Among the shows that tape in New York City, “Saturday Night Live” remains the toughest ticket to acquire.
SNL tickets are free if you happen to win the long-shot lottery in August. To enter the lottery, send an email during August to snltickets@nbcuni.com with all your contact details, but don’t wait until the last minute as last year’s lottery closed early. (The ticketing website hasn’t update for 2011, but an NBC spokeswoman confirmed to NewYorkology the lottery procedure is the same for this year.)
“Saturday Night Live” tickets are sometimes available through fundraisers, such as the current Charity Buzz auction with a current bid of $8,500 for four tickets.
“Saturday Night Live” also does stand-by tickets though the line can start days earlier. SNL stand-by tickets are handed out at 7 a.m. the morning of the show on the 49th Street side of 30 Rockefeller Plaza. Even then, you’re not guaranteed a seat at the dress rehearsal or live show.
Tickets to other shows taped in NYC are easier to snag and usually for free. Here’s an updated list of shows that tape with a live audience in NYC:
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Colbert Report
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Late Show with David Letterman
Good Morning America
The Early Show
The View
Live! with Regis and Kelly
The Martha Stewart Show
The Rachel Ray Show
The Dr. Oz Show
The Wendy Williams Show
MTV studio audience
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
The Marriage Ref
The Tyra Banks Show
Comedy Central Presents
Other resources:
On Friday mornings during the summer both Today Show and Good Morning America offer free outdoor concerts. Usually no tickets are required.
The automated Twitter feed @DailyTix tweets when new tickets are available for the John Stewart or Stephen Colbert shows.
1iota and On Camera Audiences sometimes have free tickets to special events taping with a live audience.
NBC Studio Tour offers tours of 30 Rockefeller Center.
On Location Tours offers guided bus trips to scenes from “Gossip Girl,” “The Sopranos” and other TV shows and movies filmed in New York City.
The Paley Center for Media, the Museum of the Moving Image and NYC independent cinemas sometimes host panels or Q&As with moviemakers.
The On Location Vacations and Before the Trailer websites compile daily filming locations for New York City.
Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting list of current NYC productions .
Food Network tickets are not currently available.
Earlier:
‘Saturday Night Live’ ticket lottery open through August (2010)
Food Network chops and crushes plans for public tours (2009)
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