Mark Leo Goodson (January 14, 1915 – December 18, 1992) was an American television producer who specialized in game shows , most frequently with his business partner Bill Todman , with whom he created Goodson-Todman Productions.
60-633: Goodson was born in Sacramento, California, on January 14, 1915. His parents, Abraham Ellis (1875–1954) and Fannie Goodson (1887–1986), emigrated from Russia in the early 1900s. As a child, Goodson acted in amateur theater with the Plaza Stock Company. The family later moved to Hayward, California . Originally intending to become a lawyer, Goodson attended the University of California, Berkeley . He financed his education through scholarships and by working at
120-1020: A Mediterranean climate , and contains microclimates , both of which are features of the greater Bay Area. In 2012, the USDA rated Hayward as a zone 10A climate. The 2010 United States Census reported that Hayward had a population of 144,186. The population density was 2,261.8 inhabitants per square mile (873.3/km ). The census determined racial and ethnic makeup of Hayward was 49,309 (34.2%) White , 17,099 (11.9%) African American, 1,396 (1.0%) Native American, 31,666 (22.0%) Asian (10.4% Filipino , 3.9% Chinese , 3.0% Indian , 2.7% Vietnamese , 0.5% Japanese , 0.5% Korean , 0.2% Cambodian , 0.1% Pakistani ), 4,535 (3.1%) Pacific Islander , 30,004 (20.8%) from other races , and 10,177 (7.1%) from two or more races . Hispanic or Latino of any race were 58,730 persons (40.7%), giving Hayward an aggregate Hispanic/Latino plurality population as categorized by census determined racial and ethnic groups. 30.2% of Hayward's population
180-463: A Spanish land grant to Guillermo Castro , in 1841. The site of his home was on the former El Camino Viejo , or Castro Street (now Mission Boulevard ) between C and D Streets, but the structure was severely damaged in the 1868 Hayward earthquake , with the Hayward Fault running directly under its location. Most of the city's structures were destroyed in the earthquake, the last major earthquake on
240-598: A council–manager government . Hayward's mayor is Mark Salinas , elected in November 2022. City Council and other government meetings are cablecast on cable TV channel KHRT-TV . The city received an "AA", and an "AA+" rating for its general obligations, from the Fitch Group in 2012. In July 2012, Hayward began working on an updated 25-year General Plan , which was adopted on July 1, 2014. The city last updated their General Plan in 2002. The Hayward Hall of Justice ,
300-733: A branch of the California Superior Court , is the largest full-service courthouse in Alameda County. According to the California Secretary of State , as of February 10, 2019, Hayward has 70,194 registered voters. Of those, 39,327 (56%) are registered Democrats , 6,960 (9.9%) are registered Republicans , and 21,104 (30.1%) have declined to state a political party. Hayward has a large number of manufacturing companies, both corporate headquarters and plants. This includes some high-tech companies, with Hayward considered part of
360-490: A freeway or build a 238 bypass have been controversial. One proposal, to build a freeway parallel to Mission Boulevard, extending a freeway south from 580 where it turns east towards Castro Valley, and connecting to Industrial Boulevard, had land purchased, but was cancelled in 2004 after years of debate. The land is now scheduled for sale and zoning. Mission, Jackson, and Foothill all converge at one congested intersection south of downtown, known historically as "Five Flags" for
420-529: A guest on What's My Line? They divorced in 1978. Goodson died of pancreatic cancer on December 18, 1992, in New York City at the age of 77. He is interred at Hillside Memorial Park in Culver City, California , along with his parents Fannie Goodson and A.E. Goodson. After his death, Bob Barker gave him a small tribute that aired after an episode of The Price Is Right , as an attached segment that followed
480-655: A heart condition on July 29, 1979, two days before his 63rd birthday. In 1982, the Goodsons acquired the Todman heirs' portion of the company. Goodson and Neveleff had two children, Jill (1942) and Jonathan (1945). They divorced and he married Virginia McDavid, a former Miss Alabama . In 1962, Goodson and McDavid had a daughter, Marjorie, who was a prize model on Classic Concentration from July 1987 until its finale in September 1991. In 1972, he married Suzanne Waddell, who had once been
