Editing Burbank, California (section)

===Entertainment industry===
[[File:Warner Music Group (1).jpg|thumb|right|[[Warner Music Group]] offices in Burbank]]

The [[Cinema of the United States|motion picture business]] arrived in Burbank in the 1920s. In 1926, [[First National Pictures]] bought a {{convert|78|acre|m2|adj=on}} site on Olive Avenue near Dark Canyon. The property included a {{convert|40|acre|m2|adj=on}} hog ranch and the original David Burbank house, both owned by rancher Stephen A. Martin.

In 1928, First National was taken over by a company founded by the four [[Warner Brothers]]. Notably, First National had produced and released many of the early "talkie" films of the late 1920s. By 1929, Warner Bros.-First National Pictures was dissolved and the First National name was retired. However, Warner Bros. continued to operate on the site as a standalone studio.<ref>{{cite book |title=The Birth of the Talkies - From Edison to Jolson | publisher= Indiana University Press | location=Bloomington, Indiana | last=Geduld |first=Harry |author-link1=Harry M. Geduld |date=1975 | url=https://publish.iupress.indiana.edu/read/the-birth-of-the-talkies/section/4fdc32c8-a180-490c-9548-3b3068da5e19 |access-date = January 21, 2023 | isbn=0253107431 }}</ref>

[[Columbia Pictures]] purchased property in Burbank as a ranch facility, used primarily for outdoor shooting. [[Walt Disney]]'s company, which had outgrown its Hollywood quarters after the success of ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs]]'', bought {{convert|51|acre|m2}} in Burbank. [[Walt Disney Studios (Burbank)|Disney's million-dollar studio]], designed by [[Kem Weber]], was completed in 1939 on Buena Vista Street. Disney originally wanted to build "Mickey Mouse Park," as he first called it, next to the Burbank studio. But his aides finally convinced him that the space was too small, and there was opposition from the Burbank City Council. One council member told Disney: "We don't want the carny atmosphere in Burbank." Disney later built his successful [[Disneyland]] in [[Anaheim]].

====Wartime effort====
During World War II, many of the movie studios in Burbank were used for war-related production, including civil defense-related films, and the city experienced a population boom as a result of the increased job opportunities. From Disney Studios alone, more than 70 hours of film was produced during the wartime effort. This included films that were used to boost morale on the home front and others that were used to educate and inform the public about the war.<ref>{{cite web |title=Military History Museum |date=May 9, 2021 |publisher=the-past.com |url=https://the-past.com/review/museum/disney-goes-to-war/ |access-date=January 15, 2023 }}</ref> Burbank, which was previously known primarily as a center of the entertainment industry, became a major player in the war effort and a thriving community as a result. As the war came to an end, the movie studios in Burbank returned to their primary function of producing entertainment films, but the city had permanently changed as a result of its wartime experience.

====Labor strife====
Burbank saw its first real civil strife as the culmination of a six-month [[Strike action|labor dispute]] between the [[set decorator]]s union and the [[movie studio|studios]] resulted in the [[Battle of Burbank]] on October 5, 1945, a confrontation that led to the [[Strike wave of 1945–46|largest wave of strikes in American history]]. For six months, the union had been negotiating for better pay and working conditions, but the studios refused to budge. Frustrated and desperate, the set decorators decided to take action. The studios responded by hiring non-union workers to replace the striking decorators, but the union was not about to back down. They organized picket lines and rallies, drawing support from other unions in the area.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-09-10/the-last-time-it-involved-the-mob-and-warner-bros-could-iatse-strike-again |title=The War for Warner Brothers |work=iatse728.com |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref> The studios, in turn, called in police and private security to break up the protests. Streets were filled with striking workers, non-union replacements, and security personnel, all engaged in a violent confrontation. Cars were overturned, windows were smashed, and tear gas was used to disperse the crowds. In the end, studios were forced to negotiate with the union, and the decorators ultimately won their demands for better pay and working conditions.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-09-10/the-last-time-it-involved-the-mob-and-warner-bros-could-iatse-strike-again |title=The last time it was 'Hollywood's Bloody Friday.' With no deal in sight, will crews strike again? |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |first=Anousha |last=Sakoui |date=September 10, 2021 |access-date=January 16, 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Horne |first=Gerald |author-link= |date=February 15, 2001|title=Class Struggle in Hollywood 1930–1950 |url=https://utpress.utexas.edu/9780292750135/ |location=Austin, Texas |publisher=University of Texas Press |page=290 |isbn=978-0-292-73138-7}}</ref>

====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.

