The Burbank Studios

The Burbank Studios (formerly known as NBC Studios) is a television production facility located in Burbank, California. The studios are home to NBC News's west coast bureau and KNBC the NBC owned station for the Los Angeles area, as well as The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Access Hollywood and Access Hollywood Live and Days of our Lives. This studio hosted production of many of the best-remembered game and variety shows from the 1950s through the 1990s, including The Tonight Show beginning in 1972. In that year, Johnny Carson moved the show to California from New York where it remained until 2009 when Jay Leno handed hosting duties to Conan O'Brien. During the late 1960s, the Carson Tonight Show would move for periods to Burbank, using the Bob Hope Stage 3 to video-tape a live feed to the East Coast. After the permanent move to Burbank, Bob Hope's show taped on Stage 3, with The Tonight Show taking a hiatus while Hope produced his specials.