540-416: A household in the city was $ 51,177, and the median income for a family was $ 54,712. Males had a median income of $ 37,711 versus $ 31,481 for females. The per capita income for the city was $ 19,695. 10.0% of the population and 7.2% of families were below the poverty line. Out of the total population, 11.7% of those under the age of 18 and 7.2% of those 65 and older were living below the poverty line. Hayward has
600-536: A line of flagpoles located there. To alleviate congestion in the downtown area, the city has converted the A Street, Mission and Foothill triangle to one-way thoroughfares (counterclockwise), and is adding road improvements, landscaping, and telephone/cable undergrounding to Mission Boulevard south to Industrial Boulevard, and to Foothill Boulevard north to 580. The plan, known as the Route 238 Corridor Improvement Project, broke ground July 2010, completed rerouting in 2013, and
660-707: A newspaper editor in the Old West; The Rebel (1959–1961), starring Nick Adams as a former Confederate soldier who traveled to the West after the American Civil War ( Johnny Cash sang the theme); and Branded , starring Chuck Connors as a soldier who had wrongly been given a dishonorable discharge from the Army. For many years, the company was headquartered in the Seagram Building at 375 Park Avenue in New York City. Most of
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#1733085782003720-561: A northern extension of Silicon Valley . Manufacturing plants in Hayward include Annabelle Candy , Columbus Salame , the Shasta soft drink company, and a PepsiCo production and distribution center. Southland Mall is the largest shopping center in Hayward. The economy of Hayward in the first half of the twentieth century was based largely on the Hunt Brothers Cannery . The cannery
780-425: A pickling factory; and a glass manufacturing plant. From the 1890s until its closure in 1981, Hunt's employed a large percentage of the local population. The air around Hayward was permeated by the smell of tomatoes for three months of each year, during the canning season. The canneries closed in 1981, as there were no longer enough produce fields or fruit orchards near the cannery to make it economically viable. Much of
840-646: A town was chartered by the State of California under the name of "Haywards". The name of the post office was then able to change because of the loss of the apostrophe before the "s". This change occurred in 1880. It remained "Haywards" until 1910 when the "s" was officially dropped. William Hayward died in 1891. Hayward grew steadily throughout the late 19th century, with an economy based on agriculture and tourism. Important crops were tomatoes, potatoes, peaches, cherries, and apricots. Hunt Brothers Cannery opened in 1895. Chicken and pigeon raising also played important roles in
900-409: Is Right from 2004 until 2010), and Todd Newton as the prize deliverer in which six celebrities ( Lance Bass , Paige Davis , Tim Meadows , Kathy Najimy , Leslie Nielsen , and Brande Roderick ) played seven classic game shows for their favorite charities and the home viewer featured five formats based on Goodson-Todman/Goodson shows along with the recreation of their original sets such as The Price
960-547: Is Right (1972 version) , Beat the Clock , Card Sharks , Match Game and Family Feud . From 2014 until 2016, the Buzzr brand was first used by its parent company FremantleMedia (now Fremantle) for its YouTube channel created by its digital-content studio Tiny Riot. The online channel features mostly classic clips along with its short-form reboots of its classic game-show properties using various internet celebrities as contestants. Four of
1020-492: Is located there. Stokes Landing , Hayward Heath , and Eden Landing were communities now within Hayward city limits. According to the United States Census Bureau , the city has a total area of 63.7 square miles (165 km ). 45.3 square miles (117 km ) of it is land and 18.4 square miles (48 km ) of it (comprising 28.9%) is water. The Hayward Fault Zone runs through much of Hayward, including
1080-604: The Emmy Award "Lifetime Achievement Award for Daytime Television", which was presented to him by Betty White . Two years later, in 1992, Goodson earned induction into the Television Hall of Fame . Many Goodson-Todman games were produced internationally, some under different titles, and were distributed by Reg Grundy Productions. Family Feud was known in the United Kingdom as Family Fortunes , and Card Sharks went under
