The Paley Center for Media’s annual PaleyFest TV festival was a must-attend, pop culture event that celebrated television’s most acclaimed series. This year’s Festival took place March 17-26 at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, and brought fans together with the stars and creative minds behind their favorite TV shows, giving them access to special screenings, exclusive conversations, behind-the-scenes scoops, and breaking news. Each event featured a special screening picked for the audience followed by a panel and audience Q&A with the stars and creators of the series.
The celebrated event opened with the cast and creative team of AMC’s critically acclaimed and wildly popular The Walking Dead. PaleyFest featured a diverse lineup of other television shows including breakout freshman hits and longtime fan favorites including NBC’s This Is Us; CW’s Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow; ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy; CBS’s NCIS: Los Angeles; CBS’s The Late Late Show with James Corden; BBC America’s Orphan Black ; FOX’s Bob’s Burgers; Freeform’s Pretty Little Liars; HBO’s Westworld; and closing out the festival on March 26, was an amazing double header including a matinee event celebrating the 100th episode of ABC’s Scandal, followed that evening by FX’s American Horror Story: Roanoke.
The Paley Center for Media’s PaleyFest, with annual festivals in both Los Angeles and New York City, has become a destination event for the worldwide community of television fans. The Festival benefits the Paley Center’s preservation and archival digitization efforts, and its ongoing mission to explore the significant impact of media on our culture and society. The Paley Center is home the nation’s foremost publicly accessible archives of television and radio content, over 160,000 programs spanning the history of media including the recently launched African-American, Hispanic, and LGBT collections.