Paley Center Launches PaleyFest Award, Names First Honorees
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- Paley Center for Media created the PaleyFest Award, timed to the org's 50th anniversary and the return of its annual New York festival, with recipients' work set to become part of the permanent Paley Archive.
- Inaugural PaleyFest Award honorees span Billy Crystal, FX's 'American Horror Story,' Paramount+'s 'Dexter' / 'Dexter: Resurrection,' Paramount+'s 'Tulsa King,' CBS's 'Marshals,' Netflix's 'The Diplomat,' and HBO's 'The Gilded Age.'
- PaleyFest NY runs October 8–14 at the Paley Museum in New York, with each night pairing a panel or screening with a show-specific milestone — Crystal's Broadway return in '860,' AHS Season 13, the 'Dexter' 20th anniversary, 'Tulsa King' Season 4, and Season 4 premieres for 'Marshals' and 'The Diplomat.'
- Presale tickets open today at 10 a.m. ET for Paley Members and Citi cardmembers, with general public sales starting Friday, August 14 at noon ET.
- The new prize joins the org's existing Paley Honors as its second annual recognition, and Paley Center president/CEO Maureen J. Reidy called it 'a mark of distinction that honors the extraordinary talent and storytelling across media, television, and entertainment.'
Why it matters: The inaugural honoree slate deliberately spans every distribution tier — Netflix's 'The Diplomat,' Paramount+'s 'Dexter' and 'Tulsa King,' CBS's 'Marshals,' FX's 'American Horror Story,' HBO's 'The Gilded Age' and a Broadway-bound Crystal — turning the Paley Center's 50th-anniversary festival into a cross-platform showcase rather than a single-network coronation, with each night's panel doubling as a premiere event.
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