Television City

Television City (also known as CBS Television City), is a television studio complex located in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles, California.

The complex currently houses a total of eight separate studios.

Designed by architect William Pereira and Charles Luckman, Television City opened in 1952 as a dedicated electronic (video) production facility, the second CBS network show factory in Southern California. Since 1961, Television City has also served as a national backup master control facility for CBS's television network operations.

Since its opening, numerous TV shows, specials and events have been broadcast live or recorded at Television City, including many shows not aired on CBS. It has also been the production site of several films such as the 1996 feature That Thing You Do!, starring Tom Hanks and Liv Tyler.

In 2018, CBS sold Television City to the real estate investment company Hackman Capital Partners while continuing to exclusively lease its space.

Taskmaster connection

Television City was used as the studio location for the production of Taskmaster US.

First appearance

The interior of the studio was first seen at the start of the first episode of Taskmaster US.