The only sitcom that had episodes produced on film and videotape was Newhart (first season on videotape, the remaining seven on film). Are there any other examples?

The only one that I can think of offhand is Newhart.

A couple of filmed sitcoms produced a single videotaped episode: Harper Valley and Private Benjamin. I believe in both cases it was the final episode produced, it definitely was in the latter case anyway.

Bosom Buddies' pilot was filmed and all subsequent episodes were videotaped. Perhaps that isn't completely unique, but it's the only example I know of.

i was thinking that just first season of Happy Days was on film and after the Fonzie's wedding episode they switched to videotape, but that was when they switched to a 3 camera setup in front of a live audience.

although the later episodes look totally different than the early ones, I don't know if they actually switched to video tape at any point.

This is interesting, because I never could put my finger on what was different about Newhart season 1. So is this unique? I'm guessing tv sitcom production switched from film to video taping in the early '80's.

The Monkees was on film.

The Monkees was on film.
All shows from the '60's are on film.

Family Matters was filmed in most episodes; the Disneyland episodes were videotaped, as far as I know. The camcorder shots by the little kid was videotaped in the middle of the filmed episode.

Can't believe it took me so long to remember this one (lack of sleep): 9 to 5 switched from film to videotape the same season Newhart switched from videotape to film. TV Guide even ran a blurb prior to the beginning of the season mentioning both shows' switch from one technique to the other and the reasons given by the producers for doing so.

bossom buddies had eps on both tape and film

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Twilight Zone did 6 episodes on tape.

Another instance I can think of is the FOX sitcom Roc

The bulk of the 1st season was definitely filmed

While the 2nd season and 3rd seasons were all shot on videotape in front of a live studio audience, I believe.


I wondered if that one special episode of The Facts of Life, the one where they went to London or something (this was in like 1982 or so) and they appeared to look like they was filmed, instead of taped.

Family Ties only the special episode where they went to London appears to be filmed, than videotaped? Am I correct?

Another instance I can think of is the FOX sitcom Roc

The bulk of the 1st season was definitely filmed

While the 2nd season and 3rd seasons were all shot on videotape in front of a live studio audience, I believe.

Yep. That was after one live episode in the first season. This not only lead to live episodes for the next two seasons of Roc, but a spree of TV shows that had single live episodes that were supposedly more dramatic than others. Remember that live episode of ER where Laura Innes started walking normally towards the end?

On the opposite end, Drake & Josh was on videotape during the 1st season, and on film during all the other seasons, and TV-movies.

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Reviving this thread from the dead:

The pilot of Designing Women looked like it was filmed, even the end credits metnion it being filmed, which was part of the reason why the set was somewhat slightly different than the remainder of the series. The remainder of the series was videotaped, I think.

^^Designing Women was not videotaped, it was filmed. Only one of its opening creditses was videotaped.

Judging by the picture quality, the first half of Night Court Season 1 looks like a film print. The rest of the run looks like video/beta.

....was videotaped (the first episode that aired was partially refilmed, and featured several of the taped scenes "kinnied' to match the new filmed sequences); the remainder of the episodes were filmed.

The "demo reel" for "MY LIVING DOLL" was videotaped {at CBS Television City}, and "kinnied" onto 16mm film for use in selling the show to sponsors in the spring of '64 [portions of it appeared in the 1964 CBS fall preview special], as an "official" pilot episode hadn't been filmed as yet, that's how fast the show was sold to the network. The series, however [as well as the "official" pilot episode], was filmed.

The pilot for "THE ELLEN BURSTYN SHOW" (ABC, 1986) was filmed; the rest of the short-lived series {like "BOSOM BUDDIES"} was shot on videotape.

"THE JACK BENNY PROGRAM", while technically not a sitcom {even though it sometimes looked like one, in a comedy/variety format}, was a rare example of being presented in all three formats- live, videotape, and film. Oririginally, Jack's first three seasons on TV, from 1950 through '53, (as a monthly or bi-monthly show) were telecast live. Then, he began filming occasional episodes in late 1953; this was initially done so that Jack could take a breather from his hectic schedule of taping his radio show and staging his live TV episodes in order to gain more time off, or schedule more live stage or personal appearances. By the mid-'50s, Benny was on every other week, filming about six episodes a season, while appearing live for the remainder (he switched to videotape in the fall of '59). In the fall of 1960, he not only decided to appear every week, he began filming about half of his episodes, and videotaping the rest [Jack preferred delivering topical comedy on the videotaped episodes, but his manager/executive producer Irving Fein- not to mention MCA, his agent and packager/distributor of his TV shows- insisted that filming more episodes every season would give Jack (and MCA) the advantage of selling them into repeats for network and syndication {which is exactly what happened}, thus making a tidy profit, while makng his schedule a bit more flexible....and that meant any topical humor or references were downplayed or rarely acknowledged]. So, from 1960 through the end of his weekly series in 1965, Jack filmed about half of every season's episodes, videotaping the rest. During his final season as a weekly star, Jack taped only two or three episodes, filming the rest {only 10 of the 1964-'65 filmed episodes are distributed these days- the remainder are "in limbo"}.

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The videotaped sitcoms "Chico and the Man" had one episode (Raul Runs Away, part 2) on film (it was shot on location in Mexico.

Family Matters was filmed in most episodes; the Disneyland episodes were videotaped, as far as I know. The camcorder shots by the little kid was videotaped in the middle of the filmed episode.

Even weirder, when Steve Urkel guest starred on Full House, it was on videotape, since Full House was a videotaped show when compared to Family Matters most often being shot in film.