Africa Celebrates the World Cup! Photographs, Collages, and Multimedia by Joseph Peter

Joseph Peter journeyed across the African Continent on the biggest-ever FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour with The Coca-Cola Company, capturing the love and passion of its diverse people for soccer.

I Want My Gay TV! Radio Documentary

The Paley Center is happy to offer a unique web experience that combines excerpts from the SIRIUS XM Radio documentary I Want My Gay TV: The LGBT History of Television, with host Derek Hartley, that chronicles the evolution of gay characters on television, matched up with clips from the programs and expository text by Paley Center researcher and blogger Barry Monush.

The World Cup LIVE at the Paley Center

Watch the games LIVE on the big screen! Send us your soccer photos. Explore a multimedia exhibit of African art and culture.

The National Geographic Photo Camp: Crimea

The Paley Center is partnering with Internews to help bring the work and excitement of the National Geographic Photo Camp in Crimea to the world community.

Capturing the Last LOST Moments in Time

The Paley Center for Media wants to capture an important communal moment in TV history: YOU and your friends experiencing the Swan song of one of the great shows of all-time, Lost.

We’re Gonna Pay a Call on…The Addams Family

With the Broadway opening of the The Addams Family: A New Musical, the Paley Center's Barry Monush gives an in-depth overview of the kooky family, its origins and numerous interpretations through different media.

The Best Minutes of the Day: The Golden Age of Polaroid Advertising

A look at the magic of Polaroid and its groundbreaking advertising campaigns.

The Odd Couples

In celebration of St. Valentine’s Day, vote for your favorite TV Odd Couple.

The Black List Project

In honor of Black History Month, the Paley Center presents The Black List Project, an ambitious and illuminating multimedia adventure of the 21st century, conceived by photographer Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and critic Elvis Mitchell. 

What Girls Want: Seventy Years of Pop Idols and Audiences

From Frank Sinatra to Miley Cyrus, the history of Pop Idols and their screaming audiences.

It Ain’t Easy Bein’ Green: A Look at The Incredible Hulk

A new look at the character and the phenomenon across the media spectrum.

TV Sleuth Smackdown

Anticipating the Christmas day release of Guy Ritchie's new film Sherlock Holmes, starring Robert Downey, Jr., we present our newest paleycenter.org poll, asking who is the greatest TV sleuth? Learn about Sherlock through the ages and watch clips of these famous shamuses.

The Def Jam Generation

On the occasion of Mike Epps's appearance in the New York Comedy Festival, guest contributor Claudia Calhoun takes a look at HBO's Def Comedy Jam and hip-hop culture.

TV Vampire (s)Takedown

Angel vs. Bill Compton vs. Barnabas Collins vs. Spike vs. Mick St. John vs. Kurt Barlow vs. Eric Northman vs. Count Floyd vs. more. See who won!

The Twilight Zone Forever

On the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of CBS's seminal series, The Twilight Zone, we present a deeply immersive look at the series and its gfited creator and visionary, Rod Serling.

Yabba-Dabba-Doo

The Paley Center for Media salutes groundbreaking animation studio Hanna-Barbera in honor of its 70th anniversary.

Apollo 11: Forty Years Later

Tell us your memories of watching this transformative global event as part of our commemoration of tv's greatest story.

PaleyDocEvents

The Paley Center for Media has a deep commitment to the work of the documentary community. Learn more about our documentary activities throughout the year.

She Made It

She Made It: Women Creating Television and Radio celebrates the achievements and preserves the legacy of great women writers, directors, producers, journalists, sportscasters, and executives. Click to meet our honorees Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Burnett, Katie Couric, Tina Fey, Barbara Walters, Cathie Black, and many other extraordinary women who create compelling and entertaining media.

Past Perspectives on Media

Star Trek Smackdown
Kirk vs. ...? See who won the title of best TV science fiction captain.

You Bet Your Sweet Bippy
The Paley Center for Media takes a retrospective look back at Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In.

Away We Go on Our Green Journey
The Paley Center honors Earth Day 2009 with this in-depth examination of the role of media in the history of environmental activism.

John Frankenheimer In Close Up
A look at the television work of the award-winning director.

Watching the Watchmen
The Paley Center takes a cross-media look at Watchmen, the graphic novel called by some "the Citizen Kane of comic books."

Brit Wits: Coogan vs. Gervais
We pit Steve Coogan against Ricky Gervais in a somewhat arbitrary comedic showdown.

The Show's the Thing
See the results of our Academy Award polls for Best Academy Awards Host and Best Academy Awards Moment.

Hail to the Chief
In conjunction with the historic inauguration of Barack Obama, the Paley Center looks back at watershed inaugural moments in media.

More:
Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
Lost Without Lost
Who is the Final Cylon?
The Story of the Christmas Special
Leonard Bernstein
Political Humor Break
Human Giant Video Contest
Window to the Middle East

Conventional Wisdom
Who is Batman?

Hitchcock by Hitchcock

All Things Media

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Angel, Venture, and Corporate investors gathered at The Paley Center for Media for ALLTHINGSMEDIA: 2008, a venture capital forum showcasing investment-ready, high-growth media companies led by women.