The first season of The Joy of Painting was mostly aired on PBS stations across the East Coast, as a result, the initial audience was small.
Season 1 was produced at WNVC in Falls Church, Virginia and featured several stylistic differences from the more well-known format that was introduced in Season 2: Ross wore tinted glasses in every episode, there was no opening sequence, light instrumental background music played throughout each episode, and a different theme song, heard only at the end of the episode during closing credits, was used.
Now with a national audience, The Joy of Painting was produced by WIPB in Muncie, Indiana.
[citation needed] Bob Ross made his final television appearance on The Phil Donahue Show in 1994.
[4] All episode plans are based on the Daytona State College press release.