according to a Youtube account, the Warner Bros Ranch has been torn down to be developed into sound stages - which required the destruction of the Bewitched house (although he misnames it as the Sabrina Teenage Witch house).

It's a long video tour, but in the first couple of minutes the plans are detailed. The Bewitched house can be seen at around 4 minutes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UVlVvAqqDA

https://i.postimg.cc/fLPfbQvf/ranch.jpg

Very sad......... Sammy must be sad :(

There are (or were) several Screen Gems houses in that area.

I knew about the plans to raze the area (Mark Simpson was trying to get a tour there beforehand) but has it actually happened yet?

So very sad. Also leveled was the house from Christmas Vacation, the town and the pool from Gremlins (the pool was also used in Vacation), Danny Glover's home from Lethal Weapon and the house from WandaVision. Also, the fountain and the street scene from the opening of Friends! So many other major film and tv moments just razed to the ground... Mr and Mrs. Kravitz's house was torn down too, of course! :( :( :(

I knew about the plans to raze the area (Mark Simpson was trying to get a tour there beforehand) but has it actually happened yet?

I believe so. The video was not allowed to be uploaded (at the studio's request) until it was too late (for fans) to do anything about it.

I always took a kind of comfort that the Bewitched house facade was still around...but I guess we have the real house it was based on still here (although reversed design).

This is really sad. So much history gone.

Really a shame, you would think moving the facade to another location would've been well worthwhile.

A tragedy. That Screen Gems neighborhood still included the Bewitched house, the Blondie/Donna Reed/Dennis the Menace house, the Tony Nelson/Jeannie house, the Partridge Family house and the park seen in all those shows (and Friends). (the Gidget house was already torn down I think).

I have some snaps from the 90s of me peeking into the Stephens front window like Mrs. Kravitz (had a friend who worked on that lot at the time).

Guess it was a miracle it lasted this long...

Its sad seeing it all go........... But with how crappy things are,its no surprise :(

Back in the early 90s when Nick-at-Nite was showing all the classics, and progressive dinner parties were still a fad -- I thought it would be a great promotional event to have a progressive dinner party on the old Screen Gems lot - serving to prize-winning guests in the front yards of the facades.

Start at Samatha and Darrin's for martinis (double) and hors douvres, then to Shirley Partridge's for a salad, then to Tony and Jeannie's for an Arabian feast main course and wind up at Donna Reed's for cake and coffee.

I look at this way. The houses have been used for ? 60+ years and I wondering if new tv shows want new houses to use to film their programs. Many people of the past 60+ years will say, Thats the house they used for Bewitched and that odd why is Fred Jones living there. They may just want fresh looks.

I look at this way. The houses have been used for ? 60+ years and I wondering if new tv shows want new houses to use to film their programs. Many people of the past 60+ years will say, Thats the house they used for Bewitched and that odd why is Fred Jones living there. They may just want fresh looks.

I believe the plan is to build "state of the art" sound-stages. So you will see more CGI neighborhoods and very few actual on location houses. The "real" world is slipping away into computer generated junk.

I didn't realize this was announced some time ago. Here's a link to what it's supposed to look like...

https://www.archpaper.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/WarnerBros_Ranch_redevelopment.jpg

And the November '21 story about what it's going to become....

https://www.archpaper.com/2021/11/burbanks-historic-warner-bros-ranch-will-be-redeveloped-in-500-million-overhaul/

The new design looks like a computer chip when seen from above. That's probably appropriate considering what hollywood has become.

I look at this way. The houses have been used for ? 60+ years and I wondering if new tv shows want new houses to use to film their programs. Many people of the past 60+ years will say, Thats the house they used for Bewitched and that odd why is Fred Jones living there. They may just want fresh looks.

They should just keep the older houses,they look much nicer!!!!!!

There is an effort to save the structures.

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx-VKeWjyOakWQSjCyFdRK7Mq05rSuaOD5

Save the Warner Bros. Ranch Sets. Beloved structures from TV and movie shows will soon be bulldozed. Redevelopment there is imminent, but the structures could still be preserved and perhaps moved elsewhere.

Here is an email address for you to send your message to: SaveTheRanchLot@outlook.com Address it to Mr. Nagler and Mr. Worthe.

I just pulled up 411 North Hollywood Way, Burbank, CA in Googlemaps and as of today, 2/28/23, the old backlot with the old houses still stands. My guess is by the end of this year, it will all be gone.

I am sure they could move the facades or even donate them to museums like the Smithsonian.

