CBS Hollywood

1st Slate (1960-1967)
Slate: A large black chalk clapperboard with a white-striped clapper and labels "PROD: NAME.", "EPISODE", "SCENE", "TAKE", "PICKUP" and "RECORDING DATE", aligned towards the left (except labeling 'Take' and 'Pickup' close to each other). Thin white borders between each label stretch horizontally. The CBS eye logo with the H abbreviation can be seen on the lower right.

Countdown/ESG: Sine ESG pings set between 2,100 to 2,200 Hz, or Saw ESG pings set between 1,500 to 2,000 Hz.

Variants:


 * The borders would sometimes stretch out and the 'Recording Date' label would be aligned left.
 * The 'Scene' label would sometimes be plastered over with 'Air Date' in written marker.
 * From 1967 onward, the clapperboard is smaller in height and the CBS eye is absent.

Availability: Common to very rare. This slate can be found on some Password* episodes taped in Hollywood, and on The Judy Garland Show*, which also has the first variant circulating online, specifically episodes 2 and 5. A handful of episodes from The Red Skelton Hour* have this slate circulating from 1962 to 1967, as well as the third variant. The third variant can be found on 1967 episodes of The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour.

(*This program or at least one episode has this slate circulating online)

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Slate (1967-1982)
Slate: A black chalk clapperboard with a white-striped clapper and labels "PROD.", "TITLE", "AIR", "VTR", "PICKUP" and "TAKE", around the edges (with the latter two close to each other). White borders between each label stretch out horizontally. The CBS eye logo with the H abbreviation can be seen on the lower right.

Countdown/ESG: Sine ESG pings at 2,100 to 2,300 Hz, only on The Red Skelton Hour.

Variants:


 * The number of stripes on the clapper has varied over the years; from having as few as 4 to as many as 7.
 * A prototype variant exists on Hee-Haw and early season 17 episodes of The Red Skelton Hour. The clapperboard is more rectangular and slightly larger with the bottom edge cropped outward. The labels are more centered within each margin and the CBS eye icon is absent. The clapper is also slightly larger.
 * On the CMX-600 Demo, the CBS eye is absent.
 * From 1971 onward, the H abbreviation was eliminated to include the abbreviation 'CBS' beside the eye logo.

Availability: Can range from common to extremely rare, so check those master tapes. A handful of copies of The Red Skelton Hour* from 1967-1970 have the 1967 and prototype slates circulating online (the program this slate debuted on was the episode "Clothes Make the Bum"). On The Doris Mary Anne Kappelhoff Special*, the 1967 slate can be seen several times as part of behind-the-scenes footage. The 1967 slate can also be found before The Carol Burnett Show*, The Smother Brothers Comedy Hour*, the second Joker's Wild* pilot, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour*, and Hollywood's Talking*. The prototype variant can also be found before the first episode of Hee-Haw*, which is also circulating online. The extremely rare CBS eye absence variant can only be found on the CMX-600* Demo, which appeared a few times as part of the demonstration. The 1971 slate can be found starting with promos for Insight*, The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour, The David Steinberg Show, The Price is Right*, Joker's Wild*, Tattletales*, Dinah!*, the Double Cross* pilot, Joe and Sons*, The Elvis Presley Special*, and The Facts of Life.

(*This program or at least one episode has this slate circulating online)

Editor's Note: None.