1140-697: The Nimitz Freeway), Interstate 580 with a major intersection near downtown connecting State Route 238 and Interstate 238, State Route 92 (Jackson Street) and State Route 238 (Mission Boulevard/Foothill Boulevard). State Route 92 continues west as the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge. The intersection of 880 and 92 was reconstructed over a four-year period, with completion of the project in October 2011. Mission Boulevard has been long known for chronic traffic congestion. Past proposals to convert Mission Boulevard to
1200-546: The Reg Grundy Organisation to be adapted in Australia and Europe. Goodson and Todman's shows endured through the decades, many over multiple runs, because of Goodson's sharp eye for production and presentation, and their strict insistence on maintaining clean, honest contests, thus allowing their shows to survive the quiz-show scandals of the late 1950s . After those scandals wiped out most of their competition, much of
1260-562: The Bay Area in 1972, with stations in downtown Hayward and south Hayward . The Hunt Brothers Cannery closed in 1981. The city's downtown area was slated for redevelopment in 2012 and 2013, with landscaping , new businesses opening up, and older ones getting façade upgrades. Warren Hall on the California State University, East Bay campus was demolished in 2013. The Russell City Energy Center began operating in 2013 at
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#17330857820031320-671: The Goodson-Todman/Goodson shows that were rebooted are Family Feud , Password , Beat the Clock , and Body Language . Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in Alameda County, California , United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area . With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area, and the third largest in Alameda County. Hayward
1380-524: The Hayward Hills in 1957. Southland Mall was dedicated in 1964. The second San Mateo–Hayward Bridge opened in 1967. The City Center Building opened in 1969 and acted as the new city hall until 1989 when the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake damaged the building and forced the city government to move out. The building was closed to the public in 1998, with the new Hayward City Hall opening the same year. The "Bay Area Rapid Transit" system began operating in
1440-494: The Hayward shoreline. In May 2015, the city's former shoreline landfill was declared a site for conversion to a solar farm , set to generate enough electricity to power 1,200 homes. It will be one of 186 sites in the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project . In October 2015, construction began for the Hayward 21st Century Library and Heritage Plaza. The library opened in September 2019, and
1500-638: The Lincoln Fish Market. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1937 with a degree in economics. That year, he began his broadcasting career in San Francisco, working as a disc jockey at radio station KJBS (now KFAX ). In 1939, he joined radio station KFRC , where he produced and hosted a radio quiz called Pop the Question in which contestants selected questions by throwing darts at multicolored balloons. Goodson and long-time partner Bill Todman produced some of
1560-488: The Todman heirs' share of the company, and in 1982, the company was renamed Mark Goodson Productions. Traditionally, shows signed off with: "This is (announcer's name) speaking for (show name), A Mark Goodson-Bill Todman Production/A Mark Goodson Television Production." After Goodson's death, to pay off a massive inheritance tax, Goodson's family sold the rights (except for Concentration/Classic Concentration , which had been licensed from NBC) to All-American Television , which
1620-651: The Truth (Goodson's personal favorite show), I've Got a Secret , What's My Line? , Card Sharks , and Tattletales . Goodson-Todman Productions/Mark Goodson Productions created content for U.S. channels and other international channels. (including Talbot Television Ltd. and Fremantle UK Productions Ltd.). such as CBS , NBC , and ABC in the US, BBC1 , ITV ( Anglia , Central , Granada , LWT , TVS , Scottish Television , and Yorkshire Television ), Channel 4 , and Sky One , (also Challenge TV). It licensed many of its shows to
