I am – Hercules!!

One of the great things about living in Los Angeles is the Museum of Television & Radio’s William S. Paley Festival. It’s like a living special edition DVD. You get to watch your favorite TV shows with an audience, then hear the creators and cast reveal important secrets about said TV shows. What’s more fun than that??

This year’s Paley schedule:

March 1 “American Idol”
March 2 “The Office”
March 3 An Evening With George Lucas
March 5 “Brothers & Sisters”
March 6 “The Closer”
March 7 “Dexter”
March 8 "Nip/Tuck”
March 9 “Prison Break”
March 10 “Heroes”
March 12 “Ugly Betty”
March 13 “Jericho”
March 15 “The Simpsons”

Tickets go on sale to museum members Thursday, Feb. 1. They go on sale to non-members Sunday, Feb. 4.

Those three days between Thursday and Sunday are KEY because many Paley events sell out an hour or two after tickets go on sale. Don’t be surprised if museum members snap up all the “Heroes,” “Office,” “American Idol,” “Ugly Betty,” “Simpsons” and George Lucas tickets and start selling them on eBay for hundreds of dollars long before non-members get a shot at list price.

The good news is museum membership is only $50. And members automatically get discounts of $5 to $10 per ticket - so if you buy enough tickets, membership pays for itself.

But if you want membership, you should probably buy that membership no later than Tuesday, Jan. 30, because I’m told it can take 24 hours for memberships to be processed for online orders.

Find more on the Paley fest here.

Purchase museum memberships and or Paley tickets via Ticketmaster here.

Past Paley For Sale!!

$19.95 Paley Festival: “Boston Legal”
$19.95 Paley Festival: “Desperate Housewives”
$19.95 Paley Festival: “Lost”

Season Sets Under $20!!

Alien Nation: The Complete Series * Angel 2.x-5.x * Arrested Development 1.x-3.x * The Big Valley 1.x * The Bob Newhart Show 1.x-4.x * Buffy the Vampire Slayer 1.x-7.x * Dark Angel 1.x-2.x * Dead Like Me 1.x-2.x * Dharma & Greg 1.x * Errol Morris’ First Person: The Complete Series * Fame 1.x * Green Acres 1.x-3.x * Harsh Realm: The Complete Series * Hill Street 1.x-2.x * Jeremiah 1.x * The Lone Gunmen The Complete Series * The Magnificent Seven 1.x * Malcolm in the Middle 1.x * The Mary Tyler Moore Show 1.x-4.x * M*A*S*H 2.x-11.x * Millennium 1.x-3.x * NYPD Blue 1.x-4.x * Over There 1.x * The Pretender 1.x-4.x * Rat Patrol 1.x * Reba 1.x-4.x * Remington Steele 1.-5.x * Roswell 1.x-3.x * She Spies 1.x * That ‘70s Show 2.x * Tru Calling 2.x * The White Shadow 1.x-2.x * The X-Files 1.x * The X-Files 4.x * The Young Riders 1.x