Two questions I'm wondering: One, on a percentage basis, what would be the split between CBS productions and others who presently use TVC? I'm curious as to how the revenue works for this. The Late Late Show is apparently the only show owned by CBS taped at TVC. There is, of course, Price and others not owned by the network but taped there, and then there's all the shows that are taped there who rent the facility. I suppose the present value of the cash CBS could get for the land rather than continuing to collect rents would make a prospective deal very lucrative for the correct price, especially when weighed against the costs of running the facility.
Two, the LA times article linked mentions a "construction boom" in Los Angeles. Perhaps someone who's been on the ground there more recently and more frequently than me can enlighten me as to what's driving this boom. When you get to be a city as big as Los Angeles in a high-tax jurisdiction as California, I'm curious as to what gets construction booming, especially in older areas of the city.
Cbs did buy out Australian 10 network a few months ago. I wonder if it was worth it.
If that is to suggest that purchase put a strain on finances that they're now looking to sell TVC as a result, I would say that it is highly unlikely the two events are correlated.
Personally, I don't care what CBS does to the site, as long as Studio 33 is still the Bob Barker Studio, and TPIR is still taped there.
Except there is the chance that may not happen. Similar deals with other studio complexes appear to have retained some of their facilities, so I gather the studio complex is not going anywhere, but if a new owner wants to do something else with the land, then that's their perogative.