There is an effort to save the structures.

https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx-VKeWjyOakWQSjCyFdRK7Mq05rSuaOD5

Save the Warner Bros. Ranch Sets. Beloved structures from TV and movie shows will soon be bulldozed. Redevelopment there is imminent, but the structures could still be preserved and perhaps moved elsewhere.

Here is an email address for you to send your message to: SaveTheRanchLot@outlook.com Address it to Mr. Nagler and Mr. Worthe.

The link above is not working anymore.

The link above is not working anymore.

Probably means they couldn't be saved.

It's been reported that the demolition has begun

https://tinyurl.com/4szpwdpk

https://i.postimg.cc/rwDF6S6L/ranch.jpg

Very sad :(

Yep, really sad. The Bewitched house has been there since 1963 and the house next door to the left (the Hazel/Gidget) house was built back around 1941 and the I Dream of Jeannie/Father Knows Best/Blondie house was also built about 1939.

I just wonder if Liz Montgomery would have felt a twinge of sadness about this (tear down of house) or if she would have just brushed it off without a care?

A last look at the house before it's destroyed. Such a shame I still say.

https://youtu.be/hTYeUU-FSVs?t=1044

The exterior
https://i.postimg.cc/5yvwsH86/hh.jpg

and the interior (living room)
https://i.postimg.cc/NGr7snZB/hh2.jpg

What actual date are they going to tear it down?

I hope someone stops them!!!!!!!!

Someone should move in!!!!!!!

'Twas also Dr. Bellows' house, right? And April The Laundress' from The Monkees.

I thought the whole lot was razed a year ago? One of the walkthrough vloggers said they had to wait to show the footage they recorded until work began. Some kind of non-disclosure/safety/bs thing.

The demolition continues - Bewitched house may be gone by now

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsXcob5ybDE

https://i.postimg.cc/dVxHbwbk/ded.jpg

Are they planning to build parking lots where the houses once stood?

There is an effort to save the structures. Excellent :)

Are they planning to build parking lots where the houses once stood?

New sound stages are planned. They can just film everything against green screen and add houses and buildings in digitally. Which always looks terrible. Real facade houses/buildings add much better realism to a scene.

I hope someone stops them!!!!!!!!

Someone should move in!!!!!!!

The interiors of these houses are basically not habitable. There was a guy on Youtube walking through some of them, actually expecting (or maybe he was good at lying) to see the soundstage layout. The houses are mostly shells with gutted interiors.

Thats sad...........

Everything is getting cleared out. The Bewitched house may already be gone. Some of these structures have the letter K on them as seen here...maybe that means they are Keeping them once disassembled. There was a rumor some buildings would be kept but not confirmed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBajq1BEv_I

https://i.ibb.co/3z8H0b2/bb.jpg

Its sad they arent kept in better shape :(

In this recent photo as the lot is cleared you can see how thin the Bewitched House facade was. There's not much depth at all past the front section where the den would have been.

https://i.postimg.cc/fySDzRB3/bb1.jpg

Heartbreaking.

This is devastating to pop culture fanatics such as myself! :( :( :(

The house is totally gone as of today, as is the old "Hazel/Gidget" house. See this youtube video. Copy and paste it into your browser address bar. Very sad.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQYtub-RVTk

I feel like blowing taps. That's a crime both those "houses" should have been preserved and kept out. Even for a tourist attraction it would have been good. Maybe if they wanted that land for a parking lot or whatever the fools decide to do with it they still could have moved those house facades somewhere else.

Oh well, just like the people who once were supposed to live there are gone:(, I suppose it's only fair the houses should be gone too. I don't like the idea that a house or car should outlive it's owner. But still I wish they had been preserved.

Oh, I can't watch. I just started to watch that video of those icons of houses being torn down. I could only watch the first 30 or 40 seconds I had to turn it off. It was like watching a murder.

Right, HazelAnyday, it’s very sad. I’m so glad I own both Bewitched and Hazel on DVD so I can watch them anytime. These houses were icons and important characters in each show. I also feel the same about the Jeannie/Father Knows Best house. If you watch closely, you can even see the Hazel and Jeannie houses in some of the original Three Stooges shows, that were also filmed at Columbia Studios.

I think it's just terrible. So much history just gone. With the house now gone, Bewitched is finally and completely a past memory. It's a shame too as physical sets and building facades outside add a touch of realism to TV and movies. CGI is just cold and lifeless.

Michael Learned was talking about fans of The Waltons and how passionate they are. But in another twenty years or so no one will even remember the show (due to progress and the passing of years).

Yes its very sad they dont care more about the past WHICH WAS MUCH BETTER!!