Screenings from the PALEY ARCHIVE
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Wednesdays – Sundays, 12:00 – 6:00 pm
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- Bennack Theater: May 14, 16, 22 & 29 no screenings. May 21 screenings end at 2:00 pm. May 29 screenings begin at 2:30 pm.
- Gillespie Theater: May 16 screenings start at 1:00 pm. May 20 no screenings. May 21 screenings end at 2:00 pm.
Celebrating 50 Years of Charlie’s Angels
May 13 – 17, 2026
Bennack Theater
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the acclaimed hit television series Charlie’s Angels, The Paley Center for Media is proud to honor the groundbreaking show and its stars Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and Cheryl Ladd at the 2026 Paley Honors on May 14. In conjunction with the event, we invite you to join us in the Bennack Theater for a selection of Charlie’s Angels episodes, including the late Farrah Fawcett, along with Jackson, Smith, and Ladd’s reunion panel at PaleyFest LA in April 2026.
12:10 pm
Charlie’s Angels: “Charlie’s Angels” (Pilot)
This pilot episode introduces three female private detectives (Fawcett, Jackson, and Smith) who work at an agency run by the mysterious and unseen Charles “Charlie” Townsend. In this drama, aided by Bosley, Charlie's go-between, the three women investigate the activities of a wealthy vineyard owner's widow and her greedy foreman. (1976, ABC)
1:25 pm
Charlie’s Angels: “Hellride”
This season two premiere introduces Cheryl Ladd as Kristine “Kris Munroe” after Farrah Fawcett’s departure from the show. In this episode, the Angels investigate the suspicious death of a race car driver and assume false identities to find out what happened to her. (1976, ABC)
2:15 pm
The Paley Center for Media Presents: PaleyFest LA 2026: “Charlie’s Angels 50th Anniversary Celebration”
Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, and Cheryl Ladd come together on the Paley stage at PaleyFest LA for a 50th anniversary celebration of Charlie’s Angels. (2026, The Paley Center for Media)
Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Celebrating 50 Seasons of Survivor
Through May 31, 2026
Bennack Theater
In conjunction with The Paley Museum’s newest exhibit Outwit, Outplay, Outlast: Celebrating 50 Seasons of Survivor and in celebration of Survivor’s landmark 50th season, join us for a special Survivor screening series that each week explores a different theme featured in some of the show’s most captivating and memorable episodes.
May 13 – 17
The New Era Begins. The New Era of Survivor arrives with faster gameplay, unstable alliances, relentless twists, and players who understand the game on a completely different level. This week is all about adaptation: social manipulation becomes sharper, deception becomes essential, and every decision carries immediate consequences. Old-school loyalty dies fast as a more chaotic, hyper-aware version of the game takes over.
3:15 pm
Survivor: Survivor 43: “Telenovela”
Paranoia explodes into full melodrama as alliances crack, secrets spill, and everyone starts acting like the main character.
4:00 pm
Survivor: Survivor 48: “Master Class in Deception”
One player turns manipulation into an art form, orchestrating chaos while everyone else thinks they’re in control.
5:05 pm
Survivor: Survivor 43: “Telenovela”
Paranoia explodes into full melodrama as alliances crack, secrets spill, and everyone starts acting like the main character.
May 20 – 24
The Meta Game: This week explores Survivor as a game about understanding the game itself. Players weaponize strategy, perception, reputation, and jury management while constantly reacting to how everyone else thinks. Alliances shift based on threat level rather than trust, and survival depends on reading social dynamics several moves ahead. It’s Survivor at its most self-aware, strategic, and psychologically ruthless.
3:20 pm
Survivor: David vs. Goliath: “Tribal Lines are Blurred”
Emotional manipulation, loyalty tests, and endgame panic make this one feel deeply personal.
4:25 pm
Survivor: Survivor 47: “Flipping the Win Switch”
Players stop surviving and start hunting the million with a burst of aggressive, game-winning moves.
