Hollywood Center Studios

Hollywood Center Studios is a company based in Los Angeles, California that provides stage facilities to television and movie production companies. Its sound stages, located at 1040 N. Las Palmas Avenue in Hollywood, California, are steeped in Hollywood history. Many game shows were filmed there in the 1980s and 1990s, and most from the 1970s through today.

History

• The studios were originally constructed in 1919.
• In 1928, Howard Hughes used the stages to shoot the silent version of Hell's Angels (it was later entirely reshot and released as a sound film in 1930).
• Monogram Studios took up residence before moving to where KCET is currently located.
• General Service Studios became the tenant in the 1930s.
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet filmed almost the entire run of its series here. For its final season, it was forced to relocate to the Desilu-Culver lot. Filmways, already using virtually every other available stage, needed more space, and Green Acres took over use of Stage 5. General Service Studio was also the 'home away from home' for various 'studio brats' like Ricky Nelson, Connie Harkins, and Zane Ashton.

• Pace Records operated out of the studio during the late 1950s. Formed by actor George Skaff and producer Marc Raymond, the label never achieved any notable status, although they did release a large number of rock and roll records. However, they did use a regular group of musicians on their records, including Ray Pohlman, Mel Pollen, Bill Aken, and Earl Palmer. Some historians maintain that this group was the initial beginning of the studio aggregate of renowned musicians that would become known as "The Wrecking Crew."

• The first two seasons of I Love Lucy (1951–1953) were shot in Studio 2 prior to Desilu's moving production of the show to Desilu-Cahuenga Studios, now known as Ren-Mar Studios.
• Francis Ford Coppola purchased the lot for American Zoetrope in 1980 but, following the bankrupting failure of One from the Heart in 1982, was forced to sell the lot in 1983.
• Interiors for the 1982 film Frances starring Jessica Lange were filmed on the lot.

List of television shows filmed or taped at Hollywood Center Studios

• The $1,000,000 Chance of a Lifetime
• The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet
• The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth
• Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (syndicated version)
• America's Funniest Home Videos (1989, 1993–1996)
• America's Funniest People (1993–1994)
• A.N.T. Farm
• Austin & Ally
• Balderdash
• Beat the Geeks
• The Big Spin (1985-early 1986)
• The Beverly Hillbillies
• BrainSurge
• Break the Bank (1985–1986)
• Candid Camera
• Catch 21
• The Challengers
• Cory in the House (2007–2008)
• Cram
• The Dating Game
• Distraction
• Don't Forget Your Toothbrush
• Everybody Loves Raymond (1996–1997)
• Face the Music
• Finders Keepers (syndicated version)
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990-1991)
• Fun House
• The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
• Green Acres
• Hollywood Showdown
• Hollywood Squares (1986–1987)
• I Love Lucy (first two seasons, 1951–1953)
• I Married Joan
• I'm In The Band
• I've Got a Secret (2006)
• The Jack Benny Program (1953-1955 filmed episodes)
• Jessie (2011-present)
• Jeopardy! (1985–1994)
• JONAS (2008-2009)
• Kids Incorporated (September 1984-February 1993)
• Kickin' It (June 2011-present)
• Let's Make a Deal (1985–1986)
• Love Connection (1987-1994; 1998-1999)
• MADtv (1995–2007)
• The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970-1972)
• Monopoly
• Muppets Tonight
• The Newlywed Game
• 1 vs. 100
• Pee-wee's Playhouse (1987–1989)
• Petticoat Junction
• Pick Your Brain
• Powerball: The Game Show
• Pair of Kings (September 2010-present)
• The Sarah Silverman Program (2007-2010)
• Shop 'til You Drop (1991–1993, 1996–1998, 2000–2002, 2003–2005)
• Shopping Spree
• Sonny With A Chance /So Random!
• Soul Train (1985–1993)
• Starface
• Supermarket Sweep (1990–1995; 2000–2001)
• That's So Raven (2003–2007)
• The Suite Life of Zack and Cody (2005–2008)
• The Suite Life on Deck (2008–2011)
• All-New 3's a Crowd (Alan Thicke version)
• Tic-Tac-Dough (Patrick Wayne version)
• Wait 'til You Have Kids
• Win Ben Stein's Money
• Hannah Montana (pilot episode only)
• Whose Line Is It Anyway? (US Version)
• Wizards of Waverly Place (2007–2011)

In early 2000, late R&B singer Aaliyah's Grammy-nominated #1 single "Try Again" was filmed at the studio.

Public tours are not given, but admission to the lot is gained as part of studio audiences for television tapings.

Hannah Montana used the studio to tape its pilot episode, but moved to Tribune Studios for all other episodes.

External links

• Hollywood Center Studios website