 The Culver Studios was also used for television shows such as "The Andy Griffith Show", "Lassie", "Batman", "The Nanny" and, more recently, "Scrubs", "Arrested Development" and "Cougar Town".Eccentric businessman Howard Hughes once had a stake in the studio as well as filmmakers Cecil B. DeMille and David O. Selznick.The Culver Studios was built by Thomas H. Ince in 1918 after he acquired it from landowner Harry Culver.