Minimal Amount Of Sets On A TV Show

Marion & Geoff had one set, being filmed inside a car. Two sets if you want to get all nitpicky and point out that that the first series was done inside a taxi and the second inside a limo.

Night Court had four regular sets - the courtroom, the corridor between the courtroom and Harry’s office, Harry’s office, and the cafeteria. On the rare occasion they visited a character’s apartment, seems to me the basic layout was always the same - entrance on the left, living room, kitchenette on the right, bedroom in the back somewhere - suggesting they just redecorated a generic set when required.

Yes, that’s not an unusual layout for a Brooklyn brownstone, which I believe the Cosby’s house was meant to be.

The Ricardos’ Hollywood hotel suit was a redress of their (2nd) New York apartment. The layout was all but identical. Even the Hollywood bedroom was layed out like the NYC one.

I think the series My Talk Show starring Cynthia Stevenson, had a single set – the living room/bedroom of her house.

I believe WKRP only had 4 standing sets: Carlson’s office, the waiting room outside (with Jennifer’s desk), the DJ booth, and the bullpen.

There was one other: Andy’s office.

If I’m remembering the commentary from the Season 1 DVD correctly, they started out with 4 sets (Mr. Carlson’s office, the reception area, the booth, and Andy’s office), and added the bullpen set after they started production (maybe when they got picked up for a full season).

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Yep. And I just remembered another: the hall outside the booth.

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Newsradio used a handful of sets over the years, but most episodes were done entirely in one set (or three- elevator/newsroom/Dave’s office, which for all I know were contiguous).

The Ricardos moved to ‘the country’ later in the run of “I Love Lucy” and had a whole new set to represent their house. I always thought it was funny that they called what was probably meant to be the suburbs, ‘the country’. That may have been how Manhattanites regarded anywhere other than New York City.

Sanford and Son seemed to only have two sets, the living room and the kitchen. I can’t remember more than one set from Chico and the Man.

I think the school exterior set was used fairly often - not as often as those three, of course, but fairly often.

Well, there was the main garage, and there was Ed’s office; maybe that was kind of all one thing.

There was a TV show in the late 60s called Turn On that had literally zero sets - just a white backdrop. The show was a huge flop and canceled after one single episode though.

No, Turn On had sets – there were a series of blackout jokes (one, for instance, had a woman in front of a brick wall facing a firing squad). There were some jokes set on a white background, but others did have some sort of set.

(I happened to watch the original broadcast).

I can remember a couple of scenes in Howard’s apartment (which oddly, did NOT look just like Bob and Emily’s), Jerry’s office, and of course, the lobby where Carol’s desk was stationed. There were also a few scenes in restaurants, etc.

Wow! I found the other person who watched this show! How you doin’?

(What do you expect to find in Derby, Wisconsin?)

And the salvage yard.

Murphy Brown had her living room at home, her office and water cooler area by her door, and the tv announcer set.

You forgot Phil’s bar. Also, they had sets for location – a hotel room where Jim and Corky were staying.