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Syndicated shows produced at local stations

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johnnya2k6

There used to be a thread like this on the old Radio-Info, but not anymore.

There are some major syndicated shows that originate or have originated at local stations rather than a major television or film studio in New York or Los Angeles. For example:

Jerry Springer/Steve Wilkos/Jenny Jones--WMAQ; Springer's original home was WLWT Cincinnati
Real Stories of the Highway Patrol--Studio segments with host Maury Hannigan were done at KSCH (now KQCA) in Sacramento, Calif.
Judge Mills Lane--WPIX
Texas Justice--KRIV Houston
Donahue--First at WDTN in Dayton, Ohio, then WGN and later WBBM in Chicago, and finally WNBC in New York
At The Movies/Siskel and Ebert/Ebert and Roeper--I don't know if they still used WTTW's studios for At The Movies (maybe WGN since Tribune syndicated them), but Siskel and Ebert was taped at WBBM before moving production to WLS after the title change to Ebert and Roeper.
Joker's Wild/Tic Tac Dough--KCOP

Jonathan Allen
 
Live With Regis and [insert name here] is produced by WABC and occupies the same studio the station uses for news, forcing them to do all their GMA updates from the newsroom flash cam.
 
There's a nice one called "The Daily Buzz" produced live and uplinked every morning out of Orlando, FL.

[url]http://www.dailybuzz.tv [/url]

Later....
Matt Smith
WGSR-TV
 
In response to what I stated, "At The Movies"/"Siskel and Ebert" was indeed taped at WBBM; the latter title came when the duo left Tribune for Disney. The show moved to ABC O&O WLS -- where Oprah Winfrey's show originally called home until she built her own studio -- some years ago.

Also, the early '70s revival of "Beat The Clock" with Gene Wood was done at Montreal (Quebec) CTV station CFCF.

Jonathan Allen
 
The kids' game show Double Dare--before the move to the Orlando studios--was done out of WHYY in Philadelphia (meaning you had a syndicated, cable network AND broadcast network version all done out of the same station). WHYY also was home to the Bill Cosby version of You Bet Your Life.
 
Mastaclocksetta said:
And if I'm not mistaken, I believe that Small Wonder produced at KTTV Channel 11 in L.A.
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As was Soul Train, Dance Fever, Mama's Family, the '50s Divorce Court, and other shows when the old lot was Metromedia Square/Fox Television Center; we discussed that on the Classic TV forum.

Jonathan Allen
 
johnnya2k6 said:
In response to what I stated, "At The Movies"/"Siskel and Ebert" was indeed taped at WBBM; the latter title came when the duo left Tribune for Disney. The show moved to ABC O&O WLS -- where Oprah Winfrey's show originally called home until she built her own studio -- some years ago.

Also, the early '70s revival of "Beat The Clock" with Gene Wood was done at Montreal (Quebec) CTV station CFCF.
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..."At the Movies" was never taped at WBBM -- that was strictly a WGN-TV/Tribune product. After Siskel & Ebert quit Tribune Broadcasting for Buena Vista, Tribune kept "At the Movies" going for a couple of years using Rex Reed, Bill Harris and Dixie Whatley. Prior to that, WGN-TV was the home base for various '60s music shows, perhaps the widest-distributed being "American Swingtime," a Country music show that was seen throughout the South and Midwest...

...Ottawa's CJOH/13 was the production location for at least two syndicated programs of note, Graham Kerr's "The Galloping Gourmet," and "Whatever Turns You On," the latter being a variation on "You Can't Do That on Television" featuring Ruth Buzzi. "You Can't Do That on Television" was itself syndicated in Canada for a while...

...as for Montreal's CFCF, I believe Gene Wood's previous game show "Whatever You Can Do" was taped there, as well as versions of "Jackpot!" and "Chain Reaction" with Geoff Edwards...
 
johnnya2k6 said:
Jerry Springer/Steve Wilkos/Jenny Jones--WMAQ; Springer's original home was WLWT Cincinnati
Donahue--First at WDTN in Dayton, Ohio, then WGN and later WBBM in Chicago, and finally WNBC in New York
At The Movies/Siskel and Ebert/Ebert and Roeper--I don't know if they still used WTTW's studios for At The Movies (maybe WGN since Tribune syndicated them), but Siskel and Ebert was taped at WBBM before moving production to WLS after the title change to Ebert and Roeper.
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...Danny Bonaduce's short-lived talk show was also taped at WMAQ. I'm fairly positive Phil Donahue moved from WDTN to WLWT before heading to Chicago. WTTW's studios and set were used to continue "Sneak Previews" with Jeffrey Lyons and Neal Gabler (with Michael Medved replacing Gabler after a couple of years) after Siskel & Ebert moved to WGN-TV. Bill Jackson's "Gigglesnort Hotel" was also taped at WLS-TV and syndicated nationally; WLS' "Circle 7" logo appeared in the closing credit roll...