1680-441: The age of 18 living in them, 21,720 (47.9%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 7,495 (16.5%) had a female householder with no husband present, 3,344 (7.4%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 3,037 (6.7%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships , and 421 (0.9%) same-sex married couples or partnerships . 9,359 households (20.6%) were made up of individuals, and 3,193 (7.0%) had someone living alone who
1740-600: The city to the San Francisco Peninsula . During the 1930s, the Harry Rowell Rodeo Ranch, now within the bounds of Castro Valley , drew rodeo cowboys from across the continent, and Western movie actors such as Slim Pickens and others from Hollywood. Prior to World War II , Hayward had a high concentration of Japanese Americans , who were subject to the Japanese-American internment during
1800-563: The city was 42.95% White, 10.98% Black or African American, 0.84% Native American, 18.98% Asian, 1.91% Pacific Islander, 16.81% from other races, and 7.52% from two or more races. 34.17% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 44,804 households, out of which 37.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.3% were married couples living together, 14.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 20.9% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who
1860-503: The city was named after Alvinza Hayward , a millionaire from the California Gold Rush . Regardless of which Hayward the area was named for, the name was changed to "Haywood" when the post office was first established in 1860. William Hayward eventually became the road commissioner for Alameda County . He used his authority to influence the construction of roads in his own favor. He was also an Alameda County supervisor. In 1876,
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1920-631: The close of each episode of The Price Is Right , the announcer credits the show as "a FremantleMedia Production" until 2018; it is now credited simply as "a Fremantle Production", reflecting the name change of the company. Copyrights to many of the Goodson-Todman's game shows were assigned to its specially formed companies , named in The (program name) Company scheme, such as The Family Company , The Password Company etc. They are currently in-name-only units of Fremantle North America. In 1990, Goodson received
1980-594: The company's production moved to Hollywood in the early 1970s (as did many other production companies), starting with the ABC revival of Password in 1971. The Los Angeles offices were based at 6430 Sunset Boulevard, moving to 5750 Wilshire Boulevard. The company's last New York-based show was the 1980 version of To Tell the Truth , but the New York office remained open and was used for East Coast Child's Play auditions. A few years after Bill Todman's death in 1979, Goodson acquired
2040-474: The creative aspects of producing game shows. The people who worked for the company and created most of the Goodson-Todman shows were pivotal to the success of those shows. Goodson-Todman executives Bob Stewart, Bob Bach, Gil Fates , Ira Skutch , Frank Wayne , Chester Feldman , Paul Alter , Howard Felsher , Ted Cooper , Mimi O'Brien, Jay Wolpert, and others were instrumental in making the shows successful. The company proved itself to be masterful at games, but
2100-538: The downtown area. The United States Geological Survey has stated that there is an "increasing likelihood" of a major earthquake on this fault zone, with potentially serious resulting damage. The San Lorenzo Creek runs through the city. Hayward borders on many municipalities and communities. The cities bordering on Hayward are San Leandro , Union City , Fremont , and Pleasanton . The census-designated places bordering on Hayward are Castro Valley , San Lorenzo , Cherryland , Sunol , and Fairview . Hayward has
2160-504: The early 20th century until the beginning of the 1980s, Hayward's economy was dominated by its now defunct food canning and salt production industries. Human habitation of the greater East Bay, including Hayward, dates from at least 4000 BC. The most recent pre-European inhabitants of the Hayward area were the Native American Ohlone people . In the 19th century, the land that is now Hayward became part of Rancho San Lorenzo ,
2220-528: The economy. A rail line between Oakland and San Jose , the South Pacific Coast Railroad , was established but later destroyed in the 1868 earthquake . The Hayward shore of the Bay was developed into extensive salt evaporation ponds, and was one of the most productive areas in the world, with Leslie Salt being one of the largest companies. The San Mateo–Hayward Bridge opened in 1929, connecting
