Someone who didn't include his or her name led me to this: It's from 1953 and it's a thirty-minute tour of CBS's then-new facility in Los Angeles called Television City. This was not, as you'll see, made for broadcast. It was an in-house thing and it was hosted by the esteemed newsman Edward R. Murrow. Television City opened on November 16, 1952, erected on real estate that had formerly been Gilmore Stadium. The Gilmore family owned a lot of the land around there and still owns Farmers Market which is on the same block as Television City.
Television City was and to some extent still is an amazing place. I only got to work there a few times but it's where I went to see Red Skelton do his dirty rehearsals and I also saw the final taping of one episode of that show and one of All in the Family and one of Sonny & Cher, etc. There's a lot of history in that place.
The Price is Right is still done there when it's done at all. Bill Maher's show was done there before he had to move it to his backyard. James Corden's show is there, The Young and the Restless is there…
…and it's been sold. An investment realtor recently bought the whole place and while many new mall-type businesses will be opening, it is said that much of the TV production will remain there. We shall see. In the meantime, enjoy the tour. There's a really fake script meeting scene in there with Jack Benny, two of his writers and Eddie "Rochester" Anderson…