...some more examples:
"The Charlie Rose Show" -- taped at KXAS/5 Fort Worth at the beginning.
"The Lou Gordon Program" -- semi-controversial talk show of the '70s that taped at WKBD/50 Detroit.
"Joe Pyne" -- taped at KTTV/11 Los Angeles.
"Hot Seat with Wally George" -- taped at KDOC/50 Anaheim.
"The Morton Downey Jr. Show" -- versions taped at WWOR-TV/9 Secaucus and WCIU-TV/26 Chicago.
"The Lloyd Thaxton Show" -- taped at KCOP/13 Los Angeles.
"The Robert W. Morgan Show" -- taped at KHJ-TV/9 Los Angeles.
 
...there's also "The McLaughlin Group," which is taped at WRC/4 Washington. The show qualifies here because it is first offered in syndication to commercial stations and a supplemental distribution deal with WTTW/11 Chicago places the program on PBS stations in those markets where commercial stations don't take it...
 
The late 70s-early 80s version of The Newlywed Game was produced at KTLA.
I believe The Richard Bey Show was produced at WWOR.
American Bandstand was produced at WFIL (now WPVI) until it moved to LA in 1963(?).
The Mike Douglas Show was produced at KYW in Philadelphia.
 
Many syndicated country music shows were taped at the 3 big Nashville stations especially before the Opryland Studios opened. Hee Haw was taped at WLAC (later WTVF) up until about 1980. The Porter Wagoner show and many others were taped at WSM-TV. The Wilburn Brothers and Bill Anderson shows were done at WSIX (later WNGE, WKRN) as was Gospel Singing Jubilee.

I believe the Bill Anderson show was also taped at a station in Charlotte, North Carolina for awhile and the syndicated Buck Owens show was done from an Oklahoma City station.
 
jerseyfla said:
The Mike Douglas Show was produced at KYW in Philadelphia.
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Actually, the Mike Douglas Show was produced at KYW-TV in Philadelphia beginning in 1965. Howeverm from its inception in 1961 until 1965, the show was produced in Cleveland by... KYW-TV!

For those of you who don't know, KWY-TV in Philadelphia was owned by Westinghouse from 1952 until 1956, when NBC pressured Westinghouse into swapping KYW for the NBC O&O WNBK in Cleveland. Westinghouse moved the KYW calls to Cleveland while NBC changed the Philly calls to WRCV-TV. After a long court battle, the swap was reversed and Westinghouse took back the Philly station, moving the calls back to channel 3. When they moved their operation, they moved the Mike Douglas show, which was by then syndicated, to Philly and the KYW-3 basement.
 
Ultimajock said:
..."At the Movies" was never taped at WBBM -- that was strictly a WGN-TV/Tribune product. After Siskel & Ebert quit Tribune Broadcasting for Buena Vista, Tribune kept "At the Movies" going for a couple of years using Rex Reed, Bill Harris and Dixie Whatley.
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Right, but "Siskel & Ebert" would tape at WBBM upon their move to Buena Vista/Disney.

I think "At The Movies" would later move production to either WPIX or KTLA; both owned by Tribune.

Jonathan Allen
 
johnnya2k6 said:
Ultimajock said:
..."At the Movies" was never taped at WBBM -- that was strictly a WGN-TV/Tribune product. After Siskel & Ebert quit Tribune Broadcasting for Buena Vista, Tribune kept "At the Movies" going for a couple of years using Rex Reed, Bill Harris and Dixie Whatley.
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Right, but "Siskel & Ebert" would tape at WBBM upon their move to Buena Vista/Disney.

I think "At The Movies" would later move production to either WPIX or KTLA; both owned by Tribune.
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...no lies there. But "Sneak Previews," "At the Movies" and "Siskel & Ebert"/"Ebert & Roeper" were/are all distinctly different programs, related to each other only by content type and the fact that Siskel & Ebert started (and eventually left) each franchise...
 
Ultimajock said:
johnnya2k6 said:
Ultimajock said:
..."At the Movies" was never taped at WBBM -- that was strictly a WGN-TV/Tribune product. After Siskel & Ebert quit Tribune Broadcasting for Buena Vista, Tribune kept "At the Movies" going for a couple of years using Rex Reed, Bill Harris and Dixie Whatley.
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Right, but "Siskel & Ebert" would tape at WBBM upon their move to Buena Vista/Disney.

I think "At The Movies" would later move production to either WPIX or KTLA; both owned by Tribune.
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...no lies there. But "Sneak Previews," "At the Movies" and "Siskel & Ebert"/"Ebert & Roeper" were/are all distinctly different programs, related to each other only by content type and the fact that Siskel & Ebert started (and eventually left) each franchise...
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I'm surprised no one's mentioned the newest movie review show: Reel Talk with Jeffrey Lyons (ex-Sneak Previews) and Alison Bailes (ex-IFC) produced out of WNBC-TV. It ran first on the other NBC O&Os, and was expanded nationwide via NBC Universal Domestic TV this fall.
 
The cooking show "Cookin Cheap" came from WBRA-TV in Roanoke, VA

"The Buddy Starcher Show" was a low budget country music show back in the 60's that was syndicated in a few markets. That show came from WCHS-TV in Charleston, WV
 
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