2280-411: The end credits: This is a very sad time for The Price Is Right family. We've lost Mr. Mark Goodson, the creator of our show. Mr. Goodson, a legendary figure in television, was respected throughout the industry and we shall miss his guidance in the years to come. Following was a portrait of Goodson and a message saying "Mark Goodson 1915-1992". Reruns of Goodson's shows have continued to dominate both
2340-510: The fault. In 1930, that site was chosen for the construction of the City Hall , which served the city until 1969. Hayward was originally known as "Hayward's", then as "Haywood", later as "Haywards", and eventually as "Hayward". There is some disagreement as to how it was named. Most historians believe it was named for William Dutton Hayward , who opened a hotel there in 1852. The U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System states
2400-708: The hosts, panelists, and co-workers such as Betty White , Bob Barker , Gene Rayburn , Kitty Carlisle , Marjorie Goodson, and Suzanne Goodson. On June 6, 2009, an awards special that aired on GSN called 2009 Game Show Awards featured a brief tribute to Goodson as his daughter Marjorie held the Innovator Award herself. The series was based on the British format called Ant & Dec's/Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon and ran on CBS from May 31 until June 29, 2006, hosted by former actress/talk show host Ricki Lake , announced by Rich Fields (who formerly announced for The Price
2460-411: The longest-running game shows in US television history, and their names were well known at least to the large audiences for these shows. Their first television show, Winner Take All , debuted on CBS television on July 1, 1948. The long list of Goodson-Todman productions includes The Price Is Right , Family Feud , Classic Concentration , Match Game , Password , Beat the Clock , To Tell
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2520-467: The newer game-show output of the 1960s and 1970s came from either Goodson-Todman or companies launched by their former employees: Merv Griffin , Bob Stewart , Monty Hall , and later Jay Wolpert . Goodson-Todman was involved with Jack Barry's comeback vehicle The Joker's Wild for its 1969 pilot, but ended involvement with the show before it debuted in 1972. While Todman oversaw the company's lucrative businesses outside of television, Goodson handled
2580-696: The numerous shows Goodson produced in his lifetime, three are currently on the air: The Price Is Right , which has run continuously since 1972; Family Feud , which ran in two different iterations during 1976–1985 and 1988–1995, and was revived in its current form in 1999; and Password , which was revived in 2022 after a lengthy stint off the air. All revivals since 1994 have been produced by successor companies (All-American Television from 1994 to 1998, Pearson Television from 1998 to 2002, FremantleMedia from 2002 to 2018, and Fremantle since 2018). In 1941, Goodson married Bluma Neveleff and moved to New York City, where he teamed up with partner Bill Todman. Todman died from
2640-419: The plaza was originally expected to open sometime in 2019. Mount Eden was a former city that was incorporated into Hayward in the 1950s, at the same time as Schafer Park . Russell City was a former unincorporated community. It existed from 1853 until 1964. It is now the location of an industrial park. The Russell City Energy Center , a 429-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant built by Calpine ,
2700-463: The ponds appears on a 2012 U.S. postage stamp. The Mervyns department store chain was headquartered in Hayward until it declared bankruptcy in 2008. According to the city's 2015 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, the top employers in the city were (in alphabetical order): † indicates employers wholly located or headquartered in Hayward Hayward is served by Interstate 880 (also known as
2760-612: The production was moved to the Sacramento Valley . The location of the former canneries is marked by a historic water tower with the Hayward logo. A housing development now occupies much of the former cannery site. Gillig , a bus manufacturer, was located in Hayward for more than 80 years before moving to Livermore in 2017. Much of the Bay coastal territory of Hayward was turned into salt ponds, with Oliver Salt and Leslie Salt operating there. Much of this land has in recent years been returned to salt marshes . A 1983 image of
