January 23, 1975, 1977 & 2015…Debuts And Milestones
January 23, 1975, 1977 & 2015…Debuts And Milestones
“The Bold And The Beautiful”, “Roots” And “Barney Miller”
On January 23, 2015 CBS celebrated the 7000th episode of
“The Bold And The Beautiful” with a special milestone episode that broke format and featured a retrospective that showcased the most iconic moments and the history of the show’s creation.
In addition, CBS Television City dedicated Studio 31 to the show’s executive producer and head writer Bradley P. Bell. Here is a time lapse video of Studio 31 being dressed for the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kIJYrkmgF0
40 years ago today, “Roots” began airing on ABC for eight consecutive nights from January 23 to January 30, 1977. Over half of the country tuned in to watch and soon after, a wave of awards washed in. In this video from “The Wendy Williams Show” the stars talk about some interesting things that happened on the set.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EqO1680evM
Today in 1975, “Barney Miller” Debuted On ABC. The series was born out of an unsold television pilot, “The Life and Times of Captain Barney Miller”, that aired on August 22, 1974 as part of an ABC summer anthology series, “Just for Laughs”.
In the pilot, Linden and Vigoda were cast in their series roles, but no other other eventual cast members were present. That pilot was shot on film at CBS Studio Center, where the sets of the 12th Precinct and the Miller apartment were originally built.
When the regular series went into production in late 1974, the series went to videotape, and the sets were moved to the ABC Television Center in Hollywood, and later to ABC at Sunset Gower, where they remained until production ended on the series in 1982.
At this link, https://youtu.be/lnn1jQmAGzk?t=46s Hal Linden talks about how the show was shot. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee
The Bold and the Beautiful time-lapse video of The Bradley P. Bell Stage 31 at CBS Television City, in honor of 7,000 episodes, is a behind-the-scenes look a…
Barney Miller was one of the first sitcoms to use four isolated cameras. Each camera was fed into its own VTR. Each scene was then edited together utilizing material from the four cameras.
I worked at Ch 13 in Houston and Roots was a huge deal. I think half the world recorded it.
I was working for Channel 26 in Houston when “Roots” premiered. I was the only one on the place with a (Sony Betamax) VCR, one of the salesmen bought me enough tapes so I could record the whole series even though he didn’t have anything to play it on.