====Studio Corridor====
Warner Bros., NBC, Disney and Columbia TriStar Home Video (now [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]]) all ended up located very close to each other along the southern edge of Burbank (and not far from Universal City to the southwest), an area now known as the Media District,<ref name="MediaDistrict">{{cite web|last=City of Burbank Community Development Department|title=The Burbank Media District Specific Plan|url=http://www.burbankca.gov/home/showdocument?id=2625|access-date=April 16, 2014|date=January 8, 1991|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416210919/http://www.burbankca.gov/home/showdocument?id=2625|archive-date=April 16, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Media Center District or simply Media Center.<ref>{{cite web | title = Burbank Media Center | publisher = Burbank.com | url = http://www.burbank.com/story/Burbank-Media-Center/78189 | access-date = March 10, 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140310072423/http://www.burbank.com/story/Burbank-Media-Center/78189 | archive-date = March 10, 2014 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> In the early 1990s, Burbank imposed growth restrictions in the Media District.<ref name="MediaDistrict" /> Since then, to house its growing workforce, Disney has focused on developing the site of the former [[Grand Central Airport (United States)|Grand Central Airport]] in the nearby city of Glendale. Only Disney's most senior executives and some film, television, and animation operations are still based at the main Disney studio lot in Burbank.

Rumors surfaced of NBC leaving Burbank after its parent company [[General Electric Corporation]] acquired [[Universal Studios, Inc.|Universal Studios]] and renamed the merged division [[NBCUniversal|NBC Universal]]. Since the deal, NBC has been relocating key operations to the Universal property located in [[Universal City, Los Angeles, California|Universal City]]. In 2007, NBC Universal management informed employees that the company planned to sell much of the Burbank complex. NBC Universal would relocate its television and cable operations to the Universal City complex.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_13463331 | title = Universal Studios to get $3 billion NBC makeover | work = [[Los Angeles Daily News]] | first = Dana | last = Bartholomew | date = October 7, 2009 | access-date = October 9, 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110621233019/http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_13463331 | archive-date = June 21, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> When [[Conan O'Brien]] took over hosting ''The Tonight Show'' from Carson's successor [[Jay Leno]] in 2009, he hosted the show from Universal City. However, O'Brien's hosting role lasted only 7 months, and Leno, who launched a failed primetime 10pm show in fall 2009, was asked to resume his ''Tonight Show'' role after O'Brien controversially left NBC. The show returned to the NBC Burbank lot and had been expected to remain there until at least 2018.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_14235021 | title = Conan and NBC separation finalized | work = [[Los Angeles Daily News]] | first = Bob | last = Strauss | date = January 21, 2010 | access-date = January 31, 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110621233033/http://www.dailynews.com/search/ci_14235021 | archive-date = June 21, 2011 | url-status = live }}</ref> However, in April 2013 NBC confirmed plans for ''The Tonight Show'' to return to New York after 42 years in Burbank, with comic [[Jimmy Fallon]] replacing Leno as host. The change became effective in February 2014.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/comic_reliever_as_jay_exits_ObIwH8KNFLdxnAvl5J1QpL | title = Comic reliever as Jay exits | first = Michael | last = Shain | date = April 4, 2013 | work = [[nypost.com]] | access-date = October 17, 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130510114632/http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/comic_reliever_as_jay_exits_ObIwH8KNFLdxnAvl5J1QpL | archive-date = May 10, 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref>

The relocation plans changed following [[Comcast]] Corp.'s $30 billion acquisition of NBC Universal in January 2011. NBC Universal announced in January 2012 it would relocate the NBC Network, [[Telemundo]]'s L.A. Bureau, as well as local stations [[KNBC]] and [[KVEA]] to the former Technicolor building located on the lower lot of Universal Studios in Universal City.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jacquelyn Ryan |url=http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2012/jan/04/nbcs-big-metrostudios-project-killed/ |title=NBC's Big MetroStudios Project Killed, Smaller Facility Planned |newspaper=Los Angeles Business Journal |date=January 4, 2012 |access-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120524070914/http://www.labusinessjournal.com/news/2012/jan/04/nbcs-big-metrostudios-project-killed/ |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The former NBC Studios were renamed [[The Burbank Studios]].

In 2019, Conan O'Brien moved his [[TBS (U.S. TV channel)|TBS]] talk show, ''[[Conan (talk show)|Conan]]'', to Stage 15 on the Warner Bros. studios lot in Burbank, where it continued to tape until 2021 when the show ended.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20100520023832/http://hollywoodinsider.ew.com/2010/05/16/conan-obrien-to-shoot-new-talk-show-on-warner-bros-tv-lot/ Conan O'Brien to shoot TBS talk show on Warner Bros. TV lot] EW.com. Retrieved May 16, 2010.</ref> Stage 15, constructed in the late 1920s, was used to shoot films such as ''[[Calamity Jane (film)|Calamity Jane]]'' (1953), ''[[Blazing Saddles]]'' (1974), ''[[A Star Is Born (1976 film)|A Star Is Born]]'' (1976) and ''[[Ghostbusters]]'' (1984).

In the early 1990s, Burbank tried unsuccessfully to lure [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]], the Columbia and [[TriStar Pictures|TriStar]] studios owner based in [[Culver City, California|Culver City]], and [[20th Century Fox]], which had threatened to move from its West Los Angeles lot unless the city granted permission to upgrade its facility. Fox stayed after getting Los Angeles city approval on its $200 million expansion plan. In 1999, the city managed to gain [[Cartoon Network Studios]] which took up residence in an old commercial bakery building located on North 3rd St. when it separated its production operations from [[Warner Bros. Animation]] in [[Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles|Sherman Oaks]].