How is Mayberry RFD filmed at WB and TAGS at Paramount

[gilligan fanatic]

I was watching Andy and Helen Get Married on the Warner Bros 50th weekend. How is it that The Andy Griffith Show was done by Paramount and Mayberry RFD at Warner Brothers? This reminds me when TV Land airs Mayberry RFD they always air Andy and Helen Get Married. WHen they did there TV Land Wedding thing in 2002 they aired it then and when they had Box Sets they would air it. I wish more episodes would air of it.

[Munsters#1]

I don't know why they switched from Paramount to Warner Brothers when they began filming Mayberry RFD, but the reason why you always seem to see Andy and Helen in that getting married episode, is because that was the 1st episode of MRFD.

[gilligan fanatic]

Originally Posted by Munsters#1

I don't know why they switched from Paramount to Warner Brothers when they began filming Mayberry RFD, but the reason why you always seem to see Andy and Helen in that getting married episode, is because that was the 1st episode of MRFD.

I did not know that was the first episode but now that you mention that it is that makes a lot of sense, also Munsters #1, do you know where The Jim Nabors show was filmed at.

[Munsters#1]

I'm not sure, but you may want to go to imdb.com and see if they have any info on it.

[gilligan fanatic]

you know what I just learned at the IMDB THe Jim Nabors Hour was distrubuted by ABC. I always thought it was CBS becuase I thought thats why Gomer Pyle ended

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

you know what I just learned at the IMDB THe Jim Nabors Hour was distrubuted by ABC. I always thought it was CBS becuase I thought thats why Gomer Pyle ended

Maybe ABC distributed it but the show itself aired on CBS.

[gilligan fanatic]

I just checked the COmplete Directory and THe Jim Nabors Hour did air on CBS so now I am real confused

[Mr. Television]

Originally Posted by gilligan fanatic

I just checked the COmplete Directory and THe Jim Nabors Hour did air on CBS so now I am real confused

IMDB is probably wrong. They do have some mistakes over on that website.

[caladon]

It's a fairly common practice for one studio or network to rent out their space to other studios or networks. The usual reason being space. If for example CBS has a new sitcom it wants to get into production and there is currently no available space at their own facility, then they start calling around to other networks or studios to see who does have available space.

[TV Knowledge Fan]

...was originally filmed at Paramount (on the former Desilu backlot and soundstages where Andy's show had been filmed). Eventually, the production company switched to filming on the Warner Brothers' backlot when the Paramount deal was not renewed in 1969. Same thing with "HERE'S LUCY"- when Lucille Ball got a better deal to film her series at Universal City Studios in the fall of 1971, SHE moved off her old property, too.

[lucyandethel]

Andy Griffith got a development deal with Warner Brothers. In the deal, Mayberry RFD was moved onto the Warner Bros lot (or the Warner Ranch in Burbank actually.)

[McGillicuddy]

All I know is--I think Andy & Helen's wedding episode, should have been included as an extra on the dvd release of the final season of TAGS. Actually, I mistakenly thought this was the final episode, but later realized it was the pilot episode of RFD. And now come to find out that RFD is a Warner property while TAGS is Paramount, I guess that couldn't have happened.

I guess this is also why The Andy Griffith Show wasn't followed up by Mayberry RFD with dvd releases. Come on, Warner! We want the final seasons of Mayberry!

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by TV Knowledge Fan

...was originally filmed at Paramount (on the former Desilu backlot and soundstages where Andy's show had been filmed). Eventually, the production company switched to filming on the Warner Brothers' backlot when the Paramount deal was not renewed in 1969. Same thing with "HERE'S LUCY"- when Lucille Ball got a better deal to film her series at Universal City Studios in the fall of 1971, SHE moved off her old property, too.

Bonanza also left Paramount around this same time, circa 1970, for WB. From what I've read, it was due to Paramount's raising its rental fees to use its sets. NBC, not Paramount, produced the series, so Paramount only made $ on this series from rental charges.

[dwayne986]

It actually happened between seasons 2 and 3, because Mayberry suddenly got a new look and Goober's gas station suddenly popped up in a new part of town. There was actually a park in the middle of the town square that never existed in the first ten years of what we saw of Mayberry.

My question is, whose brilliant idea was it to tear down the 40 Acres lot and develop it for shopping? It would've been a monster tourist attraction not unlike the Universal tour. "Superman"? "Gone with the Wind"? Mayberry? Would've raked in a lot of cash.

[jehobden]

Originally Posted by markway895

All I know is--I think Andy & Helen's wedding episode, should have been included as an extra on the dvd release of the final season of TAGS. Actually, I mistakenly thought this was the final episode, but later realized it was the pilot episode of RFD. And now come to find out that RFD is a Warner property while TAGS is Paramount, I guess that couldn't have happened.

I guess this is also why The Andy Griffith Show wasn't followed up by Mayberry RFD with dvd releases. Come on, Warner! We want the final seasons of Mayberry!

I have read that Andy & Helen's wedding was supposed to be the series finale for TAGS, but a CBS executive wisely held the show over the summer to be the premiere episode of MRFD. It ended up being the highest-rated episode of MRFD. The final-aired episode of TAGS was named "Mayberry RFD", and it served as the pilot for MRFD. Its writer, Bob Ross, was credited as the later series creator as a result of having written that pilot.