Farewell to Hollywood's Famed "Columbia Ranch," which "Housed" Film and TV homes including "Bewitched"

Report this article Herbie J Pilato Herbie J Pilato I write, produce, direct, act, live in, and sing the scripts of life. Published Oct 8, 2023 + Follow Established in 1934 by Columbia Pictures, the historic Warner Bros./"Columbia Ranch" backlot in Burbank, CA was recently demolished to make way for redeveloped real estate. As the author of Twitch Upon a Star, and The Essential Elizabeth Montgomery, both about the star of television's iconic Bewitched series, I was interviewed in 1996 by TV's Entertainment Tonight for a special tribute to the actress (who died from cancer in 1995). Dan Weaver, a terrifically talented producer and equally wonderful human being (who died in 2018) was a segment producer for Entertainment Tonight at the time. It was Dan's idea to tape the interview in front of the Bewitched house on the Columbia Ranch backlot complex, which was located at 411 North Hollywood Way in Burbank. The facility also housed the exterior for other TV homes such as I Dream of Jeannie...