Conversation with a Curator
Greatest Late Night Talk Show Finales with Bill Carter, Curator Jason Lynch
Curator Allison Kraft looked back at 25 years of Gilmore Girls, featuring clips from the Paley Archive; Where You Lead, I Will Follow: The 25th Anniversary of Gilmore Girls
Curator Ron Simon, Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television, A Conversation with Biographer Todd Purdum and Lucie Arnaz (via Zoom)
ESPN’s Mike Greenberg and Seth Wickersham on NFL Quarterbacks and Football’s Best of the Best, Curator Jason Lynch
A Superheroine Like No Other: Paley Celebrates 50 Years of Wonder Woman on Television, Curator Allison Kraft
Curator Ron Simon introduced a special screening of rare gems from The Ed Sullivan Show to Sesame Street and the Grammys, for Stevie Wonder 75th Birthday.
Special discussions with Paley’s curators!
Discover the stories behind the media moments that shaped our world at The Paley Museum. Throughout the year, visitors and Paley Members can attend these special discussions with Paley’s curators, who lead lively, insightful conversations about significant media topics and momentous anniversaries, drawing from historical programs found in our renowned Paley Archive. Don’t miss these exclusive opportunities to explore the powerful intersection of media and history while learning directly from Paley’s in-house experts and special guests.
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Past Conversations
- Celebrating the Most Memorable Super Bowl Commercials
- Celebrating Better Call Saul’s 10th Anniversary with Rolling Stone TV Critic Alan Sepinwall
- A Superheroine Like No Other: Paley Celebrates 50 Years of Wonder Woman on Television
- Meet the Authors of the Classic Book Watching TV: American Television Season by Season
- Peaks TV: Honoring 35 Years of Twin Peaks with The Atlantic Culture Writer and Blank Check Cohost David Sims
- Why Legendary Journalist Edward R. Murrow Still Matters
- Need for Speed: Cars on TV
- Stevie Wonder 75th Birthday
- From Page to Screen: A Tale of Two Worlds
- From Everybody Loves Raymond to Hello! Hi! How Are You?
- It’s a Bird...It’s a Plane...It’s SUPERMAN!
- Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television
- TV Goes to College
- ESPN’s Mike Greenberg and Seth Wickersham on NFL Quarterbacks and Football’s Best of the Best
- Thank You for Being a Friend: The 40th Anniversary of The Golden Girls
- Tricks and Treats: TV’s Scariest Episodes
- Where You Lead, I Will Follow: The 25th Anniversary of Gilmore Girls
- Sid Caesar’s Comedy Revolution: A Conversation with Biographer David Margolick
- Unwrapping The Star Wars Holiday Special
- How the Super Bowl Halftime Show Rocked the World
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