot of college basketball games in the 1960s and early 70s before it closed up shop...supposedly they merged with NBC Sports in the late 70s.

Mostly Mid-American Conference games (Ball State,Bowling Green(OH),Miami(OH),Central Michigan,Eastern MIchigan...etc) were broadcast by TVS.
 
kirkiefan said:
Also have a question..where did the defunct network TVS (TV Sports Inc.) have its base?

(was it Detroit,Toledo or Cleveland?)

They aired a lot of college basketball games in the 1960s and early 70s before it closed up shop...supposedly they merged with NBC Sports in the late 70s.

Mostly Mid-American Conference games (Ball State,Bowling Green(OH),Miami(OH),Central Michigan,Eastern MIchigan...etc) were broadcast by TVS.
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If I remember correctly, or maybe not, didn't TVS merge with Hughes Sports Network at some point?

In any event, I remember TVS having quality production values on its broadcasts. ESPN could learn from TVS.

TVS was way ahead of its time. They'd be a great cable sports network today.
 
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