Free TV show tickets for LA

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[bigrick Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close bigrick]

We went to a taping once in LA. We got free tickets from a vendor on Venice Beach. Everyone with tickets had to wait outside the studio gate until someone decided who was getting in. We were told that the studio lets people in first who request tickets from the networks website. People, like us, who are solicited at the beach are the lowest on the list since they are less likely to appear.

[eglon999 Member Find all posts View Profile Close eglon999]

Some studios are larger than others. You have to arrive early if you want to be sure that you get in to see the show. I've been turned away a few times.
Another place where I've seen TV show taping tickets offered is at Universal Studios.

If you go to a movie theater in the LA area, you might also see people offering tickets to free movie screenings. Once I asked a person if I could have tickets to see the screening of Tokyo Drift. He politely told me that the tickets were being offered to people under 40.

[stasik Member Find all posts View Profile Close stasik]

You can also use Free TV Studio Audience Tickets | Audiences Unlimited, Inc.. They have pretty specific directions on the tickets and you have to follow them. I went to the wrong garage at Warner Brother studios and they were extremely upset even though the studio was literally across the street from where I had parked.

I have to admit that I didn't expect a TV taping to be quite so entertaining. But I enjoyed it even though the show was crap. They were filming the pilot for "The War at Home". In fact, it was so bad I told my department that I would buy everyone lunch if that dog was actually picked up as a series. Cost me about $150 to make that prediction.

[Denise Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Denise]

I used to *love* to go to TV show tapings in Southern California! We have seen a lot of sitcoms being taped. It was really fun. Then one year, we had tickets to "Friends," and we had to wait in line for about 2.5 hours until it was dark, and we had to wait for people already inside watching the taping to leave (if they got bored). I think some finally left before the last hour of taping, so we finally got to go in. It was fun to see, but I wouldn't want to wait like that anymore. Maybe they've improved the process now.

[eglon999 Member Find all posts View Profile Close eglon999]

Hi Denise
Each show is a little different. Friends was a bit unusual because it took so long for them to shoot an episode that they let people leave before they were done taping a full episode. But they wanted to have a full studio audience so they let people in to fill in the seats --- sort of a 2nd seating.

As you found out, unless you score some VIP reserved seats, you generally will arrive at least 2 hours before the show tapes. You stand in line, sometimes are shuttled to the studio, go through security, etc.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

We did this several times a long time ago.....now most shows we could care less about. It is not worth the time. But for newbies and fans of particular shows it is a great experience. Sorry but as a lifetime resident of California I am pretty jaded against most of the 'Hollywood' experience.