2820-3237: The program, which originated at WCBS-TV . The series won an Edgar Allan Poe Award . The dramas on The Web were all adaptations of stories written by members of the Mystery Writers of America . Among the future stars who appeared on The Web are: Other notable television and film actors whose careers were either launched or furthered by appearing on the series: Wesley Addy , Denise Alexander , Robert Allen , Joseph Anthony , Bertha Belmore , Donald Buka , Don Briggs , Peter Capell , Richard Carlyle , Audrey Christie , Clay Clement , Nancy Coleman , Jerome Cowan , James Daly , James Darren , Diana Douglas (married to Kirk and mother to Michael), Mildred Dunnock , Robert Emhardt , Hugh Franklin , Jack Grimes , Preston Hanson , Russell Hardie , Will Hare , Jonathan Harris , Vinton Hayworth , Duke of Iron, George Ives , Conrad Janis , Edith King , Phyllis Kirk , Richard Kollmar , Charles Korvin , Berry Kroeger , Anna Lee , Audra Lindley , Lynn Loring , Gene Lyons , John Marley , Catherine McLeod , Meg Mundy , John Newland , Peter Pagan , Neva Patterson , Robert Pastene , John Randolph , Rex Reason , George Reeves , Maria Riva (daughter of Marlene Dietrich ), Anthony Ross , Polly Rowles , Herbert Rudley , Alfred Ryder , Mary Sinclair , Howard Smith , Warren Stevens , Haila Stoddard , Mary Stuart , Murvyn Vye , Richard Webb , Roland Winters and noted television theme composer Morton Stevens ( composed Hawaii Five-O (1968) theme and others). Joseph Anthony , John Baragrey , Whit Bissell , Sidney Blackmer , Ray Boyle , John Connell , Peter Cookson , Jerome Cowan , Pat Crowley , James Daly , Charles Dingle , Mildred Dunnock , Betty Field , Paul Ford , Tamara Geva , Don Hanmer , Russell Hardie , Tom Helmore , Peter Hobbs , Anne Jackson , Edith King , Paul Langton , Jane Morgan , Lenka Peterson , William Redfield , Edmon Ryan , Alfred Ryder , Anne Seymour , Ann Shoemaker , Mary Sinclair , Edgar Stehli , Haila Stoddard , Beatrice Straight , Reba Tassell , Richard Webb , Patricia Wheel , Christine White , Perry Wilson Wesley Addy , Joseph Anthony , Joseph Barbera as Joseph Roland, Arthur Batanides , Harry Bellaver , Sidney Blackmer , Alan Coe Bunce , Norman Burton , Frank Campanella , Connie Clausen , Patricia Collinge , Russell Collins , Ben Cooper , Joan Copeland , Adrienne Corri , Jerome Cowan , James Daly , Robert Dryden , Mildred Dunnock , Stephen Elliott , Bramwell Fletcher , Constance Ford , Virginia Gilmore , John Hamilton , Russell Hardie , Dean Harens , Michael Higgins , John Hudson , Martin Kosleck , Berry Kroeger , Wesley Lau , Audra Lindley , Alexander Lockwood , Joan Lorring , Joe Maross , Carmen Mathews , Darren McGavin , John McLiam , Eli Mintz , Dennis Patrick (as Dennis Harrison), Lloyd Richards , Robert F. Simon , Mary Sinclair , Howard St. John , Robert Sterling , Warren Stevens , Harry Townes , Richard Webb , Patricia Wheel , Perry Wilson , Bill Zuckert as William Zuckert A review of
2880-510: The schedules of Game Show Network and Buzzr because his company saved most of the episodes of the shows, while other companies wiped theirs to reuse the tapes. The practice of wiping was stopped by the start of the 1980s. On June 3, 2000, an episode of Biography called Mark Goodson: Will the Real Mark Goodson Please Stand Up? aired on A&E , where it profiled his life and career. This features many interviews of
2940-472: The title Play Your Cards Right . In Germany, Match Game was known as Schnickschnack (loosely translated, "something, anything" and used as a counterpart for the word "blank", for which German has no direct word). In the United Kingdom, it was known as Blankety Blank , while in Australia, it was known as Blankety Blanks (which, coincidentally, was the title of an unrelated American game show, created by former Goodson-Todman staffer Bob Stewart). Of
3000-433: The war. The war brought an economic and population boom to the area, as factories opened to manufacture war material. Many of the workers stayed after the end of the war. Two suburban tract housing pioneers, Oliver Rousseau and David D. Bohannon , were prominent builders of postwar housing in the area. The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District was formed in 1944. California State University, Hayward opened in
