Do you know anybody that works in television? Anybody ever seen a sitcom taping?

This is a 2 part question..

Reading some of the messages in here I have to wonder how many of you actually work in TV?

I always thought it would be kind of neat to work at a tv station. Was reading elsewhere on the inernet about a UPN station in New York state ( WNGS Buffalo )that is so
"mom&pop" that the tv station actually broadcasts from somebodies own home !!! Transmitter right in the basement next to the washer and dryer?

Of course in that post the person went on to bash them so he may be stretching the truth on this one.

But then again though we used to have a FOX station ( no longer on the air -went dark in 1993) that converted an old barn to a tv station. The silo still to this day has a drawing of Lisa Simpson on it with the words "FOX 60" on it. Though the barn itself is now an office for State Farm Insurance.

Like so many radio stations, many tv stations now are fully automated with few ( if any ) employees. Wonder if this is the case with satellite channels like TV Land, TNN or Game Show Network? Read in here in the past about how some channels end their shows at strange times. I have to guess that since so many channels are owned by one big company,assuming that all the channels they own come from one single location, does Time Warner or ABC/Disney have say a few people go from control room to control room just to see whats going on or do they simply lock up for the night as is the case with Clear Channel? Thats what they do with many of their radio stations.

Anybody ever seen an actual tv show in the making? Or were you ever apart of a studio audience? Whats it like?

In college I had a friend who toured a tv station in Denver and watched a local newscast in the studio as it was broadcast live. He says it was quite an experience but the funnist part was that none of the anchors could stand each other. He remembers during the commerical breaks lots of cussing, anchors taking drags of their cigarettes, drinking beer. The male anchor telling the female anchor what she could do with herself because she got more airtime than he and the weatherman yelling about the odor or something, yet they were all smiles once the commericals ended and the news resumed.

In my hometown the local paper did a story about a local woman who was in the studio audience of The Price is Right and she was saying how its nothing like you see on tv.
She was saying how nice Bob Barker is and how loud it is and such. She says its quite fun but very difficult to get inside the studio.

Same article she said that when she attended the taping of $100,000 Pyramid she was shocked at how nasty and rude Dick Clark was.
I read the same thing more and less from people who danced on American Bandstand, refusing to sign autographs, bad additude, ect..

[neo123]

My dads friend works in a television station. I always thought that it would be this glamourous place with plants and stuff everywhere and shiney counter tops. Then I went to a taping of his morning comedy show. It was like this big warehouse type deal with cement floors and tin roof. Except in the small area the cameras are at where they tape. There were two corner sections of this 'warehouse' and they had shiney tables and carpet. The rest of the place looked like a rundown warehouse. lol

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My friends dad used to work at a TV station and HE used to be in radio......

And YES I have seen a taping... When I was in florida we walked thru the bldg and some show was being taped.... (I dunno which one)