Hannah-Barbera Cartoon Marathon from the Paley Archive
May 13 – 24, 2026
Gillespie Theater
Founded in 1957 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, Hanna-Barbera is responsible for creating some of your favorite cartoons. There’s lovable and mischievous Yogi Bear, the prehistoric-dwelling Flintstone family, the crime-solving Mystery Inc. crew with their dog Scooby, fun blue friends the Smurfs, and so many more. Join us in the Gillespie Theater for an afternoon of cartoon fun, followed by a series of PAC-MAN cartoons, also created by Hanna-Barbera. You can find even more cartoons from the animation duo in the Paley Archive on the fourth floor.
12:30 pm
Yogi Bear: “Hoodwinked Bear” (1960) / “Gleesome Threesome” (1961) / “Do Or Diet” (1961) / “Yogi in the City” (1961)
It’s time for a pic-a-nic! This compilation of four short Yogi Bear cartoons features Yogi and Boo Boo up to their usual hijinks within their national park home, often to the displeasure of Park Ranger Smith. (1959, Syndication)
1:00 pm
Magilla Gorilla: “Gridiron Gorilla” (1964) / “Airlift” (1964) / “Makin’ With the Magilla” (1965) / “Mad Avenue Madness” (1966)
This compilation of four short Magilla Gorilla cartoons features Magilla spending time in front of Mr. Peebles’s pet shop and causing problems for the owner. This series sees Magilla as a football player, stuck in the air from anti-gravity formula, as the “Surfer King,” and as an advertising mascot. (1964, ABC)
1:30 pm
The Flintstones: “Nuthin’ But the Tooth”
Fred needs to go to the dentist, but trouble arises when Barney’s recommendation turns out to be a dentist for dinosaurs! (1962, ABC)
1:55 pm
The Jetsons: “A Date With Jet Screamer”
Judy wins a songwriting contest and a date with pop sensation Jet Screamer...much to her father George’s distress. (1962, ABC)
2:20 pm
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: “Jeepers, It’s the Creeper”
When the gang’s school dance is disrupted by a “Creeper,” they search the woods and countryside to unmask the true motive of the man who’s been causing the town so much trouble. (1970, CBS)
2:45 pm
The Harlem Globetrotters: “The Great Geese Goof-Up"
When Globetrotter “Geese” is admitted to the hospital, his fellow basketball players think he has been turned into a kangaroo...who’s wanted by the police for jewelry theft! (1970, CBS)
3:05 pm
Smurfs: “Vanity Fare”
When Vanity runs away after his mirror is accidentally broken, he finds himself in the clutches of the evil Gargamel. Will the other Smurfs find Vanity before it’s too late? (1981, NBC)
3:20 pm
Smurfs: “The Smurf’s Apprentice”
Clumsy wants to be Papa Smurf’s apprentice in the laboratory, but there are major consequences when he steals one of Gargamel’s spells. (1981, NBC)
3:35 pm
Josie and the Pussycats: “Nemo’s a No-No Affair”
In this series premiere episode, Josie and the gang travel on a freight ship to a gig on Pago Pago, but their ship is sunk and they are brought aboard the submarine of the maniacal great-grandson of the notorious scourge of the seas, Captain Nemo. (1970, CBS)
PAC-MAN on TV
Through May 31, 2026
Gillespie Theater
When Hanna-Barbera introduced the animated PAC-MAN to Saturday morning television in 1982, it was the first TV series based on a videogame. The Paley Museum is pleased to screen an example of that pioneering series along with the 21st century incarnation PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures, a modern CGI animated series that was aimed for a new generation in 2013. In any version, the PAC-MAN character endures as iconic and emotionally relatable.
Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures episodes are courtesy of 41 Entertainment.
