There are over 45 TV shows being taped at any one time in the New York City area. All TV show tickets are free. Some shows also pay audience members to attend the taping.
There are over 45 TV shows being taped at any one time in the New York City area. All TV show tickets are free. Some shows also pay audience members to attend the taping.
Genre: Game Show
Duration: 3 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 14
Paid Gig: NO
A new incarnation of a classic TV show now with Michael Strahan as the host. Contestants compete in a game of word association to win $100,000.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tapings Per Week: 1
Paid Gig: NO
The late night comedy talk show, hosted by Amber Ruffin, features a variety of sketches and monologues and is only available on streaming services
Genre: News TV show
Duration: 1 hr
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Anderson Cooper 360 is television news show broadcast on CNN where Cooper hosts the show from CNN's Studios at NYC's Time Warner Center
Genre: Cooking Competition Show
Duration: 6 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: $60
Beat Bobby Flay is a culinary cross between a friendly cooking competition and a reality television show. Aired on the Food Network and hosted by Bobby Flay
Genre: Talk Show/Interview
Duration: 2 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 10-12
Paid Gig: $75
Build Show Series is one-on-one interview show with a variety of guests including actors, entrepreneurs, musicians and other pop culture notables
Genre: News Program
Duration: 2 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 6
Paid Gig: NO
Once a soft-news lifestyle format morning show, CBS This Morning is now a hard-news TV show. As ratings rise and fall, the show adjusts its news format.
Genre: Interview
Duration: 1 hr
Tapings Per Week: 20 shows a year
Paid Gig: NO
CenterStage is an hour long, one-on-one interview TV show hosted by Michael Kay. The audience gets an intimate level of access to athletes and celebrities.
Genre: Political Satire
Duration: 30-60 min
Tapings Per Week: 4
Paid Gig: NO
The Daily Show with Trevor Noah is a satirical news program airing late nights on Comedy Central. Noah has hosted the show since Jon Stewart left in 2015.
Genre: Comedy/Talk Show
Duration: 1 hour
Tapings Per Week: 2
Paid Gig: NO
Desus & Mero is a late night talk show that discusses everything from pop culture to politics, all through the lens of unadulterated Bronx slang.
Genre: Daytime Talk Show
Duration: 2 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 6
Paid Gig: NO
The Dr. Oz Show is a daytime health and wellness talk show. The show consists of interviews with fitness specialists and discussions about the human body.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 75 - 120 minutes
Tapings Per Week: 6
Paid Gig: NO
The Drew Barrymore Show is a CBS show that is all about positivity and energy. The show contains lifestyle segments, celebrity interviews and human interest stories.
Genre: Talk Show/News Program
Duration: 3 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Fox and Friends is a morning news TV show with rotating hosts. Consisting of celebrity interviews and right-wing political discussions based on current events.
Genre: Comedy/News/Talk Show
Duration: 2 hours
Tapings Per Week: 1
Paid Gig: NO
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee is a late-night comedy series that offers a satirical take on news that are often neglected by traditional media outlets.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 1.5 hours
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Daytime talk show consisting of fresh and breaking news stories, hot celebrity interviews, and reports about a wide variety of current trends.
Genre: Morning News Show
Duration: 2 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Good Morning America (GMA) is a two hour morning show that is a combination of news, interviews, weather, human interest and pop culture segments.
Genre: Political Talk Show
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 2 shows per month
Paid Gig: NO
Grace Vs. Abrams is a debate show hosted by legal analysts Nancy Grace and Dan Abrams. The hosts and the live studio audience debate infamous legal cases.
Genre: Political Satire
Duration: 1 hr
Tapings Per Week: 1
Paid Gig: NO
The Greg Gutfeld Show, is a cable news TV show, with a satirical comedic tilt. Hosted by Fox News personality Greg Gutfeld, who mocks the political left.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 60 minutes
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Cable News TV show hosted by Sean Hannity that focuses on the day's news events with an opening monologue by Hannity and objective political comment.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 1-5 Hours
Tapings Per Week: 1
Paid Gig: NO
Inside the Actors Studio is an intimate talk show hosted by various celebrities. Actors sit down and speak in depth about their work and life experiences.
Genre: Court Show
Duration: 30 Minutes
Tapings Per Week: 3
Paid Gig: NO
Jerry Springer's daily TV show "Judge Jerry" avoids the chaos of the "Springer Show" and is set in a court room where Springer is the judge on cases.
Genre: Talk Show
Duration: 90 minutes
Tapings Per Week: 4
Paid Gig: NO
A kids version of the Tonight Show, but written and hosted by an ensemble of four precocious kids, where they are in charge of the show and interviews.
Genre: Comedy/Political Satire/Talk Show
Duration: 30 min
Tapings Per Week: 1
Paid Gig: NO
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver couples comedy and real political issues. Oliver and his news team introduce and discuss issues in a satirical manner.
Genre: Comedy/Talk Show
Duration: 1.5 hrs
Tapings Per Week: 4
Paid Gig: NO
Late Night with Seth Meyers is a late night talk show made up of celebrity interviews, on-screen games, musical guests and a left-leaning opening monologue by Meyers
Genre: News/Political Satire
Duration: 75 -120 minutes
Tapings Per Week: 5
Paid Gig: NO
Stephen Colbert now hosts The Late Show, a late night talk show filled with celebrity interviews, skits, games, and Colbert’s opening monologue.
Some of the free TV show tapings tickets can be hard to get, while other TV show tickets are abundant and are available any day of the week. Some TV tapings can be slow and a bit tedious.
Some TV shows come into New York City to tape a lot of shows in a very short time. They book a TV studio and shoot a large amount of shows in a small time window to minimize their studio costs. Sometimes they can shoot 25 shows in one week. They may not return to NYC to tape again for several weeks. These types of shows are usually where the subject is not time sensitive or newsworthy, IE court shows, chef shows and game shows.
Other TV shows may tape every day and the show may be broadcast soon after taping, if not live. These TV shows maintain a permanent TV studio in the city. These shows have feature news, interviews, weather forecasts and special-interest stories. Late night talk shows, daytime talk shows and morning shows fit into this category.
Both types of these TV shows have free tickets which are available to the general public.
Some of the short-window TV shows want to get a a reliable audience for a whole day of taping during a single day shoot. They will often pay audience members to attend these types of shows. The non-union pay rate is about $15/hour. The gig can last for up to 8 hours. Food and drinks are provided.
Some of the free TV show tapings tickets can be hard to get, while other TV show tickets are abundant and are available any day of the week. Some TV tapings can be slow and a bit tedious.
Some TV shows come into New York City to tape a lot of shows in a very short time. They book a TV studio and shoot a large amount of shows in a small time window to minimize their studio costs. Sometimes they can shoot 25 shows in one week. They may not return to NYC to tape again for several weeks. These types of shows are usually where the subject is not time sensitive or newsworthy, IE court shows, chef shows and game shows.
Other TV shows may tape every day and the show may be broadcast soon after taping, if not live. These TV shows maintain a permanent TV studio in the city. These shows have feature news, interviews, weather forecasts and special-interest stories. Late night talk shows, daytime talk shows and morning shows fit into this category.
Both types of these TV shows have free tickets which are available to the general public.
Some of the short-window TV shows want to get a a reliable audience for a whole day of taping during a single day shoot. They will often pay audience members to attend these types of shows. The non-union pay rate is about $15/hour. The gig can last for up to 8 hours. Food and drinks are provided.