Betcha you though that the Television Industry was in Hollywood. After all, the only “cinema” in the valley is pron. Right?
Wrong. The television industry is centered in, as Gary Owens put it, Beautiful Downtown Burbank, in the San Fernando Valley. This industry just grew a bit larger, as The CW (the new network being formed from UPN and The WB) has announced they will be locating in Burbank, in 35,000 square feet in the newly constructed Pinnacle building near the famed Warner Bros. studio. The Pinnacle complex, at 3300 W. Olive Ave, is already home to Warner Music Group and Clear Channel Communications, among other operations. It is basically next door to NBC, at 3000 W Alameda, a few blocks from Disney, Warner Brothers, and the ABC network in Burbank and Glendale. CBS is located a bit further away in Studio City, although they still have their west coast headquarters at Television City… although there are rumors those operations might move the valley. Of course, NBC Universal is at Universal City. The only holdout: Fox, which is still in West Los Angeles. The CW is also taking over about 15,000 square feet in a postproduction facility recently built for the WB on the satellite lot known as the Ranch.
Score another one for the valley. One of these days, we will secede.
