The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens, New York, and makes television shows including Sesame Street, Johnny and the Sprites, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego, and its successor Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?, Power of 10, The Cosby Show, Swan's Crossing, Law & Order, Million Dollar Password, Video Power and Spin City. WFAN, a local sports radio station owned by CBS, was formerly based at the studio before moving to lower Manhat...
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The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens, New York, and makes television shows including Sesame Street, Johnny and the Sprites, Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego, and its successor Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego?, Power of 10, The Cosby Show, Swan's Crossing, Law & Order, Million Dollar Password, Video Power and Spin City. WFAN, a local sports radio station owned by CBS, was formerly based at the studio before moving to lower Manhattan in the fall of 2009.
It is currently owned by NEP Broadcasting.
The walls of the studio are lined with images of the performers who have worked in the studios, including Milton Berle, George Burns, Bill Cosby, Diana Ross, and Jerry Orbach.
It was originally built by Paramount Pictures in 1920 to provide the company with a facility close to the Broadway theater district. Many features and short subjects were filmed here between 1920 and 1933. The two most famous movies to be shot here during that period are The Cocoanuts (1929) and Animal...
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