Editing Burbank, California (section)

====Hub of Hollywood====
By the 1960s and 1970s, more of the Hollywood entertainment industry was relocating to Burbank. [[NBC]] moved its west coast headquarters to a new location at Olive and Alameda avenues. The Burbank studio was purchased in 1951, and NBC arrived in 1952 from its former location at Sunset and Vine in Hollywood. Although NBC promoted its Hollywood image for most of its West Coast telecasts (such as [[Ed McMahon]]'s introduction to ''[[The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson]]'': "from Hollywood"), comedians [[Dan Rowan]] and [[Dick Martin (comedian)|Dick Martin]] began mentioning "beautiful downtown Burbank" on ''[[Laugh-in]]'' in the 1960s. By 1962, NBC's [[The Burbank Studios|multimillion-dollar, state-of-the-art complex]] was completed.

One of the biggest productions to come out of the Burbank studios during this time was the hit television series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''. The show, which aired from 1966 to 1968, was filmed entirely on the Warner Bros. lot in Burbank and was a huge success, both critically and commercially. It was instrumental in launching other superhero shows and movies, and its popularity helped to establish the studio as a major player in the television industry. As the 1970s came to a close, the Burbank studios had firmly established themselves as a major player in the industry.