Snooping Around Midwood's Old NBC Studio

We've passed by the old NBC studio on Avenue M and E. 14th St. in Midwood before but we did some more snooping around this week and we're still amazed that so much history went down in such a quiet, residential neighborhood. It's hard to believe that back in it's heyday the studio played host to Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis, The Rolling Stones, Sonny and Cher, Sammy Davis, Jr., Lucille Ball, and Don Rickles. Even a couple episodes of "Saturday Night Live" were filmed there. In the '80s, "The Cosby Show" was filmed before a live audience at the studio. Nowadays, the CBS soap opera "As The World Turns" calls it home. We didn't see any Hollywood types on a smoke break when we stopped by, but we were able to sneak a peek at the storage area for the soap's outdoor sets, complete with a lot of fake foliage and this giant crate of hollowed out rocks and boulders you see to to the right. If you look into some of the windows on Ave. M and E. 14th St. you can even see old "Rehearsal In Progress" and "On Air" light-up signs.

Lots more info on the studio can be found on the Midwood Wiki page.