3060-558: Was Mexican , 2.5% Salvadoran , 1.5% Puerto Rican , 1.2% Nicaraguan , 1.0% Honduran , 0.5% Peruvian , and 0.2% Cuban . Hayward is the second most diverse city in the state by Census figures. It has been ranked nationwide as highly diverse, in combination with Oakland and Fremont. The Census reported that 141,462 people (98.1% of the population) lived in households, 1,954 (1.4%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 770 (0.5%) were institutionalized. There were 45,365 households, out of which 18,284 (40.3%) had children under
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#17330857820033120-417: Was 33.5 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.4 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.7 males. There were 48,296 housing units at an average density of 757.6 units per square mile (292.5 units/km ), of which 45,365 were occupied, of which 23,935 (52.8%) were owner-occupied, and 21,430 (47.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.3%; the rental vacancy rate
3180-450: Was 6.6%. About 75,039 people (52.0% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 66,423 people (46.1%) lived in rental housing units. The 2000 Census reported there were 140,030 people, 44,804 households, and 31,945 families in the city. The population density was 1,219.6/km (3,159/sq mi). There were 45,922 housing units at an average density of 400.0 units/km (1,036 units/sq mi). The racial and ethnic makeup of
3240-436: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.08 and the average family size was 3.58. The population profiled by age was 26.8% under the age of 18, 10.9% from 18 to 24, 33.4% from 25 to 44, 18.8% from 45 to 64, and 10.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.3 males. The median income for
3300-438: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.12 persons. There were 32,559 families (71.8% of all households); the average family size was 3.60 persons. The city's age demographics were 35,379 people (24.5%) under the age of 18, 16,064 people (11.1%) aged 18 to 24, 44,005 people (30.5%) aged 25 to 44, 34,096 people (23.6%) aged 45 to 64, and 14,642 people (10.2%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
3360-533: Was completed in 2013. The Web (1950 TV series) The Web is an American dramatic anthology series that aired live on CBS for four seasons from July 11, 1950, to September 26, 1954. The program was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman , and was narrated by Jonathan Blake. A series with the same title and a similar premise was also broadcast briefly by NBC during the summer of 1957. Herbert Hirschman and Lela Swift directed on alternate weeks. Kent cigarettes and Embassy Cigarettes sponsored
3420-423: Was not as successful when it tried other fields of television programs, including the anthology dramas The Web and The Richard Boone Show , a talk-variety show for famed insult comic Don Rickles – and what was possibly the company's biggest failure, a sitcom titled One Happy Family . Goodson-Todman Productions was also involved with three Westerns : Jefferson Drum (1958–59), starring Jeff Richards as
3480-419: Was opened in Hayward in 1895 by brothers William and Joseph Hunt, who were fruit packers originally from Sebastopol , California. The Hunts initially packed local fruit, including cherries, peaches, and apricots, then added tomatoes, which became the mainstay of their business. At its height in the 1960s and 1970s, Hunt's operated three canneries in Hayward, at A, B, and C Streets; an adjacent can-making company;
3540-679: Was ranked as the 36th most populous municipality in California . It is included in the San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose Metropolitan Statistical Area by the US Census . It is located primarily between Castro Valley , San Leandro and Union City , and lies at the eastern terminus of the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge . The city was devastated early in its history by the 1868 Hayward earthquake . From
3600-531: Was subsequently taken over by Pearson PLC (an educational publisher and communications company based in the United Kingdom), and, in turn, was acquired by RTL Group (a division of Bertelsmann ), to form Fremantle , which now owns the rights to the library from Mark Goodson Productions. The Mark Goodson Productions name, logo, and announcement continued to be used for some shows until 2007, when Bob Barker 's last show of The Price Is Right aired. Afterward, at
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