Nickelodeon on Sunset facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Earl Carroll Theatre |
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| Nickelodeon on Sunset, Aquarius Theatre, Moulin Rouge | |
Nickelodeon on Sunset as the Victorious set in May 2011.
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| Type | theater, restaurant, sound stage |
| Location | 6230 Sunset Boulevard Hollywood Los Angeles, California |
| Built | 1938 |
| Demolished | 2017 |
| Architect | Gordon Kaufmann |
| Architectural style(s) | Streamline Moderne |
| Official name: Earl Carroll Theater | |
| Designated | December 7, 2016 |
| Reference no. | 1136 |
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The building known as Nickelodeon on Sunset (or Nick on Sunset) was originally built in 1938 by a showman named Earl Carroll. It was first called the Earl Carroll Theatre. This famous building is located at 6230 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. For many years, from 1997 to 2017, it was where many live-action TV shows for the Nickelodeon channel were made.
Good news! The theater building will be saved and used again as part of a new construction project. It will go back to its original name, the Earl Carroll Theatre.
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Nickelodeon's Hollywood Home
In the mid-1990s, the Nickelodeon TV channel decided to move some of its live-action show productions. They moved them from Nickelodeon Studios in Orlando, Florida, which was located at Universal Studios. Nickelodeon wanted to have a place on the West Coast for their shows.
After looking for soundstages for a year, one of their most popular shows, All That, spent a year at Paramount Pictures. Then, Nickelodeon found the perfect place at 6238 Sunset Boulevard. They leased the soundstage and renamed it Nickelodeon on Sunset by 1997.
Because there wasn't a lot of space and they needed to keep show plots a secret, only a few series could be filmed at Nickelodeon on Sunset at one time. Other live-action shows for Nickelodeon were filmed in different studios around the Hollywood area. These other studios also had strict rules to keep spoilers from getting out.
Famous Shows Filmed Here
Many popular Nickelodeon shows were filmed at this studio. Some of the most well-known ones include:
- All That (Seasons 3-10, from 1994-2005)
- Kenan & Kel (Seasons 3&4, from 1996-2000)
- The Amanda Show (1999-2002)
- Taina (Season 2, from 2001-02)
- The Nick Cannon Show (2002-03)
- Drake & Josh (2004-07)
- Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004-07)
- Unfabulous (2004-07)
- iCarly (Seasons 1-5, from 2007-2012)
- Dance on Sunset (2008-09)
- True Jackson, VP (Season 1, from 2008-2011)
- Victorious (2010-13)
- Sam & Cat (2013-14)
- Bella and the Bulldogs (2015-16)
- SpongeBob SquarePants (Live-action scenes for the "Feral Friends" episode in 2017)
Special Events
The studio also hosted special Nickelodeon events:
- "All That LIVE, The 100th episode of All That (1999)
- "R U All That? Competition" (2003)
- "All That 10th Anniversary Reunion Special" (2005)
The Future of a Historic Building
The Earl Carroll Theatre building is very important to Hollywood's history. Because of this, the Los Angeles City Council officially named it a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument on December 7, 2016. This means it is a protected landmark.
In September 2016, the City Council also approved plans for a new building to be constructed next to the theater. This new project will keep the historic theater building. It will also add a new seven-story building on what used to be a parking lot. The new building will have shops on the ground floor and 200 apartments. Construction on this new project began on October 17, 2017. The theater will once again be known as the "Earl Carroll Theatre."
