PaleyFest honors the best of TV

The casts of Lost, Glee, Modern Family, The Vampire Diaries, NCIS, and many other hit TV shows will gather to talk about their hit shows as PaleyFest 2010 rolls into town.

The festival honoring the best of television is back for another year, but this time at a new home. After two years at the Cinerama Dome in Hollywood, the festival moves to the Saban Theater on Wilshire Blvd. (just east of La Cienega). Publicist Terry Ebright says the Beverly Hills theater is “much bigger and the schedule worked better for us.”

One of the highlights of spring in Hollywood, the Paley Festival offers viewers a chance to hear more about how a show came to be created and learn about behind-the-scenes happenings of shows. The festival typically screens an episode of a show, followed by a moderator chatting with cast and crew. And to wrap up the evening, the audience asks question of the cast.

Here’s the complete line-up for this year’s festival. All shows start at 7 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 26 – Modern Family

Saturday, Feb. 27 – Lost

Monday, March 1 – NCIS

Wednesday, March 3 – Community

Thursday, March 4 – Dexter

Friday, March 5 – Cougar Town

Saturday, March 6 – The Vampire Diaries

Tuesday, March 9 – Seth MacFarlane and Friends

Wednesday, March 10 – Breaking Bad

Thursday, March 11 – Flash Forward

Friday, March 12 – Men of a Certain Age

Saturday, March 13 – Glee

Sunday, March 14 – Curb Your Enthusiasm

For more information and tickets, visit the Paley Center website.

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