City From the Ashes

In December of 2018, we were mourning CBS Television City in Hollywood. It had been sold to a real estate developer who had plans to trim down the part of the operation where television shows are done and to add in lots of retail outlets and a hotel and touristy attractions and such.

Well, that mourning is now looking premature and unwarranted. If this article is true, the plan now is to expand the TV production facilities, going from eight studios to at least fifteen with additional support functions and offices. The new commissary they mention would also be nice since the one that's there hasn't been upgraded since the staff of The Danny Kaye Show was lunching there.

I doubt they'll be allowed to expand as much as they say they want to expand and I suspect they don't really want to. These developments always ask for more than they expect to get…but I like the idea of the place being upgraded as a television production center rather than to become another big shopping center…especially since there already is one on that block.