[quote name=\'tvrandywest\' date=\'Jun 23 2005, 03:42 PM\']Research? Getting a Masters Degree keeps getting easier and easier!
I've worked the studios of those L.A. based shows doing warm-up and announce. For instance, GSN's "Hollywood Showdown" was in the WOF stage at SONY. I don't have hard numbers but can give you educated estimates. For definitive answers you can check with the facilities offices at Tribune Studios, SONY, NBC-NY, etc. Another source of information would be the local Fire Departments. Beside having the actual number of seats on file, their permitting rules become more stringent once you exceed a specific number. The capacity of each audience's seating will remain below that threshold.
WOF's audience isn't deep but I remember it as 4 sections wide; I'd estimate capacity in the general neighborhood of 350 to perhaps 400. Next door, J! looks to be 225 to 275; when it was in studio 1 at KTLA (now Tribune), J!'s audience was a bit larger. FF has also taped at several locations over the years (ABC, NBC and KTLA/Tribune); I'd guess the present audience to be 300. I can't speak to the NY shows, but know that depending upon configuration, NBC's 8H can accommodate greater than 500. Despite camera angles, ABC's audience for millionaire is relatively small be cause the studio is, shall we say, intimate; 150 to 250 would be the range.
As additional references I know from working these shows that TPiR is 330, and Weakest Link was 260 (with overflow of up to 300 additional seats off-camera). Off hand, I remember the smallest game show audience I worked as 110 for "All New 3's a Crowd", and the largest as 500 for NBC's "Twenty One". Hope it helps.
Randy
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Thanks, great info. Those audiences are larger than I had expected.
We produce a regional Lottery game show and have room for about 125 in the audience. Just needed to compare sizes.
