JC Studios is a film and television studio located at 1268 E. 14th Street in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York. The facility can trace its history back to around 1903, when it served as a studio for Vitagraph and Florence Turner

Florence Turner

Florence Turner was an American actress, who became known as the "Vitagraph Girl" in early silent films.Born in New York City, she was pushed into appearing on the stage at age three by her ambitious mother...

, its first Vitagraph girl. (Vitagraph's main Brooklyn facility was located across E. 14th Street on property that is now occupied by the Shulamith School for Girls

Shulamith School for Girls

Shulamith School for Girls is a centrist Modern Orthodox Jewish, at one time Middle States accredited school currently located in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, New York, in the building that originally housed...

.)

NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

 bought the site in 1953 and converted the studio into a state-of-the-art color broadcasting facility. Notable television shows filmed at JC Studios include Peter Pan

Peter Pan (1954 musical)

Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty...

with Mary Martin, the Kraft Music Hall

Kraft Music Hall

The Kraft Music Hall was a popular variety program, featuring top show business entertainers, which aired on NBC radio and television from 1933 to 1971....

 and Mitch Miller

Mitch Miller

Mitchell William "Mitch" Miller was an American musician, singer, conductor, record producer, A&R man and record company executive...

.

In 1956, NBC filmed its famous “The Esther Williams

Esther Williams

Esther Jane Williams is a retired American competitive swimmer and MGM movie star.Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team...

 Aqua Spectacle” at the studio. The swimming pool constructed for the show still remains, hidden under the floor of Studio 1.

JC Studios has played host to a number of popular and longlasting television shows, The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show

The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992...

, Another World

Another World (TV series)

Another World is an American television soap opera that ran on NBC from May 4, 1964 to June 25, 1999. It ran for a total of 35 years. It was created by Irna Phillips along with William J...

and As the World Turns

As the World Turns

As the World Turns is an American television soap opera that aired on CBS from April 2, 1956 to September 17, 2010. Irna Phillips created As the World Turns as a sister show to her other soap opera Guiding Light...

. As the World Turns was cancelled by CBS in December 2009, it's final episode was telecasted on September 17, 2010.

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