The PaleyFest Fall TV previews festival will begin Wednesday night at The Paley Center for Media in Beverly Hills with screenings of the pilots of three of NBC’s new fall series and panel discussions with the casts and creators of the comedies “Truth Be Told” and “Undateable.”
The event will begin at 6 p.m. with a reception. The pilot of “Truth Be Told” will be shown at 7 p.m., followed at 7:30 p.m. by the panel discussion with cast members Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tone Bell, Bresha Webb and Vanessa Lachey, series creator DJ Nash and fellow executive producer Will Packer.
An episode of “Undateable” will be shown at 8:10 p.m., followed at 8:35 p.m. by the panel discussion with cast members Brent Morin, Rick Glassman, Bridgit Mendler, Bianca Kajlich, David Fynn and Ron Funches, creator Adam Sztykiel and fellow executive producer Bill Lawrence.
The panel discussions will be live streamed on Yahoo Live, where video on demand content will be offered following each event.
Live streaming on Yahoo can also be accessed on mobile platforms through the Paley App and Yahoo Screen App.
The pilots of the new dramas “Blindspot” and “The Player” will be shown after the panel discussions
Tickets are $15 for center members are $20 for the general public and can be purchased on the center’s website, Paleycenter.org.
Nash explained at last month’s Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour that “Truth Be Told” is “loosely, I’m supposed to say for legal reasons, based on my life.”
“My wife is Korean. My best friend and his wife are black. We were doing take-out one night and I realized I’m the only white guy in my house,” said Nash, who also created the 2014 NBC comedy, which was based on his childhood.
“I want to do a show about four friends who are what I call true friends, friends who don’t pull punches.”
“Undateable,” will begin its third season this fall, with all its episodes airing live for the first time. The series did a live episode in May.
“Live programming is one more way to make a show undeniable,” NBC Entertainment President Robert Greenblatt said.
The festival will also include a program on CBS’ “NCIS: Los Angeles” and a “farewell salute” to CBS’ “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” whose two- hour series finale will air Sept. 27.
All programs will begin at 7 p.m., except for the ABC program, which will begin at 1 p.m. and the CBS program, which will begin at 6:30 p.m. Receptions will precede the NBC, CBS, Univision and Fox events at 6 p.m. and the ABC event at noon.
Here is the schedule for the remainder of festival.
Thursday (Univision) — Screening and discussion of “La Banda” with Ricky Martin.
Friday — “NCIS: Los Angeles” season premiere and panel discussion;
Saturday (ABC) — Screening and panel discussion of “Dr. Ken.” Screenings of “Blood & Oil” and “Quantico”;
Saturday (CBS) — Screening and panel discussion of “Code Black.” Screenings of “Angel From Hell,” “Life in Pieces,” “Limitless” and “Supergirl”;
Monday (CW) — Screening and panel discussion of “Crazy Ex- Girlfriend.” Screening of “Containment” and a special preview of “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow”;
Tuesday (Fox) — Screenings of “Grandfathered,” “The Grinder” and “Scream Queens,” followed by a panel discussion with members of their casts and creative teams; and
Sept. 16 — “CSI” Farewell Salute.
—City News Service