Once a couple of studios at the ABC Prospect and Talmadge facilities had been converted to color in 1966, the show moved back there. The 1965–66 season was taped at the Hollywood Palace because that was ABC's only West Coast TV studio at the time equipped for live or taped color production Welk had insisted that the show go color in 1965 because he believed that being broadcast in color was critical to the continued success of his program. For 23 of its 27 years on the air, the show would originate there. The show made its national television debut on ABC Television on July 2, 1955, and was initially produced at the Hollywood Palladium, moving to the ABC studios at Prospect and Talmadge (stage 5) in Hollywood shortly afterwards.

In 1954, Paramount announced plans to distribute the show nationwide, plans that never materialized due to Paramount's feuds with DuMont Television Network that led to the collapse of both. The original show was broadcast from the since-demolished Aragon Ballroom at Venice Beach. On May 11, 1951, The Lawrence Welk Show began as a local program on KTLA in Los Angeles, the flagship station of the Paramount Television Network and the first commercial television station in California and west of the Mississippi River. 4.1 DVD status and Welk specials aired on public television.1.1 Move to syndication and public television.In place of the commercials, newer performance and interview clips from the original stars and/or a family member of the performers are included these clips are occasionally updated.

These airings incorporate an original program-usually, a color broadcast from 1965 to 1982-in its entirety. Repeat episodes are broadcast in the United States by Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) stations. The series aired locally in Los Angeles for four years, from 1951 to 1955, then nationally for another 16 years on ABC from 1955 to 1971, followed by 11 years in first-run syndication from 1971 to 1982. The Lawrence Welk Show is an American televised musical variety show hosted by big band leader Lawrence Welk.

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