đź“ş TIP: HOW TO BECOME AN AUDIENCE MEMBER OF A TV SHOW
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Would you like to be an audience member of a popular television show? As an audience member, you are offered the experience of being a part of a live show taping. You get to see huge stars up close, and if you're lucky, your friends at home might even see you on TV. Tickets for most shows are complementary, while some shows will even pay you to attend. Often there are perks for attending, like free gifts and giveaways!
Here is our compilation of main show ticket resources:
1iota (they offer a MTV awards show lottery as well)
Applause Store (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand)
For talk & game shows, go to the show's page for ticket information. Please note some shows are high in demand so naturally you may have to book 1-3 months in advance.
LA shows:
America’s Funniest Home Videos
America’s Got Talent, Hollywood
American Idol
American Ninja Warrior - March 13-14
Beat Shazam, Hollywood
Broke
Card Sharks, Hollywood
Celebrity Family Feud, Hollywood
Celebrity Name Game
Conan
Dancing With the Stars
Disney’s Just Roll With It
Dr. Phil
Family Feud
Food Fighters
Hollywood Game Night
Jeopardy
Jimmy Kimmel Live
Key & Peele
Let's Make a Deal
Lights Out With David Spade
Netflix’s Family Reunion
Raven’s Home
Real Time with Bill Maher
So You Think You Can Dance
The Carmichael Show
The Doctors
The Ellen Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show, also on 1iota, Universal City
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Masked Singer, Hollywood
The Neighborhood, Studio City
The Price is Right, Hollywood
The Talk, Studio City
The Upshaws, Hollywood
The Voice, Universal City
Tosh.O
Wheel of Fortune
NYC shows:
All In With Chris Hayes
Always Late with Katie Nolan
America's Best Dance Crew
America's Got Talent
Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
Good Morning America - Tickets also available through 1iota
GMA3- Strahan & Sara & Keke
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Live with Kelly and Ryan, also on 1iota, After Oscars Show tickets!
Rachel Ray Show, also on 1iota
Tamron Hall
The Chew
The Crew
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Dr. Oz Show
The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon
The View
The Voice
The Wendy Williams Show
TODAY
Inside the Actors Studio (Bravo):
For tickets, email insidetheactorsstudio@pace.edu. Standby tickets are available to the general public; arrive one hour in advance, the day of the show to see if tickets are available. The line forms outside of the Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts where the show is recorded. Information about upcoming episodes is posted on schimmel.pace.edu. Register for Pace's mailing list to find out when the shows will be taped. Also be sure to follow them on Twitter for updated ticket information. Also check out our review from our visit to Inside the Actors Studio here.
For tickets, email snltickets@nbcuni.com during the month of August. Include all contact information and do not request a specific date. Only one email per household allowed.
Also visit our TIPS section for SNL for standby ticket procedure.
Other Cities:
ATLANTA- The Titan Games
CHICAGO- Windy City Live
LAS VEGAS- Penn & Teller: Fool Us
Traveling shows:
UK shows:
BBC
QI
SRO Audiences (Includes Graham Norton Show, The Agenda, etc)
Applause Store (Includes Britain’s Got Talent, Catch Phrase, etc.)