These screenings are presented in conjunction with our exhibit: 45 Years of PAC-MAN
May 13 – 24
4:05 pm
PAC-MAN: “The Great Pac-Quake”
In this episode, the Ghost Monsters, under orders from their evil human leader, steal a map of Pac-Land from the Pac-Museum (using an earthquake machine to create a diversion) in an attempt to find the Power Pellet Forest, source of Pac-Man's energy. (1982, ABC)
4:20 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “The Adventure Begins: Part 1”
In this series premiere episode, Pac, a cheerful teenage Pac-Worlder, is the only one who still believes in ghosts, many years after the Ghost Wars. When a portal from the Netherworld opens, ghosts enter into Pac-World. Pac must save his world and team up with the ghosts who surrendered: Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde. (2013, Disney XD)
4:45 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “The Adventure Begins: Part 2”
In the second part of this series premiere, Pac, his friends, and the remaining ghosts sneak into the Netherworld to bring back the stolen Tree of Life. (2013, Disney XD)
5:10 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “Honey, I Digitized the PAC-MAN"
When a deadly virus is released on all of Pac-World's electrical devices, it’s up to a digitized Pac and Sir C to travel into Cyberspace to stop it. (2015, Disney XD)
May 27 – 31
12:30 pm, 2:50 pm, 5:10 pm
PAC-MAN: “The Great Pac-Quake”
In this episode, the Ghost Monsters, under orders from their evil human leader, steal a map of Pac-Land from the Pac-Museum (using an earthquake machine to create a diversion) in an attempt to find the Power Pellet Forest, source of Pac-Man's energy. (1982, ABC)
12:45 pm, 3:05 pm, 5:25 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “The Adventure Begins: Part 1”
In this series premiere episode, Pac, a cheerful teenage Pac-Worlder, is the only one who still believes in ghosts, many years after the Ghost Wars. When a portal from the Netherworld opens, ghosts enter into Pac-World. Pac must save his world and team up with the ghosts who surrendered: Blinky, Inky, Pinky, and Clyde. (2013, Disney XD)
1:10 pm, 3:30 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “The Adventure Begins: Part 2”
In the second part of this series premiere, Pac, his friends, and the remaining ghosts sneak into the Netherworld to bring back the stolen Tree of Life. (2013, Disney XD)
1:35 pm, 3:55 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “Happy Holidays and a Merry Berry Day”
In this episode, Pac meets his parents for a celebration of the holiday Berry Day. (2014, Disney XD)
2:00 pm, 4:20 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “Honey, I Digitized the PAC-MAN"
When a deadly virus is released on all of Pac-World's electrical devices, it’s up to a digitized Pac and Sir C to travel into Cyberspace to stop it. (2015, Disney XD)
2:25 pm, 4:45 pm
PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures: “New Girl in Town”
When the president’s niece Elli visits Pacropolis, Betrayus uses her to seduce Pac-Man into getting the repository. Unaware of Betrayus’s plan, Pac begins ignoring his friends for his new love interest. (2015, Disney XD)
Happy Birthday, Cher!
May 20 – 24, 2026
Bennack Theater
Happy 80th birthday to the Goddess of Pop! With a career spanning more than six decades, Cher is a global pop icon with an equally iconic repertoire, from her studio albums and concert residencies to variety shows and film performances. The Paley Museum is excited to share a special screening series dedicated to one of the most celebrated artists of all time and invite you to join us in the Bennack theater for a look back at Cher’s incredible career.
12:10 pm
Hullabaloo
In this 1965 variety show, Sammy Davis, Jr. serves as the episode’s host with musical guests Sonny & Cher performing their newly released song “I Got You Babe.” (1965, NBC)
12:40 pm
The Sonny and Cher Comedy Hour
This episode of Sonny and Cher’s comedy variety show features Jerry Lewis with musical performances by the Supremes. (1972, CBS)
1:40 pm
The Carol Burnett Show
Cher joins this episode of The Carol Burnett Show as both an actress in the sketches and as a vocalist, performing solo numbers as well as duets with Carol Burnett. (1975, CBS)
2:30 pm
Cher
In this episode of Cher’s solo variety show, she’s joined by Tony Randall, with stand-up routines by Steve Martin and musical performances by David Bowie, who makes his American television premiere. (1975, CBS)
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