Want a Sneak Peek at Poker Face Season 2? How to Attend the PaleyFest Panel in LA
Join series creator Rian Johnson and star Natasha Lyonne and their incredible guests!
Every March in Hollywood, a celebration of the best of television takes place in Hollywood, California. Known as the William S. Paley Television Festival, or PaleyFest, The Paley Center for Media has been putting on this celebration of all things quality television for 42 years.
The first season of Peacock's critically-lauded mystery series Poker Face was honored as an AFI Top 10 Television Program; actress Judith Light won an Emmy Award for her guest star appearance; Natasha Lyonne was awarded the TCA Individual Achievement in Comedy and executive producers Nora Zuckerman and Lilla Zuckerman won a WGA award for "Escape from Sh-- Mountain."
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So it's no surprise the series is a hot ticket at the upcoming 2025 PaleyFest, where Poker Face gets its own panel featuring series creator Rian Johnson (The Last Jedi), executive producer/actress/director Natasha Lyonne, and Season 1 and Season 2 guest stars Clea DuVall, Judith Light, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, GaTa, and Haley Joel Osment.
The Poker Face party of the spring, fans of the show get to see a sneak peek of the Season 2 premiere (which drops May 8 on Peacock) and maybe get a chance to pose a question to the panelists. PaleyFest 2025 begins Friday, March 21 and runs through Saturday, March 29, at the Dolby Theater (home of the Academy Awards) in Hollywood.
Want to go? NBC Insider walks you through everything you need to know to attend later this month.
When is the Poker Face panel at PaleyFest? Who will be there?
The Poker Face Season 2 panel is set for 2 p.m. on March 29, 2025 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.
Fans will get a first look at Season 2 and a chance to hear from several of the show's creators and stars. Slated guests include creator Rian Johnson and star and producer Natasha Lyonne. Several guest stars are also expected to appear, including: Clea DuVall, Judith Light, Kumail Nanjiani, John Cho, Melanie Lynskey, GaTa and Haley Joel Osment. The panel will be moderated by Aidy Bryant.
How to attend the Poker Face panel at PaleyFest
Do you have to be a special member to attend a panel? No, you do not. PaleyFest is open to the public and tickets for the Poker Face panel are now available here. If you are a Citi card holder, there are special blocks of seats you can get here.
However, if you choose to become a Paley member, then you receive special PaleyFest member pricing, preferred seating, exclusive invitations to special events, and free admission year-round to the award-winning Paley Museum.
How much are tickets?
The Dolby Theater in Hollywood is huge, so there's a broad selection of seats to choose from. The cheapest seats start at $67.25 per ticket in the Mezzanine and the most expensive are the first rows of the Orchestra section right near the stage (which are the closest if you want to try for post-panel autographs) for $172.55.
What's special about PaleyFest panels?
PaleyFest really postures itself in the Comic-Con style of panel production which caters to connecting the creators to its fandom. PaleyFest panels feature exclusive screenings of episodes, or exclusive sneak peeks at what's coming next in the series. Also, the PaleyFest moderators will conduct a partial Q&A with participants and then open the floor to the audience so they too can ask questions of the panelists. Never underestimate the surprise factor too, as the history of the PaleyFest recounts innumerable unscripted and surprise moments for the panelists and the audience that they will never forget.
Plus, your festival ticket helps support the nonprofit Paley Center for Media’s public and educational programming throughout the year and ensures the ongoing preservation of the Paley Archive, where the greatest moments in media history live on, so you're also supporting the art of television.
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Poker Face will return to Peacock for its second season Thursday, May 8, for a total of 12 episodes exclusively on Peacock.
